Re: [GZG] Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi!
From: Andy Hemming <nonsense_factory@h...>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:48:36 +0100
Subject: Re: [GZG] Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi!
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Thats rough... I'd given up on them and gaming at that point...
My good memories of GW were pre sell out, I used to go to the manchester
(UK) store and buy D&D, carwars, traveller & citadel minis back then -
for me it was a treasure trove and a source of great Joy - looking back
I can say that this wqas a result of the sheer diversity of games
available from a range of producers... when it became just GW product,
it simply palled & lost my commitment... Shame really.
Andy<html><div></div></html>> Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:50:42 +1000>
From: aebrain@webone.com.au> To: gzg-l@vermouth.csua.berkeley.edu>
Subject: Re: [GZG] Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi!> > Ground Zero Games wrote:>
> One of the things that did a lot to sour GW's reputation in the UK > >
was their practice in the '90s of finding a town with a good, healthy >
> independent games shop and initially supporting them up to the hilt, >
> giving them loads of incentives to become a major GW stockist (often >
> to the detriment of other lines they had been carrying) - then as > >
soon as GW's marketing boys saw that said independent's sales of > >
their product were up to a certain level, they would move into the > >
same town with one of their own stores and effectively withdraw (or > >
at least massively downgrade) their support for the independent > >
store. > I saw exactly this happen here in Canberra. The week after a GW
shop > opened up 100 metres from the Independant, their orders started
getting > lost or misplaced too,> > Zoe> >
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