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Jake 🐙
@startinghex.bsky.social
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I'm a big fan of Warhammer Underworlds and an even bigger fan of my wife. I've started dabbling in Gunpla, historical games, and trying to find more time for board games.

I also write about Underworlds for @Goonhammer.bsky.social

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startinghex.bsky.social
Consistency through redundancy (a concept in many card games) is still possible in #WarhammerUnderworlds, even if we can't play duplicate cards in our decks. I use my Morgok's Krushas deck that I took to NOVA as an example.

www.goonhammer.com/warhammer-un...

#Underworlds #Warhammer
Warhammer Underworlds: Redundancy in Deck Building
Redundancy is a powerful tool to help stack the deck in your favor — legally! See how it can be leveraged when building decks for Warhammer Underworlds.
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September 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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rackletang.bsky.social
Image with ALT text because this is fucking great.
Photo with a text box, which will follow the image description. The photo is of a battle scene made using painted gaming miniatures. It depicts five large, fierce-looking, brightly colored bears surrounding and towering angrily over an enemy army, which is a writhing, gray mass of zombies or similar creatures, some of which wear red hats. The ground beneath the gray humanoid army is heavily stained in red. One bear is in the process of dismembering one of the grey creatures. The bears have symbols on their bellies, much like their less frightening cousins the care bears. The symbols on their bellies are a rainbow flag, a trans pride flag, a Black power fist, a crossed out swastika, and a crossed-out coat hanger indicating support for reproductive rights. Text reads "Congratulations to Apprentice-level entrant Andrew Pollock for winning the NOVA Open 2025 Capital Palette Fan Favorite award with his piece "Resist!” This award is not decided by NOVA Open judges and instead is an audience choice award. The award is granted to the Capital Palette entry that received the most votes by NOVA attendees throughout the convention."
September 8, 2025 at 6:48 AM
startinghex.bsky.social
In part 3 of the Turn Zero series for #WarhammerUnderworlds, I look at treasure token placement. I'd love to see more discussion about this part of the game, and only partially because I want to get better at it!

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Warhammer Underworlds: Place Treasure Tokens
Part 3 of the Turn Zero series takes a look at the Placing Treasure Tokens step of the Setting Up phase of the game of Warhammer Underworlds.
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August 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
startinghex.bsky.social
I am continuing the Turn Zero series for #WarhammerUnderworlds by rambling about the board selection and presenting some questions you can ask yourself when trying to find your warband's home.

www.goonhammer.com/warhammer-un...

#Underworlds
Warhammer Underworlds: Determine Territories
Part 2 of the Turn Zero series takes a look at the Determine Territories step of the Setting Up phase of the game of Warhammer Underworlds.
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August 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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thechirurgeon.bsky.social
Worth your time and consideration!
August 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
startinghex.bsky.social
Khorne has a new batch of weirdos in #WarhammerUnderworlds. Check out my review of Kamandora’s Blades! I even painted them this time!

www.goonhammer.com/goonhammer-r...

#Warhammer #Underworlds #Khorne
July 19, 2025 at 11:36 AM
startinghex.bsky.social
I reviewed the latest #WarhammerUnderworlds Rivals deck -- another Strike deck, but this time with a plot card. How does it compare to the others?

www.goonhammer.com/goonhammer-r...

#Warhammer #Underworlds
Goonhammer Reviews: Warhammer Underworlds Raging Slayers
The latest Rivals deck for Warhammer Underworlds is here. Let’s take a look at Raging Slayers!
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July 19, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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roguehobbies.bsky.social
I'm very much a 'I can fix him' girlie so when I saw the backlash these minis got I decided to make a video about them!

Lets see if I can change your minds with a colourscheme switch-up & lets also talk about what happens when minis aren't QUITE what we expect...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GYx...
I Gave These Controversial Miniatures a MAKEOVER...But Can I Make you Like Them?
YouTube video by Rogue Hobbies
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July 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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badsquiddogames.bsky.social
Could you help us out and sign up to be notified for our Women of WW2: Resistance Kickstarter? It's gonna struggle with promo on some places as they are antifascists fighting fascists - Nazis, and I don't want to dumb it down with n*zis or Schmazis or whatever

www.kickstarter.com/projects/bad...
Coming soon: Women of WW2: Resistance
Top Quality 28mm Pewter Miniatures for WW2 Historical & Pulp Gaming & Painting
www.kickstarter.com
July 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
startinghex.bsky.social
I was fortunate to be able to travel to a top tier Underworlds event in Wisconsin. Played many games, hung out with amazing people, and spent far too much time in my (admittedly very cool) minivan.

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Warhammer Underworlds at the Madtown Throwdown (Q2 2025)
Jake makes a comically long drive from Maryland to Wisconsin to play in a world championship qualifier event for Warhammer Underworlds. Fun times ensue.
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July 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
startinghex.bsky.social
Genuinely excited about checking this game out. Victrix makes rad models and small scale skirmish games are rapidly becoming my jam.
June 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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goonhammer.com
Bair's here to talk about Historicals starter sets.
Just What Historicals Needed: Starter Sets
Bair's here to talk about Historicals starter sets.
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June 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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gunplamom.bsky.social
Final body part !!!!!!
June 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
startinghex.bsky.social
If you like any of the Warhammer stuff from @mikebrooks668.bsky.social, you really owe it to yourself to read The Black Coast. I picked the audiobook up for a road trip in a few weeks and have already binged it, the next book, and am starting the third. I'll run out before the trip at this rate.
June 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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marcille.bsky.social
If you have questions related to hobbying, from player etiquitte to 'are you the asshole' to advice on just about anything, we're looking for submissions! You can submit them to @goonhammer.com for us (me) to answer by leaving comments on the latest edition of the article!
marcille.bsky.social Just Marcy! @marcille.bsky.social · May 28
It's Wednesday so you know what that means.

Mayday, Miss Marcy! time!

This week I've got a trio of questions over at @goonhammer.com to answer. If you'd like me to answer your questions, leave a comment on the article!

www.goonhammer.com/mayday-miss-...
Mayday, Miss Marcy! Hobby Shorthand, Hopscotching, and Homebrew
In this week’s Mayday Miss Marcy, she tackles homebrew, analysis paralysis, and gaming jargon!
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June 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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tyrieart.bsky.social
Rough rodent.
A sketch of the new White Mouse mini for #BurrowsAndBadgers.
May 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
startinghex.bsky.social
Pretty excited about Burrows & Badgers. Picked up the book, some models, and wrote about how it's a totally different approach to a game for me!

www.goonhammer.com/burrows-badg...

#burrowsandbadgers #burrows&badgers
Burrows & Badgers & Beginnings
Jake takes the plunge into Burrows & Badgers, but can he get over his sweaty try-hard ways and enjoy a narrative campaign based game?
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May 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
startinghex.bsky.social
Come get your dose of 🦶🐦‍⬛🦶🐦‍⬛ and Embernouns! It's the Goonhammer review of the latest #WarhammerUnderworlds warband and deck.

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#Warhammer #Underworlds
Warhammer Underworlds: Realmstone Raiders
The new Realmstone Raiders deck has us asking the question — are there too many Embernouns in Warhammer Underworlds?
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May 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
startinghex.bsky.social
Tickets are out for the 2025 Goonhammer Open #WarhammerUnderworlds event! I'll be running it again this year and am quite excited.

Tickets www.eventbrite.com/e/goonhammer...

BCP link www.bestcoastpairings.com/event/xE6h3Z...

Player Packet docs.google.com/document/d/1...

#GHO #Underworlds #OldBay
Goonhammer Open MD Warhammer Underworlds Nemesis Tournament 2025
The Goonhammer Open Maryland 2025 Edition - July 5th and 6th.
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May 4, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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ospreygames.bsky.social
🐰⚔️ BURROWS & BADGERS: SECOND EDITION: bit.ly/3EQX2el

A kingdom where animals wear armour, wield swords, & cast magic spells...

Where heroes & villains are the difference between victory & defeat...

Where you battle for your faction – or simply for glory or survival.

APRIL 24th UK / JUNE 17th US
An image with an illustration of an anthropomorphic fox in light medieval clothing and carrying a long axe, alongside the Burrows & Badgers: Second Edition wargame rulebook, the game's title logo, and the text "A SKIRMISH GAME OF ANTHROPOMORPHIC ANIMALS".
April 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
startinghex.bsky.social
I love drawing cards. In other games, it isn't uncommon for me to build elaborate engines that draw a ton of cards. When I saw Power from Death in the Edge of the Knife deck, I wanted to dive a little more into what card draw effects are in #underworlds
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Warhammer Underworlds: Deck Size and Card Draw
Card draw is a strong effect in any card game. Let’s see what effects Warhammer Underworlds has to offer.
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April 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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ospreygames.bsky.social
🐰⚔️Burrows & Badgers: Second Edition is coming to Salute, Excel London Saturday 12 April.

Find it – along with a demo table & the game's bespoke miniatures for sale – on the Oathsworn Miniatures stand GA13!

Full release April 24 UK & June 17 US: bit.ly/3EQX2el
An image with a copy of the Burrows & Badgers: Second Edition wargame book against a background illustration of a band of medieval anthropomorphic animals, with a sticker reading "STAND GA13", the Osprey Games and Salute logos, and the text: "PLAY AT EXCEL LONDON, 12 APRIL 2025"
March 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
startinghex.bsky.social
This is the first review of the #GundamAssemble models that I've seen. Sounds like they're pretty nice (unsurprisingly)! Shame the game won't be out until 2026, but at the rate I paint I might have a few done by then. Nice write up, Fowler!

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#Gunpla #Gundam
Gundam Assemble Model Review – TP-007B Zaku II
There were plenty of cool things on display at the GAMA Expo last week, but we were most excited about getting our hands on a mini from the forthcoming Gundam Assemble game. Was it everything we&#8…
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March 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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battlemallethq.bsky.social
Looking for deck inspiration for #WarhammerUnderworlds? Check out the #NemesisDeckLibrary (with the top 13 from the Feb 8 Clash at Warhammer World)!

Kudos to Steve and the events team at Warhammer World for such an epic event!

www.battle-mallet.com/nemesis-decks/

#WarhammerCommunity
February 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
startinghex.bsky.social
I was fortunate enough to be invited to play #Underworlds on video at my FLGS -- Critical Hit Games in Abingdon, MD. criticalhitgamesmd.bsky.social

If you're curious about the game and want to see it in action, check it out!

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#WarhammerUnderworlds
What is Warhammer Underworlds?
YouTube video by Critical Hit Games MD
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February 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM