Warhammer 40,000

[zinckiwi]

A new game shop just opened nearby and seems to stock nothing but Warhammer 40,000 stuff. Books. Models. Little board things. God knows what else.

What *is* Warhammer 40,000? I mean, fundamenatally. I haven't a clue.

[Rob_Merritt]

A table top battle game with Humans vs Orcs, set 40,000 years in the future.

[Ascendent]

Its a tabletop role playing game.  My understanding of it is very limited but you buy little figurines representing your squad? platoon? company? *shrugs* then you paint them and detail them then you play against other people who have painted figurines as well. I imagine lots of dice rolling trying to kill as many of the other guys painted figurines as possible. I guess the person who has the most painted figurines wins. As for the concept itself I think its scifi oriented with orcs, humans and other nasty creepy crawlies, and lots of tech. But then again I could be totally off base on all of this. *shrugs*

Ascendent

[Arnold Yim]

That sounds so geeky :-)

Anyways, I question how a store can make a profit not selling to a niche market like gaming, but a niche product within a niche market. . . sounds like a failure to me.

[DPW]

Because Warhammer 40k stuff is ridiciously expensive.

2 figures for $7? It took me a year to figure out the answer was NO THANKS!