White Dwarf Issue 8 – 40K Terrain & The Hobbit

Void Shield Generator

White Dwarf Issue 8. It feels like a “filler”-White Dwarf, with a rag-tag collection of releases that “didn’t fit” anywhere else, including rarely seen Hobbit releases. Still, it will be remembered for a long time as the White Dwarf with the Void Shield Generator cover, a (for most people at best) Saturday-morning magazine advertising a […]

The Desolation of Smaug – Thoughts

Hobbit Desolation Smaug

Like a lot of people (I assume), I was the movies yesterday watching the 2nd installment of the “Hobbit-Trilogy”; i.e. Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings-prequel trilogy spun from Tolkien’s rather more lighthearted (and rather short) Hobbit book. I thought I’d share some of my thoughts! The following article will inevitably contain spoilers. You’ve been […]

The December 2013 White Dwarf – A Review

New Hobbit Releases

I stared 2013 with a White Dwarf, so I thought I end it with a Dwarf too. For better or worse, blogging made me a semi-regular reader of the White Dwarf (and other Hobby Magazines). That said, I found the “Christmas” White Dwarf to be… well… a bit lacking. #1 – New Hobbit Releases I […]

Hobbit Releases – Dwarves in Barrels, No Smaug

barrels out of band

December is here, and with it (soon) the new Hobbit movie. Time to have a look at GWs strangely neglected “3rd Game”, the Hobbit Strategy Battle Game. Aside from the Space Marines Ultimate Codex, Sigmar’s Blood, Escalation and a few other things, the Hobbit is (among) the time of the month. There’s some nice Elves […]

Games Workshop December 2013 Releases

Games Workshop December Release List

Games Workshop has been getting ready for Christmas for a while now with some big-bundle-deal boxes (6 Broadsides and a Riptide anyone?), the Citadel Ultimate Paint set and other goodies. Now, there’s a list of the things that are yet to come with next weeks White Dwarf. #1 – Games Workshop December Release List #2 […]

Is Knight Models Launching 28mm Hobbit Miniatures?

28mm The Hobbit Miniatures

Now here is an interesting little thing I found browsing Facebook. Knight Models, a company know mainly for producing miniatures based on DC Comics & Marvel superheroes, as well as the Batman Miniatures Game, previewed a green for what looks a lot like a 28mm Gandalf. This is only re-enforced by the quote from the […]

Off-Topic: Orlando Bloom’s Legolas YouTube Spoof

Off Topic Post

More than 10 years ago, young actor Orlando Bloom first appeared on the big screen in his (now) iconic role of Legolas, the most famous elf of all. The role made Orlando rich, famous and the butt of quite a few parodies, spoofs and internet-goofs. For the new Hobbit trilogy, Orlando was allowed to don […]

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Movie Trailer

The Hobbit Available for Pre-Order

Slightly off-topic. Or perhaps not. Today saw the release of the first trailer for the second instalment of the Hobbit movie “trilogy” (guess we all got used to that). The Hobbit miniatures games … dunno … I still don’t see it getting a lot of game-time, though I know some people are playing it. Either […]

First White Dwarf Pictures for The Hobbit Strategy Battle Game Miniatures

The Hobbit White Dwarf Pictures

It is time! Yesterday I posted some pictures of Radagast. Since then, I’ve been told that those have been around for some time. But now the first pictures and scans of the new White Dwarf have finally appeared (a mere 2 days before the official release). Have a look at all this Hobbit Miniature goodness. […]

Another Hobbit Strategy Battle Game Teaser

The Hobbit Strategy Game by Games Workshop

Games Workshop posted another small 40 second teaser for the Hobbit Strategy Battle Game. Unlike the first teaser, this one seems to show some scenery. Games Workshop’s blog post hints that they are shots from the Battle Report that will surely be in the next White Dwarf. There is still no sight of any new […]