Warhammer 40K & Wargaming Blog
The DreadBall Xtreme Kickstarter is now live! Mantic Games are gearing up for their 2nd DreadBall Kickstarter, DreadBall Xtreme. Allegedly, it will launch on February 21st and, if enough funds are raised, push DreadBall through Seasons 4 to 6 and a total of 12 new teams (4 per season). Moreoever, Mantic Games have launched a […]
I started this block late in 2012. When I did, the interwebz were going made over a spilled release list detailing all Games Workshop releases for Summer 2013, including plastic Sororitas and more. It was an expertly made fake, complete with product codes, etc… . The fake rumours in 2013, in contrast, haven’t been nearly […]
Miniature wargames and tabletop games are – shiny iPad army-books and miniature sculpted with ZBrush notwithstanding – a profoundly non-digital hobby at heart. Miniatures are cleaned and assembled with knifes, files and glue, terrain is build the old fashioned way and battles fought with tape measure and dice. No attempt to integrate miniature games more […]
Privateer Press is planning a Kickstarter. Easily the biggest miniature company to launch a crowd-funding campaign yet. Privateer will not Kickstarter new miniatures or a new miniature game. Privateer Press is kickstarting “Warmachine Tactics”, a video game set – obviously – in the world of the Iron Kingdoms. Warmachine Tactics Video Trailer Warmachine Tactics Press […]
A lot of people like to give Games Workshop a hard time for what they perceive to be an old-fashioned or, at worst, even clumsy approach to handing their online and social media presence. Games Workshop’s decision to shut down their main Facebook-page is often cited as proof. Whatever your view of GW’s online marketing […]
It has been an interesting few weeks. Less than a month ago, the extremely popular Warhammer 40K rumour blog Faeit212 was taken down by Google (he since returned to this temporary site). It is widely suspected – including by me – that Faeit212 was taken down in response to a DMCA complaint GW sent to Google, […]
Mantic’s Kickstarter-drive for the Warpath: Deathzone miniature skirmish game is soon upon us. I’ve had a love-hate relationship with Mantic so far. One thing that is undeniable, however, is that Mantic’s by now a true master of stirring up publicity for their products (on Kickstarter especially). And they seem to have a whole lot of […]
A week or so ago, a few people contacted me to tell me the guys from Beasts of War had given me a brief shout-out in one of their shows. Funny enough, found myself skulking around the Beasts of War website and videos a bit as a result. I’ve not followed them closely before (being less […]
One things is sure. The dispute between Games Workshop and MCA Hogarth is starting to make big waves. Now BBC is on to the case! UK toymaker Games Workshop has been criticised for asserting a trademark claim to the phrase ‘space marines’. The claim emerged when it was used to get an American ebook about […]
It appears that M.C.A. Hogarth’s ‘Spots the Space Marine’ is again available on Amazon.com as a Kindle edition, as well as paperback edition. I am not 100% sure how that happened, though I take it as a good sign that someone (either at Amazon or in a legal meeting) had some sense and closed down […]
