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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 8361162" data-attributes="member: 4534">Fantasy skewed towards an older audience many of whom were essentially done purchasing models.  i.e.  Even the hard core players who owned 2 or 3 armies weren't likely to pick up many more models in the future.  I honestly don't know if just coming up with new models would have attracted a lot of new players to WH Fantasy.  I don't think it would have attracted younger players and the older players likely wouldn't have bought new models both because they already had a ton of them and the newer ones wouldn't match their older ones in aesthetics.  It was a ballsy calculated move on their part knowing they would alienate long term fans with the goal of attracting newer younger fans and it worked.  I've never been huge on lore when it comes to my war games and I tend to select my factions primarily on the ones I think look the coolest.  After all, I will be spending far more time painting my models than I will using them for any game.  That said, one of the Seraphon boxed sets was the very first thing I purchased for AoS.  I recently purchased the Dominion boxed set and had a lot of fun painting my Stormcast models but I didn't particularly care for the Kruelboyz.  The models look cool but I much prefer the goofy malevolence of old school orks.  [ATTACH=full]141578[/ATTACH]</blockquote>