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Billfred	Posted: Nov 2 2009, 02:12 PM
Citizen of the Glade Group: Wild rider Posts: 124 Member No.: 371 Joined: 29-September 06	I have a confession to make. ...and a complaint. After several years of collecting and painting, after hundreds of pounds and hours spent on models from the 3 main GW ranges: LOTR, WH40K and WHFB, I still have no idea how to play. My first White Dwarf was WD289, was printed in England and cost £4.00 Out This Month included the Warhammer 2004 Annual, The BRetonnian Army Boxed Set and the Catachan Battle Force. The latest is WD358, was printed in Poland and cost £4.50 New releases included the Space Wolves Pack, Wolf Guard Terminators and Njal Stormcaller. There's less mix in White Dwarf nowadays, several issues tend towards a just released updated army and what are we paying that extra 50p for? There's no more or less pages in it - 129 in WD289 and 129 in WD358 - if we're paying for it to be shipped from Poland, why not bring it back? The people at Games Workshop might not have 'lost their way' but the people who run it have. This post has been edited by Billfred on Nov 2 2009, 02:23 PM

Hillbilly Carl	Posted: Nov 2 2009, 02:14 PM
Spear of Orion Group: Wild rider Posts: 883 Member No.: 32 Joined: 28-December 05	Does that mean you've never played a game?

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Posted: Nov 2 2009, 02:24 PM

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QUOTE (Hillbilly Carl @ Nov 2 2009, 02:14 PM)

Does that mean you've never played a game?

That's very true. The most game I've played was in a Games Workshop store about 4 years ago in Bristol Cribbs Causeway where the explanation went in one ear and out the other

Hillbilly Carl	Posted: Nov 2 2009, 08:01 PM
Spear of Orion Group: Wild rider Posts: 883 Member No.: 32 Joined: 28-December 05	Hmm. Interesting! I definitely wouldn't be in this hobby if it weren't for the gaming aspect of it.

Billfred	Posted: Nov 11 2009, 09:22 PM
Citizen of the Glade Group: Wild rider Posts: 124 Member No.: 371 Joined: 29-September 06	It might be that bit at the back of my brain telling me not to "become one of them," I'm terribly prejudiced when it comes to hobbyists.

WinterGuardian	Posted: Nov 12 2009, 07:41 PM
Citizen of the Glade Group: Eternal Posts: 842 Member No.: 176 Joined: 10-March 06	this has been a common compliant about GamesWorkshop for some time now, and is actually the main reason why i stopped playing Warhammer. The magazine and the website now focus far less on gameplay and focus more on just trying to get you to buy the product. Even when you go to a shop, they only talk to you about strategy and gameplay when their suggesting something for you to buy. One shop i was at wouldn't even let me play someone i met on an open table because it wasn't 'open gaming' night. Instead it was some kind of campaign that i would have to buy a book for to even play. I sat there a watched them play and it wasn't even really a game it was just a demo to get kids interested in buying an Ork army. I'm glad your interested in the hobby painting/modeling aspect of it, because if you were in this for gameplay, GW would seriously disappoint you. The saddest part is it definitely was not this way about 8 or 9 years ago when i first got started.

Billfred	Posted: Nov 13 2009, 05:21 PM
Citizen of the Glade Group: Wild rider Posts: 124 Member No.: 371 Joined: 29-September 06	Hmm, I'm tempted to post more, but it's going into "my topic of stuff" now

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