1982 saw the release of Warhammer. It flopped... Really, it did. The roleplayers who, at the time were the dominant force bought it, read it and sold it. Or simply didn't bother. There were stacks of the stuff piled on pallets at the front of the 4 or 5 GW stores, for a fraction of the cover price. It would be a while before we actually got it going locally, because we'd been using a set of D&D mass combat rules from White Dwarf, and they worked rather well, being solidly based in the kind of old school (let's say traditional) mechanics that historical wargamers liked. Some of the lads played the Lidless Eye rules using the Jacobite Miniatures 15mm Middle Earth rangeds which were loively little models with a lot of character. They were 'of their time' - what isn't, but they were great. WRG had a fantasy modification for their Ancients rules and of course there was the excellent Royal Armies of the Hyborean Age by FGU which allowed battles in the age of Cona...

 Coming in May to Satanic Panic Miniatures, via their distributor Macrocosm Miniatures is a range of Knights Of Chaos mounted on the largest Chaos Mounts you've seen since Marauder Miniatures in the 90s. Also, on preorder will be the Mounted Chaos General, and Renegade Champion of Chaos on foot and his own unique Chaos Mount, with two hand variations, a collossal mace and a living axe, a gift from the gods themselves.