Reply To: Overpriced GW

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@ced1106 Wargames Atlantic and Northstar perhaps don’t have a tournament culture, I think Mantic does.  It’s not as large as GW but they do still have one and organised play events.  So there are still cheaper alternatives to GW even if you want tournament play.  I also don’t really think that those tournaments represent a particularly large cost to Games Workshop either, they’re generally run independently at someone else’s cost, the only cost to GW is if they choose to have a physical presence there.  I think you can definitely say it is a selling point of Games Workshop as a hobby preference (as is ease of finding opponents) but I don’t think it can be used as a justification of price.

And honestly I absolutely don’t begrudge anyone buying Games Workshop nor do I expect people to justify their enjoyment of Games Workshop products.  The conversation literally started as someone whining that Games Workshop are too expensive, my only motive here was to point out to those people that if you aren’t prepared to pay GW prices, there are alternatives out there.  I left the GW hobby a while ago now and I am now quite well acquainted with all the myriad of options that exist outside of the GW ecosphere, I’m just trying to show people that there are other ways, outside of GW for anyone who has had enough; I just want people to enjoy painting toy soldiers and play wargames with them rather than quitting because they feel priced out of the Market. So despite having pretty much left GW behind, I didn’t rage quit the GW hobby or burn hundred of Miniatures in protest.  I just found other games and Miniatures that are more to my tastes – I actually prefer things with a more realistic, clean sci-fi aesthetic than the Fantasy in Space Grimdark that is 40k.  But I still have loads of nostalgia for GW and some really happy memories, I certainly don’t hate them.  I have tried to stay away from being overly critical of GW because I don’t really care; it’s not my problem (saying they’re more expensive than their competition isn’t a criticism, although people seem to think it is). I don’t buy GW products and so their prices are really not my concern.