Squalor and Dice

As any good writer will tell you, it’s important to cite your sources. Unfortunately, I have never been able to recite anything one for one, and so I can’t tell you where I was introduced to the following idea; I can only say that we met and my head hasn’t been the same since. Oldhammer is a subject that has been near and dear to me for about half a decade now*, developing with my rules anthropology and solidifying with my now-annual participation in the Old World Army Challenge. For the uninitiated, Oldhammer is commonly defined as being Games Workshop and adjacent miniatures from before the 1995 discontinuation of lead use in Games Workshop’s metal minis, and the sculptural styles of miniatures produced in that pre-1995 period. I bring this up because the other day I heard it proposed that someday soon in the next decade or so there may be no Oldhammer left to collect, and that simply blew my mind. Kapow. Kaput. I have the luxury of leading a life where I can go on eBay every now and...