Alex Payne
This week in wardollies: For ruin! And the world's ending!
Miniature news from the W/E 09/08/2024 It's a Friday, the sun is (briefly) shining in the UK and it's time for another This week in...
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Alex Payne
Aug 23 min read
This week in wardollies: Pivot to victory
News and views from the last week in warhammer and tabletop gaming
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Alex Payne
Feb 167 min read
Fantasy at the British Library: Nostalgia, school clubs and Warhammer in a glass box
My love letter to the Fantasy Exhibition, a game of Warhammer in a glass box and the Warlingham Warhammer Club I recently had the...
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Alex Payne
Jan 226 min read
The January 40k Balance Dataslate 2024 predictions!
Lets all play a fun game of "pin the Talos on the Dataslate". It's a month late, but "Santa baby, leave a little slate under the tree......
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Alex Payne
Jan 166 min read
The riddle of The Old World: Warhammer's strangest game
The oddity that is Warhammer: The Old World When the return of the Old World was announced, back in 2019, I hadn't even returned to the...
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Alex Payne
Jan 87 min read
My hobby resolution: being a better hobbyist in 2024
Or why my "hobby resolution" for 2024 isn't to paint or play better, but to be a more welcoming hobbyist. Run with me for a second....
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Alex Payne
Jan 14 min read
Four predictions for Games Workshop in 2024
Sanguinala (or maybe Candlemas) has come and gone, and I'm sure everyone is overjoyed to be facing down the cold (and potentially sober)...
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Alex Payne
Sep 30, 20235 min read
The Warhammer 40K App: A masterpiece of diminishing returns
Or, why GW's plan for the 40k app is a huge mis-step. Like almost all players in 9th edition, I relied solely on Battlescribe and...
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Alex Payne
Sep 22, 20234 min read
A pointless endeavour: money, points and the quest for 40k balance
Well, the start to 10th has been an exciting old road so far. How are you all holding up? But don't worry: balance(ish) has arrived. With...
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Alex Payne
Aug 28, 20236 min read
Pick-up games, the Warhammer niche, and the need for balance
Let's be honest: right now, 40k is not in a great shape balance wise. With the advent of 10th edition, the state of the indexes is far...
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Alex Payne
Aug 12, 20234 min read
Hobbying in a pandemic: YouTube, dice and quarantine
It’s 2020. The gift of Nurgle was at its height, having shut down much of the western world, and I was very, very bored in my...
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Alex Payne
Aug 11, 20237 min read
Football, 40k and the ITC
Or, my life as an armchair 40k fan, and why I love the Tabletop Tactics league revamp I am, to be blunt, an avowedly non-competitive...
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