I still won’t support them because when I tried playing, I wanted to play Eldar and they made key units like the Fire Prisms so hard to buy I lost interest, they sue the shit out of parodies and fan made content they don’t like, and they suck at giving game devs creative freedom.
Like bruh, it’s not hard to solve your supply issues and it’s actually easier to not micromanage your ip.
That is nice and i dont even like wh40k
On the one hand, fuck GW, their plastic is too damn expensive for what it is.
On the other hand, respect for paying out profits to the employees. Mad respect, 100%. Wish more companies did that.
I’m not a 40k player but nowadays you can just 3d print all the models.
It’s the painting and detailing that can be quite expensive and time consuming. You obviously don’t have to paint your minis, but that’s the entire point for a lot of people.
Trench crusade official units are 3d printed! You buy the files
The money will be paid on an equal basis to each member of staff.
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As a board gamer who generally shops at the same places as 40k players: this does not surprise me in the least. Those goddamn armies are pricey.
I don’t think it has anything to do with their physical media, and everything to do with their successful video games sales over the past few years.
The first I came to even know about the game was checking out a brand new game store with a more D&D-centric name and them currently hosting a game night for 40k so there were like 5 big tables with these gnarly modeled maps with hills and buildings while people were rolling dice, then pulling out tape measures and moving their units.
Shit looked like Risk but cooler. Then I noticed how expensive it would be to play and just never got into it lol
It’s definitely pricey, a couple of reasons:
I believe the kits are still entirely made in the UK rather than Asia like so many things.
The quality and designs are arguably the best in the world with techniques far more advanced than most rivals can compete with.
This doesn’t mean they don’t get greedy and stick on a huge profit, I believe they heavily rely on staff who love the hobby to run their stores too and pay very poorly.
It is like risk but cooler! And honestly you don’t need a 2k point meta army to start with. For the price of two or three $60 video games (guess I have to preface that now) you can have enough models for you and a friend to have an absolute blast.
There are cheaper miniature games out there. Gaslands is Mad Max/ Death Race inspired and you use standard toy cars to play. There’s also Turnip28 that’s pretty much post apocalyptic Napoleonic Wars. There are cheap Napoleon era miniatures people modify for it, but I’ve also seen some goofier builds, like using toys and actual vegetables. I will say I haven’t really played either, but they are the two miniature games I often consider getting into.
While that’s great, it also speaks volumes when taken in context with their customer-hostile business practices.
Is it customer hostile? I thought it was just licencing-hostile, fucking over others with their IPS left and right.
I don’t know much about them.
They sell metric fucktons of $50+ boxes of $0.15 worth of plastic. And $20 bottles of paint. They should be able to throw their employees a generous bone.
I dunno if there is a subculture of printing the models at home. I would think resin printers would have more than enough resolution to make good miniatures. Is that frowned upon? There is no reason to buy overpriced licensed shit.
Can confirm, buddy with a resin printer is slowly hooking me up with an Adeptus Mechanicus army and he prints shit for his friends too. Recasts are likely in-between price-wise but pretty solid quality.
Oh there is absolutely a group that prints their own, and before that there were re-molds that were made based on the real ones.
From what I understand, (friends play) they aren’t allowed in “official” sponsored matches, so if you really want to compete big you have to have real armies. But also they have printed one of those $800 models because most people don’t have the cash to throw at stuff like that.
So I’m sure there are some diehard people that only think official models should be used but it doesn’t seem common.
That’s a crazy good bonus. Most I ever received was 2 grand.
I did the math. If headcount didn’t change in the last 12 months then the bonus each employee will receive will be ~$9152.54.
10k is just fine. 18k is better, but no one complains about 10k :)
For certain. I hope nobody thinks I’m dismissing this awesome move. I just wanted to know how much each individual got.
The article disagrees, but idk what staffing numbers are right
The stat I found was 2950 employees world wide as of June 2024.
It said in the article that it’s 18 grand American per employee I thought
I used the numbers from their financial disclosure. I have no idea where the article got its information.
I got my information from the article so who knows lol
If I were to play again, I’d find some drawn units, print them, laminate them, and stick them in the little circular stands with the slot. No way I’d spend that much money again, I barely broke even selling my old stuff.
Heretic!
I care not. Grovel before your Corpse God!
I don’t play board games like warhammer but if I did I would happily pay the premium I see on those figurines if it means this happens.
