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Retro musings on Warhammer and other tabletop games

This blog is a vehicle for my thoughts on British fantasy and science-fiction tabletop gaming. The focus is on the early editions of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, Warhammer Fantasy Battle and Warhammer 40,000, but I also touch on other games.

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A TALE THAT GREW IN THE TELLING

HISTORY. The history of early Warhammer.

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WORD PERFECT

THOUGHTPIECES. The art of writing, not merely designing, adventures.

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NINE YEARS

MISCELLANEOUS. Another year goes by.

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FONT OF KNOWLEDGE

ARTWORK. An almost complete guide to the typography of Warhammer in the 1980s.

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HIGH FIVE

MISCELLANEOUS. A new edition of WFRP is on the way.

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TOPOS: THE PURPLE PALM

MISCELLANEOUS. Secret signs a hundred years apart.

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LOST WARHAMMER: INDEX

HISTORY. Collating the many vintage Warhammer products that fell by the wayside.

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LOST WARHAMMER: DWARFS

HISTORY. An idea ten years ahead of its time.

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THE ENEMY WITHIN: A COMPANION

ADVENTURES. More than a decade of fixing The Enemy Within.

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LOST WARHAMMER: STARSTONE

HISTORY. Starstone and the mystery of the very first WFRP campaign.

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LOST WARHAMMER: SKAVEN

HISTORY. Some of our ratmen are missing….

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THE ENEMY WITHIN: REVIEWS

REVIEWS. Links to all my Enemy Within reviews.

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THE END OF THE LINE

REVIEWS. My final Enemy Within review: the Empire in Ruins Companion.

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A NEW STORY

MISCELLANEOUS. An update on the blog.

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BACK TO SQUARE ONE

MISCELLANEOUS. WordPress is broken again.

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BACK IN BUSINESS

MISCELLANEOUS. The WordPress bug has been fixed, and I am able to write here again.

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GLITCH

MISCELLANEOUS. A technical problem with the blog.

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EIGHT YEARS

MISCELLANEOUS. Another anniversary….

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COVER STORY

ARTWORK. Secrets of the WFRP cover art.

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CAREERS SERVICE

GUEST POSTS. Graeme Davis reveals some WFRP careers that were cut from the original rulebook, along with their illustrations.

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FEVER DREAMS

ARTWORK. The story of the Dark Future lookalikes, straight from the horse’s mouth.

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FAMOUS FACES, PART THREE

ARTWORK. Some more lookalikes in GW art.

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THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES: ALIENS

HISTORY. The origin of some of the alien creatures in WH40K’s first edition.

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DEMON DOWNLOADS

MISCELLANEOUS. Fixing a problem with downloads on this site.

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TOPOS: ELF DREAMS

MISCELLANEOUS. Not to sleep, but perchance to dream: the origins of Bran Wa Shin.

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