Preview: Blood Bowl II (PC)

There is nothing at all whimsical about Games Workshop's Warhammer setting.  Humor, if it exists, is bitter and fleeting.  Blood, thunder, and death are the three great constants which every being lives under every day.  Entertainment must be cheap to obtain and easy to consume.

Fortunately, there is one thing that makes all the pain and suffering worth it: watching other people experience it on the playing fields of the Blood Bowl League.  For all the senseless violence and constant warfare between Humans and Elves, Orcs and Dwarves, Chaos and Order, it's nice to know that some purpose can be found in two teams lining up to throw around a spiky ball and beating the living hell out of each other for points.

Preview: Mordheim: City of the Damned (PC)

When most people think of Warhammer, they think of the massive armies, the giant tables, and the punishing costs to their wallets in terms of figures and paint.  But Games Workshop has explored other avenues for their grim fantasy setting in the past, and one of them has been a cult classic: Mordheim.  Instead of grand strategy, it's more tactical, more intimate, and combined with role-playing game elements incredibly more personal.  Rogue Factor has taken this little known game and translated it to the PC, and it looks phenomenal.