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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?

Project Logs
Charting Zambro's Hobby - Classic Eldar
Updated: 2025-12-14 09:52:44
Roknars blog, putting the legion back in Black Legion
Updated: 2025-12-13 23:56:27
Josh paints Jungle Fighters and zombies!
Updated: 2025-12-14 00:06:58
Featured Articles
A basic course in Acrylic Mediums
Painting
Helping Infinity beginners- learn to counter most common tactics
Infinity
Warmachine Rulebooks
Warmachine
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
Games Workshop Pre-Orders: Squig Socks & Hoodie Weekend @ BoLS
D&D: Five Noncombat Encounters Still Worth Rolling Initiative For @ BoLS
Warmachine: Core Book Now Available @ BoLS
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 Daily Poll: Do you think that the Emperor will resurrect in some form?


Posted: 2025-12-14 09:59:07
Do you think that the Emperor will resurrect in some form?
No opinion
Yes, as the Star Child.
Yes, as himself
Yes, through someone else
No, he will die
No, he is already dead
Other (write in)


View Results / Discussion

Sponsor Press Release:
Thornvale City Kickstarter


Posted: 2025-12-11 20:00:00


Would you like to have an entire city for your wargames without spending hours designing terrain?

Davale Games is on Kickstarter with Thornvale City, a fully modular 3D city for 28–32 mm scale that was funded in just 40 minutes and has already passed 460% funding!

The project is organized into two main routes: Civil and Military, featuring shipyards, walls, barracks, markets, palaces, towers. With both standard and ruined versions, you can represent anything from a living city to a brutal siege. All pieces are modular, so you can build streets, plazas, ports and fortified districts exactly how you want them.

For those who want to go all-in on the full city, there’s a particularly good-value pledge: for €69 you get both routes, all city buildings and all content unlocked during the campaign. The total original value of the set is €346, which means you’re saving around 80% off the final price!

The campaign has already started unlocking Stretch Goals and Bonus Items (such as the destroyed shipyard, tree sets and various props), with files prepared for both FDM and resin printing.

If you’re into printable terrain and detail-packed tables, you might want to take a look at all the modules and renders here.




Dakka Gallery: Gretchin, Grot-tank, Grots, Kitbash, Mega Tank, Mega-tank, Orks, Tank


Posted: 2025-12-14 08:59:07
By r_squared

Dakka Gallery: Astrologerstower2


Posted: 2025-12-14 07:59:07
By Thumpingbear

Dakka Gallery: Mustafar Duel


Posted: 2025-12-14 06:59:07
By Paradigm

Dakka Gallery: The Lion Front


Posted: 2025-12-14 05:59:07
By ZergSmasher

Dakka Forum: Let's Talk Battleshock...


Posted: 2025-12-14 04:59:07
Forum post by BorderCountess, 36 responses at time of this post.

I'm not putting this in 'Proposed Rules' because I don't have a proposal.

So, we all generally crap on battleshock mechanics in current 40k. Chaos knights tend to get crap for having it be their army rule, and the battleshock-focused detachments (looking at you, Night Lords) tend to be pretty lackluster. It just never seems to have a huge impact on the game.

...EXCEPT! I just literally watched the finals of a 6-round tournament come to a screeching halt on Bottom of 3 due to failed battleshock tests. And I mean screeching. I was watching on YouTube, and the affected player, after conceding, immediately killed his mic and the stream had to cut away from the table. This also wasn't a TFG payer, either. In fact, during that very stream, the host store was raffling off a fully-painted army that this guy had painted and donated for charity. And I gather he's a damn good player, too.

So, it feels like battleshock is either a joke mechanic that never really does anything, or 1% of the time just completely destroys someone. There doesn't seem to be a middle ground.

Thoughts?

Dakka Gallery: Sororitas - Teal


Posted: 2025-12-14 03:59:07
By J.Black

Dakka Forum: Total War: WARHAMMER 40.000 - Announce Trailer


Posted: 2025-12-14 02:59:07
Forum post by BertBert, 40 responses at time of this post.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVgCDqLTaJk

And there it is, after months of rumors. No release date set yet, but some preliminary gameplay sequences towards the end of the video. If they manage to pull off the scope of the setting with transitions from space to ground this seamlessly, we might have something great on our hands here.

Edit: The game will be multiplatform, PS5 and Xbox current gen included. Make of that what you will.

Dakka Gallery: my Finally Completed Nurgle Forces


Posted: 2025-12-14 01:59:07
By SickSick6

Dakka Gallery: Maip Armoured Recovery Vehicle


Posted: 2025-12-14 00:59:07
By OldMate

Dakka Gallery: Cup Turret


Posted: 2025-12-13 23:59:07
By zariart

Dakka Gallery: Saint Sahar Warband


Posted: 2025-12-13 22:59:07
By DeadEyeDuk

Dakka Gallery: Dakka Painting Challenge #100


Posted: 2025-12-13 21:59:07
By Tyranid Horde

Dakka Gallery: Genestealer Cult, Hybrid


Posted: 2025-12-13 20:59:07
By ms07b3

Dakka Gallery: Orc Shaman


Posted: 2025-12-13 19:59:07
By Pogo Miniatures

Dakka Gallery: Pheonix Hawk 2


Posted: 2025-12-13 18:59:07
By Gladius-XC

Dakka Gallery: Deathwatch Veterans


Posted: 2025-12-13 17:59:07
By John Prins

Dakka Gallery: Bsf40


Posted: 2025-12-13 16:59:07
By Mothsniper

Dakka Gallery: Battlesuit, Burst Cannons, Missile Launchers, Rail Gun, Tau Empire


Posted: 2025-12-13 15:59:07
By Rabid Ferret

Dakka Gallery: Tau Heavy Gun Drone


Posted: 2025-12-13 14:59:07
By ThePaintingOwl

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