Reply To: Everything was better back in the day! Even the clickbait!

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I don’t think everything was better back in the day, I think we just tend to look at our youth through rose tinted lenses.  Let’s face it EVERYTHING seems better when you aren’t constantly tired and aching all the time.  I don’t know, maybe the rules for GW games were better in the 90’s than now, I guess that depends on what you want out of a set of rules.

I still have a lot of GW related nostalgia around games and miniatures from the 90’s, I won’t lie.  I don’t even play GW games any more but I still have fond memories, my involvement with them is limited predominantly to paints and the occasional single (usually limited edition) miniature.  But almost everything that you could get in the 90’s has either been re-birthed by GW or you can get an equivalent (and usually, better) game from someone else (and usually, it’s Mantic 🙂 ).  But for me, all I have is nostalgia and it is only nostalgia, not a desire to own all of the games again.

• HeroQuest – don’t even bother with Hasbro, just buy Dungeon Saga (if you can) – it’s WAY better
• StarQuest/Space Crusade – As above, but replace “dungeon” with “star”
• Man O War – Armada anyone?
• Gorkamorka – I think this is the only game on the list I can’t find a good match for
• Warhammer Epic 40k – unless you are really stuck on 6mm space marines, there are a few 10mm sci fi options available in a range of styles.  There’s also Battletech.
• Bloodbowl – rereleased however numerous other alternatives exist (of have existed)
• Necromunda – rereleased (also with VASTLY superior plastic miniatures) and again, plenty of alternatives out there
• Mordheim – Frostgrave, Rangers of Shadowdeep, Kings of War Vanguard – the list goes on

If I am being honest, I actually like the fact that other companies have started filling the gaps left where GW cancelled games.  I love the sheer variety and diversity that I can get from looking across multiple companies rather than being tied exclusively to GW’s grim dark settings. I think I kind of just grew out of GW, I can’t even point to a single event or decision that has led me to this point; I don’t dislike them or hate them or wish them ill, it’s simply not for me anymore.  As I still own a couple of old GW games (and indeed many newer alternatives to them), I can say that there are FAR better options available now so I am in no hurry at all to spend hundreds of pounds buying an old game just to decorate a shelf.