Let's dive into a new Cult Of Games XLBS! John, Justin and Ben get stuck into showcasing some of the hobby they have been working on over the last couple of weeks as they totally stuck to their pledges at the end of 2024. We also talk about what we think could be the BIG new thing to take over the tabletop world in 2025.

It's OTTWeekender time! In the first Weekender of 2025, we dive into a discussion on the brand new miniatures game announced by Bandai for the world of Gundam and Gunpla. Gundam Assemble sounds like it's going to be fascinating so we talked to our two experts, John and Justin, about just what we could be seeing with the game when it lands later this year.

Gerry dives into unboxing more 28mm Historical miniatures for use in your Ancient wargames. This time, he unboxes and reviews the Late Roman Cataphracts that you can get from Victrix Miniatures.

Dive into this week's Community Spotlight and the first for 2025! We have a look at some fantastic villains, some great Ancient Greek monsters and a bit of Moonstone to kick off the year.

Medbury Miniatures showed off more of their Historical miniatures coming out this month via Patreon. The Medieval theme continues with their Scottish Hobelars, light cavalry for ranging the borders and running down foes. 

Gerry gets stuck into an unboxing of the 28mm Renaissance Heavy Cavalry from Wargames Atlantic that would be perfect for your Historical wargames across Europe during the 15th, 16th and 17th Centuries.

Games Workshop dropped another surprise miniature preview this week for Warhammer: The Old World. The Wyrm Slayer, Sir Cecil Gastonne, will be joining Bretonnian armies soon to hunt down deadly beasts across The Old World.

Alan of Perry Miniatures has been working away on a selection of new 28mm miniatures that will slot into their French Revolutionary War range soon. Some Vendeans are on the way to fight against the Revolutionaries. 

Games Workshop are starting to bulk out the new range of War Of The Rohirrim miniatures for the Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game this weekend. Pre-orders will go up for a couple of Forge World resin sets as well as a bunch of plastic kits and returning older miniatures. 

1898 Miniaturas showed off the new Visigoth Archers that will be joining their range of 28mm metals for use in 6th to 8th Century battles. The archers provide you with some much-needed ranged options to complement the Armoured and Unarmoured warriors already available. 

Wargames Atlantic are going to be starting 2025 in style with some new releases for their Historical range and also the world of This Quar's War. First up we have the Age Of Chivalry's Foot Serjeants for use with The Barons' War and beyond. 

Games Workshop are going to be taking pre-orders this weekend for the new Death Korps Of Krieg Army Set. This will be the first time that you'll be able to get your hands on these new plastic miniatures and the updated rules for Warhammer 40,000 and the new edition.

Both the Loyalist and Traitor Legions of The Horus Heresy made use of human allies and they would often need to be kept in line or at least "encouraged" to keep on fighting. Well, that's where the new Overseer miniature comes in and in this case, the Traitor Legion Overseer that got previewed this week by Games Workshop.

Crooked Dice is getting closer to re-releasing more of the Otherworld Miniatures range that they picked up after Richard retired. Leading the way are the Undead who have been summoned from their crypts to haunt the lives of the living! 

Continuing from the release of the Ethiopians from Pontoonier Miniatures last month, Badger Games has added the Italian Colonial Infantry into the mix in 28mm scale so you can refight the battles from 1885 to 1889. 

North Star Military Figures are making their Fantasy Worlds Elf range available for January on a made-to-order basis. There are High Elves and Wood Elves for you to choose from for crafting new armies or skirmishing warbands. 

Knuckleduster Miniatures previewed quite the "untamed pack" of Wild West miniatures for use in Gunfighter's Ball. This set will be available (hopefully) this weekend and gives you four new miscreants to throw into the mix during your Wild West skirmishes.

Mantic Games put together a trailer this week showing off what's coming from the team in 2025. There are intriguing titles on the horizon including some returns of old favourites. Check out the trailer below...

A new Soldier Of Fortune miniature is available for you to order from Warlord Games for January. Crisis In Stalingrad takes us back to World War II with a diorama showing the Germans plotting and planning how best to tackle the Soviet threat.

Games Workshop previewed the new Warhammer Store Anniversary miniatures that will be made available throughout 2025. There is a new miniature for Warhammer Age Of Sigmar and one for Warhammer 40,000 that you can scoop up from stores during their anniversary celebrations. 

Whilst a lot of focus is on the Matched Play format for Warhammer Age Of Sigmar, my favourite way to play the game is Path To Glory. With that in mind, I was happy to see a new Path To Glory book coming out for the new edition of the game from Games Workshop, Ravaged Coast.

Gerry dives into an unboxing of one of the newly revamped Iron Core 28mm sets from Wargames Atlantic. Building on the old DreamForge Games range, you can now get your hands on the excellent Valkir Heavy Troopers for all your Sci-Fi wargames.

You can now get a new World War II miniature from Brother Vinni for use in your 28mm Historical wargames. This new German Officer joins the rest of their resin collection which features a variety of other officers and regular soldiers.

Spectre Miniatures added a bunch of new miniatures to their collection for those seeking to play out Modern battles on the tabletop in 28mm. New infantry has been joined by vehicles but also some funky terrain that could help to theme your battlefields. 

Crooked Dice are ending the year strong with some great new releases for those seeking to dive into a bit of Pulp Sci-Fi wargaming with a touch of Horror too. First up, we start with a whole host of 8-bit characters that will be dominating the digital realm.

Games Workshop revealed a big new miniature over the Christmas week for those looking to bow before the might of Slaanesh in Warhammer 40,000. It has been a long time coming but Fulgrim has now made his presence known with a new Daemon Primarch miniature.

Warlord Games has announced the pre-order date for the next Bolt Action Third Edition Armies Of... book. Armies Of The United States will be up for pre-order from 24th January 2025 ahead of a release on the 24th April 2025. 

The YouTube channel Tabletop Time will be launching a new project soon over on BackerKit. Kindred Of The Abyss will be the first range of miniatures that they are hoping to expand over the next few years, beginning with these nautically themed miniatures.

Some super sleuths over on The Silver Bayonet Facebook Group spotted something intriguing on Amazon this month. A new The Silver Bayonet expansion has been spotted; released in September/October of 2025 from Osprey Games. Britain: Bones Of Albion is coming!

Great Escape Games has plenty planned for the new year when it comes to games like The Chicago Way and Dead Man's Hand. More details on what's coming will be popping up soon but we did get a good look at the 28mm scale The Family who will be a part of Dead Man's Hand, causing some mischief. 

Another fantastic set of Necromunda miniatures is on the way from Games Workshop. Eager to spread the zealous fury of the Imperium through the populace, the House Ko’iron Ministorum Delegation are going to be making an appearance very soon.

Games Workshop are taking pre-orders for the newest faction to get its full release for Warhammer: The Old World. The Empire Of Man is getting an Arcane Journal plus plenty of plastic, metal and resin releases in the new year. 

Victrix Miniatures has announced that they have bought Little Big Men Studios, the name behind a whole host of transfers and flags for armies across different periods of history. Steve is rejoining Julian and the team from Victrix in the new year. 

North Star Military Figures showed off a few of the new World War II miniatures on the way from the folks at Artizan Designs in January 2025. The 28mm US Paratrooper Pathfinders will be dropping behind enemy lines.

Victrix Miniatures have released their new Islamic Cavalry for use in your 28mm Historical wargames. Set against the backdrop of the Crusades, you could use these warriors to charge down invading armies or use them on either side of these seismic periods of history.

It's OTTWeekender time! In this week's show, the team get stuck into the big reveals from Battlefront Miniatures for Flames Of War! Their 15mm World War 2 wargame is going to be getting some great expansions but most importantly, a BIG new released of Early War books AND loads of new plastic miniatures.

Westfalia Miniatures previewed a few new miniatures that will be coming to their Trench Crusade Kickstarter in January 2025. The Red Brigade is growing in numbers and we've got some heavy infantry to call on coming soon!

Trish Carden has been sculpting up some brand-new miniatures for her HarrowHyrst range. These new Dryads will be coming to the Footsore Miniatures & Games collection in 2025 and should slot in nicely with the rest of her wilderness-dwelling beasties!

Mantic Games announced that the Collector's Edition version of The Walking Dead: All Out War, will be available on shelves with various independent stockists very soon. You'll get another chance to get stuck into this rather spiffing skirmish game soon if you didn't pre-order via Mantic.

Badger Games recently added a new selection of Pontoonier Miniatures to their collection for those looking to play out battles from possibly the Middle Ages all the way through to World War II with Ethiopians/Abyssinians.

Crooked Dice previewed some of the miniatures from Harwood Hobbies that they will be releasing next year for use in 7TV and beyond. This is just a snapshot of what they've got coming based on the old range by Harwood.

Games Workshop previewed many new character miniatures coming to Warhammer: The Horus Heresy over the last few weeks. All of these Forge World Resin releases add to the character of their appropriate Legions and allow you to make more bespoke armies on the tabletop.