Cult Of Games XLBS: Is A Boom Or Bust Coming To The Tabletop Gaming Industry?
September 4, 2022 by warzan
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It’s the XLBS Show…………Happy Sunday Fellow CoGs!
I will miss seeing @fcostin on the XLBS and the Weekenders. You have been a welcome addition to the group that keeps us up to date on Hobby news and wacky zaniness things!
Much luck on the next adventure Good Lady!
Thank you so much 🙂 Means a lot! Ah you’ll never fall short on the Wacky and Zany so long as Gerr continues to keep ya on your toes!
@warzan I have been thinking of trying the ‘One Page Rules’ with my old Warmachine and Hordes miniatures.
Congrats to the Golden Button Winners! Well DONE.
@avernos I do love my Warmachine World. But if Mk4 rules and fluff are all digital then MK3 may be my last edition. I hate to say never, but I don’t like digital only. If they let me take it to a print shop and print it, then maybe. I love to flip through a book and look for a while. The other thing that I don’t like is that Companies have now been showing their hand in removing and changing books. DnD Beyond just recently edited a digital book and didn’t tell folks ahead of time, they just did… Read more »
yeah … getting a specific version and not being forced to have it updated is why I prefer physical media. You don’t get to own a digital file in the way that you can own a physical one, unless they release it as DRM-free material. DRM won’t stop gits from breaking that ‘protection’ either. It inevitably hurts the good guys who need to make backups to ensure that they still have a copy once the company bites the dust. It’s practically been proven that the best way to stop people from using illegal copies is to make it more convenient… Read more »
Happy Sunday,
may all get to watch the Greatest movie ever made
for me i have cut back on my paterons, i went down to I think 50 a month instead of 80. i did start buying more product for producing minis in fdm and resin
I remember Gerry,myself and Stevie K…trying out a similar method to slapchop on Warmaster figures using GW inks
I think the current financial problems with energy prices, inflation and shipping are going to negatively impact the purchase of the luxury items… like gaming stuff.
When it comes down to a choice of eating and keeping warm, or buying another box of plastic that you don’t need… the choice is survival.
GW and their greedy “every three months a new starter box” strategy has put me off buying Kill Team: Into The Dark… which I was considering for the terrain and Breachers… but knowing they’ll want another 100 quid in 3 months for the next terrain stopped me.
Andy at Heresy has already announced he’s fucked and reckons he has 6 to 9 months left to trade
Yup saw that post, I know I’m going to be seriously cutting down hobby spending if not stopping altogether, what I do buy is most likely honey supplies to work on my mountain of Backlog, maybe finish of WW3, Byzantine and Castles on the sky.
When your electric bill goes from £32 to £325 a month the small guys don’t stand a chance
Au revoir @fcostin. In the words of Sgt. Esterhaus…Let’s be careful out there
I thought that was what they said after roll call in Hill Street Blues?
Wow… thinking about that series makes be feel very old…
It is and I am as well
From Hill Street Blues to Kagney and Lacey on that motif. Yep, find that game of 7TV and the appropriate minis to fill in for a session. You could just update to today with more modern police and play out COPS.
Thank you, tis a funny world on the outside 🙂
Before the hobby comment, I just want to say that I am sorry to hear Free is leaving, and wish her well in the future. You’ve been a breath of fresh air on the team and I hope they can create a similar panel of diverse perspectives (without just going back to bullying Justin ?).
Hope you stick around the community and keep us posted with your hobby and projects!
Thank you so much for the lovely words, the further I go down the page the more choked I am getting! Ah I will still be around, I have a few projects I need to finish for sure! 🙂
I’ve read about an experiment where someone sneaked in ‘art’ made by monkeys in a museum … and most ‘experts’ couldn’t tell.
As such I’m not surprised that “AI” can “win” art contests 😉
Can we gift backstage passes again ? I remember that being a thing back in the Beast of War days … I also hope that we can bring back the scratchbuilding again ? There’s been soo much focus on buying stuff that is almost complete that people may have forgotten that we can use cardboard and other bits and pieces to make terrain fun again. To think that apps / software can replace printed books because it is ‘cheaper’ is delusional at best. The machines hosting those apps still need to be maintained and they still cost money. You are… Read more »
Wev will all miss you Free, but we will miss the cat even more.lol
And I will miss you all dearly! Pascal will continue to only care about himself. My lil wierdo.
Interesting discussion this morning, and I took comfort from @Warzan ‘s view that we are not suddenly going to be hit with STLs as our only option. I know that one day I’ll have to embrace the 3D printing, and I may even enjoy it when it becomes more plug and play, but right now I’m at a point where, even if I wanted to become an computer scientist, engineer and a chemist, I don’t have anywhere to put a 3D printer safely. I’m already at a point where I’m looking at Modiphius’ blended range of physical and STL products,… Read more »
Slap chop – I’ve picked this up by accident, or by osmosis. I’ve a lot of models to paint for Quarantine 37, started painting the traditional way and caught myself. Safe to say GW’s tyranid range loves this method and I’ll get a project going at some point.
Free – sorry to see you go. Hope the next thing is fulfilling and filled with laughs.
I think the cost increases are the key here. We’ll see a lot of small businesses are going to feel the pinch. From smaller miniatures companies to local games shops, there’ll be a cull. I hope those folks can find a way to keep going financially and there’s some choice left in this industry in a few years. Yeah gloom.
Metal prices have gone down though
Thank you so much! I am honestly gutted myself, alas; that’s the plan!
*sprinkles glitter everywhere*
Hi XLBSers happy Sunday.
? Warren’s Hero’s ?
Lol well if that drunk woman can win awards for the junk from her bedroom floor then why not.
Ooh another technique worth trying.
Noooo Don’t do it Free it means talking to people’s an thing’s. Photo bomb the guy’s at all the tournaments then ?!? Lol.
Great idea! haha! AMBUSH!
More fantastic button winner’s.
Just burn the lecey bills.
I wish you to best Free, it has been fun having you around. You can already see small companies going down with the use of kickstarter, asking for more funds to ship and saying that after the project their are closing the books. As for spending, people will always spend money in leisure stuff to escape. The thing is will it be physical gaming? But this will depend from person to person. The sad thing is that it might go to mobile type games that only ask small mounts compared to psychical games that cost more but in the end… Read more »
Thank you! It really has been a barrel of laughs 🙂
Plastic is a bi-product of oil.
Happy Sunday. Well, that came as a shock, I’m so sad to see that @fcostin is leaving but I wish her well in her future endeavours. Just one question, can we keep Pascal? As for the rising costs, I’m keeping my eye open for now but I’ve already made small changes in non-hobby related things such as buying the cheaper brand of food items. I plan to wrap up more this winter rather than have the heating burning at the slightest hint of cold. So basically I’ll cross the bridge when I come to it. Worst case for me is… Read more »
Thank you, means a lot and it has been an absolute laugh. I will still be around. And where I am, Pascal follows. It’s a package deal against my will.
I have a marine army an Ork army an half a guard army still boxed so no worries for reinforcements to add to games.
The big company’s will envelop the struggling one’s if they like the products they produce I think.
I see Gerry’s name isn’t up like everyone else so does that make him secret squirrel ? Lol.
Another good one guy’s.