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.
FTW Games (the home of Spikey Bits) will be hosting a 40k Rogue Trader Tournament Saturday July 28th.We’re also doing a new prize structure for these events, $100 minimum in store credit. So regardless of how many people show up, the prize will be at least $100 split among the four prize winners! Of course if more that 10 […]
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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 […]
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Don’t miss out! There is just over one week left in this months Give-away.This one is really, really easy to enter as well! All you have to do for a chance to win one of two copies of the new Hardcover Sixth Edition Rulebook, is either sign up for our monthly newsletter, or make sure […]
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Yet more Forge World rules for Sixth Edition. Forge World just posted on their Facebook page today that they updated more rules for 6th Edition 40k. Check them out on their downloads page. http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/News/Downloads.html
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This little diddy popped up over on the BoLS lounge, summarizing the rest of 2012’s releases.It seems to coincide with a lot of the assumptions I was making earlier in the year using previous releases and sales data. I also had a gut feeling that the Chaos release would precede any 6th Starter box after […]
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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 […]
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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 Jkin’s incredibly detailed Black Templar Land […]
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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 […]
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Here’s another look at my custom Ork Nob Biker squad, and their pimped bases. This is summary of my original three blog posts back in April ’09. Isn’t it funny how what was once old is now new again? With the release of sixth Nob Bikers are all the rage again! The best thing I […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Well it seems like all anyone wants to write about lately is how wound allocation works in sixth Edition.So lets take a look at another article on the matter! Today I have for you another guest spot by TPM Paul Murphy with his thoughts on allocation and some brief examples. From TPM,My club mates have […]
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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 […]
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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 old Ghazghkull Thraka model form […]
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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 […]
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Bursting on all sides, my display case of miniatures for sale is on the brink of destruction. I just updated the pictures below with some new shots of the case. Thanks to everyone who has emailed me and made a deal so far! I have a ton of “gently loved” miniatures for sale here at […]
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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 […]
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Well to celebrate the release of the new rule set, in a way that everyone can participate in (for FREE of course)- we’re doing yet another giveaway!This one is really, really easy to enter as well! All you have to do for a chance to win one of two copies of the new Hardcover Sixth […]
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