![]() ![]() I didn’t stick with them, but my podcasting partner in crime did, as did many, many others. These books were for me, as I imagine they were for many others of my generation, the gateway experience into “gaming” and led to Steve Jackson & Ian Livingston’s other endeavour as the founders of Games Workshop. I’ve still got one on the book shelf that I came across in a stash of books in my Mum & Dad’s attic once. You know – “If you want to fight the Dragon turn to chapter 2, if you want to run from the dragon turn to chapter 3” stuff. These were novels where you would choose a course of action at the end of your current chapter and this would then determine which chapter you went to next. As I mention in the podcast I first became aware of them as a child in the 80s when my Dad used to buy me the “choose your own adventure” books they used to write. I doubt there’s much I can tell you about the history of Games Workshop that you can’t find on their Wikipedia page really, but I can tell you off the top of my head that the founders were Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson (Not THAT Steve Jackson, the OTHER Steve Jackson) back in the mid-70s. ![]() Let’s start with Warhammer 40k’s publisher – Games Workshop. ![]() My podcasting better half Andy (aka “Not as handsome as Chris”) has been a 40K player for some years, and I’ve dabbled a little in the past with the 40K universe in the form of Necromunda (First Edition)and as we said in our latest podcast episode – we’re very excited for this new release. That excitement has ramped up even more since some juicy sneak peek press landed, with pics and a little info, such as this one from ICV2 (click the pic for a link to their article): We can’t speak for the rest of the world, but Game Workshop are an immensely popular brand over here in the UK and we’ve got dreams & aspirations of potentially attracting some noobs to the game through the new set. Looking forward into the New Year one thing we’re particularly excited about at BritRollerSix towers is the Games Workshop/Wizkids deal and the announced upcoming Warhammer 40,000 Dice Masters set. ![]()
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