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Dr Tomas Rawlings
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VP Sumo Digital & writer on gaming. Auroch Digital & 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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Video game developer, game dev also into boardgames/wargames/RPGs & climate
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Great game!
Chaos Marauders is the perfect game for a snowy midwinter’s eve: my Skaven fire-throwers just accidentally set light to my entire orcish battle line and burned the whole place down. Toasty.
January 6, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Events at Games Workshop/Citadel in 1984 - Citadel continues to grow its product line with more support for #Warhammer fantasy battle. Bob Naismith would also move from partial work with Citadel to full time this year. He would later go on the sculpt the first ever Space Marine, LE2.
It's Sunday morning and this is a #RandomWhiteDwarfCover

Issue 49. January 1984
January 4, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Seminal volumes in the history of #Warhammer and #Warhammer40K and here’s some more info on the themes exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/cometh-the...
January 3, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Warped Marginalia September to December 2025; Newsletter Feedback, Addendum & Housekeeping - Here's some follow-ups and more from my recent posts. Plus a quick review of 2025 itself. exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/warped-mar...

#Warhammer #Warhammer40K
January 2, 2026 at 11:18 AM
December 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Bit of seasonal Bloodbowl with Dark Elves vs High Elves.
December 29, 2025 at 10:33 AM
As the year draws to an end; finish with some good news: What have we learned about climate progress in 2025? Quite a lot and some surprising victories!

climatehopium.substack.com/p/what-have-...

#ClimateChange #RenewableEnergy
December 28, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Want lasers with dragons? Want sword-fights in space? Yes! Musings on the Science-Fantasy genre - 'Science Fantasy, Warhammer 40,000 and a D&D Expedition to the Barrier Peaks' exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/science-fa...

#Warhammer #DnD #Warhammer40K #Scifi
December 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Make a Bond movie casual.

From Russia with Duty Free
Make a Bond movie casual.

Lawnraker
Make a Bond movie casual.

Dr Meh
December 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Make a Bond movie casual.

Dr Maybe
Make a Bond movie casual.

Lawnraker
Make a Bond movie casual.

Dr Meh
December 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
For next post on exploringwarhammer.substack.com I’m planning to take a look at the genre of Science Fantasy via D&D module, Expedition to the Barrier Peaks #dnd #warhammer
December 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Some great games on this list!
Top 10 Steam games by sales this past week:

#1 - ARC Raiders
#2 - Counter-Strike 2
#3 - Steam Deck
#4 - Where Winds Meet
#5 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
#6 - Warframe
#7 - Marvel Rivals
#8 - Baldur's Gate 3
#9 - Battlefield™ 6
#10 - Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
December 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I'm posting as we run to to Christmas in a #MiniaturesAdventCalendar - do add your own! (Though I've missed a few - this is the last one for 2025)

Dec 24th - Tau warriors and drones.

Photo and mins by me.

#Warhammer #Warhammer40K
December 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Quote with a robot that's not Star Wars or Transformers.

Hard mode: no Gundam, Battletech, or Macross.

Here’s some Rogue Trader era Robots. Source: Stuff of Legends
December 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I'm posting as we run to to Christmas in a #MiniaturesAdventCalendar - do add your own! (Though I've missed a few!)

Dec 23rd - Lizardmen Blood Bowl Team – Gwaka'moli Crater Gators

Photo and mins by me.

#Warhammer #bloodbowl
December 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
RIP this is terrible news, I’ve had such fun playing games he’s been key in the development of
December 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
RIP this is terrible news, I’ve had such fun playing games he’s been key in the development of
December 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I'm posting as we run to to Christmas in a #MiniaturesAdventCalendar - do add your own! (Though I've missed a few!)

Dec 22nd - Left to right - A current Skaven, a 90s one, left & an 80s one.

Image thanks to Dylan Shipley.

#Warhammer
December 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Reposted by Dr Tomas Rawlings
The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
December 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Pleased with this so far! renewables.org
December 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I'm posting as we run to to Christmas in a #MiniaturesAdventCalendar - do add your own! (Though I've missed a few!)

Dec 21st - Four of my Norse Blood Bowl Team: Norsca Rampagers (Photo by me)

BTW I'm a big fan of #Bloodbowl
December 21, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I'm posting as we run to to Christmas in a #MiniaturesAdventCalendar - do add your own!

Dec 18th - A current plastic Space Marine from Warhammer: The Horus Heresy – Age of Darkness next to an RTB01 Space Marine from 1987 (Photo by me)

#Warhammer #Warhammer40K
December 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I'm posting as we run to to Christmas in a #MiniaturesAdventCalendar - do add your own!

Dec 17th (sorry missed a few days!) - LE23 Chainsaw Wizard - from late '87. The bro of LE7 but instead of a machine gun he has a chainsaw, a weapon that #Warhammer40K will very much embrace.

#Warhammer
December 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Picked up a new #TTRPG at Dragonmeet; Why We Fight.
December 15, 2025 at 10:15 AM
This is shocking - they are funding the groups they then 'report' on as news without declaring it.
This is the same group that seems to have an open invitation to appear on every single BBC political programme going, without ever declaring their funding
🔴 REVEALED 🔴

The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.

📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
December 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM