Yet another celebrity looks to be a friend of the hobby. Checkout what actor Peter Cushing (Grand Moff Tarkin) had to say about wargaming!
Via Gav Thorpe and El Descanso
” I get all the relaxation I want from my collection of figures, I am a keen member of society figures of soldiers which meets once a month in a pub in Regent Street.
Why collect figures of soldiers? I like to play a ‘ war ‘a game invented by HG Wells, who was also a collector.
It is a game full of strategy and is to last nine hours to complete ” Peter Cushing
Yikes nine hours for one game? Heck people tell us 40k takes too long. That literally is an all day affair full of rich liquors and mannerly conversions. Can you imagine playing any war-gaming with this gentleman, it would literally be spectacular!
I would like to propose in you next game of 40k using some of Grand Moff Tarkin’s catch phrases in honor of this distinguished gentleman of wargaming.
Phrases like the ones below could surly make their way into your next engagement.
You would prefer another target, a military target? Then name the system!
Fear will keep the local systems in line. Fear of this battle station.
But watch out for Princess Leia’s famous retort… The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.
Have fun with it guys, that may be what this hobby is all about after all!
#bringinghobbyback
About the Author: Rob Baer
Rob Baer
Job Title: Managing Editor
Founded Spikey Bits in 2009
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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.
