This week we're looking at some retro Bots, a pair of awesome World War I armies and finally some evil bearded folk!

Brian Jenkins, known to most of you as Youtube's TemplarsCrusade01 joins us this week to talk hobby, double entendres and more!

Today on The Weekender! Warren Meets Mat returns, we talk with Mythic Games about HEL: The Last Saga, explore a wealth of new Historical miniatures hitting the tabletop and check out tabletop paintball from eBoB Miniatures.

Mantic Games held their Open Day over the weekend virtually and there was plenty of awesomeness to check out. Whether you're a fan of their Sci-Fi games or their Fantasy collection, there was something for you.

Today on the Weekender! Wolfenstein hits Kickstarter, brilliant Fantasy miniatures from Blacklist Games and we check out Warploque Miniatures as our Indie Of The Week.

Mantic Games has released a free sampler of the Kings Of War 3rd Edition rules for you to tinker with during this period of isolation.

Mantic Games have spent the Adepticon weekend teasing some of the news that they would have revealed stateside and now through their blog they've been filling in the details and they dropped some fantastic tidbits for lovers of greenskins in Kings of War and Vanguard.

Come and take a peek at more of the awesome painting you folks have been getting up to as we explore the worlds of Fantasy and Sci-Fi!

We're discussing whether or not licensed games end up suffering in the long run and lots more as we delve into plenty of hobby goodness!

Come and delve into The Weekender XLBS where we're got some thoughts to share on the idea of running campaigns over one-off games when it comes to miniature wargaming!

Join us as we dive into the realm of Weekender XLBS and work out what quirky hobby goodness we've been getting up to as well as exploring the element of surprise.

We're looking at some ways to tinker with combat mechanics today on Weekender XLBS and see what kind of hobby the rest of the crew has been getting up to!

Mantic Games has been delving into a new selection of Abyssal Dwarfs for use in Kings Of War, Vanguard and more.

Kings of War 3rd edition has been out in the wild for a few months and in this unboxing we get to look at the Northern Alliance Clansmen Regiment. 

Over the festive period Mantic Games teased some of what they had planned for the year ahead, among them new models for the Abyssal Dwarfs. Well the first traunch of those models has hit the webstore for pre-order with the release coming next Monday 17th in the form of the Abyssal Dwarf warband for Vanguard.

With a striking aversion to doors, Gerry busts through a wall to show you the Goblin Slasher for Kings Of War.

Mantic Games has been showing off one of the preview miniatures they've been working on following up from the League Of Infamy Kickstarter.

Come and join us for a look at some fantastic monsters, some great classic models and some new ones too!

Gerry has returned to unbox the Trident Realms Kraken for Kings of War.

The Crusades are calling to Warren as he thinks more about his army AND Gerry has plans for a retro Necromunda campaign!

Gerry gets to unbox a beautiful model from one of his favourite games: Kings of War from Mantic.

Come and join us for a peek behind the curtain at the world of OnTableTop as we're venturing into another episode of Weekender XLBS.

Do you know someone who can reinforce the joins of their models with pinning? Gerry Can.

The Abyssal Dwarfs (or as some call them, Naughty Dwarfs) are going to be the next faction to get themselves a Kings Of War: Vanguard update from Mantic Games.

Warren is back and that means giggling about mushrooms, 3D printing and throwing a bit of mind control into the mix.

It's that time of week COGs to sit back and relax with the XLBS as we delve into some of our hobby and more!

We've got a mix of both World War II awesomeness and Fantasy wargaming goodies to look at this week. Plus, Gerry gets excited about a great looking Ancients game!

Mantic Games has been chatting more about the new Uncharted Empires book coming to support the new edition of Kings Of War. 

As their Halflings start to ship Wargames Atlantic have previewed their next fantasy kit that they are working on and it's a staple of the genre.

Matt and Rob from Mantic Games are back in the studio to talk about their plans for Kings of War in the coming years.

Gerry oversees a clash of rivals within Mantic Games between the titan Matt and the human Rob.

Gerry sits down again with Rob and Matt from Mantic Games to talk about the League of Infamy where you play the nefarious villains!

We're talking retooling Historical battles for Sci-Fi games and delving deeper into loads of hobby time from you and us!

We're exploring some gaming sets which have caught our eye this week from the world of Harry Potter and Marvel PLUS we're giving away some Kings Of War Starter Sets!

Rob and Matt from Mantic Games join Gerry in the studio to take him through a round of the third edition of Kings of War.

Matt and Rob from Mantic Games are in the studio to talk with us about how new players might get started with Kings of War.

Gerry is joined in the studio by Rob and Matt from Mantic Games to talk about the upcoming third edition of Kings of War.

It's Wednesday. And it's time to see what's been happening in the studio this week!

This week the guys discuss at what point it's right for a company to go back and balance a game they have already released.

We looking at the new Mythic Games & Lucky Duck Games Time Of Legends collaboration AND showing off new work from 4Ground too which YOU could win!

Guerilla Miniature Games, a channel well worth checking out, got a peek at the December release for Kings Of War from Mantic Games called Uncharted Empires: Armies Of Pannithor.

There's a divisive discussion on our hands here friends as we delve into the proliferation of the skirmish game!