As a board gamer who generally shops at the same places as 40k players: this does not surprise me in the least. Those goddamn armies are pricey.

The first I came to even know about the game was checking out a brand new game store with a more D&D-centric name and them currently hosting a game night for 40k so there were like 5 big tables with these gnarly modeled maps with hills and buildings while people were rolling dice, then pulling out tape measures and moving their units.

Shit looked like Risk but cooler. Then I noticed how expensive it would be to play and just never got into it lol

The money will be paid on an equal basis to each member of staff.

I did the math. If headcount didn't change in the last 12 months then the bonus each employee will receive will be ~$9152.54.

I don't play board games like warhammer but if I did I would happily pay the premium I see on those figurines if it means this happens.

The article disagrees, but idk what staffing numbers are right

It said in the article that it’s 18 grand American per employee I thought

The stat I found was 2950 employees world wide as of June 2024.

I used the numbers from their financial disclosure. I have no idea where the article got its information.

I got my information from the article so who knows lol

There are cheaper miniature games out there. Gaslands is Mad Max/ Death Race inspired and you use standard toy cars to play. There's also Turnip28 that's pretty much post apocalyptic Napoleonic Wars. There are cheap Napoleon era miniatures people modify for it, but I've also seen some goofier builds, like using toys and actual vegetables. I will say I haven't really played either, but they are the two miniature games I often consider getting into.

10k is just fine. 18k is better, but no one complains about 10k

For certain. I hope nobody thinks I'm dismissing this awesome move. I just wanted to know how much each individual got.

It's definitely pricey, a couple of reasons:

I believe the kits are still entirely made in the UK rather than Asia like so many things.

The quality and designs are arguably the best in the world with techniques far more advanced than most rivals can compete with.

This doesn't mean they don't get greedy and stick on a huge profit, I believe they heavily rely on staff who love the hobby to run their stores too and pay very poorly.

On the one hand, fuck GW, their plastic is too damn expensive for what it is.

On the other hand, respect for paying out profits to the employees. Mad respect, 100%. Wish more companies did that.

While that's great, it also speaks volumes when taken in context with their customer-hostile business practices.

They sell metric fucktons of $50+ boxes of $0.15 worth of plastic. And $20 bottles of paint. They should be able to throw their employees a generous bone.

If I were to play again, I'd find some drawn units, print them, laminate them, and stick them in the little circular stands with the slot. No way I'd spend that much money again, I barely broke even selling my old stuff.