The Witcher star Henry Cavill has been talking a lot about Warhammer 40,000 lately but what is it and why is it considered so nerdy?
Henry Cavill is best known for playing Superman, and more recently Geralt from The Witcher, but he caused quite a stir recently, when he corrected Graham Norton on the difference between Warcraft and Warhammer, when he appeared on his show in December. While it was all in good fun, it highlighted the general public’s gap in knowledge when it comes to gaming miniatures and the hobbies that surround them.
Cavill has made it clear he has no shame of his nerdy hobby (he also builds his own gaming PCs) and made a point of trying to engage his fans in an Instagram post to explain what he’d been up to during lockdown. So now that there’s a bona fide superstar involved is it finally cool to say you play wargames?
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