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.
Well I’m still out at The Feast of Blades Grand Tournament in Denver Colorado, but I wanted to post up this great how to on painting lightning effect by Dan the Deamon. Recently I posted up some of Dan’s amazing Night Lords on here and his lightning effects are top notch to say the least. […]
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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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Some of us are very superstitious when it comes to our dice, but lately I’ve been seeing players being particular about what they put those dice into, lol. Strange, maybe? Out of the ordinary perhaps, but when compared to ball players, poker players, or even business heads everyone seems to have their own ritualistic approach to success. […]
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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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Around the shop were starting up a little escalation league of sorts, themed around what else but the NECRONS. (good timing eh?) I thought I’d get on here and post up how we’re running it, so maybe the fever will spread, and inspire other clubs or stores to run their own flash leagues as well.So here’s how it works…. […]
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Fritz over at Fritz 40k, posted up some codex picture leaks that look pretty amazing. Checkout the link here. I know for a fact from Games Workshops site one of those transport images called the Tomb Blade is a transport option for some of the Necron units. I haven’t seen the stats on it yet, […]
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We’re on site at the Feast of Blades Grand Tournament right now. Jump below to checkout the coverage! Right now the Team Tournament is going on, with 20 registered teams on hand the competition is fierce. If you are in the Denver area be sure to stop by as there is a qualifier tournament tonight for several more invitational slots […]
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Welcome to a guest post by TerranRaida. I asked him to do little how to article on his painted Shadewarith, and as you’ll read he begrudgingly obliged me due to mostly to bribes. You can catch up with this Master of the English Language over on his blog C.R.E.A.M (Change Rules Everything Around Me). So MBG asked me to write an article as […]
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The Mechanicon GT is happening this weekend! This is a great tournament series in the North East that I really enjoyed the first year I went. I recommend checking it out, as Tony and crew put on a great event. MechaniCon 2011 – November 4-6West Chester, PAhttp://www.themechanicon.com/1/ Rules Pack From Tony: MechaniCon is right around the corner […]
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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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Check out this amazing Siege of Terra Mega-Diorama from Adepticon 2011. What ever club was responsible for building, heck even taking on such an ambitious project should pat themselves on the back, as this rocks. This board definitely ranks up there with some of the most spectacular hobby displays I have ever seen. Let’s take a closer look, as I attempt to […]
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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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Around the shop, it always seem to come up about which primer I use, and why. So today I figured I’d talk about it a bit, and see what you all think. First off I just want to say never ever use that crap from Wal Mart.Krylon is okay sometimes but that is about it. […]
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FTW Games (the home of Spikey Bits) will be hosting a 40k Rogue Trader Tournament Next Saturday November 12th at noon. So make a day of it, stop by and check out FTW Games/ Spikey Bits, and get your game on! We’re also going to try out a new prize structure for these events, $100 minimum in store credit. […]
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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 Army of One, where I display a great looking painted model from stuff I’ve done or amazing figures I’ve seen around. I know Halloween was last night, BUT I figure I’d strike with this while the iron was still semi-warm. If you click on the Army of One label you’ll be able to scroll through […]
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This weekend sees host to a new tournament format out west, called Feast of Blades. It features lots of mini qualifiers at different stores throughout the southwest for players to earn a spot at the invitational played at the end of the year (not unlike ‘ard boyz, etc). But whats different about this is that while […]
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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 Dan Johnson’s Chaos Space Marines […]
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