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Cult Of Games XLBS: Perfect RPG Spooks; Why Is Ghostbusters So F**kin’ Awesome?!

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In this week's Cult Of Games XLBS, the guys get super passionate about one of their favourite movies ever and why it seems like it might be the perfect playground for some gaming in the roleplaying space and perhaps even beyond. If you're a fan of Ghostbusters then you'll want to give this one a watch...

New Wars Of The Roses Supplement From Warlord Games

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Warlord Games are taking pre-orders for a new Hail Caesar supplement focused on The Wars Of The Roses. If you're looking to get stuck in and do some Medieval battling using these rules then you'll be lucky later this month. 

A Napoleonic Wargame Perfect For New Players? Firelock’s Blood & Bayonets Could Be It! #OTTWeekender

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It's OTTWeekender time! Some big news this week as Firelock announced they are stepping into the Napoleonic period with a new wargame, Blood And Bayonets, coming in 2025! With the awesome rules and mechanics of Blood & Plunder behind this game and a smaller requirement for miniatures, could this end up being THE gateway game for Historical wargamers (or those curious) wanting to get into the Napoleonic period?

Heroic New Napoleonic Salute Miniature Revealed For 2025!

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The new miniature for Salute 52 has been revealed! The South London Warlords showed off the Salute 2025 miniature that will be available to the first 5000 guests of the show in their goodie bags! 

Early, Mid Or Late? Guides For German Armies In Bolt Action

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Warlord Games have made army building in the new edition of Bolt Action nice and easy with the new Platoon Selector but it can still be somewhat confusing working out what should be in your army based on the period of World War II you're trying to recreate. Early, Mid or Late-War? What units, vehicles and equipment should be popping up?

Blast Down Castle Walls With Medbury’s Medieval Artillery

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We've already looked at the Fantasy releases from Medbury Miniatures for this month on Patreon but they also have a small set of Historical offerings, especially for those diving into Medieval wargaming in 28mm.

Saga Worthy Heroes Available From Medbury Miniatures This Month

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Medbury Miniatures has shown off the brand new array of Fantasy releases that will be coming to Patreon for the month of December. This is another great set of saga-worthy heroes for you to use in your 28mm wargames but they wouldn't look out of place in Historical games as well.

Alexander & Hannibal Supplement Released For Strength & Honour

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TooFatLardies and Reisswitz Press have released a new supplement for Strength & Honour, giving you new options for your Ancient wargames. The new supplement introduces rules and army lists for Alexander & Hannibal.

Blood And Bayonets Rules Announced By Firelock Games!

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Firelock Games has announced a new set of rules coming in 2025! January 2025 will see the launch of the Kickstarter for Blood And Bayonets which will get you stuck into Napoleonic warfare on the tabletop, both on land and at sea.

Get Ready To Fire English Civil War Guns From Bloody Miniatures

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Bloody Miniatures are adding another great set to their 28mm English Civil War range. You can now get your hands on the "Bloody Guns" which are going to help lay down some supporting fire during your English Civil War encounters as either the Royalists or the Parliamentarians. 

Early War Soviety Infantry Hits The Battlefield From Empress

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Empress Miniatures recently added a bunch of new 28mm metal miniatures to their collection for those fighting out the Early War period of World War II with the Soviets. There are four packs for you to choose from, all in different poses.

Cult Of Games XLBS: Your Ideal Battleground! What Big Terrain Project Would You Start?

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In this week's Cult Of Games XLBS, we dive into a discussion on terrain building after seeing John's work on his fun little Kill Team project. We decide to go BIG and think about larger-than-life terrain projects. What do you think your dream terrain project would be?

New Death Korps Of Krieg Rock! Has GW FINALLY Delivered For Warhammer 40K Fans? #OTTWeekender

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It's OTTWeekender time! John very excitedly tells us why the brand new Death Korps Of Krieg from Games Workshop for Warhammer 40,000 are so insanely good and a return to form for fans of the grimdark future. We have a look at the newly revealed miniatures for the Astra Militarum/Imperial Guard and talk through why they are some of the best miniatures Games Workshop has produced in a while.

Battlefront Release Battle Of The Bulge Flames Of War Armies

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Battlefront Miniatures are releasing a couple of new limited edition Army Sets for 15mm wargame, Flames Of War. Each of these has been designed to commemorate The Battle Of The Bulge and features the Allied and Axis fighting through the cold winter of 1944 and 1945.

Unarmoured Visigoth’s Join 1898 Miniaturas’ Historical Range

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1898 Miniaturas expanded their collection of Visigoths for battling between the 6th and 8th Centuries. Unarmoured Warriors join the rest of the Visigoth range, allowing you to build up an excellent warband for games like SAGA. 

Firelock’s New Characters For Your Blood & Plunder Crews

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Firelock Games has released many new miniatures for those diving into games of Blood & Plunder and Port Royal. These are all brand-new resin miniatures for you to use when supplementing your crews. 

Victrix Preview Late War Germans For 28mm World War II Wargames

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Victrix Miniatures are getting closer to releasing their first 28mm World War II miniatures in plastic. The Late War Germans will be first out of the block with Infantry and Heavy Weapons for making up the core of your Axis army.

Cult Of Games Exclusive! BONUS Peter Dennis Interview

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During Bolt Action 3rd Edition Week, Gerry sat down with legendary artist Peter Dennis. There was SO much chat that we had to cut it down BUT we're back with the BONUS chat between Gerry and Peter about Peter's Paperboys, his history in the industry and more.

Wargames Atlantic’s New Plastic Peasants Are Revoltingly Good!

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Wargames Atlantic bulked out their collection of 28mm Medieval miniatures this week with pre-orders for their new Peasant Levy plastic set. This will be a fantastic addition to the range which already includes Foot Knights.

Cult Of Games XLBS: No Limits! What Would Your Passion Project Be?

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In this week's Cult Of Games XLBS, we have a talk about passion projects. If we weren't focusing on a million different projects at once what would be THE big passion project that we'd love to dive into? Would it be an epic army build, an impressive table or something else? Let us know your passion projects in the comments!

GW’s Middle-earth Rebuilds Ahead Of War Of The Rohirrim With New Miniatures! #OTTWeekender

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It's OTTWeekender time! Despite the news that so many old miniatures are leaving the Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game range, many more are coming to replace them and it looks like GW are rebuilding the game and the range ahead of the release of the brand new film, The War Of The Rohirrim, set before the time of The Lord Of The Rings!

Warlord Offer Sneak Peek Inside Bolt Action Armies Of Germany

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Warlord Games has begun to dive a bit deeper into what's going to be on offer with their new Armies Of... books for Bolt Action. The first one of these books will be Armies Of Germany which releases on 30th January 2025. It will come around quicker than you think! Warlord dropped a bit more of an insight into the book this week.

Dive Into Bolt Actions’ 28mm Winter US Army & Airborne Collection

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If you're looking to bulk out your Winter army for the United States in World War II and Bolt Action, Warlord Games has new sets to scoop up. These sets would be great additions to the existing plastic miniatures available as part of the Battle Of The Bulge set and beyond. 

New Ottomans & The French In Egypt From Perry Miniatures

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Perry Miniatures are back with some great new additions to their Napoleonic collection. They have added a selection of new 28mm miniatures to their range for the Ottomans and the French in Egypt using this period and the Duchy Of Warsaw. Plenty of artillery sounds from the rear of armies!

Buckle Some Swashes With Two New Black Scorpion Miniatures

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Black Scorpion Miniatures released a couple of new miniatures for you to use in your swashbuckling wargames and a bit of Wild West gunslinging. Leading the way, we have the Musketeer who is going to be swinging from chandeliers and fighting to heroic music. 

Build Your Crusader-era Islamic Army With Victrix Miniatures

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Victrix Miniatures released a new set of 28mm plastic miniatures for those looking to expand their Crusade-era collection. Whilst they have previously released miniatures for Crusaders from Europe, they have now added the basic Islamic Infantry & Archers into the mix. 

Battle Through New Micro Art’s Pre-Coloured Japanese Terrain

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Micro Art Studio released a new set of pre-coloured/pre-painted terrain for use in your 28mm wargames. These would be good for game sets during the Feudal Japanese period and Sci-Fi games like Infinity. 

New WW2 Game! Bolt Action Meets Company Of Heroes In Vanguard: Normandy #OTTWeekender

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It's OTTWeekender time! Warlord Games are now on Kickstarter with their brand new World War 2 board game, Vanguard: Normandy. If you're a fan of Bolt Action and real-time strategy games like Company Of Heroes then this might be an awesome project for you to get involved with.

Spectre Miniatures Reveal Limited Remembrance Diorama

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Spectre Miniatures has revealed an absolutely stunning Remembrance Diorama that honours soldiers who fought from World War I through to the present day. This is a strictly limited edition diorama available until 11th November.

Pre-Orders Live For Studio Tomahawk’s SAGA: Age Of Chivalry

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Pre-orders are now live from the folks at Gripping Beast for the newest supplement for the SAGA wargame. SAGA: Age Of Chivalry is available for you to snap up ahead of a prospective launch date of December. 

Back Great Escape’s Plastic Mounted Gunfighter’s Kickstarter

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Great Escape Games are currently in the middle of their Kickstarter looking to fund the new plastic Mounted Gunfighters set for use in your 28mm Wild West games like Dead Man's Hand. 

Warlord’s Vanguard: Normandy Board Game Kickstarter Live!

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Warlord Games' Vanguard: Normandy Board Game is now live on Kickstarter. This is a big new project from Warlord Games, looking to introduce the battles of World War II to more people as well as offer wargamers a new option when it comes to battling it out on the tabletop. 

Get A Sneak Peek Inside Midgard Heroic Battles’ Rulebook!

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James Morris, the man behind the awesome new Fantasy wargame Midgard Heroic Battles was nice enough to give us a look inside the book! For those not aware, Midgard Heroic Battles allows you to play out heroic battles from history, myth and legend (and everything in between) in various scales and with whatever miniatures you have access to.

Unboxing: 10mm Scale Samurai | Wargames Atlantic

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Gerry gets stuck into an unboxing and review of the 10mm scale Samurai from Wargames Atlantic. These miniatures for their Grand Battle Scale collection are perfect for those looking to try out some epic-scale Historical battles.

Cult Of Games XLBS: Adding Fun Scenarios To Your Wargames; Forget The Meatgrinder!

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In this week's Cult Of Games XLBS, we dive into a chat about how to make your tabletop games more fun with the addition of narrative scenarios, twists and more so they don't just become a mind-numbing killfest! Do you have any tips for creating narrative games and what campaign do you think we should play next year?

The Ultimate Grimdark Wargame? Trench Crusade Finally Hits Kickstarter! #OTTWeekender

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It's OTTWeekender time! Trench Crusade has finally hit Kickstarter! We dive into what is possibly THE ultimate Grimdark wargame. We have a chat about its rules (which are free!) as well as some of the absolutely amazing miniatures that you can get as part of the new Kickstarter campaign.!

Piano Wargames’ Ace Danube Campaign Kickstarter Launches

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Piano Wargames are back on Kickstarter with another gorgeous collection of 28mm miniatures for your Napoleonic wargames. The Danube Campaign Part 2 has launched and it is packed with both new French and Austrian miniatures for you to build your armies.

Warlord’s Vanguard: Normandy Comes To Kickstarter Next Week

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Warlord Games have announced that Vanguard: Normandy will be coming to Kickstarter on 5th November at 2pm GMT! You'll be able to dive into Warlord Games' new board game using key mechanics from Bolt Action.

Bulk Out Your Ancient Greek Army With V&V Miniatures

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V&V Miniatures has released a couple of 28mm sets for you to snap up and add to Ancient Greek armies in your Historical wargames. We start with their Cretan Archers who will be skirmishing ahead of your army and taking shots at the enemy. 

Unboxing: 10mm Scale Ashigaru | Wargames Atlantic

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Gerry gets stuck into an unboxing and review of the awesome 10mm scale Ashigaru that you can get your hands on from Wargames Atlantic. Their Grand Battle Scale range contains some amazing plastic miniatures for those wanting to dive into Historical wargaming.

Late-War Leviathan Pre-Orders Up For Flames Of War

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Battlefront Miniatures are now taking pre-orders for the Late-War Leviathans book and also a range of Flames Of War Unit Cards, Vehicles and Infantry for use during the What If? period of 1945 and beyond should World War II have continued.

Plastic Mounted Gunfighters Coming Soon For Dead Man’s Hand

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Great Escape Games will be expanding their collection of 28mm plastic miniatures for Dead Man's Hand. A Kickstarter is coming soon for their hard plastic Mounted Gunfighters who will join their existing plastic range. 

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