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Community Spotlight: World War 2 French, Dark Age Saxons & Stunning Eldar!

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Dive into Community Spotlight once more as we check out World War II French, Dark Age Saxons and some gorgeous Eldar for Warhammer 40,000.

Cult Of Games XLBS: Why Has Oldhammer Become So Popular?

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Join us for Cult Of Games XLBS! In this week's show, we dive into an awesome World War II Indie of the Week PLUS discuss why Oldhammer miniatures and wargames have become so popular. Is it time to be a wargaming rebel?

More New Late Roman Era Warbands Join Victrix’s Collection

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Build your Late Roman era warbands—Victrix Miniatures launches four new 28 mm bundles with kits, shield sheets and banners to nail the aesthetic of each

Things From The Basement’s New 28mm Viking Terrain!

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Things From the Basement unveils new 28 mm Viking-terrain range—preview the bronze-age kits for your Dark Age wargames, available to event attendees first!

Cult Of Games XLBS: Don’t Shelve It! PLEASE Play My New Game With Me

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Join us for Cult Of Games XLBS! In this week's show, we check out an awesome Indie Fantasy skirmish game, plus ask what miniature games you're desperately trying to get your friends to play with you!

Pillage Victrix Miniatures’ Dark Age Farm Animals Soon

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Victrix Miniatures expands Pillage with Farm Animals—add flavour and realism to your Dark Age skirmish raids with these new miniatures.

A Cure For Boring Fantasy Wargames? Guards Of Traitor’s Toll #OTTWeekender

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It's #OTTWeekender time! In this week's show we talk about Guards of Traitor's Toll, a game that takes all the boring, standard stuff out of Fantasy gaming and throws in more FUN!

Craft Arthurian Age Warbands With Victrix’s New Bundles

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Victrix Miniatures adds new 28mm Arthurian warbands—Late Romans and Early Saxons ready to clash in your Dark Age tabletop battles.

New Viking Wargame, Blade Wrath, Raids Kickstarter

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Hammer of the North’s Luke Payne returns to Kickstarter with Blade Wrath: Fury of Vikings—a new Viking-themed wargame following Fjord Serpents.

Warbases Add More 28mm Tabletop Ready Dark Age Terrain

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Warbases expands its 28mm Dark Age terrain—new MDF kits and Table Ready Terrain pieces to enhance your historical skirmishes.

Unmissable Medieval Skirmish Wargame! Écorcheurs Kickstarter Live #OTTWeekender

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This week on OTTWeekender: discover Écorcheurs!—the brand-new medieval skirmish wargame by Gripping Beast and Robert W. Jones.

Victrix Preview Their New Pillage Carolingian Cavalry & Infantry

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Victrix previews new 28mm Carolingians for Pillage—expand your Dark Age skirmish warbands with this upcoming plastic figure range.

Pick Up Wiglaf Miniatures 18mm Dark Age Legends & Luminaries

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Wiglaf Miniatures expands The Age of Penda with new 18mm Dark Age characters—Mark Copplestone sculpts the Legends & Luminaries set.

Visigoth Heavy Cavalry Available From 1898 Miniatures [Updated]

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New from 1898 Miniaturas: Visigoth heavy cavalry and a notable leader, perfect for enriching your early medieval wargaming armies.

Classic Style + New Warmachine Minis = PERFECTION? #OTTWeekender

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

Preview Battlescale’s New 6mm Scale Roman Wargaming Terrain

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

Keep Your Minis Warm With Weave Of War’s Realistic Cloaks!

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

Unboxing: Pillage – Ransack The Middle Ages | Victrix Miniatures

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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. 

Cult Of Games XLBS: Hobby Satisfaction! Where Do You Get Yours?

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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?

Bulk Out Dark Age Armies With New Wargames Atlantic Set

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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.

More Brother Vinni Varangian Guard Fight In The Sun

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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. 

Welsh Mounted Warriors Ride Into Wiglaf Miniatures’ Range

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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.

March To Hell With 3DBreed’s New Dark Age Miniatures

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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. 

Monsters vs Mechs – Konflikt ’47 New Edition Coming Soon! #OTTWeekender

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It's OTTWeekender time! In this episode, we dive into the explosive return of Konflikt ’47 with its brand-new edition, covering all the key pre-orders, kits, and updates. From revamped rules to monstrous new miniatures, we break down everything you need to know before the Weird War erupts again this September.

Brunanburh: The Battle for Britain – Ragnarok’s Epic Kickstarter Live!

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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.

Cult Of Games XLBS: Read, Roll, Repeat – Learning Games Together

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In this week's Cult Of Games XLBS, we talk about how difficult it is to pick up new games and what techniques people can use to help get over the hurdle of learning a brand new set of rules, and what are the potential pitfalls.

Cult Of Games XLBS: How Do You Work Out Which Wargame Is Best?!

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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"?

Sharpe’s Skirmish! NEW Official Miniatures & Rules For Beginner Napoleonic Wargames? #OTTWeekender

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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.

Hardwar By Modiphius: Mechs, Missiles & Corporate Warfare On The Tabletop #OTTWeekender

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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.

Pre-Order Pillage! Choose A Dark Age Faction For New Skirmish Game

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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.

Skirmish, Story, and Steel – Pillage Arrives with New Minis You’ll Want to Paint! #OTTweekender

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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.

Dark Age Scots/Picts & Carolingians Coming To Victrix’s Pillage

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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. 

Cult Of Games XLBS: Tackling & Painting A Pile Of DreadBall!

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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?

Community Spotlight: Dark Age Warriors, Angry Danes & Samurai Battle Reports

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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.

Cult Of Games XLBS: Do Battlefield Tours Enhance Your Hobby?

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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?

WWII German Miniatures Like Never Before – Victrix Raises the Bar! #OTTWeekender

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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!

Unboxing: Fjord Serpents – Drakkar Longship Booster & Elite Crew Booster | Hammer Of The North

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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.

Unboxing: Fjord Serpents: Vikings At War – Naval Wargame | Hammer Of The North

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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.

15mm Viking Battles On The Horizon With Blade Wrath!

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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 Teases + Classic Fantasy Dwarves In 10mm!

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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!

Pillage! New Wargame Coming Soon From Victrix Miniatures

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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. 

The Hottest New Wargame On The Market? Midgard Heroic Battles Interview!

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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.

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