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Glengoyne · 12-04-2009, 05:31 AM

Something I just discovered. Right before Thanksgiving, Games Workshop sent boardgamegeek.com a cease and desist order resulting in all fan contributed content for all games workshop games to be pulled, and future fan contributions have been insta-blocked.

This goes beyond what Cyanide might have cornered them into doing. I'm wondering if they have new in house council. Sometimes very smart people make very poor business decisions. As of now the boardgamegeek community, whether they own GW products or not, are rating GW games as 1 out of 10. Probably not significant, but no one is going to say "Hey Space Hulk is a top 5 game...Maybe I should check it out". Space Hulk is now rated 170...with an anchor.

12-04-2009, 05:31 AM	#28
Glengoyne Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Fresno, CA	Something I just discovered. Right before Thanksgiving, Games Workshop sent boardgamegeek.com a cease and desist order resulting in all fan contributed content for all games workshop games to be pulled, and future fan contributions have been insta-blocked. This goes beyond what Cyanide might have cornered them into doing. I'm wondering if they have new in house council. Sometimes very smart people make very poor business decisions. As of now the boardgamegeek community, whether they own GW products or not, are rating GW games as 1 out of 10. Probably not significant, but no one is going to say "Hey Space Hulk is a top 5 game...Maybe I should check it out". Space Hulk is now rated 170...with an anchor.