tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1394520112330317530.post7416875477839145719..comments2023-09-30T15:06:58.127+01:00Comments on Wargames & Stuff: A crisis of their own making?Hum_Conhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16727618860176021442noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1394520112330317530.post-50209534985655227342014-01-24T23:52:37.122+00:002014-01-24T23:52:37.122+00:00I think there are similar trends at work with GW t...I think there are similar trends at work with GW today, that were at work with say WoTC fifteen or twenty years back. <br /><br />That said. GW is successful still. A single (very significant) stock price drop does not kill a large scale enterprise. My opinion on this is, lets see how they are doing come July. <br /><br />I've gone from love to disdain with GW, but I do agree with you I think the net is abuzz with schadenfreude and smug "I told you so" I've been ranting against GW for nearly six or seven years now and I honestly don't feel very happy about all this.<br /><br />If GW were to really get in trouble and actually go under, it would be a very black day for me (not that I don't think they wouldn't just go into receivership and recover from it ultimately). <br /><br />I hope they turn things around soon and this becomes a watershed moment, a nice wake-up call for them.<br /><br />Who knows though ... we'll see ... with the Oldhammer revolution most of the old guard seems to be going the way of the OSR guys with RPGs. I think most old school hardcore GW fans are just playing GW how they want with the models they want to use.<br /><br />I am stuck in the 1998-2002(ish) era for GW myself. That was my golden age for GW and it is likely where I'll end up playing. 3rd/4th ed. 40K and 6th ed. WHFB. I know many others out there are in Rogue Trader and 3rd ed. WHFB, etc. So even if GW went out of business totally we'd all go on with our merry tabletop gaming lives. Post GW-Apocalyptic gaming could be really interesting ... who would rise in their place ... would anyone ... strange questions that hopefully we never see the answers to. The Lord of Excesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844701226225155792noreply@blogger.com