It’s been a long strange road to even get to this point folks, but you can rest assured this is not the last any of us will hear about this for a long while.
In true Shakespearean fashion GW has dropped another bomb, this time on the Ides of March.
More to come but for now, alea iacta est (the die has been cast).
What do you guys think? Now is the time to leave it in the comments! -MBG
Reported From BoLS
Games Workshop Partner Stores were told to get ready for a new policy update from GW today…
Stores across the United States held their breath and waited for the worst. When the new policy finally came down the line it was clear what was being targeted.
GW Partner Stores were prohibited from breaking open GW product and from selling sub-components. What that means is no sprue-bitz sales for Partner Stores.
Now the bigger question is WHY? GW has prohibited Partner Stores from operating online shopping carts for years, but sub-components were never bothered with, especially since GW shut down their own bits offerings many years ago.
Perhaps GW is planning on re-entering the bits business themselves?
About the Author: Rob Baer
Rob Baer
Job Title: Managing Editor
Founded Spikey Bits in 2009
Socials: Rob Baer on Facebook and @catdaddymbg on X
About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.
Rob also co-founded and currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls.
Every year, along with his co-hosts, he helps host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at the Las Vegas Open, each of which attracts thousands of players from around the world.
Rob has won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments over the years and even winning 1st place at the 2011 Adepticon 40k Team Tournament. He was even featured for his painting in issue #304 of Games Workshop’s White Dwarf Magazine.
With over 30 years of experience in retail and distribution, Rob knows all the products and exactly which ones are the best. As a member of GAMA (Game Manufacturers Association), he advocates for gaming stores and manufacturers in these difficult times, always looking for the next big thing to feature for the miniatures hobby, helping everyone to provide the value consumers want.
While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and models made of both pewter and resin.
