"My faction isn't supported..."
chuckles sadly as I stare at my 5th edition Chaos Dwarfs

I think its fascinating how Total war is basically single handedly resurrecting interest in Warhammer fantasy to the point where i do wonder how different things would be if CA had started sooner

Somehow this is also the old GW paradox.

"It's so expensive! Only the 7 richest kings of Europe can afford an army!!"

"Why isn't their a new release for my army ever week!?"

White Dwarf devolved into a monthly showcase of the latest 40k space marine release, every.single.month.

Me. I’m the guy who played brettonians as a teenager not realising the undertaking that painting the regalia was on my undeveloped art skills and the investment that buying individual knight models was, luckily I saved money by not having to buy a new army book… ever

I recall the problem with 8th edition Warhammer Fantasy was they introduced horde sized units and emphasized the use of big armies. The average game size went from 2,000 pts to 3,000 pts meaning you had to buy more models for all your existing units. This wasn't so bad for regular players but for new players looking to get into the game, it made collecting an army far more expensive, especially when GW sold plastic kits based not on how much plastic was in them but how good they were in game. For example, 10 Empire state troopers would cost 17 euros at the time whilst 10 Empire Greatswords cost 42 euros and 50 cents. To me, nothing seemed to further alienate potential new players for the game than increasing the price tag significantly

I found the section on the game value death spiral so interesting! I work in a boardgame shop in central London that's been open for 37 years and still run by the same people, and at this point they just have this laser accurate intuition for when games are going to start tumbling. They've never predicted wrong!

In 2009, South Africa, a Pigeon carried a 4gb harddrive, from one office to another, 50 miles away, in 68minutes. At the same time the computers had only transferred 4% data, because SA internet sux that bad, and thus a pigeon transfered a mere 4gb data Faster than the South African Internet could. This result, of course, caused alot of sour faces and finger pointing in high places, because they didn't like being exposed for being worthless. Today, 2024, SA have electricity for up to 6hours a day (yea, it's worse now, you can see documentaries here on YT about it).

I think the wargamer spectrum should be more of a triangle than a line. For example i find myself right in between historical and casual but have never gone to a tournament

One may say that also “old” 40K is already dead and the “new” 40K took its place, but at a slow pace that we don’t notice it, with Primaris slowingly took over

Even though I saw your face when we collabed, I still think of you as a small doggie

Listening to that High Elf release schedule makes me jealous as hell as a craftworld Eldar player.

This is the most intelligent take I've heard on AoS, and honestly, GW as a whole so far.

Edit : Watch Blacktalon

The big problem with WFB was that GW was focused on selling models, which created two problems:
1. What models do you sell to someone who has a "complete" army?
2. How mych stuff a new player needs to buy to get started.

People keep talking about models getting more expensive, but two things are often overlooked - in 4th edition, players would start with a 1000 point army, then add more units until they had a "full" 2000 point army. Beyond that, one might add more stuff up to 2500, or 3000 points, to play the occasional "big game", but when most games were 1500-2000 points, having 2500-3000 points available allowed for some variation - maybe you want to field more cavalry this time, or a bigger unit of witch elves, etcetera.
All the while - 1000 points was fairly accessible for new players to get started, and for veterans, it allowed for branching out into a second army, or dipping their toes into 40k, or speciallist games like Necromunda, later Mordheim, etc.
But then GW started pushing for bigger games. The White Dwarf batle reports went from being 1500-2000 points, to 3000 points. Right off the bat, new players entering the hobby were pressured to make a 2000 point army, and then get to 3k asap.
But that wasn't all. With the 6th edition, the points cost for units dropped sharply. Corsairs used to be 12 points + 1 for extra hand weapons +3 for optional crossbows in 4/5e, now they were 10 points, and gone was the crossbow option. Dark riders were now 18 points down from 27 (25 for the rider +2 for spear), though the option for crossbows remained at 6 points per model. And this was happening across the board, along with significantly reducing the cost of characters, and magic items they could carry. As a result, a 2000 poing army from 4th edition, might be worth a mere 1400 in 6th edition. Combined with the pressure to play bigger games, players suddenly needed twice as many models, essentially forcing them to commit to one army instead of branching out, and focusing on making better terrain, etc.
So WFB ended up with the problem of bloated armies that kept raising the entry bar to the point of becoming inaccessible  to new players. And instead of revamping the game to go back to the old 3-4 regiments on the table, GW acted with the finesse of a sledgehammer, and nuked the setting to make it more like 40k. And 40k got hit as well - from playing a few squads and a vehicle, or two, to spamming tanks like they were on sale.

I picked Chaos Dwarves, yeah, not the best pick back in the day.... Awesome hats though.

2:04 tournament Terry lives in the 9th level of the Warp where ultimate evil dwells

"I know subscriptions are a vanity metric—but I'm a vain man. And if I don't get one of those YouTube plaques... someone's gonna pay." 🤣🤣🤣

Medieval fantasy miniatures simply look better neatly ranked on their squared bases. Great video, nicely paced, no annoying padding.

'Temporarily out of stock'

I finally went into a local Games Workshop and took them up on painting the free figurines with my kid. I painted a Space Marine but couldn't get over how cool the Stormbringer my daughter was painting look. It grew on me to the point when we checked out, I grabbed the AoS starter kit versus the 40k one because I really wanted to paint those guys.