Dead Again Games' Blood on the Sands, the awesome Historical gladiatorial game that we looked at earlier in the year, is now available to pre-order! If you missed out on the Kickstarter campaign, you can now get your hands on the retail version via Helios House Press.

In this week's Cult Of Games XLBS, we try to work out how you can best compare wargames to find the best of the best. Is there a way to even do this effectively? What even makes a wargame "the best"?

It's OTTWeekender time! In this week's show, we dive into a product that LEGO SHOULD be making. We check out the amazing World War II miniatures from BricksKrieg that allow you to play out your Historical wargames on the tabletop without the hassle of painting BUT with all the joy of building and with slick, quick and easy rules. 

If you've been tempted by the idea of diving into some Historical wargaming, you might want to check out the Starter Packs that you can get from WoFun Games. These come with armies that you can simply pop out and play using plexiglass figures in 18mm and 28mm for a variety of periods. 

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.

If you're looking for a handful of sprues for some of Warlord Games' wargames then you might want to check out the Spring Sprue Sale that is going on right now on their website!

3DBreed are back on Kickstarter right now with a new campaign aiming to bring a range of 28mm STL files to the tabletop for Roman armies, ready to conquer the ancient world. The current campaign focuses on building up the core of two armies for use in games like Hail Caesar. 

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!

Mantic Games has today announced their new board game coming to Kickstarter soon, Assassin's Creed: Animus. Based on the hit video game series by Ubisoft, you'll be able to take on the role of iconic assassins throughout history on the tabletop.

Pre-orders are now up for a new expansion to Hail Caesar alongside a selection of miniatures to sit alongside sit. Warlord Games will be finding out about Rome's Conquest of the East in a new book that will be available later in May.

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!

Another Giants In Miniature set is now available for you to order from Wargames Illustrated, this time with an Ancient feel. See what you make of the pair of miniatures for Achilles and Patroclus. 

Wargames Atlantic dropped a whole bunch of teasers, previews and more over the course of the last couple of days. There's so much in the works from these folks that it's sometimes hard to keep up! We start with a favourite announcement of mine and that's the next faction for Classic Fantasy Battles, the Dwarven Host!

Gerry is joined by James Morris, the mind behind possibly the hottest new miniatures wargame on the market, Midgard Heroic Battles. They discuss the idea and concept behind this exciting game which can be played as a Historical or Fantasy experience AND in a range of scales.

Victrix Miniatures previewed four new plastic sets that are going to be coming in the near future to bolster their various 28mm Historical ranges. Plenty is coming that covers Ancient warfare as well as Dark Age and Medieval battles. 

Gerry gets stuck into an unboxing and review of the Victrix Miniatures Greek Hoplites. This set gives you 48 28mm plastic miniatures packed with dynamism and with loads of different options for building the core of your army in Ancient wargames.

It's OTTWeekender time! On this week's show, we take a look at Fragged Empire, a Sci-Fi RPG that will let you play out everything from post-apocalypse to piracy on the high seas and even explore worlds of fantasy magic.

Gripping Beast will be coming to Kickstarter soon with a new campaign to raise an army for SAGA: Age of Alexander. The Indians are getting ready to strike back against invaders from Macedon and beyond with a whole host of 28mm metal miniatures.

Gerry and Shay return for game two of Blood On The Sands, the awesome gladiatorial miniatures game that is currently on Kickstarter by Frank Sultana & N.R. Jenzen-Jones. In this bout, we crank things up a notch with the addition of a Retiarius going up against a Secutor.

It's OTTWeekender time! What if you could have all your favourite TV shows and movies in just ONE miniatures game? In this week's show, we dive into some awesome miniatures from across Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Horror, History and Pulp that you can get from the team at Crooked Dice for their excellent miniatures wargame, 7TV.

Dead Again Games are now live on Kickstarter with their new campaign to bring their gladiatorial skirmish game, Blood On The Sands, to life. Get stuck in and fight it out in the arena with the gladiators from your school and see if you can thrive and grow to fame.

Gerry and Shay learn to play the awesome new gladiatorial miniatures board game Blood On The Sands which is now funding over on Kickstarter. In this video, Gerry shows off a sample of gameplay and how to play over the course of a few turns.

Warlord Games has added a big new army to their Hail Caesar Epic Battles collection for those who want to stick it to the Romans. If you'd like to shove those invading armies back into the sea then you might consider siding with the Celts.

It's OTTWeekender time! In this week's show we dive into some of the awesome new expansions for Mantic Games' Dungeon Saga Origins and ask whether or not their dungeon delving offering has eclipsed the powerhouse that is HeroQuest. Has Mantic mastered the dungeon delve and put the old favourite in its place?

The creators of Blood On The Sands, the upcoming gladiatorial combat game by Frank Sultana & N.R. Jenzen-Jones, now have a Kickstarter launch date AND they have also revealed a collaboration with the awesome Wargames Atlantic to provide miniatures for the upcoming project and the game in general. 

Lucid Eye released a bunch of new miniatures over the weekend for both their The Red Book Of The Elf King range and also the Wars Of The Middle Sea collection. We start with some deadly-looking new Elf Companions. 

It's OTTWeekender time! In the first Weekender of 2025, we dive into a discussion on the brand new miniatures game announced by Bandai for the world of Gundam and Gunpla. Gundam Assemble sounds like it's going to be fascinating so we talked to our two experts, John and Justin, about just what we could be seeing with the game when it lands later this year.

Gerry dives into unboxing more 28mm Historical miniatures for use in your Ancient wargames. This time, he unboxes and reviews the Late Roman Cataphracts that you can get from Victrix Miniatures.

Sarissa Precision added a new set of full-colour terrain kits to their website this month. If you're a fan of 15mm Ancient warfare then you might want to pick up this new Roman terrain starting with the awesome Garrisoned Marching Camp.

In this week's Community Spotlight, we dive into a look at someone improving their painting techniques, a rather nice-smelling Roman Bakery and some Christmas-themed miniatures for a wintery clash.

In this week's Cult Of Games XLBS, the guys talk about the projects that they are thinking about for 2025. They talk about the games that they want to play, the miniatures they want to paint AND the events that they want to go to. What are your tabletop hobby plans for 2025?

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.

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.

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?

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. 

James Morris' Midgard Heroic Battles is now available to pre-order from Reisswitz Press ahead of its November release date. You can get your hands on just the Rulebook or you can get a bundle which comes with MDF Tokens for use in battle!

If you're looking to stab some people in the back and get a bit of revenge, you might want to call on the new set of 28mm metal miniatures from Footsore Miniatures & Games for Gangs Of Rome. We start with The Idles Of March.

Warlord Games has added to their range of Hail Caesar Epic Battles miniatures with some great vignettes, siege equipment and more that will help set the scenes for your epic-scale battles on the tabletop.

Mogsymakes' James has set the release date for the new wargame, Midgard Heroic Battles! This new game is going to be landing November 2024 and will be published by Reisswitz Press. 

Microworld Games has recently added their 3mm Historical range to their webstore which was purchased from Magister Militum. The core of a few different armies are available to pick up in delicious metal for you to use when building epic battlefields and suitably massive armies on a tiny scale.

It's OTTWeekender time! Mantic Games are knocking it out of the park with their excellent Heavy Metal Kings Of War miniatures for use with the Forces Of The Abyss. You've got a badass new demon miniature for you to add to your 28mm Fantasy armies and a whole host of new plastic kits for you to use when getting started with this army of evil!

V&V Miniatures have an awesome new set of 28mm miniatures for use in your Historical wargames like SAGA. A band of Greek Commanders are walking through the ranks of their army, ready to lead them into battle.