How Hobby Community Echo Chambers Happen

Recently, I had a discussion on Twitter (genuinely a discussion, not a fight, a small miracle for the hellish birdsite!) about the often repeated and very rarely sourced notion that the competitive scene is the economic engine behind Games Workshop – basically,...

Five Parsecs: The First Campaign Turn

With a ship outfitted and crewed, armed decently enough and with a substantial loan breathing down their necks, it’s time for the intrepid crew of the Azure Dawn to go looking for their first job. There’s a lot going on here, as this is the planet...

Balance Dataslate Hot Take: Extended Edition

It’s been awhile since I’ve talked about the competitive landscape of 40K – there’s myriad reasons for that, ranging from people doing the basic stats of tournaments well and the more advanced stats behind tournaments being hard as hell to how...

Balance Dataslate Hot Take: Extended Edition

It’s been awhile since I’ve talked about the competitive landscape of 40K – there’s myriad reasons for that, ranging from people doing the basic stats of tournaments well and the more advanced stats behind tournaments being hard as hell to how...