Game Prep (RPG)

[tallforadwarf]

I was just doing some game prep for our Rogue Trader RPG on Sunday when I noticed something. I couldn't realistically go forward with the plot as intended because none of my players asked about the system they were helping to defend. To them it was another dot on the map. So there are things left unexplained

Comments

[gonzo21]

Did you hear games workshop are in trouble today? Share price is tumbling.

[tallforadwarf]

I just checked it out, out of interest, and fuck me! The graph just plummets! I wonder what caused such a drastic drop? Their stuff has been too expensive for years, but I wonder what changed to cause the shares to drop so rapidly? All I could find online was that they revised their profit forecast. Does that really do that to shares?

[gonzo21]

Markets were jittery I think after HMV took a tumble after their profit warning.

Odd thing is I thought GW were doing really well, their novels seem to be selling like hotcakes, the games do well, and they are even in the process of making a movie.

Perhaps the movie is absorbing more money than they'd like though.

I was surprised though, I really did think GW were a healthy company. But perhaps t hey're being hit by the cheap knock-off figures starting to leak out of China.

[tallforadwarf]

I've not seriously been into it since I was a kid. It just got waay to expensive. It never used to be - it was a hobby I could afford on my paper round. But now it's like £12 for a metal terminator, or whatever, that is just too much.

I've spoken to local game shop owners who have said how shitty their business practices are. Also, apparently they are trying to get it down to one staff member per store, in an effort to cut costs. I don't see how that is going to work come games night.

Space Hulk will always be a favourite of mine. Maybe I should go get some more figures for it before they go under! Deathwing squads and Genestealer hybrids for everyone! w00t!