Warhammer in all its flavours
It’s been a minute, hasn’t it? Much like a lost Baneblade emerging from the mists of Armageddon, Handful of Dice is rumbling back onto the battlefield — tracks squeaking, paint chipped, but with all the same determination to bring you guys some great Warhammer content. We’ve had a break, and wanted to start our comeback... Continue Reading →
Warhammer as a hobby contains a lot of elements. From delving into the massive lore of the Black Library to planning your perfect army list or researching the meta to discover the most efficient load-outs for your units you'll be spending hours getting your head round it. But alongside this you'll be spending hours painting... Continue Reading →
And here we come at last; after much toil, sweat, scheduling and procrastination (Editors Note: this includes a lot of procrastination from me about publishing this post, apologies Kristian), we here at the HoD offices have completed our escalation league and played our 2000 point games. It's been a while since we played our last... Continue Reading →
After going quiet about Underworlds for a little while, Warhammer Community has finally let us know what's happening, with a new edition of Warhammer Underworlds - Embergard, and oh boy it's a big shake-up. We've combed through the release article and preview stream and highlighted some of the biggest changes to the game for you,... Continue Reading →
We're back (though admittedly later than planned) for the penultimate game in our escalation league. We took a brief hiatus to get some Blood Bowl games in (asrfrsn Skaven), but this then we geared up for both 1750 points and the new General's Handbook, which brought with it the Andtorian Locus keyword and a heavier... Continue Reading →
If you've been painting miniatures using Games Workshop's Citadel paints for any length of time you've probably experienced some issues with the pots they decant their paints into. Small flip-lid pots that frequently from dry out (not least because paint clogs the seam of the lid), get knocked over and overload your brush. If you've... Continue Reading →
With the year drawing to a close and Da Red Gobbo loading up his sack (and Shoota) it’s time to start thinking of Warhammer Christmas gift ideas. Got a hobby fan in your life? Trying to decide what to add to your list? The HoD team have you covered. We’ve put our heads together to... Continue Reading →
As winter draws closer and the year comes to a close we know we're about to get treated to some of the best deals in Warhammer. The Age of Sigmar battleforces are just round the corner so we're bringing you our AoS battleforce value breakdown so you can get the best deals. Last year the... Continue Reading →
The nights are closing in, the weather is getting colder and that means only one thing; this year’s battleforces are drawing near. As always, Games Workshop have announced several new boxes of sprues, and as always we’re bringing you our 40k battleforce value breakdown and an analysis of how good they are. This year sees... Continue Reading →
Necropolis, the third instalment of Dan Abnett's Gaunt's Ghosts series, sees the notorious Tanith First and Only deployed on Verghast. The huge hive cities on the planet are perpetually pitted against each other, vying for power through trade and occasionally force. When the hive of Ferrozoica launches a new, all out attack the out-matched Vervunhivers... Continue Reading →
From the Games Workshop Underworlds roadmap we know that the first separate warband from Deathgorge is going to be a destruction warband. So at the end of a gaming day, each of the HoD team threw around a few suggestions as to what it could be. I found it interesting so thought I'd put it... Continue Reading →
The Explorer's of the Miniverse have been taking an extended break in the Mortal Realms of late, but now we're off again on our adventures and our first destination is a Galaxy far, far away... Star Wars: Shatterpoint is a minatures skirmish game released by Atomic Mass Games (the same people who make Marvel: Crisis... Continue Reading →
As a beginner painting Warhammer minis, it can be hard to see the wood for the trees. You're confronted with a myriad of paint types, colours and brushes, then an endless number of ways to combine them to paint your models. On top of that, models are getting more and more detailed and you're expected... Continue Reading →
For a little while now Games Workshop have been offering a free miniature in store, as part of their Miniature of the Month promotion. Given the recent release of the incredible Warhammer 40k Leviathan box to launch 10th edition, it was obvious we were going to be seeing some Tyranids and Space Marines given out... Continue Reading →
Last month we at the Handful of Dice offices were bested by that great nemesis of all gaming groups: scheduling conflicts. But we're back this month! And at 1500 points this time; more and bigger guns will hit the field, but the sheer amount of stuff we now have in our armies also means we... Continue Reading →
