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. 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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Checkout the newest Horus Heresy hotness from Forge World, Word Bearers Ashen Circle, and Emperor’s Children Kakophoni with Sonic Weapons!Both of these units look pretty hot, and you can use them in normal games of 40k as well to represent a number of similar units both loyal and heretical! Checkout the details below, these guys will […]
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Welcome to Picture of the Day, where I display a sweet pic of something amazing that I’ve seen around the tubes, or took myself 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. For the Emperor! -Enjoy MBG
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Games Workshop just released a little teaser on the next codex digital supplement they are putting out shortly.Looks like there maybe a few ways to pimp Imperial Fists or their succesors, but how specifically is the question still. What do you make of this? -MBG Courtesy of Forge the Narrative
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Apparently not only does it look good but this thing IS good in the game as well. Checkout the new “experimental rules” for the FIRE RAPTOR.Pretty much all the experimental means is that it’s not in a book yet, however they have been known to tweek things from time to time before including rules in […]
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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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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 sweet sculpted and painted Storm Eagles Librarian Meros […]
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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 I display a sweet pic of something amazing that I’ve seen around the tubes, or took myself 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. Stay strong brother -Enjoy MBG
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Welcome to Picture of the Day, where I display a sweet pic of something amazing that I’ve seen around the tubes, or took myself 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. Not sure if Harlequin or something… else… -Enjoy […]
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