With the announcement of the release of the final Cursed City expansion going up for order this weekend we can finally start to assess this game. Released to a lot of fanfare in 2021 it now appears GW is giving up on the game. In many ways this is an odd event. Other boxed games…
Category: Philosophy
Is 40k in Need of a 10th ed Hard Reset?
A while back there was a rumor that GW was going to do another hard reset for tenth edition. This would involve major changes to the game alongside resetting the factions to indexes again. While I don’t believe this will actually happen next year (when the safe money predicts it will be released), it has…
Ending A Crusade Campaign – A Summary and Analysis
Good morning all,My local club has recently wrapped up out first major crusade campaign which started last May. Over the course of a year or so I have learned a lot about running these campaigns (and some of the unexpected issues to try and balance). The following is a debriefing about the strategies I used…
When is it time to sell that army?
I have personally found that my miniature collection often shares certain properties with water. One of the most significant of these properties is its ability to fill whatever room or contain I put it in. Naturally, this leads to a certain problem where I occasionally find myself with more armies then I actually use. At…
GW is Quietly Making the Right Moves
While there have definitely been thing that Games Workshop have done that have caused consternation and critique in the community I think it’s also important to commend them when they make the right decisions. There have been a few things in the past month that have recently jumped out at me as being really positive…
40K Stoat’s Center Tackles the End of the World
The end is nigh. For the first time ever the game is unbalanced, GW seems uninterested in intervening to fix anything, the meta is awash in a sea of buggies and flyers, and there are naught but cheaters, grifters or charlatans for opponents. Surely we are in a time when men say openly that “Reece…
Applying Goal Orientation Theory to Warhammer
One thing that graduate students often share with five year olds is a burning desire to share what they are learning with others. As a member of the former category, I have recently found an interesting idea that I think applies to Warhammer or other competitive games. Now I am not an expert on Goal…
Chapter Tactics #200: How to Turn the Hobby You Love into a Career
Today Peteypab brings on Reece from Frontline Gaming, Dave from Miniwargaming, and Skari from Skaredcast to talk about what it takes to turn Warhammer into a professional career. They also talk about entry level jobs and other ways you can make Warhammer your profession.
40K Philosophy Year in Review
I want to start this recap properly with a big “Thank you!” to everyone who read, discussed, and shared these articles.
40K Philosophy: Reconciliation
While understanding that Warhammer is designed to defy or spite the idea of sound living principles, resolution, and progress (unless that progress is also subverted for the sake of some larger moral compromise), Warhammer fiction is at its best when it challenges its fundamental premises.