ALL the 1980s Games Workshop Games That WEREN'T Warhammer!

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  • @mpaice
    @mpaice 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    OMG. You unearthed some very old memories. Such a strange sensation to remember these long-forgotten games. I think I had about 6 or 7 of these. Many, many thanks.

    • @EsotericOrderGamers
      @EsotericOrderGamers  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nice! I know that feeling and I'm happy to hear I sparked it with this video.

    • @martinsouthon8206
      @martinsouthon8206 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Cheers mate. Great memories. Came to GW in 1984 via Fighting fantasy age 12. warrior Knights, Battle cars and Rogue Trooper are personal favourites. Had chainsaw warrior too agree it was pretty crap. Re released Block/Mega mania are great.

  • @Torkijo
    @Torkijo ปีที่แล้ว +2

    only played 7 of these back in the day, but absolutely loved most of them, especially Battlecars.

    • @EsotericOrderGamers
      @EsotericOrderGamers  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Battlercars really is a classic. Check out my super-sized battle report of it!

  • @alistairsheehyhutton4201
    @alistairsheehyhutton4201 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Played Blood Royale regularly as a teenager. It was very, very, very much a weekender - start on Saturday, finish on Sunday.
    Some of the most incredible gaming stories of bluff and double cross.

    • @EsotericOrderGamers
      @EsotericOrderGamers  ปีที่แล้ว

      It's kind of sad I'll probably never get around to playing it.

  • @LordTechnopants
    @LordTechnopants 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In 1982 I walked into a friend's bedroom to be confronted by a glorious selection of Citadel skeletons - I was in! I saw Grenadier miniatures in the big model shop in Sheffield, UK (Beaties) and then braved the nerd-cave that was the Sheffield GW store (then on The Moor). I remember these games on the shelves and the plethora of TSR AD&D. I can smell the place now: carboard, metal minis and plastic dice. I was a regular from then on, but it would be a few years before I had a circle of friends to actually play with (Titanicus). Happy days. I still have 2 minis from GW from back then. My pal had Battle Cars on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum - it had the exact same box art as the board game.

    • @EsotericOrderGamers
      @EsotericOrderGamers  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Excellent memories. Thanks for sharing mate. 🥃

    • @stylemer
      @stylemer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "braved the nerd-cave", love it, and look at the world now: everyone's playing these things

    • @LordTechnopants
      @LordTechnopants 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@stylemer Yeah, back then it really felt like something leftfield and even 'esoteric' (ha ha). Glad I crossed the threshold and am still hooked, all these decades later.

  • @johnfarscape
    @johnfarscape 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I sprayed some of my board games, with gloss varnish, followed by matt, or silk, depending on what finish I wanted, it protects them pretty well from wear n tear, and especially mold.

    • @EsotericOrderGamers
      @EsotericOrderGamers  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow, that sounds risky, but glad it worked out!

    • @johnfarscape
      @johnfarscape 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@EsotericOrderGamers I have played the original space hulk, literally 1000s of times, so much that moving the models had worn through the cardboard tiles 🤣, so when I brought a replacement, I decided to try the varnish idea, and its been great for the last 15 years, my logic was, you varnish the models to protect them from handling, so why not the board and counters.

    • @EsotericOrderGamers
      @EsotericOrderGamers  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I guess my concern is that the moisture in the varnish would make the paper layers on the card ripple.

    • @johnfarscape
      @johnfarscape 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @EsotericOrderGamers I didn't just use wood varnish or anything like that 🤣, I brought it from an art shop, it was actually called paper varnish, I think it was made by Rowler Downey or something like that, you can still get it from art shops, I think there is now a decopage one, but I havent tried that yet, its not supposed to react with pigment in inks, or paints on artwork, or cause any curling through shrinkage, I think the newer ones even protect from UV light, so you can protect display boxes. . I would always recommend testing on an easily replacable token or something first, I sprayed one space hulk corridor that I had spares of and left it for a month, just to be sure. .

    • @EsotericOrderGamers
      @EsotericOrderGamers  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@johnfarscape Well yes, I suppose specialised artwork varnish would be designed not to do that. I must do some experiments!

  • @eatingweevils
    @eatingweevils ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Back in 1980 I went into my local game shop with the attention to buy Valley of Four Winds but the sales assistant persuaded me to get basic D&D instead saying it has unlimited playability. I made the right choice sending my pocket money on role playing games but still wouldn't mind a time machine to go back the 1980 game shop and go on a spending spree on the old games

    • @EsotericOrderGamers
      @EsotericOrderGamers  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That sales assistant certainly gave you good advice! Nostalgia is fine and all, but VotFW certainly doesn't hold a candle to the possibilities of D&D! (I got my basic set about the same time too - still have it, though the box is almost flat these days).

  • @stylemer
    @stylemer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, that takes me back to many, many, many nights of gaming in Sydney that I vividly recall. I still have those edtions of Fury of Dracula and Dungeonquest, and of course Talisman, including all the expansions except the Dungeon (I thought a friend I'd lent it to had lost it but I recorered it only this week!). My kids love them. What about Blood Bowl, Horus Heresy and Mighty Empires? Surely they didn't come out in the 1990s?
    You mention playing Dracula on Halloween, I once played it with my girlfriend of the time in a campsite in a remote national park on New Year's Eve over a couple of bottles of red, while the koalas barked all around us in these giant gum trees - pretty bloody spooky...
    We really must play those BattleCars scenarios, if we can decode my abysmal handwriting!

    • @EsotericOrderGamers
      @EsotericOrderGamers  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey mate! Ready for Starfinder this evening? (A group of us have been playing a DCC Lankhmar RPG campaign for 2 1/2 years with me GMing, tonight we're starting a new campaign with me playing for the first time in decades.)
      Those other games you mention are all Warhammer related - perhaps another video.
      Lucky you didn't get attacked by vampire koalas ... the bush is a dangerous place ...
      Yes, I spent a lot of time doing that Battlacars remake, we'll play it again next time you're here. See you tonight on the screen!

  • @ftumptch86
    @ftumptch86 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That map is lovely. Think that's an Ian Gibson, legend. There was a fair bit of inspiration, biggest one is probably the 40k bolter which is remarkably similar in function to a lawgiver (causeless rocket propelled ammo). And as for the Arbiters LOL.

  • @grahamlloyd7157
    @grahamlloyd7157 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fantastic trip down memory lane for me. I would also add to this the original Blood bowl game was in a box (first edition first print run was in a brown box and second printing in a red box) that was just like these too.
    Dungeonquest is my favourite...and Blockmania / Megamania / warlock of firetop mountain and Talisman next.
    The latest version of Dracula came with prepainted miniatures but that is out of print again.
    I finally got to play warrior knights earlier this year because one of my sons bought a FF copy, and it is a fantastic game..we played with 5 people.
    I was laughing at your comments about Chainsaw warrior..I persevered with that game too many times...and always died before defeating Darkness...funnily enough I did lend it to a friend who said he completed it on his second attempt!
    I will did out Rogue Trooper from the loft because I seem to remember liking it but thinking it was a bit of a grind, and I did see you have a player aid on your website.
    I loved the fluff for battle cars..all the more enjoyable after watching your battle of five armies and war of the ring play-throughs.
    Keep up the excellent work!

    • @EsotericOrderGamers
      @EsotericOrderGamers  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Blood Bowl is set in the Warhammer universe, so I suppose I can use that as an excuse for forgetting the original small box version! 🤣 We have a lot of old games in common Graham, thanks for writing!

  • @richprice482
    @richprice482 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brilliant video. Definitely a trip down memory lane for me as I’m 56 and started gaming when I was 13. We took a trip to the original GW in London. Bought loads of minis which I still have. Mini figs, Ral Partha, Citidel. I still game with my mate from that time. Thanks for the memories.

    • @EsotericOrderGamers
      @EsotericOrderGamers  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm 56 too and started at age 12. I certainly would have given anything to go to the GW shop back then!

    • @richprice482
      @richprice482 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@EsotericOrderGamers 66 was an excellent year! 🙂

    • @stylemer
      @stylemer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That is very cool!

    • @EsotericOrderGamers
      @EsotericOrderGamers  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      65 don't you mean! 🤣 Hell, they were obviously both great. Seems like ancient history doesn't it?

  • @ralfbrechtel8803
    @ralfbrechtel8803 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    After watching i put Chainsaw Warrior on the table. After playing two times, i revised the rules where necessary. Then i do a two player coop game rule. I think now it is the game it should be. Fast paced brutal fun for one or two players.

  • @XJMX
    @XJMX 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had Fury of Dracula, Chaos Marauders, and Rogue Trooper- all bought for £2.50 each from Games Workshop in Harrow around 1990/91ish. Chaos Marauders is the one I played the most, and I still own that original copy to this day.

  • @doomguy9049
    @doomguy9049 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sweet collection, thanks for sharing it with us

  • @brianonboard6483
    @brianonboard6483 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You missed some. Squelch, Oi dats my leg, Hungry Troll and the Gobbos and Troll in the Pantry, although they were if you have never seen them, best forgotten. I was working at GW at the time and had to play them with customers.

    • @EsotericOrderGamers
      @EsotericOrderGamers  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, I do know of those, but as kid-focused ones that were pretty much forgotten as soon as they were released, they didn't seem worth covering! I sympathise with you!

    • @stylemer
      @stylemer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      "Oi dats my leg" - the mind boggles

    • @EsotericOrderGamers
      @EsotericOrderGamers  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      GW's first attempts to 'get in the young 'uns' ...

  • @SteveHill3D
    @SteveHill3D 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great trip down memory lane. I have Apocalypse, Quirks (Eon?), Judge Dredd, Blood Royale and Dungeonquest from that era. I think my Talisman may be 2nd ed and I didn't get Fury of Dracula until the FFG edition. The last printing of FoD was by Wizkids and is essentially the same except for the inclusion of some pre-painted minis.

  • @fullovstars9447
    @fullovstars9447 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for all those stimulated memories!! What a walk down memory lane that was. I'm a handful of years younger but lived and played through most of these games in the 80's. I loved the original Talisman and still have it (but only got one expansion). I still have block wars + expansion - loved that game. I had a friend at the time who loved Blood Royale and we would have to leave out for days at a time, playing multiple sessions to conclude a game. Also loved Battlecars so much i had to get 2 copies so we had more board space :-) Some of the others i remember playing with friends but I didn't own myself. (as you do with close friends - better for each to have a different game if your families weren't rich?) What a decade for board games? fantastic

    • @EsotericOrderGamers
      @EsotericOrderGamers  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Great to hear your memories! They were amazing games because they were so unlike anything else available at the time - really the pinnacle for game quality back then!

  • @davedogge2280
    @davedogge2280 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow I got Valley of the Four Winds, used to own that Talisman and own Battlecars and Battlebikes but I've never seen or heard of Blockmania, Judge Dredd, Dr. Who, Warlock and many others you show and I was a kid in the UK at the time into it when these were out.

    • @EsotericOrderGamers
      @EsotericOrderGamers  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well, Block Mania has been re-released and Judge Dredd is on it's way. And you can still get the others on Ebay. :)

  • @HarleyFirestorm
    @HarleyFirestorm ปีที่แล้ว

    Bloody hell, there some memories from my childhood there, I used to go into a store (long gone) in Peckham, London UK and remember buying some of these games. The first games workshop I went to was in London, I think it was Catford, can't remember, but I bought all the original space hulk stuff ( sold it about 12 years ago).

  • @vvjvv
    @vvjvv 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent information on a bygone era, thank you so much ! tAlso hanks for buying that mic, the sound is so much better !

  • @semperatis
    @semperatis 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Those were the days Peter, they really did do an eclectic mix of games back then. Fury of Dracula was by far the best of them.

    • @EsotericOrderGamers
      @EsotericOrderGamers  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I do love that game. Strangely Curse of the Mummy's Tomb is the same designer, but just not in the same league.

    • @stylemer
      @stylemer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I rate the 1st edition very highly!

  • @shaneflickinger
    @shaneflickinger 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Interesting look at some of those old games. I have four of them. Really nice to see the original version of Talisman as well as some of the Fantasy Flight re-releases that I also own. Cheers Peter.

  • @Deep-Red-0
    @Deep-Red-0 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I vaguely recall some cut out games in some of the really early issues of White Dwarf, any chance you could show any of those?

    • @EsotericOrderGamers
      @EsotericOrderGamers  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is it really worth it? I don't think there was anything particularly memorable. 😃

  • @thefrenchspy81
    @thefrenchspy81 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your channel. This video alone probably is going to cost me lots of money. Thanks!

  • @richardsands
    @richardsands 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Block/Mega Mania was a fun game, as was Kings and Things - a humorous fun fairly light game that non boardgamers were happy to play with me when I started university in 1986. Talisman, of course, got far and away the most play of any GW games, we even played it at school between exams when we did our O and A levels. I liked Valley of the Four Winds because of the WD stories too, but in reality it was just a rather simplistic war game. I think Warlock was probably the hidden gem out of those early games. My first White Dwarf was number 9, though I did have a copy of number 6 off the back issue shelf at Dalling Road. I gave up on WD shortly after it stopped covering RPGs, because it just felt like miniature advertising, despite the fact that I was playing Warhammer and 40k battles in GW stores at the time!

  • @paulwingrove7105
    @paulwingrove7105 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I seem to remember an overpowered tactic of disabling the blocks sprinkler (fire control?) system and then setting fires on the ground level in block mania. The burning building would collapse in short order.

    • @EsotericOrderGamers
      @EsotericOrderGamers  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'll try that when I finally get around to playing it!

    • @stylemer
      @stylemer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Genius

  • @JanHell666
    @JanHell666 ปีที่แล้ว

    Was there ever any Nemesis the Warlock boardgame? Have been reading again the first comic books and getting board game ideas for it....

  • @ariskobalt6325
    @ariskobalt6325 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Peter your house can be considered a museum of board game history!

  • @fluorescentartichoke8361
    @fluorescentartichoke8361 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for this review. I am 5 years older and remember the impact these games had upon myself and friends. We would pool our meagre incomes to buy these games and in doing so formed a gaming group that lasted for years. Sadly, I have only retained Talisman 2nd edition and Judge Dredd. Time to find out if the others kept theirs. Great stuff.

  • @TheLordCrass
    @TheLordCrass ปีที่แล้ว

    I played many of them back in the day, thanks for the memory lane!

  • @Jonas_Fox
    @Jonas_Fox 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Such a great trip down memory lane. I've been collecting the box Games Workshop games instead of their bigger war-gaming stuff. It's been really great to have these self-contained boxes of fun.

  • @jonathangrant3019
    @jonathangrant3019 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not long after seeing this video I found someone selling a 2nd ed version of Talisman by GW for £5, which is less than 10 NZ dollars. I snapped that up and can't wait to try it. Whether I play it or not I'm very happy to have it in my collection. Now I just need the expansions for the same price 😉

  • @SaturmornCarvilli
    @SaturmornCarvilli 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Whoa, two videos with the Doctor Who 1980 board game in them released within an hour of each other. Blame Society (of Chad Vader fame) played this as part of their Beer and Board Games series.

  • @davidbarsdell6629
    @davidbarsdell6629 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kia Ora , It is so amazing what games there were in the 80’s, of course they were rougher than today but I would have loved to experience them, there is just so much more character than you see today, Ive been building gas-lands stuff so Battle cars sounds amazing to me.

    • @EsotericOrderGamers
      @EsotericOrderGamers  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The quality levels do vary, but Battlecars is definitely a beauty!

    • @stylemer
      @stylemer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gaslands a great game and very similar in concept, you could easily adapt it by taking the race aspect out of it

  • @BbBb-zx6sx
    @BbBb-zx6sx 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Block Mania and Mega Mania are available in retail from the same company that's sells, Sniper Elite.

    • @EsotericOrderGamers
      @EsotericOrderGamers  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Rebellion. 😃

    • @BbBb-zx6sx
      @BbBb-zx6sx 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@EsotericOrderGamers yes, thank you. I am at work and couldn't recall the name.

  • @MrYtedLive
    @MrYtedLive ปีที่แล้ว

    I have a copy of valley of the four winds that my uncle had in the 80s, however, we have no rules! can you please make a video going through the rules

    • @EsotericOrderGamers
      @EsotericOrderGamers  ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm sorry but I'm sure you can understand I would be going to all the time and effort of creating a video for just your education alone - it's a VERY old and obscure game! I suggest you ask on Boardgamegeek for someone to send you a scan of them.

  • @robins5314
    @robins5314 ปีที่แล้ว

    How can you not have a copy of Cosmic Encounters, that is a classic!

    • @EsotericOrderGamers
      @EsotericOrderGamers  ปีที่แล้ว

      I forgot to mention it! Though I have the original Eon edition, and the later Fantasy Flight edition, I don't have the Games Workshop edition, which I completely forgot about!

  • @calvanoni5443
    @calvanoni5443 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful. I'm 2 years older, & we didn't see any of these early ones here in California.

  • @StabSam
    @StabSam 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi i watched some of your vids and i like your style.

    • @EsotericOrderGamers
      @EsotericOrderGamers  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well thankyou! Make sure you hit that subscribe button and check out the website. 🍺

  • @giovotek
    @giovotek 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video, awesome to experience your passion for these games really comes through in your presentation. Thank you for sharing.

  • @leew6537
    @leew6537 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Calamity?

    • @EsotericOrderGamers
      @EsotericOrderGamers  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What?

    • @leew6537
      @leew6537 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      1983

    • @leew6537
      @leew6537 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Andrew Lloyd Webber helped creating it

    • @EsotericOrderGamers
      @EsotericOrderGamers  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh wow, I totally forgot that one, that's very obscure. A game about insurance by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Who thought that would be a hit?

  • @Aeternuss
    @Aeternuss 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What is the top 3 best game in that amazing video ???

    • @EsotericOrderGamers
      @EsotericOrderGamers  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's completely up to personal choice - you'll have to play them all and find out! 😁

    • @Aeternuss
      @Aeternuss 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@EsotericOrderGamers I have a second edition of Talisman that I love very much and I just bought on ebay Judge Dredd. Maybe next time I will buy Block Mania ?!?!

    • @EsotericOrderGamers
      @EsotericOrderGamers  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Aeternuss You'll find Block Mania a completely different type of game, and somewhat more complex than both of the ones you mention. Do you know boardgamegeek.com? There's heaps of detailed info on every game you can imagine there.

  • @michaelmitchell2123
    @michaelmitchell2123 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Doctor Who is huge fun!

  • @zaynevanday142
    @zaynevanday142 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I managed to get a copy of The Warlock of Firetop Mountain board game off Evil Bay a few years ago for $50 I also have the complete collection of Fighting Fantasy 😂😂😂 I made a FF themed bookshelf with maps and icons routed into the hardwood also Ian’s and Steve’s names on it 😂😂😂 weighs 4 tones 😂

  • @stuarthill5309
    @stuarthill5309 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video - some classics there, I think I've most of them (except Dr Who). Apocalypse is definitely worth trying. I'd add Space Hulk (1989) as even though it's set in 40K, I'd call it a miniatures heavy board game. Currently painting up a set with both expansions someone kindly gave me.

    • @EsotericOrderGamers
      @EsotericOrderGamers  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's a 'big box' game set in the W40K universe, so didn't fit in my parameters here. 😃

    • @stuarthill5309
      @stuarthill5309 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not like me to miss the small print!

    • @EsotericOrderGamers
      @EsotericOrderGamers  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣

    • @stylemer
      @stylemer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good call though, Space Hulk is an absolute classic, and the re-release with the embossed boards is one of my favourites (and probably the best paint job I'll ever do).

  • @mikemartell365
    @mikemartell365 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love these videos. You truly are a curator of the physical copies, but the history of this wonderful hobby, through your extensive collection!

  • @margaretwood152
    @margaretwood152 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Luv it, M8 ‼ But, _where's everyone's _Absolute Favourite: *Oii❗DAT'S MY LEG‼*

    • @EsotericOrderGamers
      @EsotericOrderGamers  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Truly Games Workshop’s finest hour. How could I have missed it?! 😂

  • @zaynevanday142
    @zaynevanday142 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A fellow Kiwi 😂😂😂 nice 👍