Retro Warhammer unboxing: 1997 Gorkamorka with Andy Chambers

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[@cabe_bedlam]

I know this is only the second video on it, but I am loving the "retro stuff with the designer" series and long may it continue!

[@MidwinterMinis]

I know, right? I absolutely love making them :)

[@JagdWehrwolf]

@@MidwinterMinis Hint for a next one: Mordheim...

[@ShallowVA]

Yes! It’s so cool. This is the sort of content I would have expected from Warhammer+

[@aslskfan1]

I agree. These have been just awesome.

[@EternalQuestion]

As for being too old to get excited about building a toy fort - here's a quote from George Bernard Shaw: "We don't stop playing games because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing games."

[@Jormyyy]

I know that quote from the freaking geek himself, Emgo!

[@annasstorybox7906]

Yea... I think a number of adults and already older teenagers don't dare showing interest in such things because they don't want to be called a manchild, wierdo etc. I guess there is a lot of artificial peer pressure for adults or older teens not to do stuff like building Lego stuff, Tabletop games... I personally couldn't understand how so many people in my school had completely removed every single toy from their rooms. No Legos, no plushies, no pirate ship on top of the wardrobe... Nothing! As from one day to the other interest in fiddling around with littel figures and their vehicles and houses vanished... Its kinda sad that a lot of people stil consider the urge to play as something immature.

[@guyincognito5663]

@@annasstorybox7906 Complex games keep your brain from degrading with age. Our culture is broken.

[@ChrisSmout]

Andy Chambers is the GOAT of old GW, he was behind so many excellent projects.

[@MidwinterMinis]

Absolutely, and what a total gent for getting involved!

[@hyderalhassani4907]

@@MidwinterMinis Another interview/stuff video. Gonna say it again, no one else is doing this and its the best type of content.

[@konornunan-reynolds8865]

He also sounds a bit like John peel

[@landotucker]

He had some epic hair back in the day.

[@danielcannon9893]

I always keep an eye on his projects, he always has something interesting coming out.

[@bruhfunnies3441]

When the note mentioned to bring it to a games workshop store to get a paint starter set for £5 i was half expecting a cutaway to an actual warhammer store and seeing if it worked.

[@rowdyzack5914]

If the store manager honors your gorkamorka coupon he is an absolute chad

[@MidwinterMinis]

I was seriously considering it.

[@veekleek7535]

@@MidwinterMinis dooo ittt!

[@gothsoda]

@@MidwinterMinis Do it

[@Calmeg658]

@@MidwinterMinis do it

[@nemesis7696]

Hey guy, I had basically given up on the hobby until I discovered your channel, you inspired me to start painting again(currently painting my black stone fortress box set using your guides) and now I have an almost 2000 point necron army. Thanks for the awesome content dude, can’t wait for more videos.

[@Clancywiggum97]

More power to you buddy!

[@MidwinterMinis]

Wow! That's a fantastic achievement, great job :)

[@djnotnice8416]

Same @ethan gamer

[@notreallydavid]

0:17 Melanie Brown in a cold studio

[@intzbk1]

I did the same. Congrats and stay with it! Guy's videos introduce all of the basic concepts so by the end, You can paint anything.

[@FelisMachina]

I almost forgot how much empty space were on sprues on older kits. Now almost every part of the sprue is packed with something.

[@MidwinterMinis]

Totally! You could have probably fitted another 3 or 4 oil barrels easily on those accessory sprues.

[@minishaw280]

One of the things modern warhammer has now

[@karalas]

@@minishaw280 sad but true *guitar riffs*

[@soupalex]

that's CAD for you. it's nice getting more minis per sprue, but i do miss the simpler construction of models… interchangable arms and things, being able to pose the same model a variety of ways out of the box. most of gw's kits now seem to be a collection of models in set poses that you may or may not have one or two different head/weapon options for… and since a kit usually contains multiples of the same sprue, you often end up with pairs of models in the exact same pose.

[@PepsiMagt]

Many complex cavities on the same sprue requires a lot of finesse when designing the plates, or you'll end up with trapped airbubbles and partial flow. I think GW just didn't have the knowhow yet.

[@alexanderfielding]

As a 26 year old man; I approve of building forts and giggling maniacally while putting plastic soldiers on the ramparts.

[@GalianMode]

I can't believe you got Andy Chambers on, he was our childhood hero. What a legend!

[@GalianMode]

I remember thinking his Lemmy style hair and beard were so cool 😂

[@MadhouseMinis]

The interviews you've been getting lately are fantastic! Keep it up, really adds an extra bit of interest and perspective on these kits as old as I am

[@mikepeters8132]

100%

[@Wuzdakka]

Totally got goose bumps when Andy Chambers voice came on. Always loved getting inspiration from his ork army in the old 3rd edition codex.

[@theclash24]

Was that really him? I honestly thought the narrator was just deepening his voice?

[@cavemanbum]

Andy Chambers is/was my absolute favorite GW designer and gamer. His battle reports in White Dwarf in the 1990s were astounding, and his personality toward the games made him so much fun to follow. His appearance as "Lord Varlak" in the 'Heretic' battle report in WD 187 (1995) was hilarious!

[@Retribution83]

Those paint pots are insane. I found some at my parents house that are probably close to 30 years old, and they paint it still perfect.

[@DtLS]

Same, I've still got a pot of enchanted blue and the paint's still great. Clearly GW had to change their paint pots to get people to rebuy paint as it dried up.

[@jonridley]

Me too, still using a couple (even older, the paint line before that one) it’s slightly jelly-like but paints fine with a bit of water

[@iaincousins4968]

@@DtLS I found that the paint pots died before the paint did. Well, more specifically the lids cracked and fell apart. I had to retire a few of the old paints due to this.

[@anotherzingbo]

It's great to hear from people like Andy Chambers and Bob Naismith, hearing their memories about how they created so many great things about our hobby. Combining your interview with Andry Chambers and your Gorkamorka unboxing was a great way to give the video both great audio and video content. :-)

[@MidwinterMinis]

The past few videos have been a total dream come true, if I'm honest.

[@NightfallTH]

That was a great decision to feature Andy Chamber's newest game BRS. But this segment now caused me to have the song "10 German bombers" stuck in my ear. I recall how at the World Cup 2006 here in Germany you Brits sang it quite a lot ;)

[@raymiller315]

You got to interview Andy Freaking Chambers?!?! Holy shit - thanks so much for sharing!

[@bigbrowntau]

Don't worry Guy, I'm a 57 year old man with kids, a job that's life and death at times, responsibilities etc etc, and I was totally excited to see that fort come together! It's inspired me to scratch build a copy.

[@crassbandicoot5082]

Fully agree with you opening the box and the ethos that these games are meant to be built, painted and played. As someone fairly new to the hobby side of Warhammer after being into the lore since my teenage years, its really interesting and fun to see the retro stuff and get an insight into how it all came together from the people who were there!

[@DiscourseMinis]

I am super jealous of both your Gorkamorka box and the fact that you got to chat with Andy Chambers

[@EmbraCraig]

Love this, and the surprise of the interview being included was great. Andy Chambers, Rick Priestley and Jervis Johnston were responsible for many many happy hours of my teenage years, between games and time just spent just flicking through rulebooks, codexes and issues of white dwarf. It’s always good to hear a bit from one of them.

[@CharliePhair]

Andy Chambers… man I remember his face from white dwarf. When ever you saw that face on a battle report you knew you were in for a good time.

[@GentleBen_86]

Andy Chambers is an absolute legend. I remeber getting his autograph in the Friar Lane store in Nottingham on the launch weekend of 40K 3rd edition. Just like the 40K 2nd edition video, the nostalgia is strong here. When I dropped out of the hobby 20-ish years ago I sold 99% of the boxed games and minis I owned. I hurts my soul to think that I once had Gorkamorka, originial Necromunda + Outlanders, Warhammer Quest, original Blood Bowl, Mordheim, Warhammer Fantasy 5th edition + Warhammer Magic, and 40K 2nd & 3rd editions. It's bittersweet watching these videos but I'm looking forward to more.

[@jimwork7117]

I was there! I worked at GW in the United States Trade Sales team when this was released, and this brought back soooooo many memories. One fun piece of trivia: there was a thought at the time that introducing lore through other games would help solidify narratives going forward. In that vein, the art in this set included the first (for suitable values of "first") art of Necrons!

[@markusfreund6961]

And when you'll be an 86 year old man with lots of grand (and possibly great-grand) children, 4 dozen businesses and a couple of mansions, never, ever lose that enthusiasm for the joyful things in life! I'm in my 50s now and the impacts are coming closer but as long as we're alive on the inside, we're alive. Do keep 'em coming, and never lose that spark! 🍻👍

[@benbashore1429]

I really love these interviews with the creators. There's so much information on 40k's in-game history, but so few resources talking about its real world development history.

[@suburbanking9148]

the amount of joy i have that you open the box instead of letting it just rot on a shelf as an investment is immense

[@greyknightsmk]

Thats so crazy I remember being on holiday to Jersey twice and each time using all my money in the little shop! Pure blast from the past!

[@benjamin2629]

I just found a bunch of Gorkamorka models this past weekend, so this video is very timely. Loved the interview, Andy Chambers was a bit of a hero of mine when I was a young teenager designing games in my room, very cool. My 5 year old decided the Gorkamorka Orks are his army and he is going to paint them, wish me luck!

[@oleww50]

that sigh at the end 😆😆👌 Wow, Andy Chambers... takes me back so many years! Another great vid

[@BrickworksDK]

As much fun as it is watching that old gem of a game getting unboxed, I would have liked to hear the entire interview. Andy Chambers was part of the team that made Games Workshop so great, back in the days. Things just haven't been the same since he left. Or perhaps he left because things weren't the same back then...

[@eastwindtabletop7883]

I cannot imagine how much you wanted to say "You've been handy, Chambers" throughout the conversation and burn that bridge forever

[@williamford3605]

Thanks for putting this video together! I just got my own intact starter box a few months ago and I can't wait to dive in, take pictures and document it!

[@MiniatureRealms]

Awesome video, can’t think why I’ve not found your channel before, lived the content and the way you put it together. I missed this game myself, I was in my second year at uni in 97, trying to pretend I wasn’t a nerd.

[@TheKodiak72]

What! I recently learnt about gorkamorka and started watching tons of battle reports and lore on it.... Now you are somehow unboxing one ! Crazy!

[@johnturner112]

I'm 50 and I still get excited building this kind of stuff. The new Ork terrain in the new Killteam box is what made me buy it. I painted it all in about a week.

[@lordhamster9452]

Oh man i love the specialist games! The normal WH games of 40k sigmar and fantasy are good. But the specialist games are so diverse in their scope! Innovative with great miniatures. And sometimes surprisingly affordable compared to the main game. I also really like the interviews with the veterans of our hobby! It is an honour to hear tham out, and to learn WH’s history from first hand accounts. Plus it is very unique and original when you compare MM to other painting channels.

[@matsuomasato]

How perfect! I just got back home from a job interview, made a cup of hot cocoa and I see a new Midwinter Minis video about one of my favorite 40k things!

[@danncozey]

I bought this box set when it came out and the vibes at my local GW were simply put just EPIC.. So much fun!

[@francisjo3]

Incredible job putting that ancient cardboard fort together!

[@luckyskaven13]

As a fellow 30 something with a partner and a full time job, I'm here to tell you that the best part of growing up is that you get to decide what is silly for you, and what isn't. And being old enough not to care if anyone else thinks you're ridiculous.

[@will_oak]

N. R. F. B! N. R. F. B! ...But seriously, that unboxing brought back many happy memories. Thanks for that. I'm pretty sure Mr Chambers wrote 90% of the games of my youth; what a legend :)

[@jonasbonjean]

oh god a sealed box of classic imperial guard stormtroopers. I love that you interview the old designers btw Guy, great job!

[@zid_just_zid]

I love Gorkamorka, still have the box displayed on my top shelf for the artwork! You have the original stuff from the box but if anyone else is interested ive recreated the Fort, Tower and Turny Gubbin, as well as the Rebel Grot vehicles to widen access to now quite rare and expensive kits in the form of free 3d printable files. Great vid and always nice hearing from AC :)

[@judgechan9036]

Your stuff is awesome! Thanks for all your hard work!🙏

[@twiztedrazor8088]

Man that was epic, right in the nostalic feels for me , GOMO is what got me into GW . Very cool to hear Andy Chambers voice after all these years

[@mathieu.robert]

Man, that was some concentrated notalgia injection for me, Gorkamorka was my first taste ever of wargaming back when for some unknown reason my mother decided to buy it for us to assemble and paint together when I was a wee lad. Thank you so much for doing this, hope you'll be able to do a couple of battle reports from it!

[@elskanko1]

love that you are bringing back the old guard to talk about design lightly. I am and have always been a fan on the sidelines but never really engaged beyond painting. I love design, products, world building and thought processes so I really enjoy this content.

[@johnclarke25]

I'm a 62 year old gamer and still love to build card buildings,loved gorkamorka.

[@andysands3683]

Good one Guy, great to hear from Andy Chambers, you're vintage unboxing videos are a real time machine. 🤘

[@bu5hhead]

These retro unboxing videos have really taken me back to my teens, keep up the great work.

[@Zzzarka]

the interviews really make these unboxing videos stand out ! please continue with this :)

[@JohannEthDiablerie]

Can't thank you enough for pulling this together, great to hear from Andy. Still hoping for an official re-release one day, the current Ork range is perfect for it.

[@Zalintis]

Loved the interview! Retro stuff is always fun too :)

[@fozzyami]

Dude! Youre smashing it with the interviews of these classic GW designers.

[@techadeptcrafts]

I miss playing this game. It was one of the teaching tools I used in a club I ran in a little town at the end of the 90s. Loved your interview with Andy. He was a massive part of my formative wargaming years.

[@benrafferty3084]

Another great video, exactly in the style of the 2nd edition unboxing, my favourite of yours

[@JasonM69]

That's amazing you got to chat with Andy, there is sooo much I'd love to ask him. All of the stuff I love most was written by him. And I'd love for him to make a new battle fleet gothic.

[@harlek1149]

I was an avid White Dwarf reader back in the day and it's great to hear Andy Chambers and find he's still doing well.

[@Viperz357]

Hey guy you have inspired me to get into this stuff because, back when we were all stuck at are homes I found your channel and now I have an old necromunda box set and you now got me in to orks because I LOVE Mad Max keep up your good work FOR THE EMPEROR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ULCFilm]

Excellent and extremely well produced content! When you tell about your own childhood memories and years without the hobby, it reminds me a lot about myself.. I was involved in Blood Bowl all the way back in the eighties and had a break from board games for just about 25 years, And I get a lot of good memory, vintage vibes from these retro videos. 👍

[@andrewdavies7816]

I continue to be amazed at the quality of content you are putting out. I know I should be expecting it by now, but you manage to keep my attention better than any other youtube channel. You're a hobby hero!

[@TheMrFishnDucks]

Absolutely amazing. Looking forward to more videos like this. Keep up the good work.

[@MechanicalFrog]

Great video. It reminded me of watching people playing this back when I was a little one wandering the local game shop.

[@SirBuffton]

I'm 36 and I love this shit. I bought GM the day before the official release at my local GW, after we all got back from Gamesday! I was so happy to be the first one in my town to own it. I made some awesome kustom truks which I still have. GM has a special place in my heart, I loved watching this vid. I want more interviews with old GW staff! They designed our childhoods and many memories now.

[@jamesg72901]

Probably my all time favourite GW game… it was fun, fast paced and captured the imagination on the table as well as on the hobby side… encouraging kit bashing and creativity!… bring it back GW! I miss the good ol days!

[@TheMallrat]

Got GorkaMorka back when it released as I was big into Orks, and loved playing it. Was going through the garage the other day and found all my old minis for it including the ones for the Digganob expansion

[@Jonas_Fox]

Super-excited for your exploration of the art over time. Thanks for all you do.

[@chubaxco]

I really loved original Necromunda, It was my first GW game, but I really enjoyed playing GORKAMORKA! It was really fun! Thanks for bringing back these memories from my teenager me!

[@t75044]

Don't feel bad about being 36 and excited about a toy fort. My Dad is in his 60's and enjoys building toy forts as well

[@rugbymeat]

Almost squealed when I heard Andy Chambers, he was such a big influence on my "first time" with Warhammer. Still have a Battlefleet Gothic box in my loft!

[@Gfloresadam]

I'm loving this newest style of video, it's so great to hear from the people who were living this history back in the 90s! Nice one Guy!

[@hughmac7423]

I have 40K Epic and Gorkamorka, as I was painting and playing them back then, when I was in my 30's. Cool to see a video on them.

[@stephenwells7379]

Got me with the intro feels again. I was 17 and only had to worry about having enough scratch left over at the end of the week for a battlefleet gothic blister pack. Edit: holy bollocks it's Andy Chambers.

[@danroberts007]

Great video and great interview! I’ve met Andy a number of times and he’s always been a great guy every time, going all the way back to… ‘96/‘97 actually (the big hair days!). I got a chance to demo Gorkamorka @ a GW store in the UK when it was new (during my honeymoon, weirdly enough) but didn’t pick up the game until many years later. Just like you, I fixed the edges of my fort, so nice job on doing that bit. 👍

[@iainadams9561]

Love it! And yes please, get that 2nd Edition box set finished! That was the first video of yours that I watched when you put it out, and I've been watching closely and waiting patiently... :)

[@intzbk1]

@10:39, One of the biggest things I miss, mail order options. I swear my options and bitz orders were more than the kits I bought at the time. Thx Andy and Guy for the video! I always wanted this game but couldn't afford it at the time so it's nice to see what was exactly in the box and here's to hoping we get some play throughs!

[@ajsommerfield]

Great video Guy! I used to play Gorkamorka with my brother. I got my copy from a friend, the box had a hole in it and the story was that GW staff (can't recall if it was in store or at a games day) where purposely damaging the boxes and selling them off cheap. Good Times!

[@turhiki]

Ah, those boxed sets were amazing. I wish I still had my 2nd edition 40k box, just to put it on a shelf and display it like the piece of art it is. Sigh... been pining for it for years now. Also, it's really amazing that you got to speak to Andy Chambers, amazing game designer and eternal nemesis of Jervis Johnson on WD battle reports.

[@gothsoda]

That was one genius intro! Thanks for the laugh!

[@thealcober]

I recently started painting 40k and absolutely love your channel. Thank you for the tutorials and phenomenal content!

[@nepetalejion5751]

Super excited to see someone actually cover gorkamorka! Ive only seen pictures of the box/learning about the goofy lore and stuff. Awesome to see you dive into the box and talk about its history

[@albertmast4627]

Only recently picked up the wargaming hobby again after a long hiatus. For me it seems my life is so much stuff and complex that just opening a simple box with plastic, putting it together and painting it is nice and simple. Having said that there are stormcasts waiting for some paint. Thank you for the channel and all the hints, tips and 🤩

[@jmalkvideos]

Great video Guy(s)! Those mixed card and plastic terrain pieces have so much charm to them! I know they’ve gone full plastic now, but I miss that stuff. Mordheim ruins were incredible.

[@Flamethrower1942]

I remember playing this game in my local GW in Derby as a young.I was 14 at the time, good times, back when the stores had about 3 or 4 staff members on always busy with people playing games or painting models. Many hours spent in the store playing games.

[@magpiejames1440]

This was my introduction to the 40k universe, and it shaped my view on kit building forever.

[@regulus_2284]

Love these retro Warhammer videos was literally re-watching the space wolf video when this dropped, keep up the great videos.

[@TheDaltonius]

After my school started I completely forgot about this channel! This is great content!

[@simonsarvari285]

The production value on these retro videos are phenomenal!

[@nwagner4119]

Man, I love that you’re interviewing the people who made these. As someone who didn’t get into the hobby until a few years ago, this is fascinating!

[@freelancerblitz2579]

Wow thanks for that trip down memory lane! Ive still got some Gorkamorka bits lying around including some trucks and tracks also "Nob C" from the book as the leader of my boyz known as "DA TRIKKY GITZ" as well as some grots! The fort is long gone but some of the other terrain was used for many years of gaming. Great little game i remember getting it for chrismas when i was about 12 but only played it 3-4 times, You've made me wanna look for through old boxes now haha. Great video Guy hope to see the expansion "DIGGANOB" in a future video.

[@Nortonius_]

“how warhammer art has changed over the years” That sounds so interesting. I would love in particular to know more about how the factors that made the game and setting look the way it did changed over time. I’m sure GW has teams of dedicated illustrators, sculptors, 3D modelers etc now, but back in the day were the same people drawing the art and designing the figures?

[@noosebrother]

getting excited about a toy fort when you are 36..i'm 42 and i revisited a box of spacemarines i found clearing a room after having painted them 20 years ago and now i am neck deep in orks as i now have a dedicated room with paintstation and getting giggly because i gave my painboy red and white polkadot boots... age is but a number..

[@dongvermine]

GTFO. sorry for being blunt but not interested in more old fogeys polluting this hobby.

[@noosebrother]

@@dongvermine aaaw bless you pupper. i merely paint m so your sacred safe space is safe.

[@dongvermine]

@@noosebrother Good. There is nothing I can’t stand more than going to the game store and seeing a bunch of dusty old people. It’s not a good look for warhamemr.

[@noosebrother]

@@dongvermine well you'll get to be one of us soon pupper

[@dongvermine]

@@noosebrother Not intersted. I am currently 19 years old not planning to be doing this by the time I’m 30.

[@mayofrench5170]

I met Andy Chambers at a small convention in Campbell, California. There was a Gorka Morka Demo. I never played the game. I got a free copy a bit later with the renewal of my White Dwarf Subscription. I am considering trying the game with current Ork models. The game always sounded fun to me.

[@TheCollin19]

I remember playing a test game of Gorkamorka at the local game store down the street from my school. I absolutely loved it.

[@Le_Petomane]

Mate this is so nostalgic! Especially the intro. I remember i couldn't believe the amount i got in the box and the lore. Let alone that was all the same year.

[@rikokrates6298]

Good memories of Gorkamorka, would love to hear more of your interview with Andy.

[@stonehorsegaming]

The nostalgia is heavy with this one. I remember picking Gorkamorka up at Games Day. Reading it back on the coach is a fun memory. My old local GW store want mad for it! Also remember the shop window advert for it... 'HOW HARD ARE YER NOBZ!' With a picture of an Ork Nob. Unsurprisingly a few parents complained about that one!

[@tychoMX]

"hm...look at that, Gorkamorka. Fun, but not my thing... HOLY CRAP, THAT'S ANDY CHAMBERS TALKING!!!". Thanks for this, that was super fun, being of that vintage as well.

[@croopnick]

Such a good series Guy. Also, remembering the early videos, your editing, video length and look and feel are really top notch now (I mean, they were pretty high quality even then!). Hats off good sir.

[@thequestvault]

What a brilliant video! Fantastic bringing Andy Chambers for a chat! Awesome!

[@supervike1]

Andy Chambers is a legend.

[@jamesclarke5331]

Damn that fort is sick!!!! I forgot how good it was! I do like how you get people like Andy on the channel to interview, its really nice to hear the designers perspective.