Sophomore Rhys Forbes chooses a game called Warhammer 40,000 as his game of choice. He is able to play with friends and customize the figures as well. “It’s a real niche hobby and it really isn’t for everybody, but I thoroughly enjoy everything about it,” Forbes said.
Rhys Forbes
“The game is more of a universe like Marvel,” Forbes said. “It’s about building your own personalized force. You build the models, you paint them, they are your own creation.”
After a couple of friends showed Forbes a Warhammer book that they found in Half Price Books, he became intrigued. He started with a simple “learn to paint” box and his interest exploded from there.
“What I enjoy about it is that at its core you can really do or create anything you want as long as it kind of correlates with a unit that already exists in the game,” Forbes said. “There is endless customization. You can paint your army any color scheme you can think up. It’s a way of expressing myself in a way that I couldn’t really [do] any other way.”
Forbes said he loves how it offers such a unique community to be a part of and that he gets to share his passion with people who have similar interests.
“I can spend hours talking with the guys I play with about my favorite parts of the stories, or we can geek out over the way one of us painted a model to near perfection,” Forbes said. “It’s a real niche hobby and it really isn’t for everybody, but I thoroughly enjoy everything about it.”