GRIM: So, just to be clear, it’s safe to say that Spartans are not the focus of the game?

NEIL: Spartans (and their Zealot counterparts in the Covenant) play a very important role in the new game, but so do Warthogs, Scorpion Tanks, ODST Drop Pods, Falcons, Siege Engines, Phantoms, Wraiths, Ghosts, Hunters and Scarabs! The scale of Halo: Ground Command allows us to do things that are not easy to do in the games; it is entirely possible (even encouraged) that you could have hundreds of vehicles and thousands of infantry battling it out with bombing runs, MAC gun strikes, Banshee swarms, and reinforcements being ferried in on Pelicans – which we’ve been told is a bit challenging to do in the video game realm!

That's beautiful. That's beautiful. I'm... I'm going to have to run out and buy a bunch of crap models just to brush up on my painting skills! I can forsee hours spent on miniature forums learning paint techniques and color mixes. And that's when I'm not pouring over the rules, learning every last exploit and intricacy!

And you interviewed the guys behind Sins of the Prophets! You are awesome!