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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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Wow. Harry the Hammer art may go for £400K!

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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

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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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It is December 1988 where the glorious cover of White Dwarf 108 depicts titans during the Horus Heresy era! Adeptus Titanicus being the first separate 40K game released following the original Rogue Trader the year before. exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/another-ke...
The cover of White Dwarf 108 showing two huge Titans under fire, while infantry fight around, underneath thier giant feet.
November 7, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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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
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I posted this to Reddit too and it blew up!
Reddit screenshot showing the Zohran meme with 6.8K upvotes
November 6, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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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
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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

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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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There was also an advert for the Eldar Command Group and new units of the Tarantula, Mole Mortar, Land Speeder, Vincent Black Shadow Bike with Side-car Combination and an Ambull model. exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/know-your-...
The Tarantula robotic weapons mount, from WD 99, pg.63
October 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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A video of me chatting about the issue.
October 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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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.

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#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
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An update. I have now got past 99 nights in 99 Nights in the Forest. (104 is best thus far, using the Scavenger character class)

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99 Nights in the Forest game showing the campsite. Screenshot by author.
October 18, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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An unpainted Eldar Harlequin from the Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader era. This is no. 430608 of the blister pack range.

#Eldar #Warhammer #Warhammer40K
Close up of a Harlequin warrior miniature from the Rogue Trader era. The range of miniatures form the Harlequins Blister Packs.
October 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Yeah, thought the Fertility one is missing a bottom line?
Runequest List of Runes
October 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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A quarterly update on my Exploring Warhammer project; Warped Marginalia July to September 2025; Newsletter Feedback, Addendum & Housekeeping. Thanks exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/warped-mar...

#Warhammer #Warhammer40K
The amazing rear covers of the books that made up Warhammer Fantasy Battle 2nd Edition, showing a magical Chaos star
October 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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My video is up from my talk at the Warhammer Conference. Feedback and thoughts welcomed! www.youtube.com/watch?v=oilR...

#Warhammer #Warhammer40K
Screenshot of the YouTube video showing the project title.
October 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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The first in a semi-regular series of posts addressing a topic of note. This time I’m asking the question of why are so many people talking about Roblox? Why does it matter? IMHO it does, this is why. exploringgamedevelopment.substack.com/p/why-is-eve...

#gamedev #roblox
A screenshot showing day 10 of hopefully 99 days, from the game 99 Nights in the Forest. Screenshot by author.
October 8, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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There's a very cool article on #Warhammer Community of Space Marine art over the years. Its got a wide range of images. www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...

#Warhammer40K
Black Templars space marines from 3rd edition cover (1998) A Space Marine battles chaos worshipers in close combat
October 6, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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OMG there's a Shadowrun ROG trailer! A Night's Work (Shadowrun promo, 1990) Gosh and it is fun and so very early 90s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GPG...
A character uses psychic (or magic?) powers. Three characters in the Shadowrun promo sneak along ready for action
October 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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My copy has arrived!
Cover of Wyrd Science magazine showing two warriors
October 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Realized today that I'd totally forgotten a game I'd worked on from my gameography! agreatbecoming.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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D&D image showing alignment. I assume the party has a captive and they want info? The knight who is representing good is urging restraint, the evil thief-like character is seeking to torture the captive and the neutral warrior is standing by unconcerned. From 1983 edition.
Three adventurers with a captive goblin showing the three alignments of good, urging restraint, evil seeking to torture the captive and neutral, standing by.
September 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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While Trump may want to bring back coal, the reality is that not only is it more polluting, adds more CO2 into the atmosphere (which they don't care about) but it costs more. While the alternatives are getting cheaper!

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#climate #climatechange
Screenshot of a Reddit post about Trump vowing to bring back coal. Graph shows renewables costs going down while coal is static.
September 29, 2025 at 11:20 AM