Who Is The Wargame Explorer?
Hi! I'm Robison Wells, the Wargame Explorer. I have been running this website (with a little help from a handful of freelance writers) since May of 2021. But unless you've been to the About page, there's a good chance that you don't know much about me, what I do, or…
I've written before about the big hobby project that I'm working on. I had set a goal this year of building an Imperial Guard army, but the call of Xenos was too strong, and… my Imperial Guard army quickly became a converted Genestealer Cults army. For me, it's the best of both worlds. I can…
Painting miniatures while traveling has been something that I have been experimenting with since the lockdown began and I started the Hobby Streak. I am now nearing day 590 of the Hobby Streak, but I also have had a trip planned to go to Scotland--first time ever--in the works for two and a half years.…
Squats or Should I Say Leagues of Votann? Both.
So I am a die-hard Squat fan boy. I have written elsewhere that I was introduced to Warhammer 40k in 1st Edition through either the Harlequins or the Squats (it's been so long that I can't remember exactly which came first, but they were within months…
I am neck deep in the new Horus Heresy: Age of Darkness box, but if there's anything that's going to pull my attention away from it, it's the latest from Games Workshop: the reveal of Leagues of Votann Hearthkyn. An entire squad this time.
And they look amazing.
Now, I will be the first…
Finally! After a lackluster couple of days we got a bunch of announcements that were almost entirely great. Even the least of them was good (if unnecessary).
The first thing we got was Kill Team: Moroch, which pits Traitor Guard against Vanguard Space Marines. I have to say that I love the current Kill Team…
The idea of proxies in wargaming is really nothing new. Wargaming is itself a sort of proxying, using blocks of wood or pieces of plastic or chunks of metal to represent infantry and cavalry and artillery. Everything is just a symbol of something else.
But the place where proxying starts to cause a problem is…
It's hard to express how excited I was to see the return of the Squats in the form of the Leagues of Votann. It is very hard for me to remember, because this was close to thirty years ago, but my very first box of Warhammer 40k models I bought was either the box of…
What are the Warhammer 40k Races?
Warhammer 40k races range from anything from human to zoat, and in the entire Milky Way Galaxy of the 41st Millennium there are bound to be a LOT of races. In this article we’re just going to focus on the major races of Warhammer 40k. Note that a list…
2022 Hobby Goals: The Ovelist
I have been wanting to post my 2022 Hobby Goals and had kind of an amorphous list of them floating around in my head, but this morning one of my favorite YouTubers, Arbitor Ian, described something called The Ovelist. The Ovelist is a pictorial list of all of your goals…