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.
Well we keep trying to come up with more fun and, what we hope are, exciting ways for you to save on your gaming needs. Over the next few months or so we’ll try to feature a new sale every week on some of the top names out there in gaming, just to give you a […]
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The new Sicarian Battle Tank is now on pre-order and boy does this thing look good.Sporting a Neutron laser for tank destruction, this puppy is designed to be a tank buster extreme! Mine will be here towards the end of the month, but until then checkout regular Sicaran battle tank unboxing below, and preview of […]
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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… You always hear the question: “How did you get into the hobby?”, and for me it was getting bored with assembling fighter jet models. I […]
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Welcome to Flashback Fridays, where I dig deep for something cool that I have from back in the day. Which according to the comic Dane Cook was a Wednesday. You always hear the question: “How did you get into the hobby?”, and for me it was getting bored with assembling fighter jet models. I could never afford […]
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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. Today we take a revealing (get it) look at a […]
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Welcome to Army of One, where I display a great looking painted model from stuff I’ve done or amazing figures I’ve seen around. If you click on the Army of One label you’ll be able to scroll through some great looking figures, all at once. Today we take a look at one of my old Iron Warriors (soon to […]
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The new Space Marine Centurion models have been out for a few months now, and while they haven’t made a big splash yet on the tournament scene, I’ve still got big plans for them! Since I’m a long time chaos player, I feel the need to “chaosify” any model that the followers of the false […]
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Well we keep trying to come up with more fun and, what we hope are, exciting ways for you to save on your gaming needs. Over the next few months or so we’ll try to feature a new sale every week on some of the top names out there in gaming, just to give you a […]
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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. Today we take a look at a very cool Iron […]
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Episode Thirty-One is here, download it now!In this episode we talk about our live webcast battle reports, the new Inquisition codex, and various army lists that we’ve been working on, etc. Forge the Narrative is a podcast about tabletop gaming, and the nerdom that surrounds it. Each episode will be about an hour long. This ideally gives […]
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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. Today we checkout a sweet Star Wars General Grievous Swarmlord […]
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Welcome to Army of One, where I display a great looking painted model from stuff I’ve done or amazing figures I’ve seen around. If you click on the Army of One label you’ll be able to scroll through some great looking figures, all at once. Today we take a look at a pretty awesome magma styled Heldrake! Enjoy MBG
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More new Codex Inquisition information broke this morning guys. Looks like the Inquisitor supplement maybe more in-depth that we thought. Courtesy of BoLS via White Dwarf The front cover, illustrated by Marek Oken, is just one of the new pieces of artwork in the book, which focuses on the strange, dangerous and clandestine work of the […]
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Hey guys, Rage of Khorne here working on a new addition to my Eldar army; an Eldar Farseer on Jetbike. There is no pre-existing model for a mounted Farseer so there was no choice but to make one which meant I had the opportunity to make something different and interesting for my force. My army will be including several units […]
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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. Today we take a look at a very cool converted […]
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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. I believe! -Enjoy MBG
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Welcome to Army of One, where I display a great looking painted model from stuff I’ve done or amazing figures I’ve seen around. If you click on the Army of One label you’ll be able to scroll through some great looking figures, all at once. Today we take a look at a very sinisterarrly posed Sons of Horus Contemprtor! Enjoy […]
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Much like Imperial Troops entering Echo base on Hoth, the Tyranids are about to swarm onto the scene. So much for secrecy, looks like we all know what the next 40k release will be. I can’t post them here, but there is quite a large thread going over here that has some interesting pictures you […]
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