As part of this week's Cult Of Games XLBS, we dive into a discussion on making history and historical wargaming (more) fun. Sometimes you find yourself getting bogged down by the boring bits when it comes to historical wargames and it might just be easier to cut out said boring bits! Does this make for a better game? We have a particular look at Warren's plans for wargaming in Acre during the Crusades.

Gerry hitches up his wagon and heads out west with a new plastic kit from Great Escape Games for Dead Man's Hand and Wild West wargaming. It would also be a perfect bit of kit for any 19th-century colonial gaming.

Great Escape Games have added to the Bootleggers faction for The Chicago Way! Much like with the Peaky Blinders, the Bootleggers are getting two sets of reinforcements that offer up some muscle and some style in 28mm.

The Peaky Blinders have made their way to The Chicago Way, an awesome skirmish game from Great Escape Games and are looking to stake a claim in the city as they set up their criminal dealings. With that in mind, they need some reinforcements and two sets of 28mm metal miniatures are now available. 

Great Escape Games have expanded their Romanian collection for use in World War II wargames. Some new Cavalry options are on the way for use in your 28mm Historical wargames.

Great Escape Games have been doing great stuff with their plastic kits of late for Dead Man's Hand. Keeping up with that, they recently previewed a new 28mm Wild West Wagon that would be great for those seeking to dive into some scenario-based play!

It's OTT Weekender time! If you're into Historical Wargaming, you'll want to watch this episode. We dive into loads of games and ranges including seeing The Barons' War go on Crusade with the new Outremer supplement from Footsore Miniatures & Games. 

Great Escape Games are going to be releasing four new gangs for you to use across two of their 28mm Historical wargames. You'll find new miniatures on the way for Dead Man's Hand and The Chicago Way! 

Join us for a new episode of Cult Of Games XLBS! In this week's show, Gerry dives into the fun he's been having in the Wild West and Lloyd has had quite the idea when it comes to trains AND wargaming. It's a marriage made in heaven.

Great Escape Games has expanded their World War II Collection with some new 28mm miniatures for both the Italians and the Hungarians. Both factions get themselves new Observer Teams that will be keeping an eye on the enemy and calling in artillery strikes. 

Great Escape Games have taken to Kickstarter to expand their 28mm World War II collection with a set of Norwegians from 1940 and the Defence Of Norway.

It's OTT Weekender time! We look at some fantastic WW1 and WW2 Historical wargaming armies that we bet you've probably never played as on the tabletop. You certainly have more choice than with Warhammer!

Great Escape Games has added a few new World War II miniatures into the mix for those wanting to play as a different faction from the norm. Get stuck into a clash with their range of 28mm Greeks and a small smattering of Romanians too!

Join us for an unboxing of the Gunfighters 2 28mm plastic miniatures from Great Escape Games for use in your Wild West wargames like Dead Man's Hand and beyond. 

We dive into some classic Warhammer Fantasy Battles goodness this week plus some 10mm Elves AND a trip to the Old West with Dead Man's Hand. What have you been up to?

Join us for a new episode of Cult Of Games XLBS! In this week's episode, we're diving deep into BattleTech which has taken over John's life AND asking about your tabletop temptations? What potentially leftfield game would you LOVE to play?

Great Escape Games has put together a preview of their new Gunfighters II plastic set that will be up for pre-order soon with a release in late April. This gives you another set of 28mm miniatures for use in Dead Man's Hand and beyond.

We get stuck into an unboxing of the Dead Man's Hand Starter Set from Great Escape Games. This gives you a bunch of options for starting out in a 28mm Historical Wild West miniatures game.

Great Escape Games has released a new set of miniatures that are a little different. Rather than your typical World War II soldiers, these new sets offer Mule Trains that could be used for a variety of vignettes or as objectives during your Historical wargames.

Join us for a new episode of Cult Of Games XLBS! Warren is back talking Witch Hunters and Gerry delves into some Wild West wargaming goodness.

Great Escape Games has started taking pre-orders for a new version of their Wild West Dead Man's Hand Starter Set for 2022. This did see a release previously but there is now a slimmed-down option over on their webstore.

Come and check out some of the projects our community has been working on. We've got the start of some English Civil War rules, a knight from Kingdom Death and the start of a big Dead Man's Hand project.

We dive back into Cult Of Games XLBS this week where Warren has returned to join the crew. That means Codebusters and some very interesting and meandering topics of conversation right?

Great Escape Games are now taking pre-orders for their first Historical plastic set. You'll be able to dive into the world of Dead Man's Hand with this multi-part Gunfighters kit. 

It's OTTWeekender Time! Are the new Gaunt's Ghosts better than before? UKGE Tickets are now on sale and Dungeons & Lasers returns to Kickstarter.

Great Escape Games are working away on their first hard plastic kit! You'll soon be able to snap up their new multi-part plastic Gunfighters box which allows you to make ten 28mm miniatures for Dead Man's Hand. 

We're looking at Midlam Miniatures' ace Fantasy range, introducing you to the Lockdown Leisure League in collaboration with Wayland Games AND you could win World War III: Team Yankee Soviets!

Great Escape Games has got two Limited Edition Two-Player Starter Sets for you to consider picking up from their webstore.

Great Escape Games has been showing off some newer additions to their Dead Man's Hand collection.

Great Escape Games is planning and preparing for their next World War II Kickstarter as they look at add some Danish forces into the mix.

Great Escape Games have built on their World War II range with some 28mm scale Hungarian Cavalry.

Great Escape Games look to be exploring World War II by bringing some of the lesser-known forces to the tabletop.

Great Escape Games are building on their 28mm miniature collection with some new Italian Alpini soldiers for use in World War II.

Great Escape Games are showing off some of their new releases in 28mm for those battling on the Eastern Front and Stalingrad. 

We're talking furries, terrain crafting, project monitoring and trains (can you tell Lloyd is in the show?) today on Weekender XLBS!

Great Escape Games are now taking pre-orders for Seven Days To The River Rhine, a new ruleset for battles set during the 1980s in any scale. 

Dead Man's Hand from Great Escape Games sees new releases this week for use in the Wild West.

The Chicago Way is a great skirmish game which sees you taking control of the Gangs, Policemen and more that existed in American during the time of prohibition.

Great Escape Games welcomes two new famous faces to the world of Dead Man's Hand, their Wild West skirmish game.

Welcome to the Weekender!

If you want to get stuck into World War I wargaming, especially around the start of the war, then Great Escape Games has an awesome game for you to try out called 1914.

Great Escape Games are making some new animal companions for your tabletop miniatures.