I used to keep up with and cover the majority of Games Workshop’s lines, at least the milestone products such as new editions of 40K, Warcry, or Warhammer: The Old World. I’ve unfortunately had to let go of this for various reasons. That hasn’t changed the fact that I’m still an avid miniatures gamer. And…
Part I: Huffing Lightning I never played Rogue Trader. I was three when Games Workshop published Rick Priestley’s defining work. This 1st edition of Warhammer 40,000 would go on to shape the future of not only the company, but the entire hobby. Despite never playing it, I owe much of my gaming ideology to this…
Attribution is a tricky thing. It shouldn’t be, really. But continually, we hear stories like a Wings of Glory nod being cut from the X-Wing rulebook late in development. In the ideal world, Star Trek: Away Missions would credit David Sanders and the Warhammer Underworlds system as this new release is clearly an influenced work.…
I’m a huge fan of Blitz Bowl. I found the Second Season Edition to be a worthy successor to the original Barnes & Noble exclusive. I still believe it to be a stronger more succinct version of Blood Bowl. In fact, the only tabletop sports title I’d put ahead of it is the splendid Techno…
Games Workshop’s Dungeon Bowl is frivolous and incoherent in the best of ways. This subterranean take on Blood Bowl was originally released in 1989 and returns this year with a deluxe boxset. It’s an over-the-top zany thing where randomness trumps strategy. Each play unfolds as a silly story with weirdos reliving the glory days of…
Player Elimination 