TSR merged with Games Workshop?

[Henrix]

If I recall correctly this was long before warhammer was a big hit, if it even was out, and before Citiadel had bought GW (in other words; before GW made miniatures).

In other words, when GW was the UK company licensing D&D, RuneQuest, etc. It would have been a way to start a TSR UK.

 

[nerfherder]

If I recall correctly this was long before warhammer was a big hit, if it even was out, and before Citiadel had bought GW (in other words; before GW made miniatures).

In other words, when GW was the UK company licensing D&D, RuneQuest, etc. It would have been a way to start a TSR UK.

You mean like TSR (UK) Ltd, who produced Fiend Folio, and the UK series of modules.

 

[Desdichado]

in the grim darkness of the forgotten realms, there is only war.

That's awesome. :win:

 

[TerraDave]

You mean like TSR (UK) Ltd, who produced Fiend Folio, and the UK series of modules.

Many (most?) of the monsters from Fiend Folio were taken from White Dwarf magazine...

GW was a different company then, but if the Folio is any guide, the merger could have led to some interesting things.

 

[TerraDave]

Thinking a little more....

...was War Hammer the Pathfinder of its day?

 

[Maggan]

Thinking a little more....

...was War Hammer the Pathfinder of its day?

This is all IMO and all that.

If you're talking about Warhammer the wargame, then nope. It built its success as something else than D&D, and created a niche of its own.

Pathfinder is betting its success on trying to be more D&D than D&D.

If you're talking about the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying Game, the analogy is a bit more relevant, but hopefully for Pathfinder the similarities won't be too great. WFRP is a great game and all, but it didn't make a dent in the D&D business, and wasn't profitable enough for GW to keep publishing it.

/M

 

[TerraDave]

Just in the sense that they basically published a magazine under license, then got dumped by TSR, then launched a new game...

Its not that loose of an analogy.

Wether or not warhammer, the minis game, took players from D&D, you could argue either way. And you could also argue about how much it borrowed from D&D or was at least inspired by it.

EDIT: or, from the other side, you could argue that Pathfinder is really becoming its own niche...