Timothy Linward

Job Title: Staff writer
Joined: June 2021
Twitter: @tjohnlinward
Bio: Our newest full time staff writer, Tim Linward is a Warhammer 40k and Horus Heresy fanatic who dabbles in TTRPGs, board games and MTG. He's also written for PCGamesN, and 'Grimdark', his book of essays about Warhammer 40k and Games Workshop, will be published by MIT press when it finally emerges from the warp.

Warhammer 40k World Eaters army guide 2023

Warhammer 40k World Eaters - model by Games Workshop, a red-armoured warrior in baroque armour wielding an axe and plasma pistol

Jun 8, 2023

Tyranid rules drop weeks before Warhammer 40k 10th ed launch

Warhammer 40k 10th edition Tyranids Index rules revealed - Psychophage from the launch box set painted by Alex Evans

Jun 8, 2023

Ex-Warhammer dev previews rules for new grimdark wargame

Warhammer designer Tuomas Pirinen previews trench crusade rules - Observer model, a red armored warrior with boar spear, designed by Mike Franchina and sculpted by James Sheriff

Jun 8, 2023

UK Games Expo apologises for blocking LGBTQ RPG session

UK Games Expo apologises for cancelling queer RPG in error - photograph from UK Games Expo 2021, large crowd in trade hall

Jun 7, 2023

YouTuber finds exploits in 40k 10th terrain rules before launch

Warhammer 40k 10th edition rules exploits - Mikey Herbert of Hellstorm Wargaming clutches a crate of terrain pieces

Jun 7, 2023

These retro ogre minis are pure 80s Warhammer

Mercenary Ogre in the Oldhammer 80s Warhammer style, sculpted by Aaron Howdle, produced by Knightmare Miniatures

Jun 7, 2023

Plastic Bastards is like Warhammer 40k but extremely petty

Warhammer 40k alternative Plastic Bastards by Jack Emmert - scratchbuilt Ned Kelly style bandit

Jun 6, 2023

Warhammer 40k 10th edition guide

Warhammer 40k 10th edition - artwork by Black Lab Games from Warhammer 40k Battlesector, depicting a Blood Angels Space Marine Librarian fighting a winged hive tyrant

Jun 6, 2023

Win a year’s worth of new Space Marines and Tyranids

Warhammer 40k Leviathan box set competition - a Tyranid mouth devours a world

Jun 5, 2023

Warhammer’s indie Inq28 scene is getting its own minis

Warhammer's Inq28 scene is getting its own minis - Explorer model sculpted by Andrew May, an adventurer holding a pick and torch

Jun 5, 2023

Warhammer 40k Leviathan minis made me a better painter

Warhammer 40k 10th edition Leviathan launch box set Terminator captain, full photo

Jun 3, 2023

10 surprises in the Warhammer 40k 10th edition rules

Ten surprises waiting in the core rules for Warhammer 40k 10th edition

Jun 2, 2023

Legendary Warhammer 40k artist John Blanche retires from GW

Warhammer 40k artist John Blanche retires - photograph of John Blanche, a spectacled man with beard and white hair, from GW's Vox Cast programme

Jun 2, 2023

Warhammer 40k 9th edition was too lethal, says studio boss

Warhammer 40k 10th edition Tyranid Index released - product photo by Games Workshop of a Screamer Killer, a massive, armored, multi-clawed behemoth

Jun 1, 2023

Here’s why Warhammer 40k 10th edition ditched classic rules

Interview with Warhammer 40k studio manager Stuart Black about Warhammer 40k 10th edition - product photo by Games Workshop of a Space Marine Librarian in heavy terminator armor

Jun 1, 2023

Warhammer 40k studio boss on how they made 10th Edition

Interview with Warhammer 40k studio manager Stuart Black about Warhammer 40k 10th edition - photograph of Stuart Black

Jun 1, 2023

UK mail service unveils Warhammer 40k postage stamps

Warhammer 40k postage stamp - the Emperor of Mankind

Jun 1, 2023

Warhammer 40k: Adeptus Mechanicus guide 2023

Warhammer 40k Adeptus Mechanicus 9th edition guide warhammer community photo showing the new Skitarii Marshal model

May 31, 2023

Here’s how Imperial Agents work in Warhammer 40k 10th edition

Warhammer 40k 10th edition Imperial Agents Eversor Assassin illustration by Games Workshop

May 31, 2023

Here’s how GW plans to stop Warhammer 40k Leviathan scalpers

Warhammer 40k 10th edition Leviathan launch box set will be protected by anti-scalper measures: miniature photograph by Games Workshop of a squad of Arbites law enforcers boarding a ship

May 31, 2023

Make-A-Wish and GW gave Warhammer fan his own Necron dynasty

Warhammer 40k Necron lord of the Flayerszahkt Dynasty - a black and teal Necron from a custom dynasty designed by Samuel Badcock via a Make a Wish partnership with Games Workshop

May 30, 2023

Warhammer 40k 10th edition Genestealer Cults rules revealed

May 30, 2023

Museum gun expert reviews Warhammer 40k Boltgun’s weapons

Still from the Gamespot video "Firearms Expert Reacts to Warhammer 40k Boltgun" - Weapons expert Jonathan Ferguson of the Royal Armouries Museum shows a Gyrojet pistol

May 30, 2023

Historic painting guide Space Marine isn’t fully painted

May 30, 2023

Every Warhammer 40k Space Marine Primaris Lieutenant in 2023

Warhammer 40k Space Marine Primaris Lieutenant from the Salamanders chapter

May 30, 2023

Warhammer meets Company of Heroes in RTS Realms of Ruin

Warhammer Age of Sigmar Realms of Ruin - a gold-armored Stormcast Eternals Knight Vexillor holding a huge banner

May 25, 2023

Warhammer 40k 10th edition Ork rules look simple and brutal

May 24, 2023

CMON teases Metal Gear Solid board game with stealthy box pic

An image of a box, from Cool Mini or Not Games' Twitter, hints a Metal Gear Solid board game is on the way

May 24, 2023

Epic teaser trailer hints at Ticket to Ride Legacy board game

Days of Wonder teases Ticket to Ride Legacy - cover art from Ticket to Ride First Journey by Jean-Baptiste Renaud, four children and a dog standing in front of a steam train

May 24, 2023

All playable Total War: Warhammer 3 factions and races

Total War Warhammer 3 Races and Factions - screenshot of an Ogre Kingdoms firebreathing sorcerer fighting a Khorne champion, by Creative Assembly

May 24, 2023

Warhammer 40k Leagues of Votann army guide 2023

Warhammer 40k Leagues of Votann guide - Games Workshop artwork showing a hearthkyn warrior with etacarn plasma pistol

May 23, 2023

Warhammer 40k Boltgun review – rip and tear for the Emperor

Warhammer 40k Boltgun screenshots - the vulkite culverin and a flamer of tzeentch exchange fire

May 23, 2023