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I think you will find that all the Specialist Games are at this point community based.
My biggest answer to this whole thread is...its MY HOBBY! I do not expect any return from any hobby other than some relaxation and some fun, hence the term hobby. If I wanted more from it than that, I would be wanting a business of my own. Without my support of my HOBBY, GW would cancel the minis, eliminating MY hobby. There are alternative games out there, but like most historical games, no one else has the prescence in the market. I can find Epic Gamers anywhere. As for SciFi Commander and the others, I know no one else who plays them.
GW's support comes from the fact that they created and continue expanding upon a universe they have created. By getting new gamers into miniature wargaming through 40K, WFB and LOTR, a small % of those gamers will find Specialist Games and what those games have to offer. The expanding universe allows us to take what we want from it and incorporate it into our own hobby.
They also provide support by reveiwing each rules system at least once a year and making the changes "official". One of the biggest complaints about GW is that the games are "obviously" not playtested enough, or the rules are crap, etc. Yet the Epic community has developed/playtested most if not all of the new material for the game in the past few years. So, there should be no complaints there. If they are looking for more from GW, then it has crossed the line of their HOBBY. Perhaps then they can join the others who are, for lack of a better term, angry at a company for shifting its assets into more profitable areas, and create there own games/minis.
And lastly, they do still provide the minis to play the game. If no one bought them, they would go away. Again, the reason I support the game. If the minis went away, I would cease playing within 12 months time and move on to another game which most importantly, has to have players and a community to support it.
In the end, its my hobby and I enjoy having others to share it with. I care less what GW does with it but to continue to give me the rules and the minis to play it.
farseer
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