We’re Getting Ready for a Campaign, and the Hype Is Very Real
We’ve got one of those hobby moments where a single message is enough to set the whole group buzzing.
Michał is preparing to launch a campaign, and after finishing General’s Compendium (2003), he came back absolutely overflowing with excitement. Honestly, that kind of energy is contagious. You know the feeling: one person dives deep into an old Warhammer book, emerges with a head full of ideas, and suddenly everyone else starts thinking about armies, painted units, tables, maps, stories, and all the good stuff.
The plan right now is to start with a PDF collecting the main campaign rules. The idea is simple and very sensible: first put the framework together, then go through it as a group, discuss it, argue about the fun bits, tweak what needs tweaking, and only then kick off the actual campaign.
That already sounds like our kind of project.
What really got us smiling, though, is that this is not just meant to be a “play some games” thing. Michał also wants to make it look good — with proper photos and maybe even videos. And that immediately pushes this from “we should organize a campaign” into “we should organize a campaign and make it feel like an event.”
Which leads to the most important call to action of all:
Time to paint our armies
Michał’s encouragement was clear: it’s a good moment to slowly start painting our units.
And yes, when Staś immediately asked how he could help, the answer was exactly what everyone expected:
by painting your army :)
To which the only possible response was basically:
I knew you were going to say that
That exchange pretty much sums up hobby life perfectly. We all want to help with the big ambitious campaign plan, and in the end the most useful thing is often also the most obvious one: get models painted.
Why we’re excited
There’s something special about campaign play. Even before the first game starts, it already creates momentum. Suddenly every painted regiment matters more. Every half-finished unit on the desk starts looking like something that needs to be ready for a story, not just for a random one-off battle. Even the planning stage becomes part of the fun.
And if this really ends up with photos and videos, then all the better. We love the idea of documenting the whole thing properly — not just the battles themselves, but also the preparation, the armies growing over time, and that slow build-up before the first clash.
What happens next
For now, the next step is the campaign PDF: the main rules, the structure, and the foundation we’ll all be able to review together.
After that, it’s on all of us to do the noble thing:
- paint units,
- get armies looking presentable,
- and be ready when the campaign finally begins.
So yes — the hype is real. We’re still at the preparation stage, but it already feels like the start of something properly fun.
Now excuse us, we apparently have some painting to do.