I caught on Slashdot this morning that Games Workshop, the publisher of Warhammer 40,000 (which I have gotten into this past year) has sent a very harsh cease & desist to BoardGameGeek, a website devoted to all things pertaining to tabletop gaming. The C&D from Games Workshop has ordered BoardGameGeek to “remove all fan-made players’ aids. This includes scenarios, rules summaries, inventory manifests, scans to help replace worn pieces — many of these created for long out of print, well-loved games. GW did this shortly after building a lot of good will by re-releasing their out of print game ‘Space Hulk’ to much hoopla.”

What the hell is Games Workshop thinking?

Ya know, I’m no stranger to the crazy world of alleged “copyright infringement”. And even though my situation was in the purview of the American legal system and Games Workshop is a company based in the United ...