Musing on Custom Dice
Awhile ago, I had a disastrous game – everything seemed to be going wrong, and the dice were…well, the dice were not with me. Later, I discovered the reason for […]
2015
40K on iOS: Warhammer 40000: Deathwatch – Tyranid Invasion Review
I’ve been traveling a lot recently for work, which means I’ve been able to devote less time to the plastic toy soldiers. Miniatures gaming, wonderful as it is as a […]
New Patreon Goals
There have been a couple new goals added to the Patreon campaign, focusing on projects that I think folks might find appealing: an examination of multi-player games, and a campaign […]
Prospero Is Balance Hard Mode
The Forge World Open Day has once more come and gone, and as always, it’s a chance to see some spectacular upcoming models from those fine purveyors of income destroying resin […]
State of the Variance Hammer: One Year Out
Variance Hammer is a little over a year old, and I thought it might be worth doing some introspection – seeing how traffic is doing, where people come from, where […]
The Thunder of Gods, Or Why I Like Titans
So a few months back, Cadian Shock wrote a post entitled Titanicus – What Reading A Book Told Me About 40K. It’s a good post, on an excellent blog. You should […]
Imperial Knights Review
Swift on the heels of the much larger Eldar codex review, we’re taking a look at the new Imperial Knights codex. Despite getting pretty massively beefed up, it’s still a […]
Eight Tips for Using Water Effects
I don’t normally go into the painting and modeling aspect of the hobby much on this blog, but I’ve been using water effects fairly heavily in painting my Corsair-themed Eldar […]
The CAD Will Not Save You
Another post on the notion of restricting army composition, to illustrate (and I’ll admit, belabor) a point: The Combined Arms Detachment (CAD), in and of itself, is not a solution. […]
40K 7th Edition: One Year Out
As Games Workshop’s remarkably useful Warhammer iOS app (I was as surprised as anyone) has reminded me, we’re at the one year anniversary of the latest edition of Warhammer 40K, following fast on […]