Blue Sky Thinking

Competitive Warhammer 40K Does Not Exist

March 1, 2013 23 Comments

Competitive Warhammer 40K is a myth. It doesn’t exist. Never has. Who wins or loses a game of Warhammer 40K is not primarily determined by any intrinsic quality of the players, such as “skill” or “talent”. As a result, you cannot truly “compete” with another player using Warhammer 40K. Instead, Warhammer 40K is a very [...]

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Blue Sky Thinking: Necromunda Kickstarter!

August 22, 2012 2 Comments

My blog has of late turned into something of a news-blog about crowd-funded miniature and gaming projects. There are good reasons for this. With recent successes, such as Reaper’s Million Dollar Kickstarter, this model is clearly shaking up the miniature business. I wonder if it is a model that could be attractive for the “big guys” [...]

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