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==== The Ill-fated Chaos Wars ====
Now let it be said that Chaos Wars was hardly their first ever game. They'd published little modules here and there throughout the 70's that their historical figurines and fantasy models could play, but rarely any of them stuck around. This time however, was going to be different. They decided to put together their own little wargame to get into the burgeoning market of insular property wargames that [[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]] had made it big with. And in 1986 they went ahead and made Chaos Wars, which came with four armies; Elves, Humans, Chaos Warriors, and Beastmen. Regrettably, while their model-making skills meant that their armies definitely were unique in terms of look, they were also cribbing hard from what Warhammer was doing, and from their own lines as they allowed for certain things that were already listed in their catalog to be used. And in spite of it's faster, "pick-up-and-play" style, it was ultimately dropped because of poor reviews, and that the exclusive models for TSR were in far more demand, which meant they were making bank on that rather than worrying about keeping their already flagging game alive, and so it was mothballed in favor of pushing out more beholders and wizards. Everything was looking good...

...and then the decade shifted.