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Rob Baer

Job Title: Managing Editor

Founded Spikey Bits in 2009

Socials: Rob Baer on Facebook and @catdaddymbg on X

About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.

Rob also co-founded and is a panelist on the weekly Long War Podcast, which has over 500 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k, and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls. 

Every year, he and his co-hosts help host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at the Las Vegas Open, both of which attract thousands of players from around the world.

Rob has also won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments and even winning 1st place at the 2011 Adepticon 40k Team Tournament. He was even featured for his painting in issue #304 of Games Workshop’s White Dwarf Magazine.

With over 30 years of experience in retail and distribution, Rob knows all the products and exactly which ones are the best. As a member of GAMA (Game Manufacturers Association), he advocates for gaming stores and manufacturers in these difficult times. He also advises major hedge funds on stocks like Games Workshop and Asmodee.

He is always looking for the next big thing to feature for the miniatures hobby, helping everyone provide the value consumers want.

While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and models made of both pewter and resin.

Apocalypse players rejoice, for we have some kick ass new rules for FOUR different 40k armies!Both Space Marine and Tau players got some great datasheets for Apocalypse games. Plus the Knight Titan got some loving too! So  if you’re planning on playing the mythical Army of Five (Titans), or just want some more fluff on […]

Read More | March 24th, 2014

So most of the rumors were true this week, 40k got two new terrain pieces!Yet another Weekly White Dwarf is here, and unfortunately it may have been the worst one yet. However, overall their track record still seems to be good so far. Not to mention the frenzy I’m sure we’ll see next week if the rumored […]

Read More | March 24th, 2014

Welcome to 40k Flashback, where I dig deep for something cool that I have or have seen from back in the day. Which according to the comic Dane Cook was a Wednesday…I saw this a few days ago up on one of the 40k facebook groups I’m on, and wanted to share it with you. I don’t […]

Read More | January 24th, 2025

Checkout our next live 40k battle webcast (we’re dubbing it “battlecast”) Thursday March 20th at 10pm EST. Tune in TONIGHT then for our THIRD THURSDAY Live webcast battle report featuring Paul Murphy, MBG, Kenny Boucher, and Juice! This weeks Battlecast will feature Juice’s Blood Angels against Kenny’s Chaos Renegades. Catch all the action at the […]

Read More | March 20th, 2014

Hey guys checkout our first (of many) $1,000 Magic Tournaments!This is a mixed format team event. Players will play as teams with each player on the team playing a different constructed format. This format is identical to team sealed, but instead of playing limited you will be playing constructed with your friends. The event will be […]

Read More | March 19th, 2014

Wondering how a little paint brush is supposed to paint that new big Knight Titan model? Save a horse, try an Airbrush! When it comes to a project like this, an airbrush may just be the way to go. However if you’re new to airbrushing this model can be a bit intimidating as well. Marcin […]

Read More | March 18th, 2014

There is only about TWO weeks left in our FREE giveaway, and we just need about 2000 MORE subscribers to make it happen!For this one, we’re going to literally make it rain BITS! We only need 2000 more subscribers on YouTube to kick off the HUGE Bits giveaway, so make sure your subscribed over there, and share this with […]

Read More | June 25th, 2025

Welcome to 40k Flashback, where I dig deep for something cool that I have or have seen from back in the day. Which according to the comic Dane Cook was a Wednesday…So I was digging though some old 40k Rogue Trader era White Dwarfs the other day and happened upon this in issue #110. At first I […]

Read More | January 24th, 2025

New Myrmidons are here, and this time its the Secutors! These guys look great, and once again Forge World has knocked it out of the part with the level of detail on these guys. Checkout all the info below, they go on sale March 31! The Myrmidon Secutors are ordained priests of the Cult Mechanicum […]

Read More | March 14th, 2014

Welcome to Picture of the Day, where we display a sweet pic of something amazing that we’ve seen around the tubes, or took at an event! If you click on the Picture of the Day label you’ll be able to scroll through some great Warhammer related images, all at once. Legos and Warhammer, two of my favorite things. -Enjoy […]

Read More | March 14th, 2014

Praise unto the Machine, the Knight walks!So is this the codex you’ve been waiting for? Are you planning on playing the mythical Army of Five (Titans)? Loyalist and Xenos players alike, are all looking to the new rules to see about upgrading their forces. But will these the new Knight be allowed in tournament play?  […]

Read More | March 10th, 2014

Have you got yours yet? It seems like the blog-o-sphere was full of painted Imperial Knight models this week, but there are still a lot of people waiting on the Imperial Knights Codex to release. Personally I think it’s a great kit, in fact we’re almost sold out of our second shipment of Imperial Knights […]

Read More | March 7th, 2014

Checkout the newest Ad Mechanicus offering from Forge World, the Myrmidons! The Myrmidon Destructors are priests of the Mechanicum who specialise in the art of destruction with ranged weaponry and the embodiment of this within their own vastly augmented bodies.This complete resin set contains three Mechanicum Myrmidon Destructor models with a volkite Culverin, irradiation engine […]

Read More | February 26th, 2014

Don’t miss what happened last night on our live 40k webcast featuring all the fun stuff in the title, and answers to YOUR questions as well.Sometimes it gets crazy on air, and last night was no different. If you missed it, just click play on the video below! FTN mostly focuses on 40k, but again […]

Read More | February 25th, 2014

Welcome to Picture of the Day, where we display a sweet pic of something amazing that we’ve seen around the tubes, or took at an event! If you click on the Picture of the Day label you’ll be able to scroll through some great Warhammer related images, all at once. Checkout this sweet orky Lego creation (by […]

Read More | February 24th, 2014

Looks like some professors at MIT and Havard have made a discovery that could possibly lead to the production of Lightsabers and Power Weapons.Basically they found a way to “create” light molecules, that seems legitimate. From the article;  To create their lightsaber molecules, or “photonic molecules” as they’re being called, Lukin and Vuletic had to […]

Read More | February 20th, 2014

Welcome to Conversion Corner, where we display great looking converted and Work In Progress (WIP) models from stuff we’ve done or amazing figures we’ve seen around.If you click on the Conversion Corner label you’ll be able to scroll through some great looking conversions and more, all at once. Checkout this pretty cool retrofit for a Libraian Dreadnought (by unknown) -Enjoy […]

Read More | February 19th, 2014

Well another tournament has come and gone at FTW Games (the home of Spikey Bits), and here is the top finishers for our event.At the top is arguably one of the best players in 40k, followed by quite a few well know names around the tournament circuit as well. Once again Eldar seems to have […]

Read More | February 19th, 2014