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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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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.
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Posted: 2026-04-04 15:59:07
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Forum post by Da Boss, 36 responses at time of this post.
There was a conversation in the AoS rumours thread about how Chaos is written in 40K I thought was interesting but I didn't want to derail it (I've been derailing too much lately!).
The discussion was essentially that the Imperium is supposed to be the worst regime imaginable, but various writers have made Chaos much, much worse. It's gotten more and more extreme over the years, to the point where worshipping Chaos is obviously extremely evil AND obviously extremely dumb.
I think for me the epitome of this was in the Horus Heresy series, where the Chaos side are written as fools for most of the books. The Loyalists are always really right, and especially in Dan Abnett books they're mowing down traitors left and right. It gets even worse in the Siege when most Chaos characters become non-characters and are just a stupid, possessed horde that all break and run at the end when their warp-juice goes away.
I found this to be the worst aspect of the Heresy, but it seems to be the unironic position of the BL authors that Chaos is completely evil and Chaos worshippers are all complete fools who are definitively in the wrong.
This has the effect of making the Imperium RIGHT to do all it's oppressive crap, and making them tragic good guys who are doing what they must. I've often seen fans making this point and referencing the books as proof.
As always in these sorts of threads, I have to clarify that I understand what the "canon" is and I'm not arguing about that. I'm saying that the canon is BAD, that the writers that wrote it have made the setting worse by being so one sided.
I think it's acceptable in an Imperium POV story to show Chaos without nuance. It doesn't really bother me when it's shown that way in a Gaunt's Ghosts novel for example - I think it can be quite effective. But in something like the Heresy which was showing both sides, I'd expect the...
Post continues at https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/818683.page
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Posted: 2026-04-04 14:59:07
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Forum post by Overread, 36 responses at time of this post.
Tis the season for building projects and I thought it would be neat to have a bit of a closer theme than just "build anything and everything."
having had a long love of the Epic scale for years (heck its what got me into wargaming back in the Titan Legions days) and seeing Mad Doc building up his legion I thought it would be cool to have a little bit of a building challenge for the year. A chance to build legions, race each other, keep pace, challenge and grow (tiny) huge armies!
So I put it to you Dakka - anyone can take part; step up and declare yourself and lets see if we can turn money into sprue and sprue into models to wage epic mass warfare!
Myself I'll be entering with the Solar Auxillia! Photos to come once I dig them all out of the various moving and packing boxes they are hiding in
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Posted: 2026-04-04 13:59:07
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Posted: 2026-04-04 12:59:07
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Posted: 2026-04-04 11:59:07
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By Captain Brown
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By JoshInJapan
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Posted: 2026-04-04 09:59:07
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Posted: 2026-04-03 10:59:07
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Taken with a Panasonic DMC-ZX1
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Posted: 2026-04-03 09:59:07
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Posted: 2026-04-02 10:59:07
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By RAFF
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Posted: 2026-04-01 13:59:07
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Posted: 2026-04-01 11:59:07
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Forum post by Kid_Kyoto, 0 responses at time of this post.
Obviously Michael Moorcock’s place on the Mount Rushmore of fantasy writers is already assured. His Elric, Hawkmoon and Eternal Champion books were landmarks of that second generation of fantasy after trailblazers like Tolkien, Lewis and Howard. He popularized tropes like the multiverse and the eight-pointed Chaos Star and he brought new maturity and depth to the genre. I remain shocked there has not been a big or small screen version of Elric yet.
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And while many of his books are in print and popularly available, there are still significant gaps in his enormous body of work. So today we will look at one of his obscurities, The Outcast of Kitzoprenia, in particular Volume 67 in The History of the Purple Poignard, originally published in 1975, more than fifty years ago.
This series focuses on Catharz, a doomed grimdark hero in the mold of many of Moorcock’s other characters. Wielder of the moody sword Oakslayer in his right hand, the cursed spear Bloodlicker in his left hand, and on his back the evil bow Deathsnger and a quiver of rune-fletched arrows: Heartseeker, Goregreedy, Soulsnatcher, Orphanmaker,Eyeblinder, Sorrowsower, Beanslicer, and several others.
Truly an arsenal worthy of the man who created Stormbringer.
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But then he breaks away from Elric’s pretty boy pale goth look into something truly original.
Catharz is a man who has been through horrors we can only imagine and has the scars to prove it. The first thing that stands out are his eyes, one is a “jewel of slumbering scarlet” the other a “many-faceted crystal, which pulsed as if possessed of independent life.” His right hand is mechanical iron, wood and amethyst – nine fingered and cut from the creature that claimed his own ha...
Post continues at https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/818664.page
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Posted: 2026-04-01 10:59:07
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By Waaagh_Gonads
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Posted: 2026-04-01 09:59:07
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Posted: 2026-03-31 09:59:07
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Posted: 2026-03-30 13:59:07
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By RAFF
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Posted: 2026-03-30 12:59:07
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By The Riddle of Steel
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Posted: 2026-03-30 11:59:07
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Forum post by Polonius, 36 responses at time of this post.
While commenting on another thread I made a joke about GW's relentless exploitation of its back catalogue, which is funny because I've been in the hobby for about 25 years, right sort of at the nadir of stripping 40k down to the core. This was 3rd edition, which had cut squats and GSC from the game entirely, cut harlequins from Eldar, made psychic powers unit specific abilities, and greatly simplified the game. Some things have changed, as all of those armies and more are back, while others have swung back and forth, as psychic powers exploded back into complexity before once again, in 10th, being datasheet abilities.
Still, what's really, really amazing is that after the last few years, with the return of Old World and Hellsmiths of Heshut, there really isn't much left that GW hasn't brought back. I remember when Kid Kyoto would make his predictions for new starter boxes in past editions "squats vs. GSC" and while that wont' happen, it could happen now, which is wild.
Squats: back, with a full army range.
Genestealer Cult: amazing models, cool play style, full army
Harelequins: really only sat out one edition as they came back in the 4th edition codex, but have been a playable army on their own off and on for a decade
Ad Mech: never really fleshed out in the past, they're a full army now. Stuff only sketched out in Codex Imperialis has plastic kits
Chaos Dwarfs: back!
Brettonians" back
Tomb Kings" back
WFB: back, with new units and a whole new army
Bloodbowl: back with all plastic teams
Necromunda: back, with plastic gangs, terrain, and vehicles
Epic: sort of back
LOTR: still going, with new plastics being released
Warhammer Quest: back many times, including in SPACE
Going through the old 2004 citadel catalog on Stuff of Legends, this is the stuff that's not made or playable now:
Battlefleet Gothic
Mordheim
Warmaster
WFB Dogs of War
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Posted: 2026-03-30 10:59:07
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