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Games Workshop - Launch of Warhammer Online

October 2008

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  • Epic Code:
  • GAW
  • Price:
  • 230p
Cheap forms of escapism often do well during hard times. It's no coincidence that we have just had the best summer for cinema audiences for 40 years (helped by  Mama Mia) or that computer game sales have suddenly shown life as consumers spend more time at home. It was this train of thought that got us looking at  Games Workshop (GAW; 230p), the world’s largest hobby wargames company.Your editor has fond memories of his roommate at university spending entire weekends sprawled on the floor playing with multi-sided dice and tiny metal figures in a quasi-medieval fantasy world. There were camps of Good Guys featuring the Human Empire, stoic Dwarves and snobbish High Elves; Bad Guys aka forces of Destruction; and the warped ...

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