I feel you and I am very much happy that my part of the hobby is almost G’Wullu free.

Just do yourself (and your wallet) a favour and don’t just bin it. Sell it on or gift it to people who are in need of support.

Or maybe just try not to be dragged along with hype train too much.

Stay safe mate!

These days just “attempting” to buy anything GW related is just an exercise in frustration. I can’t think of another experience of being a customer that has you jumping though hoops just to get GW to take your money. Add in the “FOMO” GW uses in it’s marketing and retail model and you’ll never be happy as a customer.

As a rule I also tend to steer clear of games/rules systems that have a “healthy” tourney scene (as I’m not into competitive gaming), these usually have lots of rule changes/army list changes/balance changes that have nothing to do with reflecting any “history” the rules are supposed to represent (plus the rules are usually cack anyway, and not that much fun to play.

There is something to be said for sticking with a set of rules that you enjoy and not following the trend (for example I still play Johnny Reb II rules for ACW. The first edition was too complicated, the third edition too simplified, the second edition was just right. And I’ve been using them for games since the 90s). So perhaps sticking with an edition of 40K where you personally got the most enjoyment might be a thing.

For Historicals, I must admit I’ve not had similar problems that I’ve had trying to stick with a GW game. I usually stick to scales 15mm and below, BUT I tend to play “refights” of historical battles (rather than pointed games). So the ORBATs are fixed, my army list is there and the terrain is all mapped beforehand. The “winner” of the game doesn’t matter so much as the experience of getting together with fellow gamers as a social experience. The minis are nearly always available (and a lot cheaper), the ORBATs and maps freely available online. And I gain a lot of satisfaction from researching the battles and equipment of the day (again from either books or online).

Just get away from GW and the “madness” of overpainting your wargaming minis up to collector standards (with 6mm figures it’s a blob of flesh colour for hands and face, no washes, no wet pallet, no blending etc). A Battalion of Napoleonic 48 6mm figures looks more impressive than a single 28mm GW figure (and takes less time to paint). If you are feeling frustrated before you’ve even got the figures, then GW have made an experience that perhaps we all should be looking to steer well clear off 🙂

When I played Warmachine and Hordes I built an army that I liked the look of, not an optimised one that made the best use of points. I lost as many as I won, but they were only friendly games and it’s the playing that mattered.

Sadly I’ve not had chance to play that in years, but I still dig the minis out when I need some for an RPG encounter. Hordes in particular make great RPG enemies.

Personally, I always found the fluff in Warmachine and Hordes so much more interesting than that in anything GW do. Warcasters and Warlocks had established rivalries and backstories that appealed to me… and I can pronouce their names… plus there are good guys and bad guys… unlike 40k where everyone is an evil bastard.

I wouldn’t worry about missing the new “epic” scale minis from GW. They’ve been cleverly hiding some massive uncut issues by careful angles when taking the photos.

https://i.redd.it/picture-making-the-rounds-v0-pw0l7xdroz0c1.jpeg?s=e52c99b175bfd07ad07fb984db6726c386f60bdb

…..not good 🙁

Nope, they are the new 8mm Legion Imperialis models fresh off the sprue. It’s what everyone who pre-ordered the game is going to get (at least that was was what was on show in the display cabinet). GW just seem to feel they can shove anything out these days and ppl will still buy it. I feel there’s going to be a bit of a backlash when gamers get their copy (as I said they were REAL careful when taking the photos) if they end up getting minis like that. Although to be fair there’s only the one figure/pose that’s really bad and perhaps gamers can hide it by sticking it at the back of the group and put other models in front of it to hide the horrible job they did in setting up the mold on this one. 🙁

Agnostic rules for me! I grew up with D&D, so it wasn’t hard to go with generic fantasy miniatures and agnostic rulesets. I still have GW orcs from the 1980’s that I’m sure I can use in some Stargrave or even a Doomed game. Boardgames also rarely have rules revisions and are “complete” even if the soft plastic is more of a pain to paint than hard plastic.

Tried solo miniatures? Recent ruleset and you can go at your own pace. Works well with my pace. None of this GW tournament nonsense, even though you can still use your GW models!