It's Weekender time again and the guys are going to be chatting about all things epic. Today this includes Plast Craft Games and a mega charity event happening later on this year.

Welcome Backstagers to our corner of epicness that is XLBS. The guys are chatting awesome crime fighters with RoboCop getting it's epic trailer. On top of that we aim to misbehave with a look at the basics of Firefly: The Game.

You might have noticed that there isn't a Weekender. Alas it's because one of our epic crew has come down with something. Instead we have some ace Backstage exclusives coming!

We're still talking Dropzone Commander and if you watched our Gen Con coverage you might have seen the first miniatures for the Human Resistance. These guys have been left behind and gone all Mad Max on the Scourge! As well as that we have a prize to give away!

Welcome friends to the Weekender! Today we're looking at (as you might have guessed from the title) Dropzone Commander! We've stuck together the miniatures from the two player starter set and even take a look at some of the other new shiny bits and pieces too!

...and we're into the Weekender XLBS! Bo yah! This time the guys are sitting down for a chat about taking the Journeyman league format or something similar to other systems and also looking at other games that they have had their eye on for a while.

The guys are back for another Weekender right in the middle of the Gen Con weekend. There is a lot of awesome to talk about including High Command, the amazing Dropzone Commander Set that has Warren all giddy and oh yeah, did I mention it was Gen Con?

Time for another weekender, this time we chat about how 'Nam Week went, dive into the world of board games and give you a chance to WIN an epic prize!.

...and now you get to sit down and enjoy this weekends XLBS. Warren has been trying to get his little one into gaming and the guys talk about his first steps into our kingdom of geekery!

Hey there folks! Alas there won't be a Weekender or XLBS this coming weekend as some of us have come down a bit under the weather. However to make up for it we have the continuing part of the Bolt Action demo game!

So welcome to your XLBS! In this one the guys have a chat about David and Warren heading to the Grand Tournament and wax lyrical on more Warmachine.

Welcome to another Weekender where the guys have managed to get their hands on the Warhammer 40,000 Apocalypse sets. Let's see what the guys think of these massive kits.

...and now we're into XLBS! We'll be continuing our discussions on Inheritance and having a good old chinwag about the kind of games we'd love to see on the tabletop.

In this weeks Weekender we talk about the awesome looking Warmachine: Tactics, Flames of War For The Win, Convergence and also announce some prize winners!

In this Weekends XLBS we discuss more about Inheritance and have a special prize to give away that may or may not have something to do with that epic week we just had.

I'm afraid there isn't going to be a Weekender this week! We've been so busy and snowed under getting the amazing Infinity Week ready (see the link within for a teaser) that our rambling will have to wait till next week!

And now we relax and chat about our week in gaming here over on XLBS! We'll be discussing the kinds of things we've been doing this week alongside current projects that are in the works.

We hope you've had a great week filled with gaming, we certainly have! Now the weekend has hit us we've got even more to look forwards too and in this episode we chat mighty Fulgrim, the Bombshell Miniatures Maelee Kickstarter and all about Eldar week! Don't miss the Relics Fantasy Football chat too!

Last week saw the awesome Grumpy Old War Gamers Convention come to Tabletop Nation and in this weekends XLBS we discuss what we thought of the event and what we'd like to do in the future too!

We're back after another awesome week in gaming with some news about what we've been playing and a pretty special X-Com prize in conjunction with the folks over at 2k Games. Check inside for more!

It's time for more talk from some of our Grumpy Wargamers as we move into XLBS especially for you fellows with Backstage! Let's see what they get up too.

It's Grumpy Old Wargamers this weekend and with that in mind Warren has sat down with Chuffy1976, Hazard Syndrome, Brian, Spud, and Andy for a chinwag about all things wargaming and some things that probably aren't!

In this weekend's XLBS Batman and Beasts of War come together as we take a look at the trailer for the Dark Knight's latest foray into video games with Batman Arkham Origins and what this could mean for Knight Models DC line, as well as giving you guys the latest news on Inheritance!

We hope you're having a great weekend already and to kick things off we've got another run down of the best tabletop moments from this week including Spartan Scenics and the rise of the Dystopian Wars Ottoman Empire!

Now for a sit down about some more topics that have got us excited. We're discussing the news about Lord Inquisitor, a quick look at some other parts of geek culture and a reflection from Justin on some games that we're looking forwards to playing over the coming months.

We're back for another episode of The Weekender where we discuss all things DreadBall Academy, talk about the Mantic Open Day and of course the very sad passing of Ray Harryhausen.

The guys are back with this week's Weekender. This week we get a closer look at the upcoming Grumpy Old Wargamers Con happening at Tabletop Nation, On top of this the guys give their views on the DeadZone Kickstarter and we announce the winners of the Mutant Chronicles Warzone contest and the great Salute 2013 scavenger hunt!

Hey guys, sorry to say that this weekend there will not be a Weekender! Even we have to recharge our batteries sometimes.

Thanks for all the great feedback on the Inheritance idea! Keep it coming folks and of course join in the discussion on plenty more topics within.

Another week of fantastic news from across the gaming world has come to an end with Dystopian Wars, Carnevale and the Convergence of Cyriss making an appearance! Oh and it's the MERCS Global Event today!

Get ready and gear up as Warren, Justin and Stu have a look at the next big community project on the board, the guys are planning to build an brand spanking new Warhammer 40K faction for a narrative campaign involving the return of those thought lost...

Another Week is over and the guys sit down to have a chat about all the cool stuff that's been happening, and announce the up coming Grumpy Old Wargamers convention that will be coming later in the year.

This week we have a special question for all you Backstagers. Help us and have your say in the future of the Beasts of War website.

We're back with another Weekender and this time we have a look at the awesome Warzone Ressurection and wax lyrical about some other great hobby moments from the week.

Well it's been another week of ups, downs, and turnarounds and as always we're here to keep you guys up to date on all the goings on from another week in our gaming world.

Time for the XLBS section of the Weekender and this week all you lucky Backstagers are in for a great treat, with a special exclusive deal on the first two books for Achtung! Cthulhu from Drive Through RPG and keep an eye out later for a cool little novella on this new dark and twisted take on what has to be one of the most epic worlds you could ever drop your poor, unsuspecting investigators in to.

It's that time of the week again and this time we've got Achtung! Cthulhu on the schedule with all the latest happenings and progress of this monster kickstarter.

Well its been a cracking week of Mercs but behind the scenes we have had quite a challenging week.