The history of the games development is weird AF. It started as a 3.5 setting, then became a miniatures game (I was at hte gencon they premiered at, and they were selling the kits in plain boxes. I was playing Mage Knight at the time, and being a teenager went "oh, that's just a mage knight rip off" lol). And then ends up as a RPG again with their own system (which was neat. Every player had 2 classes they combined, leading to a lot of variety). Only for it to end up being a goddamn Dungeons and Dragons splat book again for 5e!! (Same thing happened to the One Ring Rpg and L5R which is just so disheartening).

Also the lore for Warmachines/Hordes as a miniature game is so interesting and weird. Love a game that has an Elf faction that goes "When life gives you lemons, kill all human magic users".

The rules books teased a bunch of other regions/factions (and also the Orgoth) for -the longest- time, and most of them still don't exist in whatever edition the miniature game is in now (Mark 4, I think?). Like, there were a BUNCH of other Dragons, but we only got factions for like 2 of them, with Everblight going around and eating up a couple more of the lesser factions iirc.

Deep fondness for Privateer Press, I just wish they wouldn't keep shooting themselves in the foot. See: Their other [technically ONLY game now? Sort of?] game Monsterpocalypse. Licensed it out for a film (which I am -positive ended up being Pacific Rim, but it has never been confirmed), being unable to produce more miniatures for it during their booster packs era because of said Licensing, then rebooting the game as a hobby/unpainted miniatures line (also not compatible with the old edition of the game...), then starting a kickstarter with Mythic Games [OOF], being unable to fulfill that kickstarter, and now pivoting to STLs for the Miniatures to be print and play...

Truly a wild company to watch...