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Let's take a deep breath. My wife and I watched a video by a parenting expert in which he explained the concept of material anxiety. Material anxiety is when your child feels that they have to own all the cool toys and gadgets that all the other kids have. As a gamer I have suffered from my own case of material anxiety. I know that I have had to buy a game, often motivated by the fear that the game would go out of print or already was out of print and about to vanish. Heck, that is how I ended up with a copy of the original Deadlands: Hell on Earth game plus six of the sourcebooks.
My message to gamers everywhere in the wake of Fantasy Flight losing the GW license is:
Take a deep breath, everything is going to be okay.
We, as gamers, do not need to own copies of every game that exists. There are some FFG/GW games that I was/still am interesting in playing. The Warhammer Adventure Card Game looked interesting. I would love some expansions for my copy of Talisman. The Black Crusade rpg seems like it would be interesting to run. However, life will go on if I don't own those games. Before you go on an internet buying binge, look at your shelves. Are there games on there that need to be played? Do you really need more games, or are you suffering from material anxiety?
Fantasy Flight Games is going to make more awesome games. Games Workshop will continue to to put out awesome games. If you have always wanted a copy of Blood Bowl: Team Manager then this is probably a good time to get one. Buy the game because you will enjoy it, not because it is going away. Perhaps I am writing this more for me than for you. Take my advice with a grain of salt, and remember. play well.
