Re: [GZG] Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi!

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Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 3:58 AM, Ground Zero Games <jon@gzg.com> wrote:

>
> >10) The shop front bully boy tactics of the GW company itself used to
be
> >disgraceful (holding up shipping to people supplying competing
chain's
> >lines etc and effectively financially bullying people into towing the
GW
> >line and nothing else). That may well have changed in the past
decade,
> >but it can take a long time to live down such ma  reputation down.
>
> [...]
>
> I suspect that different business laws in the US made this tactic a
> bit harder for them to implement over there, which may explain why
> the attitude of many US gamers is less vehemently anti-GW than is
> often the case over here - but this happened a lot in the UK, and
> those who were in the hobby at the time have long memories.
>

I don't pretend to know US business laws, nor do I know what current
business tactics, if any, GW is using here on indie stores. I *do* know
that
at least in my area employees of GW stores are not allowed to play any
other
games. One guy I know likes to play FoW. He let it slip one day to a
co-worker who told their manager. Who in turn threatened to fire the
FoW-playing employee. He still plays, but on the sly, and cannot talk
about
the games, his minis, his painting, etc. At the GW stores around here,
it's
all GW or nothing.

That said, I know of several indie stores that carry GW products in
addition
to regular gaming stuff. They *seem* to be doing okay...

Mk