Games Workshop ARE the fun Police

This is a bit of a personal Blog about the on off love affair most wargamers my age will have had with the Games Workshop. However I hope it doesn't come across as bitter or even anti-Games Workshop as that's not my intention I just want to cover why it is that they have almost certainly lost me as a customer, pretty much forever!!!

The beginning

I'm told its a sensible place to start! I'm sure I've mentioned I was indoctrinated into the wargaming universe by a parental unit that was also addicted to toy soldiers, and if I ever sire any offspring I'll be sure to do the same!!! But you see this was at a time when there were more than just Games Workshop games dominating the gaming universe. I used to get really excited when my dad or somebody would bring back a board game or something new, it was almost every month and it was great. Sure some were less than good and some were outright shit, but others were real gems. I remember Battletech as fondly as I do my initial fumblings with Warhammer Fantasy.

However then came the monopoly and Games Workshops decision to stop selling other people's product, I remember the dissatisfaction at this from the adults around me at the time. It is probably the first point in my gaming career where even at my early (read very early) age that I had a gripe with the Games Workshop, I was you see slowly collecting the God awful Ral Partha baby dragon range and all of a sudden I was unable to complete my collection... sure they were shit but these bitches were my Pokemon and the fucks took that away from me... I'm actually surprised at how much this still annoys me after all these years.

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