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- Games Workshop featured on TV in 1984. Oldhammer at its finest! A must watch for every Oldhammer fan! Games Workshop appeared on TV in 1984. The TV feature was presented by the legendary author and comedian Ben Elton. Elton introduces gaming then goes on to play Dungeons and Dragons with Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson.
Elton films sequences in the Games Workshop first store in London and interviews staff and customers. Incredibly you can see original artwork on the walls of Livingstone's office!
We have digitally enhanced and increased the video resolution but there are obvious limitations. 
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Ben Elton: "They'll sell 40,000 this year."
Rick Priestley: *takes notes*
You know you're in the right shop when you can ask a assistant "Have you got any severed heads?" And they reply "We've got Human or Goblin ones"
Yep lol Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment :)
@@Psytrome "Sorry, we've only got three, is that alright?" I guess the mega rats were a hot-ticket item back in the day lol
At least I got to appear on TV once in my life because of this, though I was mocked by Ben Elton
*breathes* we've checked your YT join date! Is that really you?
Frothlord! 🤓
I know, it seemed like the reporter went to find someone to ask them about their characters and experience with the game before immediately acting like they actually didn't just ask them as if they were a frother who just randomly came up to them spouting information.
the legend hisself
Holy shit, you’re Tarry Higgins!
Holy shit! Jervis Johnson, Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson playing D&D :)
It’s insane isn’t it! Lol thanks fir watching and taking the time to comment :)
Jarvis Johnson had a famous dad too , Richard ! In the best ghost film ever made - the Haunting !
@@Gash580 Holy shit , He was the doctor in Zombie Flesheaters!
JJ retired 2021 July.
@@ianrobertson4398 Imagine the stories after a few pints?
I think it's a rule that the RPG enthusiasts of the Eighties had to be really really bad at describing what RPGs are. It's probably a large reason why it took so long to take off.
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To be fair the U.S. led the way in RPGs at the outset. Also I think that Ian Livingstone that was doing most of the selling was more of a game designer than salesman and also he didn't design D&D, GW were luck to have landed exclusive UK distribution rights for D&D during the early days.
It took so long to take off because it took so long for the kids that used to play to grow up into adults that controlled what is seen and heard on TV and Movies.
TBH that's partially because TSR hardly knew what it was. Apparently there were discussions among GMs at the time where they expressed frustration at some players choosing to not solve a puzzle because their character's intelligence was too low. Some GMs felt they weren't playing the game propely, not quite getting that their players had realized the real power of RPGs before they had.
(I like that old-school puzzle dungeon, psuedo board game style of play too. But it took a long time for nerds to universally realize how much more they could do with it.)
Gygax and friends had their tournament dungeons and open tables where they might have six parties running around (in different sessions), all rushing through the world to get as much loot as possible and potentially yank it from each other (hence castle and dungeon building rules).
Meanwhile some more isolated groups played... more like people play now. There was a ton of variety in how people interpreted what D&D "was".
@@colbyboucher6391 Don't forget that Warhammer 40k started with more RPG likr roles as well in the beginning.
In 1984, I had been playing D&D for 4 years already and lugging my rule books from one duty station to the next while teaching my room mates how to play on those long watches in the barracks on the week ends. It was great back then when D&D was some kind of secret mystery world that you only shared with your geek friends.
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the hidden mysteries that went on behind the screen is what drew me in lol
Thanks for cleaning this up - the only copy I have of this is a digital copy from an old VHS!! While I love the memories this brings back, I can't help but fixate on the fact that I should have bought a bigger shirt. That was not an appealing look. 😀
This is pure super geeky,and completely wonderful.
It’s fantastic isn’t it 😀 thank you for taking the time to watch and comment, it very appreciated:)
That place was nerd nirvana seriously the games we had lol they were really nice i used there big landscaped table for a huge game me some dude from Lincoln that was a very special place indeed now its historic well I mean its gone now I think the last times i was there in any capacity was 08
That poor guy being mocked by Elton at the end, Ruthless lol
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Amazed to see he has punchlines other than 'lol, Thatcher, amirite?'
😂
@Hans Otterson well and truly!
The metal minis that Ian introduced at the beginning, I'd wager that no D&D minis in the entire world were painted to that quality at the time. A vision of things to come!
* pan over to Mike McVey painting as fast as he can to get'em ready for their closeup *
We want the old GW back
That would be amazing
Wow, look how nice and relaxed Games Workshop was back then. A solid little hobby company that sells quality products for fantasy role-players.
Hardly recognisable today when I think of the company headquarters and the many lawsuits over IP and licences.
The same thing to some extent would happen with the majority of companies that go from small independent affairs to multi national billion pound corporations. In that process they inevitably lose their ability to do whatever they want as the bosses are not technically in charge anymore, the shareholders are and shareholders want profits and sustained profits every quarter. If they don't get that then you start getting votes of no confidence in the management and so that ends up seeing the management doing whatever they can to keep shareholders happy.
Some corporations can manage to keep all the customers happy, but it sadly tends to be rare.
"And can I have some severed heads?"
Same feelings, brother. Same feelings.
lol Human or Goblin?
*thoughtful pause
human please...
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Now we can say "I need to print some severed human heads".
Just as a young lad and his mum come in "See, mum, we're all really normal kids..."
I thought we were getting into a monty python sketch there...
This video got me interested in gaming. I never thought I would see it ever again or in colour, as I saw it the first time on a B&W 12" portable TV.
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I was born in 1984 and this was 5 years before HeroQuest.
"we call em frothers" , ill have some rats and skulls...
lol it great isn't it :) Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment it's much appreciated :)
We had one customer who was obsessed with the "Monstermark" system from early White Dwarfs (a system for balancing encounters). He would trap us at the till every time he came in. Imagine someone talking about a spreadsheet for an hour... Nightmare.
Man the subsequent interview with the "frother" was hilarious even though I pretty much knew exactly what it would sound like. The host's feigned interest was perfect
RIP Albie... Where ever you are mate, I hope you're rolling dice and having fun!!
I wish that original GW store was still there as a museum at least.
The day before blister packs. It was all different in my day when I worked at Games Workshop Meadowhall in the late 90s.
It just a lovely insight into a past time. Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment, its greatly appreciated :)
Meadowhall workshop was my local in the late 90s. What was that campaign against the nids that decided the fate of a world?
Fedaykin Commando Ichar 4 I think. Overseen by the Ultramarine with the Blood Angels and the Imperial Guard and the fairly new Sisters of Battle with help from the Eldar. It was a world wide campaign with an imperial victory, obviously.
It was a great reminder of a past time. Thanks.
"A hair net drops on you"
Great, +1 Luck
That hair lol Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment :)
precious. thanks
It's lovely isn't it :) Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment it's much appreciated :)
@@OriginalOldhammerArtwork no problem any time :)
I worked with Steve for a few years in the early 2000's and have met Ian a couple of times, but never seen videos of them from this era, thanks for sharing!
Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment it's much appreciated. Its fantastic isn't it! the store itself was just how I remembered it and so many wonderful rule sets :)
That red box of basic dungeons and dragons right at the start. I had that.
Now I still prefer basic to all later incarnations - no need for ridiculously long lists of special powers - if you want to do anything fancy just let the DM make up the criteria, then roll and hope the dice are on your side.
I almost exploded when i saw it.... I personally couldn't agree with you more :) thank you for taking the time to watch anc comment is really appreciated
Personally I love frothers, they're so invested in the hobby and always enjoying themselves! I remember I went to my local GW and this guy ended up telling me about an old White Dwarf mag that had rules for a 40K void-shield generator. This other guy had just started a Space Wolves army and was telling me about one of the OP Space Wolves characters (of which there are many in the codex, lol).
Those hair cuts were terrifying!! 😂
Its like they gave no fooks lol
Just saw the 20 year old son of a m8 of mine and he got pretty much the same haircut so it's coming back :)
This is brilliant! Thanks for the upload 😊
"Dwarves nailed to the floor, all sorts of disasters" 🤣
This video is fantastic! Takes me back on so many levels!
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Wow, proper old school D&D, quality, i started playing around the 1978'ish, give or take and watching this 'dont half take me back, mate' meny thanks for a quality bit of nostalgia
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Great find. Thanks for posting this.
Glad you enjoyed it
Fantastic find!
I think so too!
Brilliant. Thanks for sharing this!
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Absolutely amazing! Seeing the second generation of modern roleplaying so to speak. Thank you for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it!
That lad with the geggs at the end is my fucking hero. He's brilliant! 😂
Tarry Higgins LOL He is amazing! he looked so excitable! Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment :)
Alreet man, you into the games workshop like?
Enjoy your videos man, funny as.
@@anthonyh4745 I have been for thirty five years! 😆
@@AngryBootneck aye same man, about 30yrs for me.
Let me guess you’re an imperial guard collector?
@@anthonyh4745 Got a bit of everything really, obviously Marines love Space Marines though!
Thanks. Sort of miss those golden days.
🤗
Amazing, thanks for sharing
My pleasure
Awesome! Overwhelming nostalgia! I was 12 when that was made, listening to The Jam, Madness and the Eurythmics 😂
I'm still frothing lol
Greetings from Germany. Thx for this historical footage. RPG rules!
*waves enthusiastically Hello Germany :) our pleasure :)
Great Video. It has been so long, I forgot what those days were like. If only I had the money I have now. Of course, back then, it was food, movies (no vcr's or dvd's), gas and D&D. Good Times!
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Amazing stuff! I was just getting into historical gaming then and also doing Napoleonic reenactment with the 21st. (Oh and sitting o’levels) it seems a world ago! Thanks!
We might have something of interest for you to watch really soon :)
AMAZING, many chuckles had.
It's incredible isn't it :) I just realised you're the Guinea pig lady :) thank you for taking the time to watch and comment it most appreciated :)
@@OriginalOldhammerArtwork Haha That's me! :D
I love this SO MUCH. Subbing for more 80s RPG content.
Terry Higgins sounds like a good Burnley lad who didn't deserve to get mocked.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment it greatly appricated. We've just posted another one we found ruclips.net/video/xXvdygU0ceo/видео.html
Id love to have him in my party
Very cool thank you for sharing. This is a tease ..all of those pristine 1e books lol
"Frothers" OMG, I remember that! They used the term all the time and I'm American so I'd never heard it before. Thanks! This was brilliant.
Man, this brought back memories. What a great hobby we have! 😊
thank you for the trip back in time reminds me of my first GW game released i think not long after that video, Hero Quest me and my mate played it for hours was great fun, and with another mate we played the original space hulk and lastly later on with a 3rd mate me and him got into warhammer 40k 2nd Ed
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I remember accidentally getting roped into a demo game of space hulk by the manager in a store whilst my mate was looking at paints. I won, and then it was on and got all serious lol
@@bluecat2831 lol thank you for sharing
Wow. I remember watching this very distinctly...
Amazing :) I don't recall it. It must have been a regional show! hence the name of the show. Thank you for sharing you memories and for taking time to watch and comment :)
Good stuff, I have the dungeon tiles they were using in this video still, and many of the early GW D&D miniatures. I still use them.
I remember that shop. Bought some figures there. Although I do not recall seeing Ben Elton there.
This brought a tear to my eyes. Thinks changed so much since does times. I miss the old feeling of adventuring down a dungeon. A wasted life.
Amazing. "Have you got any severed heads?" "Human ones and goblin ones" XD I'm dead
Its incredible isn't it.... its the fact he has a list lol thank you for taking the time to watch and comment, its greatly appreciated :)
Fantastic, thanks for rescuing this! I remember shopping once at Dalling Road back in the day. Is that a John Blanche painted dwarf queen from the old Dwarf King's Court set? So many memories...
Hi :) Hope things are well. Its incredible isn't it! I almost exploded lol. I thought its was a Blanche painted figure, its very much in his style. Also Tim was my manager at GW Manchester for a few weeks :)
@@OriginalOldhammerArtwork cool. I worked there for two years out of three around 1983 I think?
Frothers! love it., thanks for posting
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Ben Elton and early roleplaying...could this be any more 80's
Only if Thatcher put in an appearance lol Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment :)
WTF! I had no idea Steve Jackson was a cofounder of Games Workshop! *mind explodes*
There are 2 game designers called Steve Jackson. The UK one in the video and went in to write Fighting fantasy books. The other Steve Jackson is American and created Car Wars and tithes games. Both Steve’s worked on a FF book! Know that was confusing!
Aaaah! OK that makes sense. Thanks for clearing it up.
*goes to pick up brain bits and shove them back in my head*
Have watched this so many times now hehe
It’s just so lovely isn’t it :) simpler times and haircuts 😂
The James Whale Show had a slot featuring, Space Hulk back in the 90s.
ohh we will try to find that thxs :)
@@OriginalOldhammerArtwork Had a search myself, but you'll probably have better luck. 🙂
Amazing!!! MORE PLEASE!!!!
Isn't it :) We've tracked down a few more early TV appearances nothing as good as this but we will had them to a YT video soon :)
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@@OriginalOldhammerArtwork awesome to hear that! And great job cleaning up the video. I would have watched it in any form to be honest, but I really appreciate the effort and results!
Looking forward to more of these in the future, cheers!
Loved the Fighting Fantasy books by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone back in the day! Didn't realise they founded Games Workshop!!!!!
great video!
Gale you enjoyed it. Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment its most appreciated :)
Jervais Johnson in appearance I think?
Yes its Jarvis :) Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment its much appreciated
I would love to go back to one of those old school hobby shops.
Us too buddy :) Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment :)
@@OriginalOldhammerArtwork if you are ever in Beaumont, TX there is one called Comic Stan'. It is the closest thing to the old school shops still in existence that I have seen. I would love to know if anyone knows of any more.
Back in 84 in a small shop in Kingston-Upon -Thames we found D&D..... My friend Mark was an artist and created a cover or two of White Dwarf 67 & 69
Wow! Totally awesome.
D&D CHANGED MY LIFE
I’ve still got a few issues of British modelling/wargaming magazines from about 1977/78, when the first metal fantasy figures appeared for sale. They provoked a lot of controversy with historical gamers pronouncing “this is not proper wargaming”. The whole field quickly exploded from there.
I’ll checkout some of the magazines from the era. I’ve researched the fall out with TSR and Ansell but never from the war gamers perspective funnily enough. Thanks the insight and taking the time to watch and comment :)
When I was at Eastwood in the late 90s, the casters and factory workers still called us Frothers.
lol thats great! It still a popular term i think. Thank You for taking the time to watch and comment :)
I'm proud to say that I created that term. 😀😀😀
And Jarvis Johnson has just retired July 2021, 37years after this video. End of an era.
6:52 - JERVIS!!!!!
Happy retirement, game master.
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This is gold. The nerds have never changed.
I am now vindicated in my buying and painting warhammer models just to use for d&d :)
"A net drops from the ceiling, over you."
"What, like a hair net?"
:D
Frothers and Mega rats! thank you for posting this
lol thank you for watching :)
Great to see - predates my involvement with GW games by about 6 years - when I started with 40k they were still in that transistion between promoting other game systems and full exclusivity of their own IP
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Jervis sighting
Amazing isn't it :) thanks for taking the time to watch and comment :)
I'd love to see the Wargames Review tapes again. I sent GW copies back in 1990, but I've lost my access to them. The owner of the originals passed away.
I still have my Lands of Adventure!
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That's my old wh shop i was born just up the road too I think the guy in glasses sold me my first ultrasmurf boxset ah was super cool to see the old place the game table in there was amazing anyone play a game out of there we may have played lol
Amazing :) thank your for sharing you memories :)
@@OriginalOldhammerArtwork and I got a load of em too thanks thats just next to the cinema the guys always went way above and beyond doing games and it was always busy
My old shop too. Although the cinema was demolished some time back in 2008 or so
Tarry Higgins
Role Player, Frother and Student
I laughed more than I probably should have at the above.
Oh to have an rpg shop stocked like that one lol. Happy Days.
When I saw it I almost exploded with excitement lol thank you for taking the time to watch and comment, its greatly appreciated :)
@@OriginalOldhammerArtwork I worked for GW for a short time, filling in for a sick staff member. Loved it. Was back in the days before they purged the company of non GW products. Best staff discount I ever had! 50% off GW products, and 25% off everything else! You can guess where most of my wages went hehe. Met SJ & IL once, really nice guys.
@@davidthompson3798 oh WoW! I worked for GW Manchester during that period. Tim was my manager for a while... I loved the discount :)
@@OriginalOldhammerArtwork I was at Newcastle! (Ian Henzell was manager).
Those were the days. 😀
""They're going to sell 40,000""
When they are playing together, is it Jervis Johnson with the white shirt and the surprisingly full head of hair?
ah the good old days !
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I used to go to this shop every week in 87. They hated me:)
Miss playing with my friends Dnd! Order a few pizzas, have a few drinks and have loads of fun! :)
Be the change invite them to a game :) Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment, its greatly appreciated :)
How the mighty have fallen
Different era but we hear you :) Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment :)
That mustache on Ian 😳😆
The first spring that jumped into my mind was the mustaches from Police Academy's the Blue Oyster lol
It's amazing to see how much HASN'T changed since 1984.
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When times were good, innocent fun compared to today’s social media driven society, every one’s depressed and angry now. Sad times
Freeway Fighter!
Fun days .
Yes they were :)
Dungeon crawl it's the greatest crawl of all.
"Have you got any severed heads?" XD
its so funny :)
FrotherTube in full effect
It amazing isn’t it . Thanks for taking t the time to watch and comment :)
is that Jervis Johnson next to Ben Elton?
Yes, I think it is :) thank you for taking the time to watch and comment. It's most appreciated :)
It definitely is!
@@andyhall109 I worked at the Manchester Store in the 80s and we had a frother reject button on the till lol
I think “Fine!” Was a pretty measured response really, when something beginning and ending in F would have been more appropriate.
Funny, they say to forget about using a board when they open the box but then show them sitting at a table using a board....
When they referred to a board I think they meant in the traditional sense. Games like monopoly, chess and, snakes and ladders which have a constant design. I'd argue they are playing a tiles and not a board. Boards and tiles and not a prerequisite to play D&D but they do make it easier for understanding positions. It also makes it more interesting for the TV programme I hope that helps lol
@@OriginalOldhammerArtwork Back then (LOL "Back in my day!) we were all theater of the mind without any tiles or minis. I guess that's where I'm coming from. It wasn't till the mid to late 80s that we got any minis around here.
So. Fucking. Good.
2:55. Charisma was a dump stat, even then. Lol. I remember when gaming shops looked just like that in the 80s.
lol pretty much
I don't recognise the shop at the start. it isn't one of the ones I used to visit. Games workshop and Games World in Hammersmith, or the Model shop in Harrow
It daling road. the shops no longer there unfortunlety the building got pulled down a few years ago
@@OriginalOldhammerArtwork yes I think there are two shops shown. The one at the start I don't recognise, the one at the end is Dalling Rd.