If you have a product making $millions/year you don't have the luxury of complaining that you aren't in the right mood to work on it. Those excuses only matter for a product that isn't making much money. It can take time to get over, someone pick up the reigns etc. I've been in the position of having a close work colleague suddenly pass away, and you can't understate what an impact that can have on a tight-knit team. You have to think of the knock-on psychological effect on the people with him too. From what I have read he was the creative heart and soul of the project and those people, whatever the creative industry, are very hard to replace. Pacific wrote: As for the death of Alan Bligh, it wasn't just 'one guy died'. That it is now much more accessible, much cheaper, has such cross-over appeal makes me think it is going to succeed. The fact that the game subsisted with the miniatures just on the FW page, those eye-watering prices, shows to me that it has got legs. It can take time to get over, someone pick up the reigns etc.Īnd in more general terms, I think the game being front and centre on GWs homepage tells us everything we need to know about their hopes and prospects for the system.

On the topic of some items being sold out and others being offered on discount, the over and under ordering was actually mentioned on the last financial news release where they admitted they got some of the predicted numbers wrong - so may be just that.Īs for the death of Alan Bligh, it wasn't just 'one guy died'.

Horus heresy board games