Dice Men: The Origin Story of Games Workshop

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As another reviewer has commented, the writing style is rather flat and a clear decision was made to favour broad overviews rather than anything particularly probing. The subsequent two occurrences both follow this pattern – Bryan wants more time and cash spent on Citadel and isn’t getting his way, he forces the issue with a resignation, and Livingstone and Jackson fold.

The first is to discuss what is in this book, what’s said and what story it’s telling, and the second is to discuss what isn’t said and what story it doesn’t tell. It’s an annoyance more than a major issue, and as already stated it’s probably the best choice for trying to make sense of what the company was doing in those early days, but it can make for a slightly surreal reading experience and I suspect a more tightly-edited book might have moved some of these sections around or more explicitly linked them.Based on the reviews and thoughts of some other individuals involved in the early days of GW it may well be that the smooth narrative sidesteps some of the thorny moments in the story, and this is definitely a story rather than a forensic history, but it is terribly well told and totally captivating.

My thanks to to Ian and Steve for sharing their memories; I’m now eagerly awaiting the followup just announced covering the Fighting Fantasy years. This is the story of one middle-aged woman in a cardigan determined to understand this growing phenomenon.This third song is the same as the first, but the reward for Bryan is even more dramatic; he first becomes part of a joint operating board, then group managing director.

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You can count the number of text-only double-page spreads on one hand, as Sir Ian, with Jackson’s expert assistance, showcases highs and lows in ways as colorful as their many creations. The thing that jumps off the page with every mention of his name is his single-mindedness and clarity of vision.