Sure, there are funny moments in the forty-first millennium. There's capers and one liners throughout the lore and books. but what the setting really lacks is some straight up Warhammer 40k jokes. The classic style of comedy we all knew as children. But we're here to help. The Handful of Dice team have taken an... Continue Reading →
Handful of Points Escalation League: Session One
For regular readers of the site, you'll know my good friend and co-writer Ben recently wrote about an escalation league we were starting here at the HoD offices (I use that term very wrongly). As such, I consider it my journalistic duty to keep all you good folk up to date on the happenings of... Continue Reading →
Black Library Book Review: Steel Tread (2021)
The Imperial Guard may be built on the backbone of countless ranks of infantry, but it's hard to argue that a lot of the glory (and fun) come from the roar of advancing tanks, and the big guns that never tire. Steel Tread puts you firmly at the centre of all of the armoured action.... Continue Reading →
Making a Warhammer Escalation League That’s Right For You
The Handful of Dice team have a problem. We don't actually play a lot of Warhammer... We play a fair amount of Underworlds and the occasional online game, but with a team spread out along the south coast and around London we don't get to play a lot of physical games of Age of Sigmar... Continue Reading →
We try our hands at painting a Tuini-Huini Skink
For a little while now Games Workshop have been offering a free miniature in store, as part of their Miniature of the Month promotion. This month sees the release of a new Warcry box and so the free miniature was a Seraphon Skink. As part of our regular friendly challenge, we each headed to a local... Continue Reading →
The Emperor Returns: Henry Cavill Is Bringing Us A Warhammer Cinematic Universe
Henry Cavill has been in the news a lot recently due to his various roles. He announced he was stepping away from The Witcher, then that he was not going to be re-donning Superman's red cape. Now we have another announcement that has Warhammer Fans heads turning. Everyone's favourite nerd is going to be Executive... Continue Reading →
Warhammer 40k Battleforce Value Breakdown 2022
It's getting cold outside, the nights have drawn in and the Coca Cola advert with all the lorries has been on TV - it can all only mean one thing; the Warhammer 40k Battleforce releases are just round the corner! As they do every year Games Workshop have given us all a chance to make... Continue Reading →
Creating A Warhammer Underworlds Display Base
If you want to display a small squad of models, you might have considered a display base or Diorama. I recently created a small base for my Warhammer Underworlds warband the Gorechosen of Dromm, simply because I loved the paint scheme and how the warband plays. I'm no expert at creating dioramas and scenes, but... Continue Reading →
Age of Sigmar Battleforce Value Breakdown 2022
As the end of the year draws near we get to a time that a lot of Warhammer fans have been waiting for; Battleforce time! This year we're looking at seven boxes from across the mortal realms all coming in at £130 or $210. This article is going to give you a full AoS battleforce... Continue Reading →
Step-by-step Guide: Sons of Velmorn
I recently picked up the Warhammer Underworlds: Gnarlwood box and have been slowly working my way through the Sons of Velmorn. So far people have seemed to love the bright scheme I came up with for them, so I decided to document the scheme as a guide, so you can try something similar on some... Continue Reading →
Black Friday Deals for Miniature Painters
It's Black Friday, and that means sales! We're going to be sharing all the Black Friday deals we come across here so that you don't miss any of these great deals over the weekend. Neko Galaxy Minis Store page Neko galaxy have up to 35% off their whole range today as well as the release... Continue Reading →
The Grand Narrative Preview Roundtable
Well, that was bigger than expected. The Grand Narrative Preview came and went at 4am for those of us in the UK, and at the Handful of Dice offices we've been picking over the reviews since. We have opinions, which is of course the reason you're all here, so let's get under way. World Eaters... Continue Reading →
Black Library Book Review: Catachan Devil (2022)
Right, let's start off like all good reviews should - by pointing out that the author is probably significantly biased towards enjoying this book. Way back when I was just a teenager and first discovered Warhammer it was the Catachan Jungle Fighters that drew me into the game. While we do our best to ignore... Continue Reading →
New Vanguard Boxes: Value Breakdown
Since our previous article, where we covered the Maggotkin, Fyreslayer, Idoneth Deepkin, Daughters of Khaine, and Nighthaunt vanguard boxes, there have been four more boxes released or revealed for Age of Sigmar. Vanguard: Disciples of Tzeentch UnitCost (£)PointsBattleline1 Magister on Disk of Tzeentch£24.0014510 Tzaangor£30.00175Yes10 Kairic Acolytes£16.25120Yes3 Screamers of Tzeentch£21.00100Conditional3 Flamers of Tzeentch£21.00190ConditionalTOTAL VALUE£112.25Saving£32.25Discount28.73%TOTAL POINTS730Cost per... Continue Reading →
We Marvel At Crisis Protocol: Dormammu Did Not Come To Bargain
We're back with our irregular series where Ben and I explore miniatures games beyond the bounds of our usual Games Workshop IPs to see what cool things are out there. Now, I wanted to do a spooky game for October, but we kind of already did that, so instead we played a game that my... Continue Reading →