WhatBall
Joined: Aug 21, 2008
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Apr 10, 2014 - 15:58 |
 
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Specialist Games, and its ilk, Blood Bowl, Necromundia, et al, are officially no more it seems.
New Granny site has erased them from history. Searching on them brings up absolutely nothing. |
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Burnalot
Joined: Aug 02, 2003
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Apr 10, 2014 - 15:59 |
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Yeah, good job erasing the fun games GW. |
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Wolbum
Joined: Jul 14, 2010
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Apr 10, 2014 - 16:05 |
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It is rather tragic aye. But at least the only real positive the GW site was providing, at least on the BB end of things, is the PDF which is easily accessible for everyone through a quick google search. Otherwise, as sad as it is, I don't think this will have much effect on the livelihood of BB as a franchise. There are other sites (this included) which can provide a central hub for any potential newcomers. |
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PaddyMick
Joined: Jan 03, 2012
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Apr 10, 2014 - 16:12 |
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My bookmark to the CRP ruleset now brings up a page saying 'All records expunged from Library'.
Not really surprised. GW is a joke and has been for a long time.
It's a real shame FUMBBL is still not allowed to give the rules to the game we are playing. Makes me mad enough to pile on a lawyer. |
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Garion
Joined: Aug 19, 2009
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Apr 10, 2014 - 16:14 |
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yeah I noticed this earlier today and posted on tff about it. It is dumb of them really, specialist games were the only ones they have ever done well. Necromunda, bloodbowl, man o war, Mordheim and of course bloodbowl. |
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Foad
Joined: Sep 02, 2007
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Apr 10, 2014 - 16:19 |
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DukeTyrion
Joined: Feb 18, 2004
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Apr 10, 2014 - 16:22 |
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Sooo, if GW isn't interesting in it any more, do you think they will sell it to me on the cheap? I could probably get a grand together  |
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Garion
Joined: Aug 19, 2009
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Apr 10, 2014 - 16:24 |
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sadly the bloodbowl rule book does come in pdf form with the cyanide game, so i guess thats the only way to get your hands on it officially any more  |
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Wolbum
Joined: Jul 14, 2010
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Apr 10, 2014 - 16:31 |
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AFAIK the NAF have the CRP hosted on their site, so its simply a case of just pointing any beginner to that site now instead of GW and you're good to go. But yeah GW's approach recent years has been pretty damn poor. Especially poor 40k, good god that has become quite a parody with the ally and escalation rules. |
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koadah
Joined: Mar 30, 2005
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Apr 10, 2014 - 16:31 |
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Garion
Joined: Aug 19, 2009
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Apr 10, 2014 - 16:34 |
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I cant find it. |
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Garion
Joined: Aug 19, 2009
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Apr 10, 2014 - 16:38 |
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never mind, I found it. wonder how long they will allow that to remain searchable on google as its no longer available through their new site. |
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Mr_Foulscumm
Joined: Mar 05, 2005
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Apr 10, 2014 - 16:40 |
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More olds! Specialist Games have been gone for about 1 year now (officially) and for about 10 years if you count from when they stopped releasing stuff for them. Hardly a surprise they don't feature on their site any more.
And to be honest... Since GW said they didn't want to retool the molds for the games, I'll just say "good that they're gone". Because I bought some Epic Armageddon miniatures a few years ago and even then the molds were atrocious... as in "money back" poor. The miniatures were pretty much lumps of metal vaguely shaped as what they were intended to represent.
Anyway, rules for all of their games are floating around the internet and there are alternative minis for most of the Specialist Games out there. |
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Garion
Joined: Aug 19, 2009
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Apr 10, 2014 - 16:46 |
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all true, but it is bad news for the future of the game and getting new people in to games like bloodbowl. Say what you will about GW, but they are still the heavy weights in the miniature world and if a game belongs to them and they have rules and even minimal support for it then there will always be a small stream of new people that discover those great games. |
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Garion
Joined: Aug 19, 2009
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Apr 10, 2014 - 19:31 |
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Bumping thread because of the terrible news |
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