In this week's Cult Of Games XLBS, we discuss the dilemma of official versus unofficial. Are you someone who MUST go with the official miniatures for a wargame, or do you not care? Will you just pick up whatever is cheapest or the best-looking to use with your games? Which side of the fence do you come down on?

It's OTTWeekender time! On this week's show we take a look at the stunning new miniatures that are coming from Victrix for their brand new game, Pillage - Ransack The Middle Ages.

Gerry dives into an unboxing of some more 28mm or 32mm Fantasy wargaming terrain from THMiniatures. In this unboxing and review, we have a look at the Ragnarok terrain that would be perfect for all manner of games, including perhaps Confrontation!

Games Workshop are going to be taking pre-orders this weekend for a new Kill Team set for the Grimdark Sci-Fi world of Warhammer 40,000. Typhon sees the Adeptus Mechanicus battling against the Tyranids in the depths of Hive City Fissilicus.

Gerry unboxes and reviews the excellent Fantasy wargaming terrain from THMiniatures. In this video, he's looking at the Flesh Eaters Terrain Set which includes a mixture of ruins that would be excellent for including alongside undead armies on the tabletop. 

LaFig Miniatures are currently on Kickstarter, expanding their world of Düsterbourg with some new 28mm miniatures. This time, they are introducing the Buccaneers of Düsterbourg, a band of scallywags and pirates for use in your skirmish games. 

Archon Studio recently introduced a new set to their Masters of the Universe: Battleground collection. The team are now onto Wave 8 of the game and that brings the Snake Men into the mix, seeking to complete their mission on Eternia! 

Spectre Miniatures have released a brand new Revised Rulebook and Revised Starter Set for their 28mm Modern Warfare wargame, Spectre Operations. You can dive in and play your games with a tightened-up set of rules for this rather unique miniatures game. 

PWork Wargames are currently running a 10% discount across their website this week, running from 27th May all the way through to 1st June. 

It's OTTWeekender time! In this week's show, we dive into the stunning Historical and  Epic Scale 13.5mm/15mm range of American War of Independence miniatures that Warlord are bringing to the tabletop for their Black Powder Epic Battles: Revolution! wargame.

Acid House Terrain will be coming to Kickstarter soon with a new project introducing more of their foldable terrain for your wargames. This time around, the focus shifts to Sci-Fi and their Space Station. 

It's OTTWeekender time! In this week's episode, we've found a NEW World War II wargame that will see you taking to the skies to refight the Battle of Britain! Angels One Six comes from a Battlefront Miniatures and Flames Of War veteran and will let you dive into aerial dogfights with pre-painted and iconic World War II fighters.

You can now battle your way through Micro Art Studio's new La Haye Sainte, which is now available on their website in Epic Battles Scale! Ready for your 15mm battles, this is pre-painted and ready to go once you've got it assembled. 

Gale Force Nine are expanding their Battlefield In A Box range and the Gothic Sector collection with even more pre-painted Sci-Fi terrain for your tabletop wargames. Scaled to match 28mm to 32mm wargames, you can still pre-order the new Eldar range, originally sculpted by War Scenery.

It's OTTWeekender time! In this week's show we have not one, not two but THREE indie projects worth keeping an eye on. We have been pretty stunned by the excellent Sci-Fi mech wargame Flames of Orion which is on Kickstarter right now!

In this week's Cult Of Games XLBS, because it's May 4th we decided that we'd get stuck into a discussion all about Star Wars! The guys discuss their favourite movies and TV shows in the world of Star Wars, why it has such an enduring appeal and where we'd love to see Star Wars go in the future on the tabletop!

It's OTTWeekender time! In this week's show, we dive into some excellent news for Bolt Action and World War 2 wargaming fans as the British are going to be making their way to Warlord Games new edition of their popular 28mm Historical wargame.

It's OTTWeekender time! In this week's show, the guys get excited about Wargaming With Dinosaurs! We have a look at some excellent miniatures that you can bring to the tabletop in 28mm and 32mm scale for use in a variety of different wargames. We also talk about how you could run a really awesome Jurassic Park miniatures game and we might have even found a set of rules that would be perfect for it!

John reveals our finished Arnhem Bridge build that we put together for some of our community members so they could dive into some World War II games of Chain Of Command, running an epic Bridge Too Far scenario. We think the finished piece is quite impressive!

In this week's Cult Of Games XLBS, Shay talks about the mountain of hobby he has been doing and we all have a chat about what we liked about Salute 2025; what we liked and what we think it would be nice to see next time.

It's OTTWeekender time! Victrix have raised the bar and their scale for a new range of WWII miniatures in 28mm, with the first release being a German infantry platoon with all the support options you could wish for to get you started in a fully plastic force for tabletop warfare!

In this week's Community Spotlight, we have a look at the awesome painting you folks have been doing covering Seraphon, The Doomed and a big bunch of Burrows & Badgers goodness.

Warbases stock a whole bunch of terrain for you to use in your wargames but did you know that they also feature a range of terrain for railway buffs? You can dive into their Scenic Route Models collection over on eBay with a variety of buildings that can be used for building up interesting dioramas. 

PWork Wargames has recently released their Modular Dungeon Tiles to snap up and use with your roleplaying games. The Dungeon set comes with a bunch of map tiles so you can create a selection of different encounters on the fly. 

WarFulcrum Games is a small two-man band bringing their brand new World War I wargame to Kickstarter. These folks were actually at Salute 2025 showing off the game and it looked very impressive indeed. See what you make of 1918: A First World War Miniatures Game. 

Planet Smasher Games are now on Kickstarter with their new project, the quirky and chaotic dexterity-based Sci-Fi miniatures game, Space Gits. This game of drunken orc-on-orc combat is available for you to dive into with rules, miniatures and more to get you started. 

Gerry unboxes and reviews the Kickstarter version of Fjord Serpents: Vikings At War, a Historical naval wargame from Hammer Of The North which allows you to take on the role of a Viking Jarl and their ships in the desperate battles of Dark Age Scandinavia.

Steamforged Games have now taken to MyMiniFactory with their Warmachine Digitial collection, giving you access to monthly STL file downloads, which you can use to bring more factions and characters to the tabletop as well as loads of terrain and accessories. Best yet, there is a Free Trial for the month of April. 

Justin unboxes and reviews some more of the pre-painted Hextech terrain from Gale Force 9 which you could use for building up tabletops for games like BattleTech, Dropzone Commander and more. He also shows off how you can combine the Highway Exits, Tunnels and The Sprawl and bring the various sets together.

It's OTTWeekender time! BattleTech from Catalyst Game Labs is going grimdark with a new Gothic set coming soon that fires up their Continuum Series. Will this new set be enough to bring in the Warhammer 40K crowd who might want to try out tabletop wargaming with BattleMechs going up against demons?

Victrix Miniatures has announced a new Middle Ages wargame alongside the folks at Noodle Wargames. Pillage: Ransack The Middle Ages will be coming soon and makes use of the awesome range of Dark Age miniatures and more that Victrix produces in 28mm plastic. 

In this week's Community Spotlight, we have a lot at some kitbashing for the weird world of Turnip28, a test paint scheme using the John Blanche paints and a train that has gone a little bit wrong...

The last of the big reveals from Atomic Mass Games from AdeptiCon was for Star Wars: Shatterpoint. A bunch of new Squad Packs are on the way for this Star Wars skirmish game, including a bunch of awesome options from TV series set in this Sci-Fi world. 

In this week's Cult Of Games XLBS, John talks about his plans to enter a big competition and then we dive into a chat about our own personal gaming golden ages. Has your golden age passed, is it coming in the future or is it in fact right now?

Last year, we held TerrainFest 2024 and we've now picked the winner of this awesome competition. We thought we'd dive into the projects from this year and find out who won! The one lucky winner walks away with an awesome £300 voucher thanks to Wayland Games!

It's OTTWeekender time! In this week's show, we dive into the reveals from AdeptiCon and that amazing new Warhammer: The Old World army that was revealed for Grand Cathay. Could these be the best Warhammer miniatures yet? We certainly think Games Workshop pushed the boat out with these!

Games Workshop announced what's coming soon for Warhammer Age Of Sigmar, including a new location for your games of Spearhead and a bunch of updates for your games being played throughout 2025 and 2026. 

Whenever the great gun housed on the planet Volkus fires, it ruptures the very ground beneath it and this means all manner of secrets end up being revealed, including the hiding places of cunning killers. Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team - Typhon introduces new Raveners for the Tyranids AND a new Adeptus Mechanicus Kill Team battling against these terrors.

John introduces us to a project that he is currently working on for a weekend of World War 2 wargaming coming up in just two weeks! He and Warren have to build Arnhem Bridge, made famous from A Bridge Too Far and a tabletop of terrain, too.

Wargames Atlantic has announced that they are going to be working with Andy Hobday to bring a second edition of The Barons' War to the tabletop alongside a new game-in-a-box which will get you started with this Medieval skirmish game. 

Mantic Games has announced alongside Halo Studios that The Banished will be the next major faction to join the tactical miniatures game, Halo: Flashpoint, which is set in the epic Sci-Fi universe of the video game series. 

Warlord Games has given the Band Of Brothers Starter Set for Bolt Action a third edition upgrade. This means that if you're looking to dive into some 28mm World War II action on the tabletop, you've got another option apart from the Battle Of The Bulge set that they launched the edition with.