{"id":469,"date":"2008-01-29T08:52:29","date_gmt":"2008-01-29T07:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tinyplanetblog.com\/?p=469"},"modified":"2008-01-29T08:52:29","modified_gmt":"2008-01-29T07:52:29","slug":"warhammered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tinyplanetblog.com\/?p=469","title":{"rendered":"Warhammered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Black Industries<\/strong>, the makers of Warhammer, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pcworld.com\/gameon\/archives\/006388.html\" target=\"_blank\">is to close<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Kevin Rountree General Manager of BL Publishing said \u2018As a result of the  continued and impressive success of our core novels business, which we have  built around 40K and Warhammer, we have decided to focus all of our efforts on  growing this part of our business. Black Industries has seen fantastic success,  most recently with Talisman and Dark Heresy. This change does not take away from  that achievement rather it allows BL Publishing to focus on producing the best  novels we can. This is a purely commercial decision and will enable us to carry  on the huge growth that we have recently been experiencing with our novels\u2019.<noscript><\/noscript>\n<link href=\"http:\/\/images.pcworld.com\/shared\/graphics\/favicon.ico\" rel=\"SHORTCUT ICON\" \/><\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- End Quantcast tag --><!-- gameon --><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> <!-- pcw_AdInit(); pcw_ad_site=\"pcw_blogs\"; pcw_ad_zone=\"gameon\/\"; pcw_ad_cats=\"\"; pcw_ad_pcat_idx = pcw_ad_cats.indexOf(\",\"); if(pcw_ad_pcat_idx == -1) pcw_ad_pcat_idx = pcw_ad_cats.length; pcw_ad_pcat = pcw_ad_cats.substr(0,pcw_ad_pcat_idx); pcw_ad_sec=\"\"; pcw_ad_aid=\"\"; pcw_AdOverride(); \/\/ --> <\/script><!--WEBSIDESTORY CODE HBX2.0 (Universal)--><!--COPYRIGHT 1997-2005 WEBSIDESTORY,INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. U.S.PATENT No. 6,393,479B1. 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It&#8217;s just sad when a pen and paper RPG falls by the wayside. Speaking of pen-and-paper-based adventure, does anybody else miss the <strong>Fighting Fantasy<\/strong> books?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Industries, the makers of Warhammer, is to close. Kevin Rountree General Manager of BL Publishing said \u2018As a result of the continued and impressive success of our core novels business, which we have built around 40K and Warhammer, we have decided to focus all of our efforts on growing this part of our business. 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