Dive into this week's Cult of Games XLBS! In this week's episode, Gerry and Shay get excited about campaign systems and have to answer Ben's tricky question. What's the BEST miniatures range available right now?
Check out Victrix’s newest 28mm Medieval miniatures on #OTTWeekender - highly detailed sculpts for your Historical tabletop battles!
In this week's Community Spotlight, we have a look at some excellent Spearheads for Warhammer Age of Sigmar, a few more Moonstone heroes and a dash of Trench Crusade.
Games Workshop reveals new Combat Forces for Warhammer: The Horus Heresy—plastic entry sets and army boosters for the Grimdark civil war
Pre-order Puppets War’s funky Orc Jetfighter, a 32mm sci-fi flyer ideal for Warhammer 40K and tabletop battles full of bombing runs.
It's OTTWeekender time! Medbury Miniatures launches 28mm WWII Australian Infantry—ideal for Bolt Action, the 1942 New Guinea campaign, and Pacific Commonwealth wargaming.
Venture into this week's Community Spotlight where we're diving into Naval Wargaming, a grand army of Night Goblins and some Pirate adventures using classic rules.
Sarissa Precision has expanded the range of MDF terrain that you can snap up for use in your games of Guards of Traitor's Toll but also any Fantasy game that you might have to hand. As with the rest of the Tollingchester range, it is full colour and will be table-ready once you've boshed it together.
Warlord Games are taking pre-orders for the next book to be introduced to the Third Edition of Bolt Action, their World War II wargame. Armies of the Soviet Union can be snapped up right now alongside an exclusive miniature and a couple of Starter Army options.
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?
It's OTTWeekender time! Mantic Games revealed another fan favourite reveal for their hit miniatures game, Halo: Flashpoint! The ODST are coming in a BIG new expansion for the miniatures game based on the hit video game series.
Gerry unboxes and reviews another of the Battle in a Box sets from BricksKrieg for their block-based World War II wargame. In this set, Eastern Front, you will get armies for the Soviets and the Germans, complete with both tanks and infantry.
One of the Starter Sets for the last edition of Bolt Action has now been re-released by Warlord Games for use with the Third Edition of the game. You can dive back into A Gentleman's War and play out a World War II clash between the 8th Army and Afrika Korps in North Africa.
It's OTTWeekender time! The Helsmiths of Hashut make their entrance into the world of Warhammer Age of Sigmar! Chaos Dwarfs are back with all of their big hats. What do you think of the new range previewed last week by Games Workshop?
Battlefront Miniatures has now retired Hit The Beach, the Starter Set for Flames of War and will be replacing it with a new one that is up for pre-order ahead of a release in August. Fortress Europe will be your new port of call for getting back into World War II wargaming in 15mm.
Warcradle Studios introduced a new preview this week, which covers the release of Armoured Clash reinforcements for the Commonwealth in the month of August. A new Battlegroup Set and Reinforcements are going to be available for you to bulk out your armies.
Dive into some of the awesome community projects that you've been working on recently. We love seeing what you've been doing across different periods and genres!
Gerry unboxes and reviews the original World War II Starter Set and Battle in a Box from BricksKrieg for their fun, simple wargame which uses Lego-style blocks to build your troops, vehicles and even your tabletops! He also looks at some more units you can add to your British and German forces to enhance your games.
Designed to get you started in the new Revised Edition of Spectre Operations, Spectre Miniatures has now released two 2000r (essentially "points") Task Force/Force sets that you can use to get started in this Modern Warfare-era skirmish game.
Games Workshop introduced a big new set of releases for the Leagues of Votann, Warhammer 40,000's newest faction for their Sci-Fi wargame. They launched with a smattering of units, vehicles and characters and now see their second wave of releases, which give the Leagues much more firepower and importantly, options for army building.
Games Workshop unleashed even more Space Marines for Warhammer 40,000 last week in their big Warhammer Preview. Some notable characters from the First Founding Chapters are getting new miniatures alongside some specific Combat Patrols so you can begin your force to match them.
Gerry unboxes and reviews the awesome Oldhammer style Týrstorm Biker Squadron from Ontos Games, giving you some excellent 28mm Sci-Fi Space Dwarves bikers for use alongside your other Röknauts!
Spectre Miniatures has released some new figures for their Modern Warfare wargame, Spectre Operations. You can now get your hands on a selection of MENA sets, which introduce Militia to your games in 28mm scale alongside a few vehicles.
Gerry takes an in-depth look at the Imperium, one of the newest factions for Warcradle Studios' 10mm miniatures wargame, Armoured Clash. In this video, he looks at the factions as presented in the Introductory Set and the Faction Battlegroup Starter Set, before diving deeper into the rules for the Imperium as well.
BricksKrieg are still taking pre-orders for their new Eastern Front Battle in a Box, which was showcased at UK Games Expo and is now available for general sale. Inside, you'll find two armies to get you started with their range (and game) covering the Germans and the Soviets in World War II.
You can now pre-order two new Kings of War Champions Company Boxes from Mantic Games, giving you some fresh ways to dive into their 28mm Fantasy wargame, which gives you a flavour of the world of Pannithor.
The Plastic Soldier Company has announced that there is a new Omnibus in the works for Battlegroup and your Cold War battles. This new book will combine Northag and Centag into one place for ease of use.
Warcradle Studios this week revealed the next faction coming to their 10mm wargame, Armoured Clash. The Dystopian Age will shake and the ground rumble as the Great Bear has been awoken and the Commonwealth begin their campaigns on the tabletop.
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.
Modiphius has made a Quickplay set of rules free for you to download so you can get stuck into their 6mm Sci-Fi mech wargame, Hardwar, before the Kickstarter launches soon. Grab the rules, get stuck in and start playing to see if the game is for you.
Battlefront Miniatures are expanding its offering when it comes to their 15mm wargame, Flames of War. The Pacific supplement arrived recently and now, over the coming months, we're going to be seeing additional releases of miniatures for both the Japanese and the American Marines.
Skirmish, Story, and Steel – Pillage Arrives with New Minis You’ll Want to Paint! #OTTweekender
11 months ago 52It'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.
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.
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.
Warlord Games revealed more this week concerning their new edition of the 28mm Weird World War wargame, Konflikt '47. We talked with Warlord at UK Games Expo (see above) and then got a better look at some of the new miniatures in a showcase this week.
Some awesome new sets are on the way for those diving into the 10mm wargame, Armoured Clash, by Warcradle Studios. The Union are clearing the way for a brand new Battlegroup Set, which introduces the Durango Heavy Rail Set.
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?
Stunning Epic Scale Historical Miniatures! Best Tiny Soldiers For BIG Tabletop Battles #OTTWeekender
22It'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.
Spectre Miniatures will be expanding their range of Cosmic Horror miniatures for their spin-off to the Modern Warfare miniatures game, Spectre Operations. Some recent previews gave us a peek at what's on the horizon, hiding in the shadows, waiting to strike!
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?
