Wargamer meets Mike Franchina, Trench Crusade's nightmare prophet and all-round chill dude

Trench Crusade is the grimmest, darkest, nastiest wargame currently on the market, and it stems from the mind of one man. Mike Franchina is a well-established concept artist in the videogame industry, whose baroque, grimdark designs influenced the grimier elements of games including Diablo IV and Path of Exile 2. Trench Crusade started as his own personal imaginary universe, a place for ideas too grotesque even for his work. Imagine my surprise, then, when I get a chance to interview the man at Adepticon, only to discover that he is unbelievably chill. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS:Trench Crusade drops surprise 2 player starter set, crashing GW's partyTrench Crusade in 2026 - wargame messiah, or false prophet?Warhammer 40k minis and Trench Crusade rules in one free fan game? Sign me up!

Apr 17, 2026 - 00:35
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Wargamer meets Mike Franchina, Trench Crusade's nightmare prophet and all-round chill dude
Trench Crusade is the grimmest, darkest, nastiest wargame currently on the market, and it stems from the mind of one man. Mike Franchina is a well-established concept artist in the videogame industry, whose baroque, grimdark designs influenced the grimier elements of games including Diablo IV and Path of Exile 2. Trench Crusade started as his own personal imaginary universe, a place for ideas too grotesque even for his work. Imagine my surprise, then, when I get a chance to interview the man at Adepticon, only to discover that he is unbelievably chill.

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Trench Crusade drops surprise 2 player starter set, crashing GW's party
Trench Crusade in 2026 - wargame messiah, or false prophet?
Warhammer 40k minis and Trench Crusade rules in one free fan game? Sign me up!

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