If you’ve not already felt tempted to get into the many, many different Warhammer games and spin-offs on offer - or even if you tried and fell at the first hurdle - it simply might not be the game for you. A Song of Ice and Fire: Tabletop Miniatures Game.In the same way that Dungeons & Dragons has become the pinnacle of all tabletop RPGs in the public’s eyes, Warhammer has a terminator’s iron grip on the mainstream perception of miniatures games. Still, odds are that if you’re even a casual gamer, you’ve probably heard of Warhammer 40,000, Age of Sigmar or Fantasy Battle. But Games Workshop’s behemoth isn’t the be-all and end-all of wargaming - many of the best miniatures games are simply less widely-known than 40K or Age of Sigmar. At least part of that likely comes from the image it has of being dominated by the vast fantasy and sci-fi worlds of Warhammer.

Miniature wargaming is far and away one of the most intimidating aspects of the tabletop gaming hobby, especially for newcomers.