OUR MISSION

ESSENTIAL UPDATES, INSIGHTS & ANALYSES ON WARHAMMER 40,000

Hive City exists to enrich the community's understanding of the setting's lore, games and literature — one dispatch at a time. We read the codexes, the novels and the balance updates so you can argue about them with confidence.

Lore-literate, not lore-gated

Every deep-dive works whether you've read forty novels or zero. References are seasoning, never a password.

Numbers before hot takes

Meta coverage built on tournament telemetry, not vibes. When we speculate, we say so.

The hobby is the point

Badly painted armies win games too. We celebrate the craft at every skill level, drybrush and all.

The Masthead

Inquisitor Toll

Founder · Editor

Runs the editorial operation and writes the bulk of our news and gaming coverage. In the hobby since 4th Edition.

Greyfax

Reviews Correspondent

Covers new releases and product reviews with a builder's eye and a painter's sensibility.

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The Fine Print

Hive City is an unofficial fan publication. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or approved by Games Workshop. Warhammer 40,000 and all associated marks are the property of Games Workshop Ltd. We just live here. We just live here, in the grim darkness, writing blog posts.