Summary: The latest White Dwarf’s battle report really pushes the idea of “narrative gaming”. Yet it does so in an oddly uneven manner. No narrative is actually shown. No hooks are given to inspire people to make their own narratives for their battles. I don’t feel the heart of the writers (or Games Workshop in [...]
Thoughts on the January 2013 White Dwarf – Part 1: The “Narrative” Battle Report
Celebrating 100 Blog-Posts and 2 Weeks of Chaos Space Marines Hobby Challenge!
Without even realizing, I just passed the mark of my 100th blog-post on this blog yesterday. Technically, you are already reading my 101st post, but I’d thought I’d celebrate a little anyhow. It’s been quite an experience for me. Yet the best, of course, is seeing people take action and sharing some of their work on the PinsofWar.net [...]
UK Games Day Anthology 2012 Review: Part 1
Games Day UK: Forge World Stole The Show!
Games Day UK 2012. It must have been a decade since I last attended a Games Day in person. Maybe what I say is old news for most. Yet, having returned from Birmingham, my foremost (and surprising) realization is just how much Forge World stole the limelight from everyone else. Of course, their Horus Heresy [...]
Forge World Gets Serious With Horus Heresy
Forge World just sent out their first “UK GamesDay Countdown” newsletter announcing their new GamesDay Website. Above all, this means that prices are out for the highly anticipated Horus Heresy Book 1: Betrayal, as well as for some of the previewed new Warhammer 40K miniatures, including the Space Marines Jetbike.! With a tag of £70.00, the [...]
New Space Marines Miniatures from Forge World’s Latest Horus Heresy Video!
Forge World released a new video trailer for their upcoming line of Horus Heresy books for Warhammer 40K. These books will detail the great war between the Space Marines Legions in all its blood-soaked glory. Forge World says that the Horus Heresy books will become a regular product line. Check out the fantastic new Space Marines [...]