>Games Workshop opening day at 1 Dalling Road, Hammersmith,

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>>55002712
Higher res and in colour

>the science fiction and fantasy specialists.
huh neat.
All those bell bottoms tho.

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Back when two nerds released board games weren't making any money so they decided to give this D&D fad a go

>>55002767

Nice!

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Looks like it's a yoga clinic now

>>55002815

This is very sad

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The old days were a time of chaotic creativity and jolly good fun, by the sounds of it. That period was like a proto-GW, only just moving on from handmade boardgames to reselling D&D and such; with Citadel Miniatures, Warhammer and Rogue Trader still years away.

One of the chaps in the Oldhammer community has done quite a few interviews with key luminaries, a couple from those very early days and also slightly later with the move to Nottingham and all that, before the management buyout by Tom Kirby. Have a read.

http://realmofchaos80s.blogspot.co.nz/search/label/Interview

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>>55002876

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>>55002893

I think at home I actually have a scan of an Owl and Weasel or two, there were 25 apparently before it was replaced with White Dwarf.

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>>55002925
Damn, now that's obscure

>>55002876

Thank you for posting this.
I've started reading one of the interviews, and it is good stuff.

>>55002950
>biggest range in the galaxy
I hope some aliens will sue their asses one day.

>>55002767
They all look like adults compared to the manchildren of today.

Guess that's what happens when marxism destroys the ethic of improvement in a country. Sad!

>>55003060

>marxism

Beg your pardon mate, they all look about 15, and not too dissimilarly dressed from young Brits today, with the Parka Jackets and that

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>>55003212
>painted Tau
Why use a clearly faked picture to argue your point?

>>55003232
Propaganda through advertising doesn't show you who you are, it shows you who they want you to be

My LGS owner has a lot of stories from back when he was the only local retailer risking GW product. One time he got to play with some of the crew that worked on 3rd edition Fantasy (possibly 4th?) and he took all the magic items that turned out to have only been included to "add flavor." At least he didn't bring along the fucking artyspam Bretfag that nearly destroyed his local community. I used to get a ton of info from him about internal GW workings, but eventually everyone he knew left the company.

>>55003212

Aha right, how dare they wear the casual clothing of today instead of turtleneck jumpers and bell-bottoms.

What went so wrong?

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>>55003060
>They all look like adults

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>>55003060
>They all look like adults

R. Kelly, pls go and stay go.