Things are afoot (except for Thing, from the Addams Family, which is a hand). It's Games Workshop dipping its toe in the board game pool, while being reluctant to remove its towel.įalling back on the tried and trusted products for fear these new ventures might crumple under the weight of expectations. The first one bundled with very desirable assassin miniatures that people wanted for a tabletop war game, and the second one bundled with 30K space marines, which are very desirable miniatures that people wanted for a tabletop war game. So, in the space of just a few months, Games Workshop launched two excellent games. And loads of people only bought it for the miniatures to use in the Horus Heresy tabletop war game. Compared to the sprawling epicness of their tabletop games, Calth is more akin to a knife fight in a phone booth. Sort of a mashup of Space Hulk and BattleLore, it allowed players to play through a series of firefights in underground catacombs where space marine turns on space marine with brutal consequences. They released Betrayal at Calth, one of the most exciting releases of 2015. It made me start thinking that Games Workshop were going to make a bit more of an effort to expand beyond the realms of their core tabletop war games. Unfortunately, loads of people only bought it for the miniatures to use in the Warhammer 40K tabletop war game.īut if it hadn't been for the £75 price, and the inclusion of only a single scenario, it could have been massive.īecause it made me start believing again. It instantly went into my regular rotation of solo games, and has seen plenty of table time in my house. Fresh, innovative, perfect for solo gaming or co-operative play, with a setup and teardown time of minutes, and a convenient hour-long playing time.

An overpriced, limited edition game that actually turned out to be really, really good. An overpriced, limited edition game that nobody had asked for, and which apparently nobody bought. In fact, it wasn't just funny, it was pretty damned exciting and when I think back to the most important events in gaming from that year, it's all the Games Workshop stuff that springs to mind.įor a start, they released a little game called Assassinorum: Execution Force. 2015 was a funny year for Games Workshop fans, especially those of us with fond memories of the Games Workshop of the Old World.

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