Victrix’s New Pillage Starter Set! Best Introduction To Historical Wargaming? #OTTWeekender
August 7, 2026 by crew
It's OTTWeekender Time! In this week's show, we're showcasing a GREAT way to start Historical wargaming with Victrix Miniatures' Pillage Starter Set, plus a great way to dive into 80s movie miniature wargaming thanks to Crooked Dice's 7TV.
We also check out a great new collaboration and partnership between Wizards of the Coast and Blizzard when it comes to the new Dungeons & Dragons and World of Warcraft expansion to the biggest tabletop roleplaying game in the world. We have Wargaming, Roleplaying and more for all sorts of tabletop gamers!
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As always, dive into the comments and tell us all your thoughts about the show this week and what we chat about!
Tabletop Gaming News
See what you make of the tabletop gaming news that we've picked out from this week!
- Firelock Games' New Fantasy Skirmish Game - Brigands of Arja - Want a new Fantasy campaign game? Check out this from the Blood & Plunder creators
- Victrix's New Pillage Introductory Set For Dark Age Wargaming - Get your start in Historical wargaming with this new set pitting Vikings against the Irish!
- Modiphius XCOM Miniatures Game Now Available To Pre-Order - The hit video game becomes a tabletop game from the minds behind Five Parsecs From Home
Do you think you'll be getting your hands on some of these new miniatures?
Tabletop Gaming Kickstarter
We have just one Kickstarter for you today as we have a look at Steel Justice, which brings the era of RoboCop to the tabletop in Crooked Dice's 7TV!
- 7TV: Steel Justice by Crooked Dice - Check out this awesome Sci-Fi collection and rules for 7TV!
Are you going to be trying out 7TV with the folks from Crooked Dice? What kind of other pop culture icons would you love them to make in miniature?
More Tabletop Gaming News
What did you make of the news from this week in the world of tabletop gaming?
- Wizards of the Coast's New Collaboration - Dungeons & Dragons + World of Warcraft - Dive into the hit MMORPG but on the tabletop with this D&D partnership
- Perry Miniatures New Revolutionary French Plastic Kit - The Revolutionary French are now in plastic from Perry Miniatures
- Next Wave of Vehicle Miniatures for the StarCraft Miniatures Game - Check out some great new plastic vehicles and monsters coming to Archon's StarCraft wargame
What did you make of the news from this week in the world of tabletop gaming?
Make sure to dive into the comments and let us know what you think of this week's show!
Have A Great Weekend!
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A show full of Gerrys!
7tv looks like a rabbit hole i would never climb out of, I’ve managed to avoid them so far 😬
Pillage, loot and Plunder ?
Any more P words in there ? 😉
Really curious about Pillage but won’t pick up the starter. Down for Vikings. Would rather have a different faction than Irish.
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Great show. Lots to look at. This was exactly the same amount of time as it takes me to build 10 Orc Gore Riders. Please can the show always be this long in case I need to build some more another time, thanks 🙂
Yay it’s weekender time people👋👋👍👌
Great show guy’s
Good show! I’d probably pick up some of those 7-TV cops if I had the money. There’s another sci-fi video game franchise that I think is ripe for tabletop game treatment, though it likely won’t get plucked for it. The Cops look close enough to some of the NPCs in that game for me to make my own version…
Nice one 😉
Why was that one mini from the Brigands of Arja set blue when the rest are purple? He stands out like a sore thumb. Aren’t those 3D renders, and can have their colour changed easily? It seems like an odd and pointless choice.
why do you care?
Peachy also placed a vid about Xcom.
i was so looking forward to the Xcom stuff, then i saw the price of the starter set…jesus makes GW looks cheap!
Pillage set is cool, wish it came with the full rulebook, but either way will probably get it, and the book as well, got dozens of vikings & saxons that need a reason to be painted up
Pillage starter is firmly on my radar, nice sample of terrain and lootables with the tokens and some mini’s. I hope the starter book works as a good physical rules reference since I use the pdf rulebook
X-com minis are nice, although it does feel a bit pricey. Hmm….
Great show – thanks!
Gonna sit and watch now as been sick last few days.
Cool looking starter but I shouldn’t..