Warhammer World - Washington DC [2027]

[Bryan Blaire]

Meh, D.C. area.

 

While cool to see something like this happen, they really could have picked a better location.

[Robbienw]

47 minutes ago, Captain Idaho said:

Yeesh, GW is aiming to get bought out and taken over by a US company, most likely Amazon or linked, I'm certain of it.

 

Setting up a Warhammer World somewhere other than their original base? It's not going to attract customers except in the local area after all.

 

The whole feel of the mainline games of AoS and 40K seems... sanitised. Like World of Warcraft. Very much something Amazon would want to sell right?

 

Ah it all feels bleak to me.

 

This is super conspiratorial.

 

How do you get that take from the announcement of a Warhammer World opening in a large market?!  Bit like saying Disney wants to move to France 

 

They aren't moving the studio or the manufacturing facilities.  They are just making a centre for gaming events, selling exclusives and having big displays for people to pay to see.  Just like at Warhammer World in Nottingham.  I'm sure they will make a lot of money from it.

 

I think you need to get rid of the notion in your mind that Warhammer World = GW HQ.  It doesn't.  It's just one aspect of it.

Edited January 9 by Robbienw

[Mogger351]

1 hour ago, Cyrox said:

 

I can't see that happening to be honest, especially for anyone in the UK.

It can, all it takes is for US exclusive items to start coming out that are more contemporary, lots of big unique events, all the new exhibitions and displays being US first and so on.

 

It's not hard for it to be pushed as being nicer and newer than Nottingham.

[Subtleknife]

1 hour ago, Halandaar said:

 

Ultimately, Warhammer World is just a bigger-than-usual retail store with more display cabinets, more gaming tables and on-site catering.

 

Having another one on the other side of the Atlantic is not going to affect the operation of the company in any way.

That really is oversimplfying what it is, imo.

 

This could, for all we know, be the start of a shift to the states or that this new site might overshadow the old one. We simply don't know. All I am saying is I hope it isn't that, and WH remains the heart of GWs operation. For me, that is important.

[LameBeard]

I hope some of you good people get to enjoy this. Surprised it was not sooner, and also a bit surprised about the location. I don’t want to offend any American frater, but the stereotypical American cities we British would think of first are New York and Los Angeles. Yes I’m aware quite a few people live not there, but Washington DC to us is more like Brasilia or Canberra - sure it’s the capital city but what else does it do? I only found out this week that the Smithsonian is in Washington DC. 

Although this effect can also work in reverse: I have a friend who went to do his PhD at Washington University thinking it was in Washington DC. Turns out it’s just named after George Washington and is actually in St. Louis. Yes my American geography is bad, but I’m pretty sure St Louis is in the middle, miles from both DC and Washington state.

[Lord Marshal]

1 hour ago, Captain Idaho said:

Yeesh, GW is aiming to get bought out and taken over by a US company, most likely Amazon or linked, I'm certain of it.

 

Setting up a Warhammer World somewhere other than their original base? It's not going to attract customers except in the local area after all.

 

The whole feel of the mainline games of AoS and 40K seems... sanitised. Like World of Warcraft. Very much something Amazon would want to sell right?

 

Ah it all feels bleak to me.

 

It's probably just meant to be the Warhammer Cafe on a bigger basis, I think.

 

[grailkeeper]

I had a really bad time generally when I visited Nottingham. I also had a really bad time when I visited Washington DC. Strange coincidence.

[calgar101]

I don't understand the leap of logic of WW Nottingham being overshadowed or undermined here. A WE in the US is very logical, the US is their largest market is it not? No mention of any manufacturing or Studio elements being shifted to that site, just a large space for US Warhammer players to enjoy warhammer and spend their money.

Will this Warhammer World bearer than the UK one? Probably as its a newer site after all and not some addition to a factory.

Lots of US hobbyists will get a feel for the WW experience and possibly attend events or more events easily. You may see less North American players at WW UK events but any potential spaces would most likely be filled by UK/European players.

I wouldn't be surprised if more WW pop up in other destinations in the future; definitely 1 or 2 in Asia.

Warhammer World will become a brand in its own right so to speak and become a destination for that areas player base.

I can only see this as a positive thing, especially as the company will be investing heavily in infrastructure, overheads etc to get this off the ground.

[ThaneOfTas]

Nice for the American Warhammer fans I guess. Considering that both locations are roughly equally as far from me as eachother, and one of them is in the US, I'll be sticking with the original in Nottingham. 

[phandaal]

25 minutes ago, LameBeard said:

I don’t want to offend any American frater, but the stereotypical American cities we British would think of first are New York and Los Angeles.

 

Don't worry, most Americans think this too. Including NYC and LA, most people here would probably mention those places, or cities like Chicago, Philadelphia, or Miami. The DC metro (i.e., the District itself plus all of the surrounding cities) is not even top 5 for population.

 

And yes, St. Louis is far from Washington DC. It sits right on the main river that people generally see as separating the US into East and West. It would take about 13/14 hours to drive between St. Louis and DC. It would also take about 31 hours to drive from St. Louis to Seattle in Washington State, on the west coast.

[Marshal Rohr]

48 minutes ago, LameBeard said:

I hope some of you good people get to enjoy this. Surprised it was not sooner, and also a bit surprised about the location. I don’t want to offend any American frater, but the stereotypical American cities we British would think of first are New York and Los Angeles. Yes I’m aware quite a few people live not there, but Washington DC to us is more like Brasilia or Canberra - sure it’s the capital city but what else does it do? I only found out this week that the Smithsonian is in Washington DC. 

Although this effect can also work in reverse: I have a friend who went to do his PhD at Washington University thinking it was in Washington DC. Turns out it’s just named after George Washington and is actually in St. Louis. Yes my American geography is bad, but I’m pretty sure St Louis is in the middle, miles from both DC and Washington state.

The 95 corridor, which DC is on, is the most densely populated part of the country. DC is small, but NoVA is huge and has millions of people. DC also has the most resources for foreign travelers like a high number of hotels with multi-lingual staffs in languages besides English and Spanish. It’s got two major international airports and believe it or not, the last of our actual trains that go places. You can also get cars with minimal fuss. DC itself is very small, and there’s no chance they can afford to put it there so they’ll put it in NoVA if they’re smart or Maryland if the person spearheading this doesn’t believe in going somewhere to check it out before making multimillion dollar decisions. 

Edited January 9 by Marshal Rohr

[grailkeeper]

8 minutes ago, Marshal Rohr said:

The 95 corridor, which DC is on, is the most densely populated part of the country. DC is small, but NoVA is huge and has millions of people. DC also has the most resources for foreign travelers like a high number of hotels with multi-lingual staffs in languages besides English and Spanish. It’s got two major international airports and believe it or not, the last of our actual trains that go places. You can also get cars with minimal fuss. DC itself is very small, and there’s no chance they can afford to put it there so they’ll put it in NoVA if they’re smart or Maryland if the person spearheading this doesn’t believe in going somewhere to check it out before making multimillion dollar decisions. 

 

 

So the second British Institution to go to Maryland after Idris Elba made his name there as Stringer Bell.

Edited January 9 by grailkeeper

[Inquisitor_Lensoven]

Only a 5 hour drive and like $100 worth of tolls

[Marshal Rohr]

I can see them look at some of that real estate pricing and go “hey that’s a good deal for something this size” and whoops now Red, White, and Warhammer World is in New Carrollton. 

[Dark Shepherd]

40 minutes ago, grailkeeper said:

 

 

So the second British Institution to go to Maryland after Idris Elba made his name there as Stringer Bell.

You come at the Silent King you best not miss

[LameBeard]

1 hour ago, Marshal Rohr said:

. DC is small, but NoVA is huge and has millions of people…

 

… Maryland if the person spearheading this doesn’t believe in going somewhere to check it out before making multimillion dollar decisions. 

So you are educating me! NoVA is North Virginia?  Which is just part of Virginia? Because only West Virginia is a separate state?

 

Again, we don’t really think about Americans using public transport, so it’s nice to know there are trains (that aren’t boxcars having cowboys leap onto them from galloping horses - that’s my dream to do that one day).

 

And oof - poor Maryland!

 

 

 

 

Edited January 9 by LameBeard

[darkhorse0607]

23 minutes ago, LameBeard said:

So you are educating me! NoVA is North Virginia?  Which is just part of Virginia? Because only West Virginia is a separate state?

 

Again, we don’t really think about Americans using public transport, so it’s nice to know there are trains (that aren’t boxcars having cowboys leap onto them from galloping horses - that’s my dream to do that one day).

 

And oof - poor Maryland!

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah, so NoVA is the Nothern part of Virginia. Because DC is pretty small/crowded, a lot of federal employees or other folks that work in DC actually live in either northern Virginia or in Maryland. It's worth mentioning that them saying "just outside of Washington DC" can either mean it's on the outskirts of the District itself, which I kind of doubt, or is in either Maryland or Virginia. If I were a betting person, I would say it's probably going to be on the Virginia side because it has Dulles (large large airport) and Reagan (medium large). I would also assume it's cheaper but I don't know much about the costs in that area so don't quote me. 

 

West Virginia is off by itself on the western part of Virginia/Maryland

 

 

_{sorry if you were being sarcastic, mods can delete this if so. Was just trying to be helpful}

[Captain Idaho]

3 hours ago, Robbienw said:

I think you need to get rid of the notion in your mind that Warhammer World = GW HQ.  It doesn't.  It's just one aspect of it.

 

Oh the design studio, base of operations, UK based factories, head office etc all based at Warhammer World and not GW HQ?

 

Amazon's West Coast headquarters is based in Washington...

 

The difference between a conspiracy and the truth is about 6 months. (And a sense of humour apparently)

[DemonGSides]

8 minutes ago, Captain Idaho said:

 

Oh the design studio, base of operations, UK based factories, head office etc all based at Warhammer World and not GW HQ?

 

Amazon's West Coast headquarters is based in Washington...

 

The difference between a conspiracy and the truth is about 6 months. (And a sense of humour apparently)

 

There might be some confusion on which Washington is being spoken about here.

Edited January 9 by DemonGSides

[Marshal Rohr]

22 minutes ago, Captain Idaho said:

 

Oh the design studio, base of operations, UK based factories, head office etc all based at Warhammer World and not GW HQ?

 

Amazon's West Coast headquarters is based in Washington...

 

The difference between a conspiracy and the truth is about 6 months. (And a sense of humour apparently)

Washington State, cap. Their headquarters is in Seattle. Actually it’s in Ireland, but their US headquarters is in Seattle, Washington. 

[Marshal Rohr]

1 hour ago, LameBeard said:

So you are educating me! NoVA is North Virginia?  Which is just part of Virginia? Because only West Virginia is a separate state?

 

Again, we don’t really think about Americans using public transport, so it’s nice to know there are trains (that aren’t boxcars having cowboys leap onto them from galloping horses - that’s my dream to do that one day).

 

And oof - poor Maryland!

 

 

 

 

NoVA is the five or six Virginia counties touching the DC/MD border. It’s all the typical suburban strip-mall sprawl America is famous for, only Crystal City/Alexandria/Arlington are “nice” in the sense they feel like real towns. The public transportation will get everyone to the places they need to go with Ubers for the last mile, but there’s no way they don’t build this close to one of the train lines so people can walk. NoVA is also a good choice because politically the residents are mostly in line with European sensibilities, so GW wont have the issues they have hosting events in Florida and sending the French AoS team to Orlando. 

[Captain Idaho]

24 minutes ago, Marshal Rohr said:

Washington State, cap. Their headquarters is in Seattle. Actually it’s in Ireland, but their US headquarters is in Seattle, Washington. 

 

I'm still convinced there'll be a misunderstanding and GW will accidentally build it in Washington in the Sunderland area of the north east.

[Marshal Rohr]

11 minutes ago, Captain Idaho said:

 

I'm still convinced there'll be a misunderstanding and GW will accidentally build it in Washington in the Sunderland area of the north east.

“yeah, Boss we built that new paint factory in Durham North Carolina just like you wanted”

[darkhorse0607]

1 minute ago, Marshal Rohr said:

“yeah, Boss we built that new paint factory in Durham North Carolina just like you wanted”

Couldn't even spring for Raleigh proper 

 

Shame them

Edited January 9 by darkhorse0607

[Robbienw]

2 hours ago, Captain Idaho said:

 

Oh the design studio, base of operations, UK based factories, head office etc all based at Warhammer World and not GW HQ?

GW HQ contains all of those things.  GWHQ was there before Warhammer World came into existence.

 

Warhammer World is just one part of it.