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Tour of the Underhives Part I
It is Andy Chamber's birthday today, or so Facebook informs me, and thus I can't think of a better excuse to kick off a series of posts that I've planned for a while , but procrastinated on. I'm still...
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Tour of the Underhives Part II
Nico. Damn, where to even start? If the images in the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay rulebook circa 1989 was what got me interested in Skaven in the first place, Nico is directly responsible for getting...
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13 Greatest Skaven Sculpts
Another post I've been meaning to get to for a while, this should provide an interesting break and highlight some individual Skaven common to many of the upcoming armies in the Tour of the Underhive...
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Tour of the Underhives Part III
Skaven Haven is a pretty active poster on numerous online groups devoted to Oldhammer in general and Skaven in particular. It was seeing some pics of his army online that motivated me to ask him if he...
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Tour of the Underhives Part IV
Ignacio Julve, aka "Mukitauro", runs a fantastic Oldhammer painting blog "Chequeo de liderazgo" (which google translate tells me means "Leadership Check"). If you look to you're right, Mukitauro's...
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Tour of the Underhives Part V
Cult of the Four-Armed Emperor was the Oldhammer painting blog of one Archae Opteryx , who in July of 2014 unleashed their Skaven army upon the underworld. Again, while the Chambers influence is...
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Tour of the Underhives Part VI
Curtis Fell's Skaven army came to my attention with his posts on the Skaven Facebook group. A mix of classic Goodwin Skaven with modern models circa The Isle of Blood, these blend together perfectly...
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Et in Arcadia Ego...
I was inspired to write a quick post pimping the new Kickstarter Triumph of Death II: Apocalypse. I'm not professionally associated with the creators in any way, just wanted to do what I could to get...
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"Oldhammer Died For Good Reason" A Rebuttal to Spikey Bitz Clickbait
So, whilst I really should have known better as an internet veteran since the Usenet days, after this week's shocking announcement from Games Workshop that Warhammer Fantasy: The Old World is making a...
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Mazes & Muppets: A Labyrinth Adventure Game Review
PRELUDE It is December, 1982. In the back of a limosine sit Jim Henson, Brian Froud, and Froud's new wife Wendy. The three had just attended a San Francisco screening of The Dark Crystal. An...
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Tour of the Underhives Part VII
A long time ago I wrote a post devoted to the Skaven's erstwhile 40K equivalents, The H.R.U.D. (Rats in Spaaace). For those intrigued by the idea of taking our love for Rodents into the 41st Millenium,...
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A Rat By Any Other Name Update '20
It's been a while since my last update to this series, and the explosion of Kickstarter and 3D Printing means that the number of Ratmen miniature alteratives out there increases expnentially every...
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Tour of the Underhives Part VIII
In 2010, Micro Arts Studio, a company that makes a variety of scenery, bases, and customization options for numerous miniature wargames, released a series of "Nezumi" ratmen heads for customizing...
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BattleTech Roleplaying
A Brief Overview of The Various BattleTech RPGs Through the Years and My Thoughts on Them OK, Mechwarrior first edition - this is better thought of as a supplement to the wargame than a self-contained...
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Broken RPG Theory: The "Six Cultures of Play"
In April 2021, The Retired Adventurer (henceforth TRA) published a blog post entitled "The Six Cultures of Play", the latest in a line of attempted taxonomies of playstyles present in...
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Return to the Old World
Well, first post in a while. Life got busy, I drifted away from the hobby as Covid kept everyone apart and most of my gaming group, including myself, have been leading different lives. My hobby focus...
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The Great Skaven Army Project - Redux
Part the First - The Collection It was only a short time before I started this blog that I became seriously invested in the Oldhammer community. Before that 8th bedition Warhammer Fantasy Battles...
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The Great Skaven Army Project Redux
Part the Second - Essentia Rattōrum All right, I'm going to save the army list itself for Part III, and start a bit "bigger picture" with the visual design and inspiration. I. Foundational Influences...
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