The Games Workshop hobby of Warhammer is all about collecting, painting and fighting battles with armies of model miniatures. In truth, it's not really one hobby but a lot of related ones. For some people, the obsession is all about spending hours painting the minutest detail onto their models, honing their skills to truly incredible levels. For others, painting is merely a necessary step to fielding armies in collossal battles, which can last anything from a couple of hours to a whole weekend. One of the things that makes Warhammer so fascinating is the way everybody has a slightly different take, making any new army or piece of terrain a fascinating proposition.
Although there are several different games, everything revolves around the two core systems: Warhammer, and Warhammer 40,000. Both are wargames which involve armies of painted miniatures fighting it out in tabletop battles. Players take the role of generals on the battlefield, formulating plans for their troops and directing them accordingly. Warhammer is set in medieval times, and Warhammer 40,000 is set forty millennia in the future.
There are also a number of related games which look at different aspects of the main games. These are Battlefleet Gothic, which deals with epic space battles between the Eldar, Empire, Chaos and the Sapce Marines. Another, Mordheim, a current favourite at the club. It is a skirmish battle game, set in the ruins of the former city of Mordheim, in the Empire.