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 350 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 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 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.
Checkout the newest flyer from Forge World, the Avenger Strike Fighter!Today I’m unboxing the new Avenger Strike Fighter from Forgerworld, and I gotta tell you I really like the look of this thing. I think the reason that it is so appealing to me, is because it borrows so many design elements from other fictional aircraft. I […]
Read More
Welcome to Armies on Parade, where I display (in hopefully good detail) some great looking armies from major tournaments all across the United States. If you click on the Armies on Parade label you’ll be able to scroll through some great looking armies, all at once. It’s like you were at a major event yourself, all from the comfort […]
Read More
Save more money for minis. Clean your brushes, fool!Sure it sounds simple in theory, but how do you effectively clean your brushes? There are a ton of cleaning products out there, and I’ve found very few that actually seem to work without destroying the brush, or even my hands in the process. But let’s face […]
Read More
Drumroll please…..First off thanks to everyone who added us to their social media circles last month for their chance to win a rulebook. Today I chose TWO winners, that’s right TWO winners to receive a shiny new 6th Edition Rulebook. One was chosen randomly from new subscribers to the newsletter this month, and one randomly […]
Read More
Welcome to Armies on Parade, where I display (in hopefully good detail) some great looking armies from major tournaments all across the United States. If you click on the Armies on Parade label you’ll be able to scroll through some great looking armies, all at once. It’s like you were at a major event yourself, all from the comfort […]
Read More
This is a great article about building a better devastator unit, which in 6th is kinda still undecided.Well unless everyone gets Flakk missiles all of a sudden, then the choice maybe pretty clear! This is, of course, a guest post from Kirby at 3++, and I think it’s really good at breaking down the numbers […]
Read More
Blood of Kittens posted up some more Chaos Space Marines rumors recently.He’s had the Chaos book since well before WarGameCon and shared a lot of it with some of us back then. Personally I am especially fond of the picture of the Dragon Flyer he has. I’m sure as the next release date approaches his […]
Read More
This was a great post I spied over on No Turtles Allowed about improving your game.I think it’s a great read so I’m putting it on here for everyone. This is written by my buddy “The Hod”, and hope you enjoy it. From The Hod I am writing this guide on how to improve your […]
Read More
Sixth Edition is here, do you have your copy yet?We have the new Sixth Eidtion book in stock and ready to ship, along with the Psyhic Cards, Tape Measure, and new templates! The book has a suggested retail of $74.25 BUT you can get it from us for 20% OFF. Don’t forget, we sell all Games Workshop […]
Read More
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 squadron of neat looking Imperial […]
Read More
Bursting on all sides, my display case of miniatures for sale is on the brink of destruction. I just updated the case and cut a video on it so you can see all the juicy details! Once a week, I’ll try to post an update of my case of “gently loved” miniatures for sale here […]
Read More
Welcome to Armies on Parade, where I display (in hopefully good detail) some great looking armies from major tournaments all across the United States. If you click on the Armies on Parade label you’ll be able to scroll through some great looking armies, all at once. It’s like you were at a major event yourself, all from the comfort […]
Read More
I woke up this morning to an absolute fusillade of text and email messages about an apparently leaked list of new 40k releases for 2012/13.Story goes someone was data mining info for the new Hobbit movie and stumbled upon Games Workshop’s miniature releases, which also happened to contain their 40k releases as well. The posts […]
Read More
Did you get it? We just sent out our second newsletter recently.It summarized our best articles of the month, and let everyone know about the Free 6th Edition Rulebook Give Away (that’s ending soon). You can check it out here, and if you haven’t signed up yet for our monthly mailer, be sure to today. […]
Read More
Drumroll please…..First off thanks to everyone who added us to their social media circles last month for their chance to win a rulebook. Today I chose TWO winners, that’s right TWO winners to receive a shiny new 6th Edition Rulebook. One was chosen randomly from new subscribers to the newsletter this month, and one randomly […]
Read More
This just in… new Sixth Edition news, well sort of…Recently we saw a big news dump about “NEW” rumors about the 6th Edition start Box from Beast of war, and well, it was all pretty much old news. Everything except the name of the starter box itself was leaked as far back as Adepticon (April […]
Read More
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 an amazing Blood Angels Stormraven painted […]
Read More
Welcome to Armies on Parade, where I display (in hopefully good detail) some great looking armies from major tournaments all across the United States. If you click on the Armies on Parade label you’ll be able to scroll through some great looking armies, all at once. It’s like you were at a major event yourself, all from the comfort […]
Read More