Warhammer in all its flavours
While we're still getting used to playing with The Gorechosen of Dromm, Games Workshop have just unveiled their next core box, Gnarlwood, over on Warhammer Community. Unlike previous season releases, there weren't may teasers in advance, so this is all new information right now. Here's what we know. As expected, this boxed set features two... Continue Reading →
The Leagues of Votann have crashed back into the eternal colosseum that is the 41st millenium. Space Dwarves, Squats (though maybe don't let them hear you say that) and now Kin - this hardy race have been known under several names throughout the years. Short, stocky and long lived they're considered by the Imperium as... Continue Reading →
Warhammer Underworlds is one of Games Workshop's smaller game systems, but has consistently delivered some of the best model sculpts that the Mortal Realms have to offer. On top of that, the game's small model-count warbands mean there plenty of freedom to be creative. We've already featured some brilliant painters in both super colourful styles... Continue Reading →
The Necrons are another of the numerous Xenos forces occupying the universe that continually threaten the Imperium of Man. There's a lot of mystery surrounding the Necrons, who's implacable, soulless, metallic, humanoid warriors have slumbered in stasis on their tomb worlds for more than sixty million Terran years, with the history of their empire beginning... Continue Reading →
Metallic paints are great, but often using them on their own can feel a little bit flat. I wanted to share a new for painting gold which is super easy, but gives you a really cool aged/dirtied effect with a lot of contrast. This sort of thing is flexible enough that it would work well... Continue Reading →
The final Nethermaze warband is upon us! We've already seen one model but at the NOVA open Games Workshop revealed the Gorechosen of Dromm in their entirety and Khorne fans are rejoicing. The Gorechosen have three fighters. First the titular Dromm, Wounder of World's, the first fighter to have Priest printed on their fighter card.... Continue Reading →
Ghostmaker is the second of Dan Abnett's Gaunt's Ghost novels, and sees the return on the infamous Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt - commanding officer of the Tanith First and Only, also known as Gaunt’s Ghosts, who were introduced in First and Only. The novel returns us to the Sabbat Worlds Crusade and drops us on the... Continue Reading →
A new underworlds warband has arrived at last, Hexbane's Hunters. The first thing you'll notice is that this is the first human warband in grand alliance... OH MY GODKING THERE'S DOGS IN IT! Oh look at them. They're such good boys! Okay let's start again. Hexbane's Hunters is a warband with a staggering 2 dogs,... Continue Reading →
Well I always knew making a Farstriders deck for Nevermaze was going to be a process of ups and downs, but that has never been more pronounced than my testing this month. If you haven't seen the previous posts in this series and what to know how I got to this point, and just how... Continue Reading →
With the rise of the Warhammer Underworlds Rivals format it's now easier than ever to pick up and play with any warband. The Exiled Dead dropped on to the battlefield as the final warband from Harrowdeep, and have a very interesting playstyle. So start raising your minions, because we're about to talk you through how... Continue Reading →
The most recent addition to the pantheon of Chaos in the Age of Sigmar, the Great Horned Rat is the God of ruin, strife, decay, ambition, and the patron God of the Skaven, his sole worshipers. The story of the Great Horned Rat is also very much the story of his children, and to talk... Continue Reading →
Krieg is Steve Lyons' latest addition to the legend and myth of the infamous Death Korps of Krieg. Dispatched to a planet making up part of the Cordon Impenetra around the Octarius Sector, which is currently the arena hosting a snowballing, human initiated conflict between Hive Fleet Leviathan and the Ork Empire of Octarius. While... Continue Reading →
Slaanesh, The Dark Prince, Lord of Excess, She Who Thirsts is the Chaos God of pleasure, excess, desire, hedonism and passion, and is considered the youngest of their brethren. To indulge in your darkest fantasies at the cost of all else, to desire nothing less than the bliss of perfection, these are the ways mortals... Continue Reading →
The Plague Lord, Plaguefather, Lord of Decay, Fly Lord and, to his followers, Papa Nurgle, is the God of disease, decay, despair, life and death. Nurgle’s power waxes and wanes with the tides of his contagions and the strength of the despair he inspires across reality, thus scholars consider Nurgle to be the third most... Continue Reading →
"In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war." We cover a lot of the painting side of the hobby on Handful of Dice, and most of our play-related articles cover Warhammer Underworlds. That's not to say we don't like getting stuck into a good scrap as much as the next group... Continue Reading →
