My new Old World gaming life started off with a crushing defeat to two small children. You'll have to give me some tips on winning demo games.

“Who could have predicted it would have been this popular?” Anyone… Literally anyone…

Dude! I’ve met that guy from Bugman’s you did your demo with and I have to say, he is a really nice guy. I was at Warhammer World in July (probably the only chance I’ll have this lifetime to visit) and my friend and I spoke with him a couple times. Got our lunch from him, had a little chat, then we found some of his painted minis in the cabinets where all the Forgeworld stuff is sold and he had some really nice stuff in there, so we went back to compliment him. I think if he keeps at it, he’ll get a job on the painting team sometime soon. Really wild to see him pop up in your video here and I wish I could spell his name properly. Lol. Glad to hear the place was mobbed for Launch Day and agreed that they really should allow the studio staff to interact with the public. It’s kind of bizarre they’ve put a stop to that. If they have security concerns… well, hire some security guards for the day. Job done. If it’s because of wanting to keep every creative at the company anonymous so they don’t get famous and leave for other opportunities, that’s a real bad look. It didn’t work out great for Disney (thinking of Carl Barks & Floyd Gotfredsson) and it won’t be great for G-dub in the long run. I hope they change their minds on that in the future. Launch Day was a bit of a disaster in the US thanks to blizzard weather keeping the GW warehouse locked down for several days. Nobody’s getting their toys or books in this country for a while yet. Ah well. I can’t paint fast enough anyway. Thanks for sharing all your photos. I’m glad you’re excited for the return. Should be fun. :-)

Hello mate, glad you had a fun time! I pulled up into the Car park and took one look and said "nah that's over a 2 hour wait line" and due to my knees I wouldn't have been able to stand that long in the queue. So abit gutted I couldn't meet yourself or the Miniwargaming guys but glad people enjoyed the event 👍 Can't wait for the Wood Elves release and boxset!

The genuine passion for the Old World is heartwarming...which is good since just watching the pictures of you guys queuing outside for hours had me feeling cold in my bines 😂

It was a fantastic day. Woke up early for a 3 hour drive to Nottingham for it.

That test game sequence just got me hyped for the game. Thanks for sharing!

I like the vlog style. I didn’t go to the event and your blog gave me a taste of it. It’s making me even more excited about the old world 😊

Even meeting guys that clean the moulds in the factory would be awesome

This was a great video. It feels like the community never left, we were just resting by the fire in our dwarf hold/ orc hut /Bretonnian manor and so on. I wish I could have gone. It’s funny coming back to it and we’re all almost a decade older. Glad there are kids there who are also feeling the same energy that a lot of us did when we were younger. I still remember seeing saurus and chaos warriors when I was young and desperately needing them in my life. Great video, more like this for sure! And yeah I agree, it’s a shame you couldn’t interview or talk to a designer but hopefully that changes as the game returns.

Me and my mate are having our first game tomorrow. Finished rebasing my elves and his tomb kings. Beyond hyped.

Annie is awesome. I know her from chaos dwarfs and bad squiddo minis. She’s awesome.

Something you mentioned: "The guys here didn't seem to think that they were going to get this big of a crowd" (paraphrasing) I was talking with my FLGS owner and a similar sentiment was expressed to him by his GW rep. He was setting up his order for The Old World and his rep was trying to tell him that The Old World was more of a "niche product" and probably wouldn't sell that well at all. It feels like GW in its entirety, perhaps, didn't exactly.....realize? expect? That there'd be such a huge appetite for Warhammer Fantasy, for a game that it had shut down a decade ago and never seemed interested in actually redoing.

Started playing during the Lizardmen Bretonnia boxed release. The old world is back and it looks like it’s going to a popular one! Cheers and thanks for the vid. Keep up the great content -Beastmett

That battle report should be clipped and put onto the Old World home page. 10/10

Your excitement for ToW is contagious. Great shout outs to the team that ran the event, sounds like you had a blast.

Great vid mate. So glad the old world is back. Was a 90’s teenager and the old world was my first wargaming love. Now I get to share that passion with my two young lads.

Square Based podcast undefeated at Old World so far! Sounds like it was a great day; the Old War spirit is infectious!

fuck yeah a square vlog!? you're such a treat rob!

100% loved the video, I love the attitude you 2 bring to the space

😂😂😂 you smashed a Lance formation with a mere small unit of Skellies 😂😂😂

Good to see you there today mate! I was about 10 people in front of you, and everything like the cards and forgeworld bret models were already gone. The staff were awesome today - but I'm baffled as to why so little stock was on the shelves. They were constantly running backwards and forwards to get more stock... Crazy :D Shout out to you - watching you get coffee delivered by deliveroo was a genius move!!! The O&G army in the cabinet was stunning, and the anouncement for O&G was awesome to see all the old stuff coming back! Snotling Swarm army anyone? The Full Tilt game was awesome, and brought back some fond memories! Its difficult to sum up without a MOUNTAIN of text, but here a re a couple of take aways - They completely underestimated demand. 2 tills working was woefully inadequate! It was amazing to see the hall full of square bases though, and I'm super happy my old game is back. 100% agree - GW need to credit and showcase the writers and artists for things like this.

I was expecting a lot of other enthusiasts like me at the two local GW shops over here in Hamburg. I had called both shops the day before and was told that they had only received a hand full of starter boxes and each only two rulebooks and supplements respectively. Somewhat underwelming. To be sure to get what I wanted I turned up in front of the shop at 6:20 am. Placed my folding chair, wrapped myself in a cuddly woolen cover and then my sleeping bag and then waited for four and a half hours till the store opened. But during almost all the time no one else came to wait. When the shop finally opened we were only two guys. We got what we came for but I really did expect more people. Where are your Warhammer Fantasy fans in Hamburg?!?!

Great run down of the event, and spot on with all your thoughts and observations. The buzz there was amazing, way better than I expected. I also should have come and said hi, keep up the great content, love it.

Seemed like a great little event, its a shame they didn't do something in the stores across the country too. I am wondering if the footknight will be the next miniature of the month.

First ever Square Bassed battle report 👑 a new age has dawned!

That bar guy is a fucking legend!!!

Really digging this vlog style video. I'm from Canada and wish I could have gone to the event but am glad we got to see it from the SB perspective. Great slapchop, too! Happy wargaming and stay bast.

Loved this style of video Rob, I couldn’t make it to Nottingham so this was much appreciated.

Vlog for the win. Awesome video Rob can’t wait for more stuff from you and the gang❤

We were there as well, the queue for the till was manic 😂 people were taking stock out of the cardboard boxes as staff tried to replenish the shelves when we got in - about 50 people behind you in the queue it looks like - they were still queued outside to get in at 2pm!

You’re a machine mate, after a long, full day straight on it to produce a brilliant community minded run down that calls out all the GW heroes who made it work. Cheers!

I think you got the entire Old World vibe exactly right. For the past 3 weeks I have felt like something has changed, I feel like a little 13-year-old looking at dwarves in their 30p blisters and getting excited about the potential. I hope as many people as possible also feel that way because the world is a horrible place and this is a wondrous thing to start 2024 with. May all your dice be 6's!

Having my first game Thursday. Buddy and I are Going to use my Battle of Skull Pass box to learn the rules and get a general feel of things. Very excited.

I like the part where you were walking around! Also great work summarizing. Your battle report was lovely. Sounds neat!

It was a great event. It was bitter waiting an hour outside to get in but totally worth it. Bagged a ton of bases in the exchange for free as I happened to see the mention of it on their FB page.

Glad to see you had a great time there. Big thanks to you as well, mate! Your content has been like a gift to me, I hadn’t looked into warhammer since the 00’s, when I was a kid, your passion is contagious and made me so hyped to get my woodies out of the box again, stripped them and repaint them, 20 years later! So big big thanks for gifting me so much hype, happiness and entertainment. That feeling of being a teen totally hyped for getting 3 wardancers for Christmas is something I can’t describe. ❤

I foolishly arrived at 10:15am and when I was still stood in the freezing car park at 11:45am, with no sign of getting in and no communication from staff regarding waiting times, I gave up and went home. In my opinion it should have been a ticketed event and is just this is just the latest piece of evidence to suggest that GW have WILDLY underestimated the demand for Old World. Thanks for the video though, looked super fun! BASS FOR THE BASS GOD

Thank you soo much for this we didn't make it today so this is really appreciated. Loved the insights. You sir are a legend.

Good to hear they put some effort into the day. It's pretty easy to be super cynical about everything GW does, with them demonstrating bad faith so very often, so the positive takes is refreshing. I'm super frustrated that the legacy faction pdf isn't out on launch though. Just let me play with my toy soldiers please.

That diorama is Fantastic! And its amazing to see how much love this game got at the launch event! One day I need to come see warhammer world in person lol! Thank you for sharing this look into the event : ) Got my first two games of The Old World in today and I think im already in love with it! Cant wait to get stuck in with it!

That was a great watch! Your excitement for the old world really shines through Rob. Keep it up.

Loved the video Rob! Glad to see people hyped for Old World!

Concise, engaging delivery! Do more of these! Event reviews with hand drying facility scores. Plz

I think it was the intangibles that made it such a fun day. There was a palpable buzz from 9am to when we left at 6pm. Shout out to the guys running Full Tilt. Their energy levels didn't dip at any point during a long day. Can recommend the Tomb Kings burger, in case that sticks around.

Thanks for sharing your experience Rob! It does suck that you can’t interact with the creatives anymore but I’m so happy to hear how well received it was! Long live The Old World!

Underwhelmed, overwhelmed? Sounds like you were at least whelmed.

I was there too and ive never seen a launch that busy. It was so great to see the old world get so much love :), glad fantasy is back and i hope it here to stay

Thank you for sharing the experience. I’m glad Old World is off to a strong start. Working on some pegasus knights right now

This is the best review of an open day event I’ve ever seen. Your energy is contagious Rob. Keep these videos up. Also, Euan is such a good egg, he is always a highlight when you visit WHW!

Thank you Rob. You really transferred us in spirit there for all of us who couldn’t make it there. I live in London and due to work it’s hard to go to Nottingham. However, your video is amazing and very informative of what took place there in this great day for the Old World!

Loved this, thanks for sharing!

This was fantastic im jealous 😂😂😂

I was in that queue, we were outside for about an hour and 45 before we made it in. Didn't manage to get a demo as it was too busy but really enjoyed the atmosphere and the buzz for the Old World

I would ask the creative team one question. Why does the Lance formation suddenly has flanks.

Also went yesterday for the release, had an amazing time. However absolutely gutted cause I had no idea about the extra activities section and would have loved to have participated in the building and painting of the new bret knight D:

I'll bet those quick reference sheets end up in one of the next issues of White Dwarf.

Great job conveying people's excitement. I'm jelly. 4:15 😨 5:05 😍 7:07 😡 7:38 🧙‍♂️ 9:12 I'd definitely choose the wyrm slayer burger.

It really is such a shame games workshop won't credit or let designers interact with the community. Its actually more than a shame its disgraceful. But its good to hear that people have such passion for ToW and aside from that the event sounded awesome. Now just to wait if GW restock sold out items within the next eon

I was gutted that I couldn't go due to hospital treatment being every Saturday for me 😭 So I missed out on getting an army again. I'm glad you had an awesome time and I hope this shows GW as fans we want The Old World to be successful. It an amazing video like always and thank you for the hard work you put into this.

Love the style of the video currently over seas so couldn’t make it but that run down was as good as I’m going to get!

4:33 the one skeleton on the right turned to his buddy yelling "YO THERE'S SOME FUCKING FLYING HORSES OVER THERE!"

I'm very excited to get my hands on the rules when the arrive to my LGS! Happy to see you had a great time at Warhammer World

I feel the same. My first foray into tabletop gaming was Fantasy back in 2001. I was in 6th grade, I believe? We didn’t really know what we were doing but we loved every minute of assembling, painting and doing something akin to playing a game. When I came back, I had no idea what Age of Sigmar was and was upset to see that fantasy was gone. Between The Old World’s release and this channel of yours, I’m so happy and excited. I grabbed my Settra pre-order today and was so excited I wound up assembling, painting and basing him right away. Cannot wait for the rest of my pre-orders to arrive. Looking forward to this channel greatly!

I enjoyed this vlog and i am very jelly I couldn't go since I live in California. One day I will make a pilgrimage over there and get myself some bugman's.

That Tomb King burger has nearly your entire day's need of calories lol! The dead eat well

Nice to see my freezing self in the queue!! I was slightly ahead of you, and it was a scrum to get to the small Old World section in the shop. I grabbed what I thought was one of each of the magic cards only to eventually get to the till to realise I had two of the common magic items packs... Looking forward to your Old World tournament at the end of April!

Nice report - thank you! I’m sad I couldn’t be there, but I’m glad it was a success! I think it would be cool with more reports like this from tournaments and such.

I'm really glad to hear you guys had such an amazing time at TOW's release! Personally I don't know of anyone playing Whfb (or anything outsode 40k really), so I'm living vicariously through the Square Bassed lens haha❤

This is a great video. Please do more of these types of vlogs.

Thanks for the great coverage of the launch. This channel is really inspiring me to check out Fantasy for the first time, eagerly waiting for my knight box!

Thanks for the coverage. Its a blast to see the old world do so well!

I haven’t jumped in yet but I’m thinking when Dwarves arrive I might. I have a load of them in the loft from when some of us played 3d edition fantasy including the Bugman Dwarf Rangers

Great video, loved the little batrep. Always looking forward to your content!

Looks like a really positive event 😊 Only recently stumbled across the channel and loving it. Thank you!

GW (or corporations in general) : 'We can't let the creatives be seen by the public. If we do, they may become famous for the amazing work that they do' Everyone else: Yes, they would! GW: 'We're so glad you all understand' Everyone else:'????' Seems a shame that footballers and actors and what have you are allowed to become rich and famous for their talent and hard work but artists are largely suppressed and expected to feel grateful for the scraps.

I live in rural Aberdeenshire, and its a 469 mile 8 hour drive to Warhammer world... so one thing is if you can walk there then that is fantastic! At some point this year I plan to drive down for the wk end with my eldest son and we'll visit Warhammer World, and then a bucket list item is ticked!

This was a fun video. Its unlikely i'll ever make it over to Warhammer World, so it was nice to get a glimpse of an opening event. I agree with your thoughts on meeting the creative staff. It'd be great to meet with the people responsible for making the toys we spend so much time with.

Loved this. Know its not you style but you do it very well. Would like more of it :)

So great, thanks for sharing your day!

My greatest fear is that GW only allowed the return of warhammer in an effort to recapture some of the money they are losing to other rank and flank games. I'm honestly worried about GW . They seem to be having manufacturing problems among other issues. I just read a really not so good review of the new dark angels codex. The old world release here in the states was plagued by bad weather tho true. Many game store owners say GWs communications here on the matter have been atrocious to say the least. Then of course there's the elephant in the room of 3D printer's. Why on earth would I spend 60 bucks on 3 grail knights when I can get 10 for 40 bucks. I want old world to succeed but as uncle atom said yesterday on his channel. GW may be at a tipping point.

Loved the video rob ❤️. I enjoy your honest approach and comments of your experience.

Got my books the other day and had a lot of fun talking about the game with old heads and other new heads like myself. Lot of energy in the area and interest in building a solid old world community at the main warhammer store, as well as some of the other gaming stores in the area. Now just gotta finish painting all my beastmen.

Great vlog Rob, I watch square based all the time and love your enthusiasm for our amazing hobby, I am so happy the old world has arrived, it is an addition to warhammer that is beloved by so many old and new gamers, the warhammer world event looked brilliant, all the best buddy, keep doing what you are doing its awesome, and I too will visit bugmans one day ha 😆 hahaha!!!

Great video mate! Very excited to see all the enthusiasm about the old world returning 👍 I wish the UK was just a little bit closer to me as I would have definitely been in that queue if it were.

Thanks for this. Glad it went well as a free event. Also glad I didn't go as meeting people on the stalls is really the best thing they can make available at these events (since pictures and news are easier to get online anyway). At one event I was talking to the guy who designed the command dice and measuring widget, probably early 8th ed 40k. Even for some accessories he was so enthused about how and why they were designed that I bought some. I remember that more than whatever was revealed that day.

Rob this stoked is BASED, love to see it

A Lammasu mug? This means Lammasu is back, yes?!

Nice one, thank you so much for sharing this! Can you share whether the "Night Goblin Mob" to return is the current AoS sculpts (that were previously in WHF) or the old '99 plastic multipart kit that shares a lot of design elements with the already confirmed Common Goblins? REALLY curious about this one!

Thanks for the comments on the day - I thought it was a ticketed event as it said it was sold out on EventBrite so we cancelled plans to go… this video is the next best thing! Completely agree about having the creatives involved (Warhammer Fest suffered from that as well) - used to love that from the old Games Days. Cheers!

Great video. As a player who is looking to get started playing it’s great news. Fingers crossed that this excitement gets the other factions out sooner.

I’m so happy it was busy! Looked so fun 😊

It’s sad for the creatives not to get chance to enjoy the atmosphere after all their hard work! I expect it would be really rewarding to see people so excited. On a local scale, my GW shop had like two bits of product on a side shelf and no real presence for the game. Element games however, were amazing, with loadsa stock on display, people playing and a midnight opening!! You guys have been saying for some time now that it feels like GW have underestimated just how much appeal this new edition would have. Do you feel that yesterday proves that to be even more the case?

Glad to see that there is a huge amount of enthusiasm for the "new" game. I have played every edition of Warhammer and am hugely excited for this. When Warhammer was cancelled out group of WHB players fractured, heading to Kings of War, AOS, Ninth Age etc and I'm hoping that this will bring everyone back together. I have been going through my Orcs and Goblins and picked out a few things I would like to add to the army to round out my collection. Im hugely excited and hopefully this stays around for a while!

Glad you and the friends had a grand time. your always a positive for the wargaming community as a whole; its a better place cause of you

You went all the way to Nottingham and you didn’t bring THE sign?!?

This is great. Can't wipe the smile off my face. Keep up the great work. ps I really enjoy smaller scale battle reports and bravo on routing a battalion of Knights with humble skeletons.

Are there any ideas about what happened to Kislev? Didn't they preview concept art and 3d renders for some Kislev units afew years ago

Brilliant video - such positivity! Love it. :)

Thanks for sharing your experience.