Warhammer by Games Workshop
Tabletop wargame in Games & consoles
People recommend Warhammer for its fun games, detailed miniatures and deep lore. The most common caveat is uneven game balance, with units swinging from too weak to too strong.
People recommend Warhammer for its fun games, detailed miniatures and deep lore. The most common caveat is uneven game balance, with units swinging from too weak to too strong.
17 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 8
- approval share
- 53%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.1 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Fantastic, distinctive miniatures
“I loved the miniatures. No one else really made the same style of minis.”
Comment from 23 Jan 2026 in “A gaming success story: how Warhammer became one of Britain's biggest companies” “They do have fantastic miniatures though.”
Comment from 23 Jan 2026 in “A gaming success story: how Warhammer became one of Britain's biggest companies”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Uneven balance with big swings
“I don't think they've every been super good at balancing though, and that at least is a fair criticism”
Comment from 18 Jan 2026 in “A gaming success story: how Warhammer became one of Britain's biggest companies” “typically they'd intentionally overcorrect so a unit would go from too weak to way too strong”
Comment from 18 Jan 2026 in “A gaming success story: how Warhammer became one of Britain's biggest companies” Aggressive action against fan content
“Warhammer IP is a fucking nightmare. They will bring all kinds of hammers down on anyone trying to make money”
Comment from 17 Apr 2026 in “I built a 3D printing business and ran it for 8 months” “They also aggressively went after fan-made variants and other content posted online”
Comment from 23 Jan 2026 in “A gaming success story: how Warhammer became one of Britain's biggest companies” Models deprecated, forcing repurchases
“buy back half of your units, the other half now behaves completely differently”
Comment from 23 Jan 2026 in “A gaming success story: how Warhammer became one of Britain's biggest companies” “deprecating people's models so that they have to buy new ones”
Comment from 13 Jan 2026 in “Games Workshop bans staff from using AI, management not excited about the tech”
What people recommend instead
The same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warhammer 40,000 | 10 | 7 | 59% | 5 | — | — |
| Warhammer by Games WorkshopThis page | 9 | 8 | 53% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
All 17 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“ever more reasons to appreciate Warhammer as an unfortunate parody of our own little rock ball”
“Games Workshop store employees will also kick you out for using 3d printed models in your army”
“Warhammer IP is a fucking nightmare. They will bring all kinds of hammers down on anyone trying to make money”
“the windows version are more stable than the native Linux version”
“I loved the miniatures. No one else really made the same style of minis.”
“They do have fantastic miniatures though.”
“They also aggressively went after fan-made variants and other content posted online”
“The game has so much to offer its actually incredible.”
“buy back half of your units, the other half now behaves completely differently”
“it's a very enjoyable hobby”
“A marked shift in the company towards being more open and...friendly?”
“typically they'd intentionally overcorrect so a unit would go from too weak to way too strong”
“Warhammer lore is deeply enthralling”
“I don't think they've every been super good at balancing though, and that at least is a fair criticism”
“their games are immensely fun and its impressive they've avoided stagnating”
“deprecating people's models so that they have to buy new ones”
“much better looking than anything in Warhammer”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.