miniature wargames
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Warhammer Maker Faces Backlash Over Limited Edition Book Scalping
In the grim darkness of Warhammer 40,000’s future, there is only one thing: war. In the grim darkness of Warhammer 40,000 fandom right now, there are only two: not enough hardback novels, and too many reseller bots gobbling them up. In the vast array of tie-in fiction for the world of Games Workshop’s legendary tabletop…
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Games Workshop Is Reviving One of Warhammer 40K’s Weirdest Races
Warhammer 40,000 is home to lots of strange and peculiar factions, beyond the realm of its poster-child Imperial zealots in the Space Marines. There’s haughty Space Elves of both the standard and goth varieties, there’s hive mind Xenomorph knockoffs, there’s Space Orks (not to be confused with regular old Orcs), and more demons than you…
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Warhammer 40K’s Creators Needed to Renounce Real Monsters Long Ago
Games Workshop has had a long time to reckon with just how explicit the “Grimdark” satire of its tabletop wargaming universe is. It portrays a fascist, zealous imperial regime as heroic — in a universe of demonic horrors and alien invasion — to players who might find themselves fond of such ideals in real life.…
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This Week’s Toy News Is Monstrously Big, Monstrously Alien, and a Little Marvellous
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, Gizmodo’s regular roundup of the latest toy and merchandise around the internet. This week, Lego goes queer and festive, McFarlane brings some alien oddities to its Warhammer line, and your next phone upgrade might just be a pretty sweet Pokémon Pokédex. Check it out!