Warhammer Comes to JHU!

We are very excited and proud to announce Games Workshop games have arrived at JHU!


We will be carrying a full line of Games Workshop paints and miniatures for use with the games Warhammer, Warhammer 40000 and The Lord of the Rings tabletop game. We will soon be hosting tournaments for all of these games as well, so stay tuned for updates!

Keep reading to see what Warhammer is and what all the excitement is about!

What is Warhammer tabletop gaming and how does it work?

First, there is assembling your army...

Playing one of these games is one of the most fun and rewarding hobbies around. In reality it is two great hobbies rolled into one. First there is the modeling and painting aspect of the hobby. You get to choose from hundreds of detailed models to add to your army. There is truly something for everyone, from giants, elves, vampires and goblins to space marines, tanks and aliens. You get to customize them with any number of different color schemes and convert your models to your own unique specifications. This alone is hours of fun and it is incredibly rewarding to paint an army and display your models for all to see.

Then there is the actual gaming aspect of your army...

Now that you have assembled and painted your army, you get to play an amazing strategy game
against an army of the same size. Two generals (the players) line their massive armies up on opposite sides of a 4' by 6' gaming surface (this can be anything from a regular table to incredibly detailed replicas of terrain). The game is a turn-based strategy game that has inspired tons of video game copy cats (think Starcraft or Warcraft).

Die (like you'd find in almost any board game) are used to determine success and failure: to decide whether a bolter shell hits its target, or whether a lascannon blasts through the armor of a tank. Each game is played, not on a regular 'board' but in a special gaming area where models are not confined to "squares," but are free to move as their controller wishes. Because Warhammer is not played on a set game board, tape measures or rulers are used to see how far a miniature can move - a horse can run faster than a stumpy-legged dwarf, after all.

That might all sound a little complicated, but most Warhammer players find that after just a short game or two they've grasped the basics. Seasoned Warhammer generals find that the rules become second nature, and they seldom need to refer to the rulebook at all.

Stay tuned! In the future we will be holding Games Workshop related events, such as miniature modeling, painting and terrain/table building workshops!

In the World of Warhammer there is no time for peace. No respite. No forgiveness. There is only WAR!

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-Drew