Warhammer 40 000

You probably haven't right? That will all change if you decide to take up the challenging, sometimes demanding, but always fun hobby of Warhammer 40,000. The fact is that Warhammer 40k is more than just a game. Sure, you can buy the basic game Warhammer box...but why do that? This limits you to a choice of two armies, Space Marines and Dark Eldar. You have no choice about what army you want to collect, they are hand picked for you. My advice is to take a visit into Games Workshop. Games Workshop is the club and shop of all Games Workshop hobbies including Warhammer, Warhammer 40k, Mordheim, Epic and many more. These shops come clubs are scattered ...  Read the complete review

Warhammer 40,000 is a futuristic, tabletop wargame. It is also a lot of fun. Following hot on the heels of the first and second editions, Games Workshop stuck with tradition and bravely brought out a third edition of this popular game. With the third edition, though, things changed. Gone were the intricate rules, the detailed statistics, the over powerful heroes and the downtrodden foot soldiers. Arisen in their place was a game that is quick to play, easy to learn and never ending in it's surprises. I am a huge fan of Warhammer 40,000 and feel that the third edition is the best yet. Very different from Rogue Trader (the first edition), it ...  Read the complete review

Warhammer 40 000 is more than a game, its a full hobby. Go into a Games Workshop store and you will nodoubt notice at least one wall of 40K gear. This can range from anything from Space Marine scouts with sniper rifles to the M-A-S-S-I-V-E Necron Pylon, a huge mounted laser 25 times bigger that a standard minature. You will probably also notice one or more large tables in the centre of the room, at least one with lots of minature scenery on it. This is for the main aspect of 40 000 and all the other GW games - battles. From a light skirmish with two ten men squads to huge battles protecting a fortress with over 20 tanks (check out my army - 35 tanks and still ...  Read the complete review

I remember when Warhammer 40000 was called Rogue Trader and you played an evil coniving money grabbing private merchant in the galaxy of the far future trying to carve out an empire by protecting what you already had and taking more off other people. Maybe you got to play the greenskinned Orks, or the super clever Elf like Eldar. Models cost quite a bit but when you got bored of what you had you got out the old plastic bottles, some cardboard and a bit of super glue, created some wondrous tank or flying machine, flicked to the back of the rulebook and looked up how to create rules for it. OK so Rogue Trader didn't have glamour, no one was heroic, nothing was ...  Read the complete review

A mum's point of view- the negative stuff: Expensive, messy, regularly broken and vacuumed up, causes arguments over who broke the figure, causes arguments over how the arms should go on the figure, leaves a trail of paint marks caused by careless teenager. The shop reeks of teenage boy!! The positive stuff: Keeps lads off the streets and out of trouble, fosters creativity, strategy involved in actual game playing is a good skill to acquire, builds patience and perseverence with the fiddly bits, keeps boys 'playing' at an age when they're lost for stuff to do. These figures come in plastic blister packs of single figures (generally) or in larger ...  Read the complete review