It’s confirmed; Games Workshop is increasing prices starting from November 23rd into December for many products and services.
This is a developing story as two sets of price increases are being reported, with one already confirmed by Games Workshop and another by retailers to us privately.
Hobbyists started noticing a policy change banner on Games Workshop’s webstore on November 19th, 2022. At the same time, some retailers in the United Kingdom posted both screenshots and text copies of what appears to be an upcoming price increase by Games Workshop for their retail costs to stores.
We have received several forwarded email messages from retailers in the United Kingdom, and at this point, these price increases look to be confirmed.
New Games Workshop Price Increases Are Here
It is confirmed that free shipping minimums to customers ordering from the Games Workshop webstore are increasing in price from $32 to $65 on Wednesday, November 23rd, one day before Thanksgiving.
Orders under $65 to residential addresses will now cost $10 to ship. Price increases vary from country to country so check the Games Workshop delivery details page here to see what the new minimums are locally for you.
Our Delivery Terms Are Changing
From the 23rd of November our standard delivery terms are returning to pre-pandemic levels.
This means in order to be eligible for Free Home Delivery your order must total $65 or more. Home deliveries under $65 will cost $10.
In addition to price increases for shipping minimums, in the United Kingdom, retailers are reporting that they were informed by Games Workshop of an upcoming 5.8% increase in costs to trade accounts around the close of business on Friday, November 18th, 2022.
Remember that this is not an increase to the suggested retail price consumers pay; it is to the price retailers pay to buy Games Workshop products for resale.
Elysium Wargames confirmed this message in a Tweet, and Harlequins Preston had the text version of the same message posted on their Facebook.
The last line seems to indicate a pivot that many retailers may have to make very soon to maintain profitability, which ultimately means that consumers themselves will still end up paying more at the register regardless…
Obviously, if true, another price increase on all paints and plastic boxes will mark the second such increase this year alone, as we saw prices jump significantly already on over 3000 items in February of 2022.
It’s also important to note that these increased costs to retailers are currently being reported in the UK only.
Furthermore seems that the only actual price increase, so far, affecting consumers in the United States is for minimum order sizes from the Games Workshop online store.
It is unclear how retailers in the UK choose to deal with this increase in cost to what we assume is one of their main revenue streams. However, with double-digit increases in the cost of heating and necessities like food hitting at the same time, consumers may untimely be left with fewer places to game this winter if retailers can not manage these challenges.
Which begs the question; how far do you game now, and how far would you be willing to travel for that same gaming experience in these trying times?
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