In this week's Cult Of Games XLBS, Ben talks about terrible World War II movies that also helped inspire his painting of Blood Red Skies miniatures. John then takes over and showcases some stunning hobby skills AND the plans for his own hobby space!

It's OTTWeekender time! In this week's show, we take a look at the upcoming game from Modiphius full of hardware and hardbots, it's Hardwar! A new 6mm sci-fi skirmish game that brings corporate warfare onto the tabletop. We also check out the Summer of Plunder global campaign and a galleon full of pirates from Firelock Games for Port Royal.

Gerry unboxes and reviews the awesome new World War II German Infantry & Heavy Weapons from Victrix's expanding 28mm Historical collection. These would be great for your games like Bolt Action, V For Victory and beyond. 

It's the return of the OnTableTop Spring Clean Hobby Challenge 2025. It's Springtime, a period of the year all about renewal and regrowth. We're asking you to crack out your old, broken, badly painted (yet still awesome) projects and give them a new lease on life.

Gerry unboxes and reviews the excellent 28mm plastic miniatures found within the Medieval Mounted Knights set by Wargames Atlantic for use in The Barons' War and beyond. A great set of Historical wargaming figures for a range of systems. 

In this week's Community Spotlight, we showcase some great painting for the world of Trench Crusade, a stunning Templar Tomb diorama and some Bug Hunts in outerspace!

Gerry dives into an unboxing and review of the excellent 10mm Orc Horde miniatures that you can get from Wargames Atlantic for their Classic Fantasy Battles range. A perfect set of miniatures for your Fantasy wargaming. 

Gerry unboxes and reviews the excellent Coftyran Command set by Wargames Atlantic for the 28mm fantasy miniatures game, This Quar's War by ZombieSmith and Joshua Qualtieri.

In this week's Cult Of Games XLBS, we discuss the dilemma of official versus unofficial. Are you someone who MUST go with the official miniatures for a wargame, or do you not care? Will you just pick up whatever is cheapest or the best-looking to use with your games? Which side of the fence do you come down on?

It's OTTWeekender time! On this week's show we take a look at the stunning new miniatures that are coming from Victrix for their brand new game, Pillage - Ransack The Middle Ages.

Gerry unboxes and reviews the excellent Crusader Command set by Wargames Atlantic for the 28mm Sci-Fi miniatures game, This Quar's War by ZombieSmith and Joshua Qualtieri. 

Gerry dives into an unboxing of some more 28mm or 32mm Fantasy wargaming terrain from THMiniatures. In this unboxing and review, we have a look at the Ragnarok terrain that would be perfect for all manner of games, including perhaps Confrontation!

Dive into another Community Spotlight where we're going to be checking out some timely Malifaux miniatures, classic Eldar vehicles and some Britanan miniatures from the Relics realm.

Gerry dives into an interview with game designer Phil Yates who many folks will know from the 15mm World War II wargame, Flames of War. Here, we're sticking with the same period but discussing his new aerial dogfighting game set in World War II, Angels One Six. 

Gerry unboxes and reviews the excellent Fantasy wargaming terrain from THMiniatures. In this video, he's looking at the Flesh Eaters Terrain Set which includes a mixture of ruins that would be excellent for including alongside undead armies on the tabletop. 

Gerry continues unboxing and reviewing the newest miniatures from Goblin King Games' Moonstone with a video delving into the boxed set for the towering Barnakelee from their award-winning 32mm Fantasy skirmish game.

In this week's Cult Of Games XLBS, the team go through what they picked up from UK Games Expo and what they are going to be diving into hobby-wise over the next few weeks and months. They also talk about their love of Boyes and why you need to visit Boyes. Boyes...

It's OTTWeekender time! In this week's show, we dive into a product that LEGO SHOULD be making. We check out the amazing World War II miniatures from BricksKrieg that allow you to play out your Historical wargames on the tabletop without the hassle of painting BUT with all the joy of building and with slick, quick and easy rules. 

Gerry unboxes and reviews the fantastic new Souls of the Deep Troupe from Goblin King Games for their 32mm scale Fantasy wargame, Moonstone. This set features gorgeous new resin miniatures for use alongside the Shades. 

Gerry delves deeper into the world of Ea from Para Bellum Games and Conquest where he is reviewing and unboxing the excellent Yoroni Kami Ayakashi for the newest army in their 35mm Fantasy wargame.

Over the course of the weekend at UK Games Expo this year, we dove into some great interviews with a variety of different creators, designers and more. So, we collated some of our favourite interviews into a series of three videos, the Best Of UK Games Expo 2025. 

Catch up on the Sunday show! If you missed out on the UK Games Expo Livestream for Sunday, you can now watch it on demand. Make sure to check out all the interviews and segments we featured this year, and let us know what stood out to you.

Ben takes a journey through halls 3 & 3A of UKGE in which he comes face to face with vendors, demo games, familiar faces and a giant mech! On his travels he chats with the guys at Rebellion Unplugged, TTCombat, Osprey Games and Chaosium Inc.

Come and join us for a weekend of awesome fun here at the UK Games Expo 2025 in Birmingham, UK!

Ben takes a stroll through Hall 4 here at UKGE and finds some very interesting tournaments being held by both companies, as well as people doing it solely for the love of the hobby. He stops to have a chat with some tournament organisers as well as some players getting ready to take down their opponents.

Catch up on the Saturday show! If you missed out on the UK Games Expo Livestream for Saturday, you can now watch it on demand. Make sure to check out all the interviews and segments we featured this year, and let us know what stood out to you.

There is so much going on at UK Games Expo 2025 from game demos, competitive play, cosplayers and more so Gerry had a walkabout Hall Two to give you a glimpse of what is on offer.

If you missed out on the UK Games Expo Livestream for Friday then you can now catch up on demand. Make sure to watch through all the interviews and such that we ran this year and tell us what you liked most!

We thought we'd give you a heads-up as to what you can look out for on over the weekend as part of our UK Games Expo 2025 Livestreaming and Blogging. We're going to be hosting guests who will be doing interviews and livestreamed games as well as looking at some fun tabletop games ourselves.

In this week's Community Spotlight, we have a look at some excellent robots in disguise, a stunningly realised Sorcerer Kings miniature and some very cold Germans out in the woods.

Gerry unboxes and reviews a selection of Goblin Characters from Mantic Games' 28mm Fantasy wargame, Kings of War. See what you think of these sneaky blighters who can cause some mischief on your tabletop!

In this week's Cult Of Games XLBS, we dive into a question about those wargaming projects that have utterly broken you. Which projects have you started and been defeated by, selling the miniatures or forgetting them at the back of the shed?

It's OTTWeekender time! In this week's show, we dive into the stunning Historical and  Epic Scale 13.5mm/15mm range of American War of Independence miniatures that Warlord are bringing to the tabletop for their Black Powder Epic Battles: Revolution! wargame.

Gerry dives into an unboxing and review of one of the massive 35mm dinosaur-inspired miniatures for the W’adrhŭn from Para Bellum Games' Conquest: The Last Argument of Kings. See what you make of the swooping form of the Quatl!

In this week's Community Spotlight, we have a look at some excellent alternative Rough Riders, warriors from Africa and some 20mm World War II vehicles.

Gerry gets stuck into an unboxing and review of some more of the Riftforged Orcs for Mantic Games' 28mm Fantasy wargame, Kings of War. See what you make of the Thunderseers!

Gerry unboxes and reviews some more of the stunning Yoroni miniatures from the 35mm Fantasy wargame, Conquest: The Last Argument Of Kings by Para Bellum Games. In this video, he looks at the folklore-inspired Oni Ayakashi for you to use in your armies!

In this week's Cult Of Games XLBS, Gerry delves into his plans to completely reinvigorate and update his collection of DreadBall miniatures and dive into possibly the best tabletop sports game, DreadBall. Loads of teams and loads of ideas are swirling around. What would you like to see painted first?

It's OTTWeekender time! In this week's episode, we've found a NEW World War II wargame that will see you taking to the skies to refight the Battle of Britain! Angels One Six comes from a Battlefront Miniatures and Flames Of War veteran and will let you dive into aerial dogfights with pre-painted and iconic World War II fighters.

Gerry jumps into an unboxing and review of one of the characters that can lead your army in games of Conquest: The Last Argument Of Kings and First Blood, Para Bellum Games' 35mm Fantasy wargame. See what you make of the Yoroni Daimyo.

Gerry dives into the new set of tabletop Fantasy gaming rules for Hairfoot Jousting by Joseph A. McCullough and published by Osprey Games. This simple tabletop miniatures game sees you dive in as Halflings on the back of lovable creatures OR even Goblins seeking to have a bit of a scrap.

In this week's Community Spotlight, we feature some rebels from a Sci-Fi world, a comeback for the Elves of Warhammer and speedpainting for Kings Of War Champions.