Warren sits down with yet another legend from the wargaming world in the Designer's Studio. This time he chats with Alessio Cavatore about his start in gaming, his time in the industry, and his latest creation to hit Kickstarter, LOKA.

To round off what has been a fantastic week of MERCS fun this article is going to take you step by step through the MERCS experience.

Taking ownership of the games you play, a guide for gaming control freaks...

As a last little extra for the end of Mercs week Romain has brought out his USCR Commisar to add a killer snow base.

MERCS Week is coming to an end but Warren wants to get one more game in before the end. It's time for battle to rage in an abandoned Australian research center Todays forces facing off against each other are the Kemvar and the Keizai Waza. Who will win?

Warren's adventures in the world of MERCS continue! Considering the outcome of his CCC assault on the lower town he's been forced to call in reinforcements to aid in the attempt to capture the Sedafu scientist.

***All Gone!*** As it's Mercs Week we have been working with our partner Wayland Games to come up with 2 great bundles to celebrate.

Andy and Darrell get to grips with the FCC, the anti-Mega-con faction of MERCS. These guys are made up of all the disenfranchised workers from the other corporations and can even hire out a black ops team member from the other factions! What do you think?

The USCR Commissar is really starting to take shape as Romain starts on the next stage of this painting tutorial. He adds levels of shading and starts on the metal sections of the miniature.

The guys have a look at those sneaky Brazilians the Kemvar. These stealthy killers look to be a good starting faction for anyone thinking of getting into MERCS, but will you be joining their corporation and hiring them?

The guys take a look at the Sefadu faction for MERCS. These up close and personal soldiers from Africa look to be ready to roll out on the battlefield and lay some serious smack down to all the other Factions. So what do you think guys, do they suit your play style?

Warren gets his first taste of Mercs gameplay with our special guest for the week Lucas one of the Mercs Black Ops team. This first mission centers around a small town guarded by the forces of the Sedafu.

Now for the Conclusion of Warren's first game of Mercs. It's been one hell of a fight so far but will he win or will his CCC fall to the mighty Sedafu?

Darrell and Andy sit down with the MERCS guys for the first of our chats about the background and style of each faction. Today it's the mighty CCC, but will they become your faction?

Romain breaks out his master painting kung fu to paint up one of the USCR minis from Mercs. In this one we see the beginnings of the base colours for this kick ass future warrior.

So guys if you didn't get enough of the goodness that is the Weekender we have added even more of our thought's on the week with Alessio and now we get to chat about a few little sneak peeks we held back just for all our faithful backstagers.

With Mercs Week starting on Monday we thought we would take it easy and have a chat with our buddy Alessio Cavatore about his new game Loka; and have a quick look at whats been happening in the world this week.

Another week is coming to an end, but before we all gear up for some gaming this weekend we had Ronnie Renton in the Designer's Studio for a chat about what got him into gaming. We also look into his industry history and of course what the future holds for the gaming industry as a whole.

Thanks to the might of kickstarter, the high priest of the elder gods is rising from his watery home of R'Lyeh. None can stand before Mythos Foundry's truly massive Cthulhu!

We're back with another episode of On the Table! This time around Batman has decided to make a double appearance with stunning miniatures from Knight Models and a new board game by WizKids.

Check out this Kickstarter for the world of Hell Dorado. This new expansion plumbs new depths of the Inferno! Maybe they will meet Dante on his travels?

Check out the wealth of new releases from the people at Hawk Wargames for Dropzone Commander. My favourite still have to be the Post-Human Republic!

It's been another busy week here at BoW HQ, with Empire of the Dead starting down the Kickstarter road, Carnevale bringing out more great models and GW cancelling their Facebook page.

Gavin has brought in the Kraken from Privateer Press for us to have a look at but what will Scott and Dave think when compared to their own offerings, the mighty X-Wing Millenium Falcon and the Loup-Garous for Infinity? And this weeks wild card the GF9 Space Maps!!!

Warren sits down for a chat with Rick Priestley, one of the titans of the wargaming world, and talks about game design, his incredible history, and what got him into this quirky hobby that we love so much.

Fantasy Flight Games are releasing a new expansion for the Star Wars card game; Edge of Darkness, bringing with it a new affiliations for both the forces of the light and the dark side of the force.

It's time to explore the the dark streets of the dark city of Commorragh in Black Library's new Dark Eldar novel Path of the Incubus. Written by Andy Chambers, the novel focuses around a disgraced Incubus who must try and regain his honour after being blamed for casting the whole of the Dark Eldar city into upheaval and turmoil.

Romain picks out an Orc armed with spear and dagger to show us a simple way to paint non-metallic metal, how to paint wood, and finally how to add a splash of crimson blood to these crude weapons.

In Warmachine it's always important to protect your Warcaster. Swampy shows Justin one of the ways that the Retribution of Scyrah can sneak around your lines and get that caster kill to win the game.

The World Eaters were always a vicious fighting force, even before they gave themselves to Khorne. Well Forge World have embodied that viciousness with this new unit; the Rampagers!

In this weeks episode Warren, Justin and Stu have a chat about the latest on Games Workshop, a little about the exciteing new Kickstarter Wild West Exodus and Paint... lots and lots of paint...

As you may have seen a little while ago we had James over from Mantic to chat about DreadBall, but we all know Warren likes to go in-depth when we have people over to make videos and so he set aside a little time to chat about what got James in to gaming and more importantly what his thoughts are on designing games, and the odd little pointer to all you budding games designers out there.

In this episode we delve into the Chaos Wastes, explore deadly dungeons with Dwarven Forge & have a fantastic Empire of the Dead prize!

With all these special characters out there for the world of Warhammer 40,000, especially within the Space Marine Codex is can sometimes be hard to choose the right one. The guys take a look at Scout Sergeant Telion to see if he is the best, of the best, of the best, Oorah!

Drive to battle in style with an Outlaw Ironhide for Wild West Exodus. Of course you need to pledge enough to unlock it first!

Time for another Battlefield Autopsy from the new studio at Tabletop Nation. This week Stu has came back to kick into some Warmachine goodness with his Menoth.

So guy's another week has blasted past us with some exciting news and great videos. Let's take some time to sum up the week and look at the new Warmachine faction that's on its way, plus the latest events happening at Tabletop Nation and Darrell and Andy trying yet again to break the 40K rulebook...

Darrell's thoughts: "Allies... we all thought having allies was the best thing you could get in this 6th edition book. We all use them to take objectives and to come to the rescue when the fight is going badly. Now try watching this and see if they really help you, or will they be the death you. Allies are your worst enemy."

For all of us there are times in our lives where we for whatever reason start to feel detached from our hobby. How have you found your way back?