Reply To: If you were in charge of GW now

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@poosh come on man, let it go.  It’s been 4 years.  Warhammer Fantasy Battle died, it’s not coming back and Age of Sigmar is doing alright now.

Also 40k, if we want to get technical, is as derivative of other sci-fi works as Age of Sigmar.  It draws elements from Dune, Star Wars and Aliens to name but a few influences.  That’s not a criticism, it’s a part of its success.  The fact that they switched to Age of Sigmar in an attempt to try and tap into some of the contemporary fantasy markets shouldn’t be a surprise and it’s definitely something they would have struggled to do by remaining in The Old World, which had a very historical flavour to it.

As for whether the best selling Age of Sigmar ranges are just reworks of the old Fantasy stuff I don’t think that’s entirely true.  The Stormcast seem to be very popular because they’re a very easy to use beginners army anf they’re being pushed quite heavily.  The only new factions, in my opinion, are the Idoneth Deepkin and the Stormcast.  I don’t even consider Kharadron Overlords and Fyreslayers to really be new, they’re just exaggerations of key elements of the original Dwarves.  So of course their most popular ranges are from the old WFB game, almost everything in Age of Sigmar is a rework of the old WFB ranges.