Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
This is an old article I wrote for Tabletop Insider after winning the first Throne Of Skulls. I played with a Dark Eldar army just after the new (now two years old!) Codex came out. Of course this...
View ArticleGames Day Baby!
The Venue I first went to Games Day when I was first getting into Games Workshop in the early nineties. Then it was held in a single hall at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham. It...
View ArticleHorus Heresy – Betrayal. Is it worth a kidney?
At Games Day I picked up a copy of the new Horus Heresy Book from Forgeworld. I say “picked up” but that possibly doesn’t do the panic, worry and hour and a half of queuing justice. Nope, I earned...
View ArticleShowing Off
It’s pretty awesome working in the toy soldier industry, but some days are more awesome than others. This week rated pretty highly as I got to go the Essen Spiele board games show in Germany. Spread...
View ArticleThe Toyz N The Hood Guide To Christmas
When I worked in a gaming store we often got mothers coming into the store to buy for their sons. Asking them what game their son played they would often say Warhammer. This was brilliant. It...
View ArticleFull Steam Space Marines!
Combining the best aspect of an Ancient Greek Legend, a Roman Legionary, the Warrior Code of a Samurai and armour that makes them look like Medieval Knights FROM THE FUTURE. Space Marines are pretty...
View ArticleDark Space Corp & Rick Priestley’s New Game
It’s not every day you hear that Rick Priestley, the creator of Warhammer 40,000, is launching a new science fiction game so we’re getting rather excited about it here. Dark Space Corp is his new...
View ArticleYou’re All Doomed! – Kill Team Mortifico
Kill Team Kill team is a squad level skirmish variant of Warhammer 40,000. Armies are really simple – 200 points chosen from your codex with limits of two troops, one elite and one fast attack. You...
View ArticleSister Act – A review of the new Sisters of Battle Codex
Not entirely planned but we got hold of a copy of the new Codex Sisters of Battle yesterday. So here are our initial thoughts: - Spoiler Alert! There was a lot of concern that we’d be paying £30 for...
View ArticleMaximus Carnage! – Kill Team Review
Yesterday I played in the Kill Team Operation Maximus tournament at Warhammer World. Regular readers of my blog will know I’m a huge fan of Kill Team games. Basically you play eight 30 minute games...
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