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Reminder that Games Workshop is European (UK) (external-content.duckduckgo.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Blaze@feddit.nl to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk
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[โ€“] Mallspice@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

Too bad theyโ€™re shit.

[โ€“] psmgx@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

They're a publicly traded company and would happily lick MAGA taint if they'd see big quarterly growth.

And their over top all against all settings proved to be ideal recruiting grounds before the first Trump election, e.g. God Emperor Trump memes, purging the unclean, etc.

[โ€“] DmMacniel@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Still too overpriced plastic.

[โ€“] Blaze@feddit.nl 1 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Do you know of European cheaper alternatives?

[โ€“] Clear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

I know that you can find people that will 3d print models for you for way cheaper than GW and ship them to you, idk about that quality of the products tho

[โ€“] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Fria Liga (aka Free League) has lots of niche tabletop games, although iirc, they focus much more on the RPG side than the wargaming side.

There's lots of good stuff in the UK that I've found by browsing Kickstarter and small independent game shops online. I don't what you're into specifically, but there are lots of grimdark Mรถrk Borg inspired stuff out there right now that use system-agnostic minis for wargaming. Forbidden Psalm is one I've been pretty into for a bit, and I think they're out of the UK.

Disclaimer: I have no idea what the gaming scene is like for a lot of these; I just have a bad habit of collecting indie games I'll likely never play

[โ€“] DmMacniel@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

sadly no. Ulisses Spiele used to have a squad based fantasy wargame. But thats kinda it, the market heavily cornered by GW.

[โ€“] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

North Star Figures makes figures for Osprey games, like Frostgrave.

Both are from the UK.

https://www.northstarfigures.com/

https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/osprey-games/