Masculinity Archives – Warhammer Conference

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Miniatures and Masculinities: Community, Creativity, and Gender from Warhammer 40,000 to Mars

This presentation draws on an ongoing research project exploring how Warhammer 40,000 fosters community, creativity, and social connection within contemporary gaming culture. Conducted during a research fellowship at the University of Groningen, the project combines participant observation at local Warhammer groups with analysis of online fandom discourse to examine how hobby practices create belonging across …

Fulgrim vs Ferrus Manus (c) Games Workshop

The Terror of Androgyny: Gender, Threat and Aliens in Warhammer 40k

In the hypermasculinized, asexual world of 40k, the feminine seems to lack a place except as a mode of masculinity that adds a pair of breasts. Human factions such as the Sisters of Battle are exceptions that prove the rule. The presence of the feminine, however, can act as a defining thematic trait for inhumanity. …

The Emperor’s man-children? Warhammer 40,000 as adult men’s toy play

Miniaturing, with its roots in other historically men-dominated spheres such as military history and tabletop role-playing, is largely a men’s pastime in terms of demographics (e.g. Körner & Schütz, 2021), making it an intriguing phenomenon to study from the perspective of men’s studies. This is doubly true with Warhammer 40,000: as a game it features …