Grab $145 worth of miniatures for just $56 with the Spikey Bits Mystery Box- that’s packed with new models, free gifts, and unbeatable value!
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Rob Baer
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 currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls.
Every year, along with his co-hosts, he helps host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at Las Vegas Open, which attracts over 350 players from around the world.
Rob has won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments over the years and even winning 1st place at the Adepticon 40k Team Tournament.
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, always looking for the next big thing to feature for the miniatures hobby, helping everyone to 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.
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Warhammer Kill Team 40k’s Hivestorm Launch Box offers a ton of value; here’s the price, contents list, unboxing, release date, and review breakdown!
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Games Workshop plans out its major Warhammer new edition releases (like 11th Edition 40k) in three-year cycles; here’s what’s next for 2025!
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Games Workshop unveiled plans for a new fourth factory to help meet the demand for their miniatures and rulebooks.
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Unlock $225 worth of miniatures for only $100 with October’s Mystery Miniatures Boxes, and score a free gift inside your box.
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Here’s the pricing, release date, and links for all the new AoS Stormcast and Citadel Hobby products that are off pre-order and available now!
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Games Workshop will probably never say Orktober again in any official marketing capacity, and there is a pretty good reason why.
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Painting Phase guest Tom Hibberd revealed rumors of how close Games Workshop was to bankruptcy and what “saved” them.
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Games Workshop’s new Warhammer 40k Kill Team Starter set solves two massive problems with one single release for them.
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For just $44.99, you can get four HeresyLab assassin models, which are great alternatives for Imperial Agents models in Warhammer 40k!
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Don’t miss all the new Games Workshop Warhammer releases from September till now that may be available across platforms with the links to find them.
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Models and Minis have abruptly shut down, leaving many hobbyists in the lurch; here’s how to handle refunds and some reliable alternatives for your Warhammer 40k needs.
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Games Workshop just revealed new Warhammer 40k releases like the Blood Angels Combat Patrol and Mechanicum for Legions Imperialis, hitting pre-order this week!
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