It's OTT Weekender time! It's a big time to be diving into World War 3: Team Yankee with Battlefront Miniatures are they are launching the NATO Forces book soon alongside a whole host of awesome 15mm miniatures for a variety of different nations. You can play as the French, Canadians and more as NATO looks to hold back the Soviet advance in this Cold War Gone Hot!

A new miniature is available from Brother Vinni which could be used in all manner of wargames. See what you make of their 28mm Resting Byzantine Knight. 

In this week's Community Spotlight, we have a look at someone inpaitient for The Old World, a neat vignette of witchfinding goodness and some very small American Civil War armies.

Perry Miniatures added four new sets of miniatures to their 28mm Ottoman Army collection for use during the Napoleonic era on the tabletop. Bulk out your force with some spearmen alongside aids and more skirmishing infantry.

You can now scoop up a free North Africa Campaign from Grey For Now Games for use with their World War II skirmish game, 02 Hundred Hours. Head out into the desert and see if you can stick it to the Axis!

Victrix has been tinkering around with all manner of fun Dark Age kits for use in your Historical wargames. One of their most recent previews is for the Varangian Guard who popped up earlier this week, a mighty force of mercenaries for you to use as far afield as Byzantium. 

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.

It's OTT Weekender time! Want to play out your own Greek epic on the tabletop? See what you make of the awesome myths and monsters that Para Bellum Games are bringing to the tabletop for Conquest. If you're looking to play an awesome Warhammer alternative, make sure to dive into the 35mm miniatures for Conquest and the City States.

Wargames Atlantic dropped a neat preview this week showing off their next Great War plastic set. You'll soon be able to get your hands on 28mm scale Great War Russian Infantry for you to use in your wargames, whatever they might be!

Pre-orders are now available for those looking to dive into playing more of World War III: Team Yankee. Battlefront Miniatures' NATO Forces are on the warpath, fighting back against Soviet aggression and there is a new book, a new Starter Force and more coming throughout the end of the year.

Perry Miniatures have now made the 2nd Edition of their Valour & Fortitude rules available to download for free. They are designed to be used alongside the Perry Miniatures range of figures but you could find yourself using all sorts of 28mm miniatures should you see fit.

Piano Wargames have been going from strength to strength with their Napoleonic miniatures range. Slowly but surely Lucas Luber has been putting together the immense clashes of the period in 28mm throughout Austria and the most recent Kickstarter, The Danube Campaign, now brings us a HUGE range of French miniatures. 

Bloody Miniatures have been showing off some of the upcoming figures joining their English Civil War range in 28mm scale. There are two sets with The Flashing Blades charging onto the battlefield first for the Royalists.

Firelock Games celebrated Talk Like A Pirate Day on the 19th September this week and are holding a sale over on their store! Running through until 26th September, you'll be able to get 20% off at the checkout automatically.

Have a peek at some painting covering The Horus Heresy, a bit of 20mm World War II and a few more Bushido characters!

Warlord Games are introducing their new World War II Bolt Action 28mm plastic kit for the French Army as part of a new Starter Army. See if you can get stuck into the fightback against the Axis invaders!

Sally 4th are on Kickstarter right now with a new set of 28mm metal miniatures for telling the story of Rob Roy! Inspired by the classic tale, you'll be able to get your hands on miniatures representing the characters from Rob Roy alongside Highlander warriors.

Wargames Atlantic are asking you for your votes when it comes to deciding on their next plastic kits! There is a plethora of options for you to choose from that cover Fantasy, Historical and Sci-Fi wargaming and YOU can help decide which kits make it to the tabletop in hard plastic.

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.

On this week's Cult Of Games XLBS, we dive into a little bit of hobby discussion about rules and what grinds our gears when playing games. Could some rules be improved immeasurably by simply tweaking or removing a single rule? Gerry doesn't rant and no one is more surprised than I?!

Brigade Games' range of historical miniatures is as wide as it is deep and in starting the post-Civil War Plains Wars they are starting with a typically substantial amount of figures that will give anyone beginning their journey into this period most of the figures they'll require to get games of the Little Big Horn onto the tabletop.

Wargames Atlantic has been showing off all manner of awesome new 3D Printable kits on Atlantic Digital. They have sets that cover pretty much every period of history you could think of and we're starting off with the era of Imperial Conquest.

Victrix Miniatures put together a smaller new release for this week. If you're looking to give your Greek Hoplites some new headwear, you can now pick up a set of thirty-two 28mm Greek Hoplite Heads.

Medbury Miniatures have another great Patreon haul of both Historical and Fantasy miniatures for the month of September. Their 28mm miniatures for this month focus on Dwarven kingdoms and more of their Vendels.

As part of this week's Cult Of Games XLBS, we dive into a discussion about tabletop terrain and the ways that people build their tabletops. We also discuss some interesting rules that could make good use of terrain to make games feel more dynamic and interesting.

Seb Games has dusted off some old sculpts and made them available as part of their 20mm Commando Strike range. If you're looking to plot the route for your army in World War II then how about these Soviet Scouts?

It's OTT Weekender time! In this episode, we're looking at a HUGE wargame that is absolutely free for you to dive into. If you've wanted to get stuck into some Weird Wild West wargaming or a set of rules that cover Fantasy, Sci-Fi and Near Future settings, Gangfight Games and Blackwater Gulch are well worth looking at.

Colours 2023, the wargaming show that is coming up this weekend, will mark the first time that you'll be able to pick up the 28mm American Civil War terrain range from Warbases. These could be a nice match to the American Civil War miniatures we've seen pop up from 1st Corps perhaps?

1st Corps has been showing off a few new sets for those looking to dive into 28mm American Civil War wargaming. The first of these sets cover some of the Walking Wounded that have taken a blow or two whilst fighting for the Union or the Confederates. 

With the Nordic Forces being rather well serviced for Battlefront Miniatures' World War III: Team Yankee, the focus now shifts to the NATO Forces fighting during this Cold War Gone Hot. Take on more Soviet forces in 15mm with a bunch of new miniatures and rules come October.

Footsore Miniatures have dropped a little preview showing off the progress made on bringing Gangs Of Rome to the tabletop. Are you excited about this Ancient miniatures game of 28mm scuffling on the streets of Rome?

Take a peek at this week's Community Spotlight featuring a bit of Black Hawk Down, Armada and 7TV's Dracula. Some interesting projects that might be inspirational!

A little while back, Little Wars TV created a set of rules called Ravenfeast which could be used for Dark Age wargaming. A lot of people play the game in 28mm but Little Wars TV also created a set of rules for playing out BIG battles using tiny miniatures. Well, Baccus 6mm have now created packs that you can use to play out those engagements!

Gerry interviews Eric Hansen, the game designer behind Firelock Games' new 28mm Medieval wargame, Blood & Crowns. We find out why Blood & Crowns is a Historical wargame that should be on your radar.

V&V Miniatures posted some teasers online this week showcasing their work in a new material for their figures. The team tend to work in resin but they have started making a foray into metal and the previews this week showed off some of their Medieval Knights.

Brigade Games are going to be coming to Kickstarter soon (14th September) with a brand new collection of 28mm miniatures for use in the Plains Wars. If you're someone who's always wanted to play out the events of Little Bighorn, this is going to be worth taking a look at!

Gerry dives into another Border Wars: Under A Reiver Moon unboxing. This time, he reviews the 28mm metal Mounted Border Reivers that you can pick up from Flags Of War to use alongside your raiding warband.

Warlord Games has put together three Warlord Resin Plus sets for you to scoop up for their 28mm scale Historical wargame, Bolt Action. These sets cover different theatres of war and offer up some different weapon teams that could be handy in a pinch.

Battlefront Miniatures are releasing some new miniatures for those wanting to dive into the 15mm Cold War Gone Hot gameplay of World War III: Team Yankee. The Swedish get plenty of new toys to play with on both the land and up in the skies.

As part of this week's Cult Of Games XLBS, we got to chat about hobby and painting philosophy with the absolutely awesome human being that is Tommie Soule. We discuss some fascinating ideas that might change the way that you think about painting your wargaming miniatures.

It's OTT Weekender time! Games Workshop presented us a HUGE Warhammer preview this week covering the purging of old Warhammer 40K miniatures for 10th Edition. We got to see new Space Marine Scouts, Terminators, Assault Marines and more!

Warlord Games has added another new miniature into the mix for this month and their Soldiers Of Fortune line. Bolt Action gets a new SAS Hero this time around with John "Jock" Lewes heading to North Africa to cause some chaos amongst the Axis.