Games Workshop, creator of the Space Hulk board game, has shut down a popular PC implementation of the game.  The free fan-made version, produced by Teardown , has been getting some positive press over the past couple of weeks from tabletop and video game fans alike. According to Ars Technica, GW contacted the ISP hosting the game, and the ISP has taken down the files.  The Teardown team is planning to speak to GW tomorrow.

This is not the first time that Games Workshop has had an issue with fan implementations of their games, as they  recently pulled all VASSAL modules for their games.  It seems to me, however, that Teardown’s version of Space Hulk created a lot of new interest in the game.

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Domino sales are climbing, fueled by the general boost in traditional games, celebrity players, and a recent advertisement by Guinness.

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South Holland, IL: Two brothers shot over a dice game dispute from the night before.

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GMT Games is shipping 19th century battlefield game Manoeuvre and World War II game Pacific Typhoon. In Manoeuvre, players choose from one of eight period powers and control troops on the battlefield using nation-specific decks of cards. Pacific Typhoon in modeled on the 1998 Avalon Hill game Atlantic Storm and is a strategy card game for four to six players.

Both games are graduates of GMT’s P500 system, through which the company’s customers help guide the focus of GMT’s development and production schedule while earning a significant discount on preorders.

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