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Dr Tomas Rawlings
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VP Sumo Digital. Auroch Digital Studio & Bristol Games hub co-founder. Award winning game designer. Co-founder Digital Tabletop Fest, PhD in Software Studies. BAFTA Member. Warhammer & TTRPG fan. Climate advocate.
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Dr Tomas Rawlings @tomasrawlings.bsky.social · Dec 24
Here's all the key links about me: linktr.ee/tomasrawlings
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Video game developer, game dev also into boardgames/wargames/RPGs & climate
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Three most recent Exploring #Warhammer posts:

1. The most fun, eclectic and prescient Sci-Fi and Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader Limited Editions of Ye Olde Citadel Miniatures exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/the-most-f...
LE22 Orc Bazooka and Crew showing a three Orc team of operator, loader and spotter, dressed in chainmail operating a bazooka. Image via Stuff of Legends.
November 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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This is worth signing imho - Hold a public inquiry into claims & information made in the EU Exit Referendum petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74... #brexit
Petition: Hold a public inquiry into claims & information made in the EU Exit Referendum
We call on the UK Government to establish an independent, public inquiry into the claims and information presented during the EU Exit referendum. Many reports and studies suggest that misleading or ex...
petition.parliament.uk
November 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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This game looks good - www.reddit.com/r/Lovecraft/...
From the Lovecraft community on Reddit: The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu - Gameplay Reveal Trailer
Explore this post and more from the Lovecraft community
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November 21, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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The most fun, eclectic and prescient Sci-Fi and Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader Limited Editions of Ye Olde Citadel Miniatures exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/the-most-f...

#warhammer #warhammer40K

Image: LE9 - Space Skeleton from sho3box.com
LE9 - Space Skeleton showing a skeleton in a space suit with a huge spanner next to a space cat. Image from sho3box.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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What was the first Games Workshop/Citadel or #Warhammer miniatures you ever purchased? Reply with a picture.
Oriental Heroes miniatures range from Citadel showing 6 models with weapons from White Dwarf issue 79, July 1986. Image via Stuff of Legends.
November 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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So in a more recent Exploring #Warhammer post I covered the pre-40K Space Marine released including LE2 and LE10. I'm working on a post that will cover all the LEs or 'Limited Editions'.

Feel free to share any memories or thoughts on them! Thanks.

exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/the-pre-40...
An unpainted LE10 Powered Armour Marine miniature, photo credit to godofid on Reddit
November 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Proud to be the 1,103rd backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Designers & Dragons: Origins! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...
Designers & Dragons: Origins
From the birth of roleplaying to the discovery of the Forgotten Realms, from the rise of Basic D&D to the fall of Mystara, historian Shannon Appelcline brings you the story of OD&D, Basic D&D, and AD&...
www.backerkit.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Playing Catopoly (Monopoly but cats) with the kids and my youngest, in order to thwart me completing a set, added a 4th property to the green set; Chicken Cat.
The corner of the Catopoly board showing an extra square added for Chicken Cat
November 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Wow. Harry the Hammer art may go for £400K!

Via @origoldhammerart.bsky.social - www.threads.com/@originalold...
The text reads; he iconic Harry the Hammer to be auctioned with estimated guide price £400k+++ It will be offered in the sale Groundbreakers: Icons of Our Time at Christie’s London, on Thursday, December 11. Below are three images of a man with a warhammer hitting a skelleton.
November 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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The Evidence is Clear: Bending the CO2 Curve towards Zero Means Not Just Fighting Climate Chaos - But a Better World Too

climatehopium.substack.com/p/the-eviden...

We are witnessing a technological shift on the scale of the agricultural revolution and this is sparking major change #climatechange
The sun shines down on solar panels in the Somerset region of the UK. Photo by author.
November 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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A Key Document in the History of Warhammer 40,000: White Dwarf 108 - featuring Heresy, Ambulls, Chaplains & Commissars exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/another-ke...

#Warhammer #Warhammer40K #RogueTrader #SpaceMarine
Page 46 from White Dwarf issue 108 showing an Imperial Guard Commissar flanked by two Space Marine Chaplains, all fighting in the midst of a battle. Photo by author. Both units still exist the game today
November 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Reposted by Dr Tomas Rawlings
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BREAKING: Rockstar has delayed Grand Theft Auto VI again, pushing the highly anticipated game from May to November 19, 2026. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Is Postponed Again — to November 2026
The release date for the game had previously slipped to May 2026 from fall 2025
www.bloomberg.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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The future is solar! climatehopium.substack.com/p/the-21st-c...
November 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Politics aside, this was clearly why he won.
The mamdani socialist promises meme saying; Aeldari Exodite Combat Patrol
November 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Well played, Reddit. www.reddit.com/r/ghostbuste...
Image of the spooky energy in ghost busters and below it the new NY mayor
November 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Reposted by Dr Tomas Rawlings
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OK, seriously I'm going to need someone to buy us a PC so we can actually play this ridiculous looking new Warhammer game @aurochdigital.bsky.social (who did the equally frenetic 8bit Boltgun FPS) are bringing out next year with all its, and I quote, "relentless and charming pixel-vomit gameplay"
Warhammer Survivors Reveal Trailer
YouTube video by Auroch Digital
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November 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Reposted by Dr Tomas Rawlings
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In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war. Introducing: Warhammer Survivors, coming 2026.

The endless night closes around you in the universes of Warhammer. Pick a champion and eviscerate endless swarms of enemies ⚔️

Watch the trailer 👇
November 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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I just backed The King in Yellow - Fine-Press Edition on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/859...
The King in Yellow - Fine-Press Edition
Robert W. Chambers’s The King in Yellow, reborn as a deluxe, slipcased hardcover with edition-exclusive artwork.
www.kickstarter.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Working on thoughts of WD108 as a key document.
Cover of White Dwarf 108
November 2, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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So for no particular reason I decided to collect together all of the ‘dead’ (well, casualty) miniatures that Citadel produced during the Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader period. Here they all are! More info in link. exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/bring-out-...

#Warhammer #Warhammer40K
A collection of miniature models showing a wounded or dead pose from the Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader era. Image source is White Dwarf, Stuff of Legends and one image from eBay
October 31, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Caught My Eye - A few stories about data, Roblox and the emotional rollercoaster that is releasing a game, that caught my attention. If you want to see them and my thoughts, do click and read on!

#GameDev #Roblox #GameDevelopment

exploringgamedevelopment.substack.com/p/caught-my-...
Star Wars: The Battle for Hoth, iPhone version screenshot showing a downed AT-AT as Rebel and Imperial infantry clash.
October 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Boltgun 2 is adding a new character - Sister of Battle - www.ign.com/videos/warha... - go see @aurochdigital.bsky.social for more! #warhammer
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 - Official Trailer | Galaxies Showcase - IGN
Shoot, cut, and carve your way to victory in this retro FPS set in the incredible Warhammer 40K universe. Pick up right where Boltgun leaves off when Boltgun 2 comes to PC and consoles in 2026.
www.ign.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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“It's worth the $10 too”
robindlaws.bsky.social Robin D. Laws @robindlaws.bsky.social · Oct 26
The meatloaf takes 1 hour plus. Do you have an ETA?
justducky.bsky.social Just TurDucky 🦃🦆 @justducky.bsky.social · Oct 26
Wait until Tuesday.
October 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Super-cool White Dwarf 99! From 1988 & editorial re Realm of Chaos notes, “The Realm of Chaos swirls around our feet as we trip over ourselves trying to get this issue out. Malignant forces seem to ooze from the pages, and seep back into the mind of whoever happens to be working on them.” #warhammer
strawfoot.bsky.social Strawfoot @strawfoot.bsky.social · Jul 28
I made a few issues of very tiny White Dwarf magazine so my Imperial Guards have something to read. If you take care of your soldiers they fight better.
October 24, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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A Key Document in the History of Warhammer 40,000: White Dwarf 112 & Terminator Armour

Not the first issue of White Dwarf to feature Terminator Armour but the main expansion of lore/rules - plus some other cool things.

exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/a-key-docu...

#Warhammer #Warhammer40K
The detail of a shoulder badge for Space Marine Terminator Armour showing a skull motif on an ‘Iron Cross’ from White Dwarf 112 page 15. The detail of White Dwarf issue 112 pg.16 showing the Space Marine Terminator shoulder badge and the text accompanying it
October 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM