So true. by TOM7I on 24 Jun 2006 
Hey, Stephane! First of all I wanted to congratulate you for a great site and especially for your courage and wit which you have displayed in the rants section. I came across your site by sheer accident when I was searching for some info on Man O War and after reading the articles written here I just had to sign in and write a letter.
I posted it in this section becouse it hasn't got any replies yet but mostly becouse it corresponds with the main cause of my aggravation towards GW. I'm not a gamer yet although I know some people who play Warhammer and 40K; I would like to be one someday but right now I just don't have the time. I began with 5th edition vampire counts, which just came out as I started to build my collection. I've purchased the miniatures, the overpriced colours from GW (here in Slovenia we dont have any notable alternatives yet, or maybe I wasn't looking hard enough) and the 5th edition VC army book. I started to build my army and after a couple of months, when my depleted moneybag filled up again, I purchased the brand new 6th edition hardcover rulebook. In the meantime I've read all I could about the new army which seemed to be featured everywhere since it's release, including the (in hindsight) heavily biased battle reports, where no matter which the opponent or scenario, the VC's would always win (isn’t it like that with the others as well?). I think it was the last army in 5th edition that came out, but then Ravening hordes appeared and many of us were really confused as we had to get new rules that seemed like they were thought up over a few days and still only “half there”. Another couple of months passed and then all of a sudden there was the new vampire counts army book, which I had to buy as well becouse there was no army books on the internet yet… So there I was, having purchased a lot of obsolete stuff over two years along with crappy paint that you mentioned somewhere else (it’s just as you said but I noticed only now that I’ve read it here) plus I had to change my troop layouts according to GW’s whim everytime they decided to bring a new version out. In the end I have also noticed the greedy vampire bloodline “evolution”: first there were four bloodlines; now there are five bloodlines including the new Strigoi, but as Alessio Cavatore mentioned in his VC armybook there were originally seven bloodlines so when GW runs low on funds, I’ll be presented with at least two new army books with a new bloodline in each…
Well, having said that I feel a bit better since now I can post my rants somewhere where they will be read by sensible people who are also avare of the bad sides of “The Hobby”. I’ll write another rant in the specialist games, dead games section next so see you there. Thanks for the great site! Bye, Thomas

Completely agree by peterbondra on 18 Dec 2007 
Fantasy isn't the same. GW obviously wanted to make more money selling hordes of rank and file (can't blame them) as opposed to a handful of special characters. Pretty much switched to 40k altho I still kept one of my fantasy armies around just in case!