Warhammerversary

Merry Christmas and happy holidays everyone!

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Here on the coast of the Pacific Northwest, we don't often get snow on this day, which makes the stereotypical white Christmas a quirky thing you see in movies or TV. But this year the snow's falling, which lends an amount of joy into a rather mixed-bag of a year. COVID's still a thing—here in British Columbia, Canada, more than ever—but so far this Christmas is exactly what I needed to give my mind a rest from that; at least for a day.

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Today I mostly wanted to talk about the fact that I've been playing Warhammer for twenty-five years, but first I'm going to show off a bit of my yuletide gift-haul:

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Those are some much-beloved Turbo Dork paints; metallics and Turboshift. I love these paints, and while I don't know exactly what I'm going to use these on just yet, I know it'll be exciting. "Black ice," and "spicy meatball" are the two I'm most excited about.

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Also, those of a certain vintage will remember Crystal Caste dice. I always saw these advertised in Dragon magazine, or Scyre, but never owned any. Crystal Caste is still around (obviously), but I haven't heard much from them, nor seen them in many shops around here. Keep your dials tuned to the Adventure.exe podcast if you want to hear these things clatter around.

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Speaking of "a certain vintage," today marks the twenty-fifth year since I received the Warhammer Fantasy Battle fourth edition starter set, and began my journey in miniatures gaming. Christmas 1996 was when I first popped the high elves and goblins off of their sprues and began the arduous task of painting each of the 104 models with "smelly primer" using a "standard brush." To make a long story short, this changed my life. Not only have I been a gamer ever since (the only label I feel the slightest bit comfortable putting on myself), but I've also been a diehard elf fan. Which is why I treated myself to this (the rulebook I already owned. I just thought it would make a nice comparison):

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I'll have more to say on this topic next week on my year-end and year-beginning post, but let's just say that this "Vanari Shining Host" will factor in to 2022's plans, and will be a triumphant return to my Warhammer roots: commanding legions of tiny, pointy, high elves.

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However you mark this day, or whatever you received, I hope it is a bit of respite from the way things have been going. I know for myself, being a retail worker, this time of year is more stressful than not, but if I can find a bit of peace, I hope you can too.

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