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.
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. Boomstick indeed -Enjoy MBTG
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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 Sister of Battle Styled Avenger Strike Fighter! Enjoy […]
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Attacked from all sides, big games of Warhammer Fantasy may never be the same.Grab you buddies and get ready for some exciting games of multi player Fantasy. This newest expansion makes games of three to five players possible with some pretty interesting rules and score keeping methods. The book itself is about 100 pages, comes […]
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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. Behold the future of 40k? By d2z4esh -Enjoy MBG
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Don’t call it a comeback, he’s been here for years. Pretty cool news today, iconic Gregor Eisenhorn will be joining the 40k tabletop game in some capacity, and other famous Black Library characters have been hinted at making appearances as well. According to Games Workshop’s digital editions, three of the Ordo’s will be contained within […]
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The newest supplement for Apocalypse Wazone Pandorax has just released, and if you’re a fan of the super heavy this book is for you. Besides being a good book in general, Games Workshop published rules for several “custom” super heavies and Forge World models that have not had an Apocalypse update yet. Chief among them […]
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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 pretty unique Riptide […]
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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 WIP Chaos Iron […]
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It’s True, Ferrus Manus is the next Primarch miniature to be released by Forge World!The lastest primarch model will start shipping Novemeber 8th (this upcoming Friday)! Best/ Coolest of all- It locks together with Fulgrim’s Base as well to form an epic duel scene that only one man walks away from. Courtesy of Forge WorldThe […]
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The Dark Elves have just launched from their black arks, and boy do these models look amazing. All across the world all the newest Warhammer Fantasy Models are now on sale! Best part is, we’re selling them for our normal everyday discount of 20% OFF MSRP! So get your orders in now, because if past releases were any indication, these […]
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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 sweet large […]
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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 Paul Maglio’s old Hydra Flak Tanks! Enjoy MBG
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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 the beginnings of my […]
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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 my favorite LEGO conversion thus far!Love Legos and […]
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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.This awesome model reminds me of all those neat Land Raider […]
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The Space Marine Fire Raptor is now official for sale from Forge World!The new Fire Raptor starts shipping on October 31st from Forge World! If you haven’t seen it yet, checkout this new incarnation of the venerable Stormraven, classified the Fire Raptor. According to it’s experimental rules, it’s a gunship variant of Heresy Era origins, […]
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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. Coming soon movie screen near you! -Enjoy MBG
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Welcome to a very special Armies on Parade label you’ll be able to scroll through some great looking armies, all at once.Interested in showing off your work on Spikey Bits, and seeing your name in lights? We want those pics! If you click on the Armies on Parade label you’ll be able to scroll through some great looking armies, all […]
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