With the recent news about Wizards Of The Coast and the OGL, I thought I'd have a look at some alternatives for those who want to give a tabletop roleplaying game other than Dungeons & Dragons a go. Please, drop your own suggestions in the comments!

Games Workshop are going to be bellowing "Cadia Stands!" this weekend with a new host of releases for Warhammer 40,000 and the Astra Militarum. This is going to be your chance to snap up the new Codex and plenty of those new plastic miniatures for use in the grimdark future.

Free League Publishing is the next company to announce that they will update their OGL for creators wanting to produce content that works alongside their Year Zero Engine and the soon-to-be-released Dragonbane (Drakar och Demoner) Fantasy roleplaying game.

It's OTT Weekender time! We have a look at the excellent new Starter Set coming up for Mantic Games' Deadzone. This is turning out to be a perfect alternative to Warhammer 40K and their Sci-Fi skirmish game, Kill Team. 

Art Of War Studios has now released a new set for those excited about trying out Boarding Actions in Warhammer 40,000. The new Boarding Party Terrain Set comes in two sizes essentially but offers up a bunch of modular terrain for setting up your small skirmishes inside grimdark locations.

Games Workshop and Forge World continue to impress with their array of releases for Necromunda. More beasts await with a new Nomad Herder bringing a strange creepy crawlie into the mix for your games out there in the Ash Wastes.

Games Workshop has been previewing some new sets that are going to be coming soon to support their new Warhammer 40,000 game mode, Boarding Actions. There are going to be two to choose from, to begin with, focusing on the Space Marines and Chaos Space Marines of this 28mm Sci-Fi wargame.

Gerry gets stuck into an Unboxing of the Sinoraptors & Baryonyx miniature sets from Olmec Games for use in their 32mm game, Ulaya Chronicles AND The Drowned Earth.

Steamforged Games has announced that they are going to be working on a new card game for 2023. Gears Of War is going to be revving up and hitting tabletops with a new two-player game based on the hit video game.

Mantic Games have some fun things on the way for fans of the Sci-Fi world of Warpath and in particular, Deadzone. A new Two-Player Starter Set is on the way, the Fall Of Omega VII. This set features the Asterians going up against the Plague!

Join us for a new episode of Cult Of Games XLBS! In this episode, we talk about new year hobby resolutions, wiping the slate clean and doing something drastic when it comes to getting your tabletop gaming life in order!

It's OTT Weekender time! In this episode, we're having a look at the brand new City States miniatures for Para Bellum Games' Conquest: The Last Argument Of Kings which would be brilliant to start off the new year. Forget Warhammer and paint these instead.

Bronze Age Miniatures has been showing off more of their upcoming Pulpy Sci-Fi releases with a look at the metal Mantoids/Vrusks! These build on the Alien Worms that we saw last year for use in your Sci-Fi wargames.

Games Workshop has been showing off a new upgrade sprue coming out for the Astra Militarum of Warhammer 40,000. Will it be for a long-lost regiment that has finally been brought back to the tabletop? No. It's a Cadian one.

We have a look at some excellent painting for the start of the year including mighty Ironjawz, a Cheese Riot and some Firefight Forge Fathers from Mantic Games.

This one is a little old by now but I couldn't miss out on talking about it on the site. We've discussed the awesome Crown Of Command Podcast fanzine, HeroHammer, before here OnTableTop but I totally missed out on the fact that they released Issue #3 last year during the summer!

Games Workshop has been talking in more depth about the upcoming Boarding Actions game mode for Warhammer 40,000. Set in the space hulks, space ships and facilities of the grimdark future, you'll be taking a small group of troops to do battle. With Arks Of Omen: Abaddon just around the cover, this week we got a look at the Boarding Actions Mustering Rules.

Corvus Belli has already dropped their previews for what's coming up for Infinity in February 2023. We're getting some hefty TAGs as well as some fearsome elite units for you to start including alongside your faction of choice.

Gerry, Justin, and Shay take to the mean streets of Mega City One in this Let's Play of  Ian Livingstone's legendary Judge Dredd: The Game of Crime-Fighting in Mega-City One from Rebellion Unplugged.

A new year and new animations are coming to Warhammer Plus from Games Workshop. A trailer dropped last week for Pariah Nexus, a new animation that is going to be coming out later this year. 

Games Workshop is starting off the new year in quite some style with the big new narrative event for Warhammer 40,000 and 2023 getting fired up right away. Arks Of Omen: Abaddon is going to be kicking things off as the storm of Chaos rages across a still-fractured Imperium. 

Gerry shows off his green thumb as he takes a look at Gamer's Grass range of Laser Cut Plants for decorating your bases and sprucing up your scenery. 

A range of pre-orders popped up from Games Workshop for the world of Necromunda over the past week. A few new interesting characters and creepy creatures will be heading into the Underhive this weekend plus we got a look at another epic character for the Goliaths. 

Get stuck into a Let's Play of the awesome Dr Who: Don't Blink from Gale Force 9 as Gerry stalks Shay and Justin on a derelict spaceship full of Weeping Angels: terrifying killers that can be stopped only by staring at them. But if you dare to stop looking — if you even blink — they'll send you out of time.

Games Workshop knows what the people want. Space Marines. We all love Space Marines and having more of them is the way forward. Why not start out 2023 with a new army of Space Marines to make sure that you've got an army of Space Marines to fight against your friends Space Marines in Warhammer 40,000? Was that too many Space Marines?

Games Workshop dropped a little bit of a surprise over the Christmas break. A new miniature for the Chapter Master of the Dark Angels, Azrael, popped up. He has now crossed the Rubicon Primaris and will be leading the Dark Angels in Warhammer 40,000 very soon.

In this week's Community Spotlight, we have a look at an army for the Genestealer Cults, a big German Submarine and finish off with the mighty Tiamat!

Gerry is joined by Corvus Belli's very own Bostria as Carlos takes a look at what we can expect to see throughout 2023 for Infinity and beyond.

Join us for a new episode of Cult Of Games XLBS! In this show, we're doing a big Christmas unwrapping and unboxing thanks to one of our community members, horati0nosebl0wer! We have a wealth of stuff to show off and we're very happy indeed.

It's OTT Weekender time! We think we might have found the finest dragon miniatures for use in your fantasy wargaming. We have a look at some stunning miniatures from Cast N' Play for use in your Fantasy wargames and roleplaying adventures like Dungeons & Dragons.

TTCombat this week announced a new game for the Dropzone universe. Striketeam Commander is going to be a 32mm wargame popping up in the near future. It's still in development BUT things are looking good for fans of Sci-Fi skirmish wargames.

In our recent interview with Padraig Murphy from Cubicle 7, we discussed the upcoming Warhammer 40,000 roleplaying game, Imperium Maledictum and what people can look forward to when it arrives next year. Well, this week we also got more information on the Patron system that starts off every campaign of this d100 RPG.

Henry Cavill is reportedly closing in on a deal alongside Amazon to produce a Warhammer 40,000 series. It's been long rumoured that there was something happening behind the scenes and it seems like now, the future is grimdark.

Wargames Atlantic has released a couple of new kits that are available both digitally and physically. We start things off with the release of two new Death Fields kits that are available over on Atlantic Digital but also as miniature kits via Only-Games!

Critical Role's publishing arm, Darrington Press has announced a new game that will be landing in the early portion of 2023. Till The Last Gasp comes from Will Hindmarch and Alex Roberts and is all about playing out dramatic duels on the tabletop with an emphasis on the dramatic.

Atomic Mass Games dropped another preview of what's coming next year for their games. This time around, we got a look at a new set of releases for Star Wars: Legion where Moff Gideon is leading his Dark Troopers in search of Grogu and hunting down The Mandalorian. 

Gerry dives into five incredibly detailed grimdark Sci-Fi miniatures from Artel W Miniatures. These come as part of the Black Foundation Bundle and could be great for games like Warhammer 40,000 and OnePageRules Grimdark Future.

Bronze Age Miniatures have been working away on some new Sci-Fi releases. Two sets of Worms for you to use on your tabletops are going to be first produced as metal masters before being released on Kickstarter using SioCast.

In this week's Community Spotlight, we have a look at someone enforcing the law, some soldiers battling in a sweltering jungle and a band of soldiers fighting in the grimdark future.

As mentioned in a recent BoardGameGeek Post, it looks like Mythic Games are slimming down their line of board games and has sold them on to different companies. 

Free League Publishing has offered up an absolutely stonkingly good way to get stuck into Blade Runner: The Roleplaying Game as you can now swipe the Starter Set for this Sci-Fi RPG! 

The Lazy Forger are currently over on MyMiniFactory raising funds to bring the first digital edition of Full Spectrum Dominance to life on the tabletop. This is their 3mm to 15mm Sci-Fi wargame featuring awesome troops, vehicles, walkers and more battling it out on small tabletops packed with stunning terrain.