Warhammer 40K meets D&D in new series starring former Games Workshop presenters
The Dungeons & Dragonsactual play space is jam-packed with heroes wielding swords and casting spells, kicking ass and taking names in vaguely medieval settings. By contrast, the world of Warhammer 40,000 is naught but grim darkness, a futuristic hellscape where life is cheap and sharp objects are even cheaper. An upcoming D&D actual play series will, at long last, bring those two universes together. It’s called Heretic Hunt, and Polygon sat down with the cast for an exclusive preview.
Heretic Hunt stars two folks who should immediately be familiar to fans of The Hobby — former Games Workshop presenters Louise Sugden and Chris ‘Peachy’ Peach. Both recently left the Nottingham-based gaming giant to set themselves up on YouTube, leveraging their recognizable faces and acumen with a paintbrush to go their own way. They’re joined by writer Daniel Saye as the Dungeon Master; actor Greg Jones (Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, Hammer and Bolter); and Jamila Hall, who both performs in and produces the program. The series, which is expected to premiere later this year, features eight 48-minute episodes with miniatures and terrain built and painted by the players.
Our interview has been lightly edited for clarity and concision.
Polygon: The reason we are all talking today is because of the power of social media. I saw a couple of photos go flying by. Daniel, how exactly did you bring about this marvelous concept?
Daniel Saye: I’ve played war dollies since I was a kid. I still have the very first minis I painted, and I have loved the worlds of Warhammer 40,000 just deeply and madly. Like a lot of people, Dungeons & Dragons is also just a happy place for me — and so were a number of different RPGs. I’ve always wanted to tell a story in those 40K worlds, but it was a number of series by Dan Abnett that was my intro into street-level Warhammer.
Rather than, say, armies with thousands of Space Marines and numberless, faceless hordes of Tyranids, some of Abnett’s best work is just a
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