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. I think he’s looking at you…. -Enjoy MBG
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Welcome to 40k Flashback, 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 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. Pretty sure this is Yarrick, but he kinda […]
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We just our Spikey Bits’ Wreck Markers back for Feast of Blades, and this may be the last batch of markers we ever offer! Best of all, they are also on sale now until they sell out! So if you were looking to pick up the puma marker (right) or any of our other 15 markers […]
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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. Why isn’t it painted red?. -Enjoy MBG
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Here at Spikey Bits, 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 last month or so we’ve featured 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 a very Gundam-Esqe […]
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Welcome to a very special Army of One, where I display great looking painted models from reader submissions!Interested in showing off your work on Spikey Bits, and seeing your name in lights? We want those pics! 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 […]
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I don’t really have time this week to do a big review of Feast of Blades myself, but I happened to find a perfectly great article by Spikey Bits friend Alan “pajama pants” Bajramovic for you instead to checkout! Alan is a great tournament player, is a member of the ETC team and was featured […]
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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. Rise Marines, Rise…. -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 a very cool Battlestar […]
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Black Library just announced a limited edition version of the Visions of Hersey collection set to go on sale November 1.This set is a more collectible version of the Visions of Heresy books that came out earlier in the year from Black Library as well. If you can still find them the old Horus Collected […]
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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 suppose it makes sense for scouts, by […]
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What a whirlwind weekend of digital and hard copy releases! Looks like the Sentinels of Tera Expansion is slated for release in November according to Black Library’s site.This release will be the first for the new Space Marine Codex, and there are many more rumored to be in the works as well! So what do […]
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Welcome to 40k Flashback, 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 Armies on Parade; Army Showcase where I display (in hopefully good detail) the best of the all great looking armies I’ve featured from major tournaments all across the United States. If you click on the Army Showcase label you’ll be able to scroll through some great looking armies, all at once. It’s like you were at a major […]
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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 Beast’s sweet Fire Prism tank. Checkout how he […]
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Welcome to Armies on Parade; Army Showcase where I display (in hopefully good detail) the best of the all great looking armies I’ve featured from major tournaments all across the United States. If you click on the Army Showcase label you’ll be able to scroll through some great looking armies, all at once. It’s like you were at a major […]
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