The Great Wargaming Survey is here. This is one of the most important wargaming events of the year for the industry and it behooves us all to participate and spread the word as much as we can. This survey, which is put on every year by Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy Magazine, is the closest thing…
I think some nuance is needed here. I have a lot of thoughts.
It has come to light (or at least, there have been claims made on Twitter and Reddit) that Games Workshop is paying its employees very low wages. This conversation started with a man named James M Hewitt (@lagoon83) who claims that he worked…
I'll admit it. I am not a great painter. I have been part of the wargaming hobby for thirty years, and my painting ebbs and flows--some years it's really good and some years it's not so good.
This is not because I don't try to improve. Probably the #1 YouTube videos that…
Recent Twitter discourse has picked the scab off this sore--or, should I say, that recent Twitter discourse has come to my attention. Plenty marginalized wargamers have never had scabs form over their wounds.
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The question is: Is Warhammer misogynist, fascist, racist, and homophobic? The answer is "Yes in some places, and no in…
There has been a lot of talk about Games Workshops FOMO strategy for new product releases. Not only have they been doing this strategy for several years, but it seems to be accelerating: more products coming faster--and disappearing faster. Hence the fear of missing out.
Why does Games Workshop's FOMO strategy work? The…
Every now and again people (usually on Reddit) will begin a discussion of which fictional world is the most powerful, the most overpowered, the most destructive. And the fact of the matter is that Warhammer always wins. Warhammer 40k is the most overpowered fictional universe bar none*.
(Notice that little asterisk there? We'll…
We've all heard the complaints time and time again: Warhammer is too expensive--Games Workshop is ripping us off!
But are they really? Is the cost of Warhammer reasonable, or is it truly a money grab?
Why Is Warhammer So Expensive?
There are three reasons why Warhammer models cost so…