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What is Dakka?
DakkaDakka is a large, independent wargaming community that features discussion, tutorials and images for many games. If you are new to the world of wargaming then learn about it in our introductory article: What is Wargaming?




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Featured Articles
How to make Tyranid Buildings with a Hot Glue Gun (Tutorial)
Terrain
Magnetising : a Report, Tips and Tricks from a Newbie
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Tyranid 8th Mathhammer Tables
Tyranids
Friends of Dakka
Bell of Lost Souls - Warhammer 40k Blog
Tabletop Gaming News
Bartertown - wargaming trading forum
Lexicanum - Warhammer 40k background wiki
Warseer Forums
Warhammer 40k Wiki
Bolter and Chainsword forums
Beasts of War
Wikipedia - Warhammer 40,000 overview
Games Workshop - the company behind Warhammer
Flames of War - the official website
Privateer Press - the company behind Warmachine/Hordes
Global News Feed
Pathfinder Guide: How to Play an Exemplar @ BoLS
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More About Dakka

DakkaDakka - Warhammer, 40k, Warmachine and Flames of War Community.

DakkaDakka is a large, independent wargaming community that features discussion, tutorials and images for many games.

Warhammer 40,000

Our warhammer 40k forums are among our most popular. They have been operating the longest and contain discussion about every facet of warhammer 40k from tactics and army lists to background and upcoming releases.

Warhammer Fantasy

The Warhammer Fantasy Battle Forums are consistently increasing in popularity and are almost on a par with our 40k forums covering the same large range of content with advice from some of the best tacticians the world has to offer.

Warmachine and Hordes

Dakka now has one of the largest Warmachine and Hordes forums on the web, and has a huge range of Warmachine Pictures in our gallery.

Flames of War

Flames of War and other historical games are growing in popularity here on dakka and we invite anyone to join in and discuss them in detail. As flames of war grows more popular, Dakka's coverage will only increase. Be sure to check out the Flames of War gallery to see some inspiring stuff.

Dakka Features

Dakka is a big site with a lot to explore. Here we highlight some of our more interesting features:

Wargaming Gallery

The dakka gallery is one of the largest wargaming galleries in the world and has a huge range of tagged miniatures from many game systems. From flames of war to Maelstrom's Edge, and of course 40k. You can vote on images (like using hot-or-not), and use our advanced gallery search engine to find exactly what you are looking for, be it space marines, orks, cryx or Dark Elves!

Forums

The dakka forums are growing faster and faster and are the bread and butter of the website. They still maintain quality and a fair level of freedom compared to many other forums. Our most popular forum is News and Rumours, but Dakka Discussions and 40k army lists are very popular too. There are some important rules to consider (no spam, no swearing, no piracy) but everybody gets on well enough thanks to our great moderation team.

Articles

The dakka wargaming articles are run on a wiki (like wikipedia). We have a huge range of wargaming articles covering everything from tactica to modeling and painting and even some great funny stuff. If you are bored and want to have the equivalent of dozens of magazines to read then head over to the main articles page and start clicking around. Because it is a wiki, anybody can hop in and click the 'edit' tab at the top of the page, so if you have anything to add or just see some typos or bad grammar then you can help make it better for everyone.

Army Profiles

Dakka's army profiles are a throwback to the very earliest version of dakka from the late 1990s, where various armies were highlighted in detail. Our army profiles section now contains many armies from different game systems with in depth photographs, army lists and explanations of their signifigance from their owners.

DCMs

Help keep Dakkadakka.com running by becoming a DCM (Dakka Contributing Member) and enjoy a ton of perks for doing a good deed! For a small donation of only $25 a year you gain the following benefits:
  • Surf with ease! Get an ad-free site.
  • Be a celebrity! Get a 'DCM' marker in the forum listings and under your username.
  • Name yourself! Create your own custom title in the forums.
  • Expand your conversation! Post and chat in a private DCM forum.
Dakka Blog

Dakka Gallery: Autarch


Posted: 2025-08-13 04:59:07
By LauraMCR

Dakka Forum: What's your first kit/box in the hobby?


Posted: 2025-08-13 03:59:07
Forum post by kabaakaba, 37 responses at time of this post.

Today my brother found out this amazing thing. Our WHFB 6 edition starter and some orks who survive all this years in a box. It's 2002 year purchase. It's fill a bit weird cause few my colleagues are younger then this orks.
What's your first box/kit and do you have it this days?

Dakka Gallery: Legio Krytos Battlegroup


Posted: 2025-08-13 02:59:07
By zedmeister

Dakka Gallery: Citadel, Feudal, Historical, Japanese, Oriental Heroes, Samurai


Posted: 2025-08-13 01:59:07
By Juxtimon

Dakka Gallery: Centrepiece Contest Finished


Posted: 2025-08-13 00:59:07
By Daia T'Nara

Dakka Gallery: Royal Warden


Posted: 2025-08-12 23:59:07
By DraconGod

Dakka Gallery: Cargo-8 Final 1


Posted: 2025-08-12 22:59:07
By Pariah Press

Dakka Gallery: Scorp Done


Posted: 2025-08-12 21:59:07
By Nevelon

Dakka Gallery: Anima Tactics


Posted: 2025-08-12 20:59:07
By feltmonkey

Dakka Gallery: Star Painter


Posted: 2025-08-12 19:59:07
By Klaus, not Santa

Dakka Gallery: Blood Bowl, Dwarves, Referee, Rulebook


Posted: 2025-08-12 18:59:07
By shelman

Dakka Gallery: Mortifactors Repulsor 4


Posted: 2025-08-12 17:59:07
By warspawned

Dakka Gallery: Ork Stellung


Posted: 2025-08-12 16:59:07
By Dj Ukic

Dakka Gallery: Nose Art, Titan, Warhound


Posted: 2025-08-12 15:59:07
Unknown creator

Dakka Gallery: Ultramarine Army (partial View)


Posted: 2025-08-12 14:59:07
By Tech-Mechanic

Dakka Gallery: T'au Riptide


Posted: 2025-08-12 13:59:07
By AceXT

Dakka Gallery: Another Great Image!


Posted: 2025-08-12 12:59:07
Unknown creator

Dakka Gallery: Sororitas - Teal


Posted: 2025-08-12 11:59:07
By J.Black

Dakka Gallery: Deathwatch Veterans


Posted: 2025-08-12 10:59:07
By John Prins

Dakka Daily Poll: What is your opinion on measuring distances in wargaming.


Posted: 2025-08-12 09:59:07
What is your opinion on measuring distances in wargaming.
Every measurement must be exactly perfect every time, if you move a space marine 6.01 inches in his movement phase you are cheating.
As exact as possible, the game will take a lot longer, but it will be worth it in the end.
Try to be exact, but don't sweat the little stuff, especially in the first turn or 2.
Measure exactly for the first guy in the unit, then just arrange the rest so they are in roughly the correct position around him.
Eyeball it.
Just put your guys where ever, we assume superhuman space marines can manipulate the space-time continuum.
To cut out all the boring tactical positioning stuff we just arrange our troops in melee at the start, no measurements needed.
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