🎲 Dice Men and the Untold Origin of a Wargaming Empire

The world of Warhammer is everywhere now.
From billion-dollar model sales to movie deals, bestselling novels, and viral Twitch streams, Games Workshop has become a cultural juggernaut. It’s easy to assume it was always that way—an unshakable institution with decades of dominance.

But it wasn’t.

And Dice Men: The Origin Story of Games Workshop is the book that proves it.

Written by Ian Livingstone, one of the original co-founders, this rare 2023 hardcover reveals a truth long buried beneath the layers of lore: Games Workshop began not as a brand—but as a gamble, driven by passion, risk, and sheer love of the hobby.

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📖 Before the Imperium, There Were the Dice Men

Long before the 41st Millennium, before White Dwarf, before Citadel Miniatures… three friends were packing game boxes on a kitchen floor in a London flat. No corporate boardrooms, no global supply chains—just dice, dreams, and Dungeons & Dragons.

Dice Men tells the real story of how Games Workshop rose from a scrappy mail-order service to the most powerful force in tabletop gaming. It’s part memoir, part visual history, and part cautionary tale—a behind-the-scenes account of the choices, chaos, and charm that made the impossible possible.

Want a taste? Here’s Ian Livingstone himself introducing the story:

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🔍 What Makes Dice Men Essential Right Now?

Because we’re living through the next great leap in Games Workshop history.

With Warhammer content heading to Amazon Prime, mainstream attention hitting new highs, and GW opening flagship stores across the world, Dice Men gives fans and collectors the grounding they need to understand how we got here.

This book doesn’t just trace a company’s history—it maps the evolution of a subculture, from the first printings of White Dwarf to the birth of Oldhammer and beyond.

Inside you’ll find:

• Vintage catalogs and unreleased concept art
• Personal stories from the founding team
• The untold origin of Citadel Miniatures
• Rare photos from the earliest GW stores and conventions
• A firsthand account of the UK’s RPG scene in the late ’70s

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🧠 For Collectors, Lorekeepers, and Hobby Historians

This isn’t just a book. It’s a time capsule—a collector’s item that offers context for everything you love about Warhammer today. The edition currently listed at Hammer of War is a hardback in excellent condition—rare, clean, and ideal for display or archival preservation.

Books like this don’t come around often, and when they’re gone, they rarely return in the same shape or format.

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🛡️ The Legacy of the Dice Men Lives On

What makes Dice Men so compelling isn’t just that it tells the truth—it reminds us of the power of creative risk. The Warhammer universe may be vast, but it was built from humble beginnings: three guys, some dice, and a dream.

And if you're part of this community—whether you paint, play, read, or collect—this book is your origin story too.

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👉 Order Dice Men Now at Hammer of War
📦 Rare 2023 hardcover edition. Extremely limited stock.

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For the Emperor. For the Hobby. For the Dice Men.