Let's talk about miniature wargaming obsession. A designer friend of mine I’ve known since the first day of ninth grade came up with a slogan: “Too Much is the New Enough.” It used to be good enough to have, well, enough. But now we have to have more. In fact, we have to have TOO…
I have noticed a trend on Warhammer Twitter, a place that can be wonderful or terrible. The trend pops up every few weeks and it's basically this: Warhammer people of a certain group--the lore master, the hobbyists, and the gamers--accuse someone in the other groups of not being a true player. A while ago the…
Warhammer is more than just a miniature wargaming hobby--there is a vast collection of Warhammer 40k novels and books as well. It’s a vast universe filled with epic stories of heroic deeds, sinister plots, and unimaginable horrors. The world of Warhammer is brought to life through a range of novels and books that explore its…
There are so many Horus Heresy books that it can be hard to know where to start.
The Horus Heresy is one of the most intriguing parts of Warhammer lore, and perhaps the most well-fleshed out, too. But the Horus Heresy doesn’t take place during Warhammer 40k, it takes place during Warhammer 30k. In other…
Will There Be Any Big Surprises? I'm Not Sure
I'm looking forward to WarhammerFest this year for two reasons. The first is because I'm always excited to see new products and games, but the second is because WarhammerFest 2022 will mark the one-year anniversary of The Wargame Explorer. WarhammerFest 2021 was the first thing this…
When we think of Halloween, we might not immediately think of wargaming and miniatures, but Halloween miniatures are absolutely a staple of the genre, as are Halloween wargames. While there are plenty of questing knights and lizardmen and Space Marines in wargaming, there is SO MUCH in wargaming perfectly suited for Halloween: demons, ghosts, vampires…