Timothy Linward

2 days ago | wargamer.com | Timothy Linward

Games Workshop has upped its teasers for Warhammer: The Horus Heresy third edition, with a post on Tuesday heralding 'DROP MINUS 399 HOURS' informing us that something will be arriving from the warp on Thursday, May 29. While the firm remains tight-lipped about what that may be, we're confident that it's a new edition: and these are the five things we most want it to feature.

3 days ago | wargamer.com | Timothy Linward

Games Workshop has revealed the model for the new Knight Ruinator for Warhammer 40,000, a war mech built on the same corrupted chassis as the existing Chaos Knights, but armed with an inventively awful arsenal of original weapons. In stark contrast to the long range Imperial Knight Defender that the firm showed off last week, the Ruinator is armed with a huge breaching drill, a colossal flamethrower, and some armor piercing missiles for good measure.

3 days ago | wargamer.com | Timothy Linward

For just $18 (£14.04) you can get 35 books absolutely jam packed with behind the scenes info from all three Star Wars trilogies, the standalone movies Rogue One and Han Solo, and TV series including The Mandalorian and The Clone Wars. The Essential Star Wars Insider Collection is available right now on Humble Bundle, collecting almost fifty years of Jedi secrets from the pages of the famous Star Wars magazine.

3 days ago | wargamer.com | Timothy Linward

We Print Miniatures, a UK-based 3D printing firm that makes miniatures for use in tabletop RPGs like DnD or wargames like Warhammer, has laid down the law after receiving "an incredibly abusive email into customer service". The firm posted a pledge to social media accounts promising that anyone sending abusive emails would have their orders cancelled and refunded, be banned from future purchases – and that continued abuse would be referred to the police.

5 days ago | wargamer.com | Timothy Linward

Wizards of the Coast has revealed the hotly anticipated Magic the Gathering cards for both Sephiroth, the iconic villain of Final Fantasy VII, and Aerith Gainsborough, the beloved healer who he famously murders partway into that epic adventure, for its upcoming Final Fantasy Magic set. There's a mechanical synergy between the pair that strongly incentivizes you to recreate Sephiroth's most infamous act, and use him to sacrifice your own copy of Aerith.