Warhammer's Greatest Storyteller | Gav Thorpe in Conversation

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I'm talking with Games Workshop design legend and author Gav Thorpe! Gav has worked on innumerable games, supplements, and stories at GW for Warhammer Fantasy, Warhammer: 40,000, Warhammer Quest, Inquisitor, Battlefleet Gothic, and just about everything else released by Workshop in the early 2000s!
As one of the designers who resurrected the Citadel Journal, helped develop Tau and Sisters of Battle for 40k, created Inquisitor, and continues to write countless novels and adventures for Black Library Gav Thorpe has impacted the games and worlds of Games Workshop in a way that few can rival.
We chat about developing Warhammer Quest, designing 40k, telling stories in Warhammer Fantasy, and the evolving culture and business of Games Workshop. It's a good one!
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@thelonelybolter8245 10 месяцев назад

Yup, these interviews are absolutely fire!

@jordansorcery 10 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@garyknight3018 6 месяцев назад

Top conversation, I had the pleasure meeting Gav at a Gamesday in Sydney Australia, great guy.

@musketoon 5 месяцев назад

My warhammer friends whatsapp group is called 'Gav Thorpe's 40k clubnhouse' for many years out of respect for this legend

@RenlangRen Месяц назад

Back in the day I loved reading articles in White Dwarf by Gave.

@br9809 5 месяцев назад

Gav is sounding more and more like a grizzled old commander. Very cool.

@stujm84 10 месяцев назад

The very first White Dwarf i bought was issue 195, and the battle in that issue was Steve Anastasoff's High Elves vs Gav Thorpes Forces of Chaos. And that report, the excitement created by Gav and Steve left such a impression on me as a 12yo that i read it SO MANY times that even now, over 25 years later, i can remember nearly ever detail. Gavs a legendary figure amongst many legendary figures that have made WH and 40K what they are today and its been a pleasure to listen to him. Thanks Jordan for sharing this with us, and keep up the fantastic work with your videos, they are very much appreciated and enjoyed.

@user-yl7lz1hm6r 8 месяцев назад

Great stuff. We need an interview with Andy Jones on all things WHQ95, Man O War etc.

@samhoward8573 8 месяцев назад

Interviews like this are just awesome!! Such a great interview!

@grahamfroggatt4530 10 месяцев назад

I played my first game of Warhammer Quest 95 in about 20 years just today! My 7yo daughter demanded to try it! ❤

@TheSirSpence 8 месяцев назад

I started a campaign this Christmas with my 6 year old Daughter and 9 year old son

@user-qi1jc1yn3o 5 месяцев назад

Gorkamorka was such a brilliant player focused game that inspired players to build their own kitbash games. Brian Ansel was a brilliant Orc designer I always thought.

@danielparfitt6586 4 месяца назад

Thank you

@rhag1394 8 месяцев назад

These interviews are absolutely gold! Thank you, Jordan!

@MiniatureRealms 10 месяцев назад

This was just so good, so much more detail than I expected, could have listened to so much more.

@NikoTeaJay 7 месяцев назад

Solid creative interviewed, fantastic listen. Lots of cool insights from Gav. Especially the bit about Inquisitor and larger scale vs regular scale narrative play.

@WiltrichsMiniatureArt 10 месяцев назад

Great interview and video! I've had the pleasure of working with Mr Thorpe on a few projects a number of years ago and he is a great and talented guy. Keep up the great work!

@kevindewes9637 7 месяцев назад

Great interview. Gav explains how he feels opening his Rogue Trader book and thats exactly how I feel about 2nd Ed or Necromunda. Instantly 11 years old again. Such a human experience.

@andrewjamieson7178 10 месяцев назад

Excellent interview, huge fan of Gav's work so this was a real treat.

@jordansorcery 10 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@6Stevo 10 месяцев назад

Another crackin' interview. Enjoyed that. Thanks Jordan. 😊

@DaronSchmit 8 месяцев назад

The more of these interviews I listen to, the more Games Workshop feels like it has been experiencing the quote "The bureaucracy will grow to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy". As a result, the folks doing the work are silo-ed further and further from the stakeholders and related teams. A real bummer, but they have absolutely had to grow to support the global business they've become.

@kevindewes9637 7 месяцев назад

How amazing would it have been to be involved in this early days of everyone in one small building.

@drewlovelyhell4892 2 месяца назад

Firstly, it's fascinating to hear the business issues of GW, because it gives some justification to their seemingly exorbitant prices, and secondly, its weird to see interviews with legends like Gav Thorpe (or Mike McVeigh) who I still visualise as fresh-faced twenty-somethings...

@brenthartman502 10 месяцев назад

Another well done champion interview with a good bloke who shaped the Halcyon days - and era - at GW that we rememember fondly. Cheers 🙃😃

@lastaad 8 месяцев назад

Awesome as always, your interviews are the bridge between today and legendary past of hobby we all love and adore since decades. Gav is indeed one of GW solid foundations and hearing from him was lovely time travel. Keep that work mate, we owe you so much!

@charlieg3102 10 месяцев назад

another great interview, loving your content, hope to see one with Graeme Davis soon?

@jordansorcery 10 месяцев назад

I would love to chat with Graeme Davis one day, such an influential yet often overlooked figure in the history of Warhammer’s world

@cspo 10 месяцев назад

absolute legend! great interview, thank you Jordan Sorcery for making it happen

@Augdown 10 месяцев назад

Great episode Jordan - lovely to hear from Gav one of my absolute hobby heroes!

@TheBunnan 10 месяцев назад

Great interview! Thanks for interviewing them.

@toi_techno 10 месяцев назад

Great interview as ever. In a decade of working as a chef that mans audiobooks have got me through many's a long shift of prep.

@AdamWhitehead111 10 месяцев назад

I actually played the halfling thief in Warhammer Quest (using a halfling from a box of plastic heroes that I got from Games Day but never saw for sale anywhere else... pretty sure that they were from Talisman). ... Somehow "halfling thief" was being auto corrected to "half lingerie thief." I've never played one of those.

@volkarve 10 месяцев назад

These interviews are great for many reasons. One that I would mention is as a consumer of his work. I've seen pictures and read the professional body of work of GW giants and I would project an idea of personality to them. Now, listening to their thoughts and design philosophy it's an interesting comparison. Best wishes to you all and keep up the great content!

@terraneaux 10 месяцев назад

Really looking forward to Andy Chambers and Gav's new games!

@user-qi1jc1yn3o 5 месяцев назад

Thank you Jordan Mr. Thorpe along with Andy Chambers and Rick Priestly were the people that were responsible for my enjoyment of playing tabletop gaming so I thank them all as well as you Jordan for bringing these people to conversations which you have made publicly possible for all, very much appreciated as that is what GW used to be like before it became a boring business that doesn’t admit it is a hobby anymore.

@NisGaarde 10 месяцев назад

Great interview! 🤩

@jordansorcery 10 месяцев назад

Cheers Nis!

@NisGaarde 10 месяцев назад

@@jordansorcery It would be really cool if you could get Bryan Ansell on sometime. Just to get that part of the story and perspective from "the horse's mouth".

@Jackalblade9 10 месяцев назад

Another awesome interview with another GW legend. Incredible work as always, Jordan!

@yellowbellytabletop 10 месяцев назад

Amazing interview. Seemed an incredibly switched on guy, more business aware than other GW veteran's of his period. Thanks for this and good luck to Gav with Zeo Genesis.

@TheRendar 10 месяцев назад

Amazing interview!

@jordansorcery 10 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@iatebambismom 10 месяцев назад

So, do you have industry connections or just the initiative to ask for these interviews? It's magical.

@charly03090309 10 месяцев назад

He must have photos from a dodgy weekend in Nottingham, i reckon. Either that or GW employees have a knitwear fetish.

@stevenkennedy4130 10 месяцев назад

Money talks. BS walks.

@iatebambismom 10 месяцев назад

Huh?@@stevenkennedy4130

@loveisontheroad7155 10 месяцев назад

As Andy Law over on the Rookery said a few days ago on their own stream invitations: just ask, even when you are just starting out. Many of these people enjoy talking about their passions to no end.

@robbyv101 10 месяцев назад

magical or "sorcery"...?

@DS_painting 10 месяцев назад

Great interview! Especially liked Gav's insight into the development of the special games and how they all affected each other, as well as his view on the introduction of Age of Sigmar.

@ObjectiveMedia 2 месяца назад

“We went from a games lead development to a management lead development” we know Gav, we know 😢

@toro132 9 месяцев назад

i am a dwarf player,in fantasy and i aos(fyreslayers and disposesed), i loved your balance in your books where the slow units have better stats than fast units to balance them,in actual days is a shame as in aos the designers ignore the move stat and we have many units that have same cost and stats but one have move 4" and other 6" but actual balance team just ignore move when is the biggest stat that win the games. i was a big fan of your work

@heirwolf6929 10 месяцев назад

Will be interesting to see what videos and topics you come up with based on this interview, like you mention at the end.

@dmeep 10 месяцев назад

the different scale of 54mm is what tmade my club bounce of it as no terrain would work and the modfels couldnt be used in their 40k armies apart from 1-2 of them that worked as demons. i remember a demonhost and a big green fellow with mechanical arms that i considdered buying but ultimatly didnt

@timothyharnedy4495 9 месяцев назад

What do we want? Plastic 54mm kits for for an Inquisitor/Mordheim mashup! When do we want them? As soon as we've found a buyer for our second kidney!

@JaySpringett 10 месяцев назад

The fact I've seen multiple 3D printed 54mm Inquisitor warbands and FDM terrain around the gaming group's I haunt recently. It's a really exciting time for the system. INQ28 held the torch, but maybe it's TIME

@misomiso8228 10 месяцев назад

Great guy.

@MKPoosh 10 месяцев назад

Ace interview

@danm2966 10 месяцев назад

What an awesome conversation. Thanks to both ofnyou for taking the time. Thanks to Gav Thorpe for his contribution to my hobby! I loved WHQ back in the day.

@warpaintjj 10 месяцев назад

Great that you just listen & don’t talk over or interject opinion 👍

@luckywallace 10 месяцев назад

Great interview. I always found that Gav was fantastic at writing rules mechanics but not necessarily at making things balanced and giving fair points values when creating army books.

@zeno6111753 8 месяцев назад

Have a GW game ever really been close to balanced?

@bingodingo3804 10 месяцев назад

All due respect to Inquisitor, but who do I have to kill to get Warhammer 47?

@MrLigonater 10 месяцев назад

I am Fond of this codices for that exact reason.

@michaelgrey1351 10 месяцев назад

If we're going to have to do a shot each time Gav's name comes up om going to need to call a doctor.

@misterjones7248 10 месяцев назад

Cracking ❤

@secondeditionwargaming 9 месяцев назад

Another fascinating and informative chat, well done sir.

@uclearwhale 10 месяцев назад

Was blowing up the world worth it to get those big centrepiece models? Unless you're GW shareholders, no

@nikoladedic6623 9 месяцев назад

So, does he know about Codex Compliant drinking game about him?

@stormy7722 10 месяцев назад

Gav do you have a copy of WHQ you'd like to get rid of? :)

@JEKAZOL 10 месяцев назад

Gav "da-da-da" Throrpe. I calling for a rap battle between him and Slavoj Zizek.

@oldKonk 10 месяцев назад

Dude!!!! Breatheeeee!

@noops9220 10 месяцев назад

Gav Thorpe: take a drink

@stevenkennedy4130 10 месяцев назад

Orky!!

@mazubahtender 10 месяцев назад

Take a shot.

@kevoreilly6557 10 месяцев назад

Hands down the worst writer at GW ever

@johntoland6696 10 месяцев назад

Sarcasm?

@NisGaarde 10 месяцев назад

Why do you think so? Care to elaborate?

@iatebambismom 10 месяцев назад

I thought Matt Ward was the guy folks didn't like? (To a stupid degree, poor guy).

@jojomerou4075 10 месяцев назад

@@iatebambismom Gavin is 2d. It has started with 3rd edition Eldar codex and the star canon.

@jojomerou4075 10 месяцев назад

@@NisGaarde Lorgar: Bearer of the Word is probably the worst black library novel

@ja37d-34 10 месяцев назад

Gav seems like a ncie guy.. :) back in the days I just thought he lost all battle reports.. But then later, kinda the head honcho, iirc, of the best edition, 6th Ed WHFB - when Tuomas left? He seemed to do a great job.

@dhaosandy 10 месяцев назад

It's very interesting, but GW lost me with age of Sigmar, and 7th ed 40k, just lost what the games were about for me 🥲

@Marcojaralaconich 9 месяцев назад

And GW got many more people since then. changes where actualy good and create many more players/clients

@dhaosandy 9 месяцев назад

What's your point? I stopped playing 40K because I no longer enjoyed it enough to justify the outlay. Like wise for me Warhammer was about mass combat of ranked units and once it was gone I had no interest in AOS, which is just 40K without the guns. I write from my perspective the return of save mods and multiple wounds seemed regressive and killed my interest. When it comes to warhammer no blocks of infantry, no interest, I'm happy people still enjoy the game I'd be sad if GW disappeared, but modern 40K and AOS don't interst me enough to expend the time and money to continue playing. I still collect and paint, but I don't play any more. As I say this is my opinion, what's your point?@@Marcojaralaconich

@Marcojaralaconich 9 месяцев назад

@@dhaosandy Sorry, I overreacted. Your are right in the diferences and reasons.