It's OTTWeekender time! See Steamforged Games’ latest Warmachine miniatures - classic-inspired designs that might be the best we’ve seen so far.

Battlescale unveils upcoming 6mm Roman terrain for historical wargames—perfect for recreating Ancient battlefields on your tabletop.

Weave of War offers realistic fabric cloaks for 28mm miniatures—perfect for wargamers seeking detail without the hassle of painting.

Gerry reviews the new rules from Victrix Miniatures and Noodle Wargames' Guillaume Rousselot for those wanting to play out Dark Age skirmishes on the tabletop. Dive into Pillage: Ransack The Middle Ages and find out why it might be the hottest new Historical wargame. 

Dive into this week's Cult of Games XLBS! Ben, Gerry and John get stuck into a conversation about where they get the most satisfaction from a wargaming project. Does the idea spark delight or does a completed army on the tabletop trump that?

Wargames Atlantic has now released their Army Builder plastic set for your Dark Age armies. Covering a mixture of periods, this set comes with enough bodies for you to build up the bulk of your army for both skirmish games and mass battle games.

Brother Vinni released a new set of resin 28mm figures for their SAGA range this month. The second set of Varangian Guard can be picked up from their webstore so you can throw these elite warriors into battle, serving the Byzantines as they expand and protect their empire. 

It's OTTWeekender time! In this week's show, we have a look at the gorgeous new Fantasy miniatures that you'll be able to get VERY soon from Corvus Belli, the creators of Infinity. The Warcrow universe expands with The Song of the Dormant, which introduces TWO new factions to their skirmish game, Feudom and Scions of Yaldaboath. 

North Star Military Figures are now selling some new figures for the 18mm Wiglaf Miniatures range. The Welsh Mounted Warriors have joined their battles of the Dark Age and Early Medieval period and The Age of Penda wargame.

3DBreed Miniatures are back on Kickstarter with another new campaign for their March to Hell series. This time, they are taking a step back in time to the Dark Ages with some big armies for Vikings and Normans in both 15mm and 28mm. 

Ragnarok Miniatures returns with its most ambitious project yet—Brunanburh: The Battle for Britain. This campaign recreates the legendary clash of 937 AD, where the fate of Britain hung in the balance. In this colossal conflict, the Anglo-Saxon armies of King Athelstan and his brother Edmund faced down the combined might of the Strathclyde Welsh, Scots, and Norse-Gaels near the fortified village of Brunanburh. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles would later call it The Great Slaughter—and now, you can command its heroes and rewrite history on your tabletop.

In this week's Cult Of Games XLBS, we try to work out how you can best compare wargames to find the best of the best. Is there a way to even do this effectively? What even makes a wargame "the best"?

It's OTTWeekender time! This time, we're getting very excited about a new range of Historical wargaming miniatures from Wargames Atlantic as Sharpe goes OFFICIAL with Wargames Atlantic! A brand new range of miniatures AND rules are coming out in the near future based on the hit TV show (starting with Sharpe's Rifles) and book series by Bernard Cornwell.

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.

Victrix Miniatures are now taking pre-orders for the new English edition of Pillage, which they have worked on with their friends at Noodle Wargames. You can now pre-order the rules as well as four different Warbands for the game, covering the forces of the Viking Age.

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.

Victrix Miniatures previewed a few more updates to their 28mm plastic kits that are on the horizon, supporting their already burgeoning Dark Age range but also their partnership with Noodle Wargames and the wargame, Pillage. 

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.

Dive into the Community Spotlight for this week where we're having a look at two ends of the Dark Age period and some miniatures for growing armies PLUS an awesome Samurai battle report.

In this week's Cult Of Games XLBS, the guys have a talk about visiting real-life battlefields over the upcoming summer holidays and how that could influence your tabletop hobby for the better. Have you got plans for a few weeks of visiting battlefields with a camera in hand?

Mantic Games has today announced their new board game coming to Kickstarter soon, Assassin's Creed: Animus. Based on the hit video game series by Ubisoft, you'll be able to take on the role of iconic assassins throughout history on the tabletop.

It's OTTWeekender time! Victrix have raised the bar and their scale for a new range of WWII miniatures in 28mm, with the first release being a German infantry platoon with all the support options you could wish for to get you started in a fully plastic force for tabletop warfare!

Gerry unboxes and reviews more from Hammer of the North for their excellent naval wargame, Fjord Serpents. Here, Gerry gets a closer look at the Drakkar Longship Booster and the Elite Crew Booster which introduce more options for your games of Viking-era wargames of Fjord Serpents.

Gerry unboxes and reviews the Kickstarter version of Fjord Serpents: Vikings At War, a Historical naval wargame from Hammer Of The North which allows you to take on the role of a Viking Jarl and their ships in the desperate battles of Dark Age Scandinavia.

The creators of Fjord Serpents: Vikings At War, a great historically-inspired naval wargame set against the backdrop of the Dark Ages, are working on another game behind the scenes, Blade Wrath. 15mm warfare awaits!

Wargames Atlantic dropped a whole bunch of teasers, previews and more over the course of the last couple of days. There's so much in the works from these folks that it's sometimes hard to keep up! We start with a favourite announcement of mine and that's the next faction for Classic Fantasy Battles, the Dwarven Host!

Victrix Miniatures has announced a new Middle Ages wargame alongside the folks at Noodle Wargames. Pillage: Ransack The Middle Ages will be coming soon and makes use of the awesome range of Dark Age miniatures and more that Victrix produces in 28mm plastic. 

Gerry is joined by James Morris, the mind behind possibly the hottest new miniatures wargame on the market, Midgard Heroic Battles. They discuss the idea and concept behind this exciting game which can be played as a Historical or Fantasy experience AND in a range of scales.

Gerry unboxes and reviews the 28mm Dark Age plastic set from Victrix Miniatures for their Rus Infantry. This gives you a great warband or army of Rus or the famed Varangian Guard.

Victrix Miniatures previewed four new plastic sets that are going to be coming in the near future to bolster their various 28mm Historical ranges. Plenty is coming that covers Ancient warfare as well as Dark Age and Medieval battles. 

It's OTTWeekender time! Is there a new hope for Atomic Mass Games' Star Wars: Legion? Some brand new plastic sets are coming soon for the classic Rebels and the Galactic Empire for those who want to refight the epic battles of the original Star Wars films.

It's OTTWeekender time! On this week's show, we take a look at Fragged Empire, a Sci-Fi RPG that will let you play out everything from post-apocalypse to piracy on the high seas and even explore worlds of fantasy magic.

Brother Vinni previewed another miniature for their Historical collection recently and, more specifically, the Varangian section of their SAGA range. The new set of four miniatures will be their Varangian Mercenaries of which one of them is shown here. 

Gerry unboxes and reviews the Early Saxon Unarmoured Warriors in 28mm scale from Victrix Miniatures. These would be perfect for use during your Dark Age Romano British battles during the Age Of Invasion.

It's OTTWeekender time! On this week's show we explore Human Interface: Be a Better Human, a cyberpunk-themed miniature board game where players escape a high-security prison and fight against corrupt corporations.

V&V Miniatures released a new set of 28mm resin miniatures for your Historical wargames like SAGA. This time, you can offer some ranged support in the form of these Byzantine Horse Archers who will be taking potshots.

Footsore Miniatures & Games are showing off a handful of new Paul Hicks sculpts which will be coming to their collection soon for those wanting to bulk out Late Roman armies in a variety of 28mm Historical wargames. 

Registration for the Salute 2025 Painting Competition is now open. You can get stuck in and register your entry for this awesome painting competition held on Saturday 12th April 2025 at the London ExCel. 

The Wiglaf Miniatures range of 18mm (1/100th) scale figures expands with some more fantastic sculpts from Mark Copplestone. Designed for use with Age Of Penda but usable in a myriad of other games, you can now snap up a host of Welsh Warriors. 

It's OTTWeekender time! Games Workshop managed to fix the mistakes they made with the relaunch of the Blood Angels and ACTUALLY delivered a Warhammer 40K army that we are genuinely impressed by. The Emperor's Children are looking exceptionally good for fans of the Chaos Gods.

Matthew Bickley's awesome range of 28mm Vikings is now available for you to pre-order on the Footsore Miniatures & Games website. If you missed out on the Kickstarter, you can scoop up the excellent selection of heroes and troops for building your Dark Age warbands.