North Star Military Figures added some new miniatures to their collection for those wanting to play out the War Of Independence during your games of Muskets & Tomahawks II from the folks at Studio Tomahawk.

In this week's Cult Of Games XLBS, Lloyd joins Gerry and Ben as the trio talks about Gerry's love of Pulp and also how you can change up your games by simply exploring different ways of deploying your miniatures on the tabletop. What do you think of our ideas?

The folks at Spectre Miniatures are expanding their collection of miniatures for use in their spin-off game, Cosmic Horror. You can now get your hands on a bunch of new mystery solvers as well as a few folks who would be happy if you left their corner of America alone!

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.

Come and join us for another delve into the Projects to find the best of the best from the last week or so. We'll be getting stuck into lots of great-looking miniature wargaming painting and hobbying this week...

AB Figures are building up their Napoleonic range in 18mm scale with a new character in the form of General Baqusitere alongside a bunch of commanding figures that can ride into battle alongside him. 

Firelock Games are taking pre-orders for their new Second Edition Core Box that will get you stuck into Oak & Iron and naval wargaming in the Age Of Piracy. 

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.

Osprey Games recently introduced three more miniature wargames that you'll be able to pick up throughout 2025. We start with a Historical wargame by Mike Hutchinson called Pacific Command. 

Footsore Miniatures & Games added a couple of characters to their Medieval range for The Barons' War and by extension, Outremer and your adventures in The Holy Land. You can lead the fight for Jerusalem with Balien Of Ibelin for example. 

Kromlech has re-released their 28mm Historical range for you to snap up and add to your 28mm World War II collection. Their Polish infantry and vehicles are back alongside appropriate German troops for them to face during the Early War period. 

Perry Miniatures are now taking pre-orders for their newest plastic set, the Franco-Prussian Bavarian Infantry of 1870-71. This is a new 28mm plastic set for those diving into your Historical wargames. 

Gerry unboxes and reviews the new set of 28mm plastic miniatures from Wargames Atlantic for their Historical Age of Chivalry range. Get a look at what you get inside the Foot Serjeants set and how that can be used with your Medieval armies.

In this week's Cult Of Games XLBS, we discuss the potential for going off-book and looking for gaming opportunities in obscure and forgotten battles. Not just in historical wargames but also in fantasy and science fiction.

Gerry unboxes and reviews the 28mm scale plastic Norman Unarmoured Cavalry set from Victrix Miniatures which could be used for invading armies during the Dark Age as well as the Early Medieval period.

Registration for the Salute 2025 Painting Competition is now open. You can get stuck in and register your entry for this awesome painting competition held on Saturday 12th April 2025 at the London ExCel. 

Warlord Games are following hot on the heels of Armies Of Germany with pre-orders now live for the new Armies Of The United States supplement that supports the new edition of their 28mm World War II wargame, Bolt Action. 

Dive into a new unboxing from Gerry where he reviews the new 28mm plastic Islamic Infantry & Archers that you can pick up from Victrix Miniatures for their Medieval range.

In this week's Cult Of Games XLBS, we talk about getting overwhelmed by just how much stuff there is in the hobby for you to contend with! Do you feel like you get overwhelmed by your choice of wargame or perhaps the hobby as a whole? Has it got worse in recent years? Please tell us what you think!

It's OTTWeekender time! In this week's episode, a new Kickstarter has caught our attention featuring some absolutely amazing new Trench Crusade miniatures! The Red Brigade from Westfalia Miniatures is a perfect first expansion to the Trench Crusade world after last year's hit fundraiser.

Great Escape Games are now taking pre-orders for The Bad & The Ugly additions to the Wild West wargaming world of Dead Man's Hand. Building on the Redux revamp of the game, you can now pre-order new rules and get your hands on some great gangs to suit. 

Firelock Games' new Napoleonic wargaming Kickstarter for Blood & Bayonets is now funded unlocking new options for those who want to dive into this period on the tabletop. 

The Wiglaf Miniatures range of 18mm (1/100th) scale figures expands with some more fantastic sculpts from Mark Copplestone. Designed for use with Age Of Penda but usable in a myriad of other games, you can now snap up a host of Welsh Warriors. 

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.

Victrix Miniatures previewed their first look at the upcoming 28mm scale Medieval Foot Sergeants that will be joining their growing Medieval collection. This seems to be a wargaming trend for 2025! 

Firelock Games' new Napoleonic warfare ruleset will be hitting Kickstarter tomorrow with Blood & Bayonets getting you stuck into some great scuffles between the British, French and more on both land and sea. 

Empress Miniatures' Arnhem Heroes range of 28mm World War II miniatures is now available at retail if you missed out during the Kickstarters (Arnhem Heroes & Arnhem Heroes #2). You can get your hands on some fantastic miniatures representing the British and the Polish during the intense fighting around Arnhem. 

Matthew Bickley hasn't just been sculpting Vikings it seems. He has also been working on some brand new 28mm miniatures that will soon be joining Antediluvian Miniatures' War Of The Bruce's Medieval range soon.

Join Gerry for an unboxing and review of the 28mm Conquistador Cavalry from Wargames Atlantic for use in your Historical wargames as you head to the New World to battle the likes of the Aztec Empire.

It's OTTWeekender time! Games Workshop managed to fix the mistakes they made with the relaunch of the Blood Angels and ACTUALLY delivered a Warhammer 40K army that we are genuinely impressed by. The Emperor's Children are looking exceptionally good for fans of the Chaos Gods.

Matthew Bickley's awesome range of 28mm Vikings is now available for you to pre-order on the Footsore Miniatures & Games website. If you missed out on the Kickstarter, you can scoop up the excellent selection of heroes and troops for building your Dark Age warbands. 

Join us for another Community Spotlight where we're taking a look at some great 6mm American Civil War miniatures, a dive into the sewers with TMNT and some impressive ships that will be part of a much larger project.

Gerry gets stuck into an unboxing and review of the Early Saxon Armoured Warriors miniatures in 28mm from the folks at Victrix Miniatures. These are going to be great for those looking to kick some Dark Age Romano British arse before the Viking Age comes around.

Let's dive into a new Cult Of Games XLBS! This weekend we're giving Shay an education in some classic wargaming TV shows and how they might then be turned into fun games to be played out over the course of a big campaign weekend. We then turn things over to you and ask how YOU would craft a campaign weekend.

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?

Gerry dives into an unboxing and review of the 28mm scale Great War Russian Infantry from the folks at Wargames Atlantic for use in your World War I wargames.

In this week's Community Spotlight, we have a look at what the community have been up to building gorgeous terrain, invading alien armies and also the corpo forces that keep you under their boot!

Warlord Games announced that they will be releasing a new Compendium for Bolt Action 3rd Edition. This brings a whole host of ideas, themes and more from community-submitted articles and brings them all into one place for the new edition of the 28mm World War II wargame. 

1st Corps has added a selection of new packs to their webstore for those looking to dive into the American Civil War and fill out their collections with Horse Teams. There are a few options for you to choose from that cover both the Union and the Confederates. 

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. 

Black Scorpion Miniatures are working on some new Historical miniatures for both their Cutlass! and Tombstone ranges. We start with a new (and famous) Pirate in the form of Blackbeard in 32mm scale!