It's OTT Weekender time! Warlord Games has gone big with a massive host of new 28mm Italian miniatures for use in their World War 2 wargame, Bolt Action. All of them are perfect for The Desert War alongside the new Starter Set.

An Unboxing of the new 18mm Vendels for your Dark Age Historical Wargames during the Age Of Penda from Wiglaf Miniatures. 

In this week's Community Spotlight, we dive into some Heavy Gear armies, a mighty Viking army and also some very colourful Aztecs!

Join us for a new episode of Cult Of Games XLBS! In this episode, we're talking about your hobby buying habits. Where do you buy your tabletop goodies and how do you buy them?

Peter Dennis and Peter's Paperboys have been previewing a new set of releases coming to their webstore soon. They are going to be exploring the Arthurian age and the battles between the Romano-British and the invading Saxons from across the seas.

The folks at WoFun Games have offered up a rather awesome present for Historical wargamers this month. They are offering up seventeen WoFun Starterpack PDF Rule Sets for FREE.

Ragnarok Miniatures has only recently finished their previous Kickstarter which had them producing more awesome Norse-inspired Dwarves and a few interesting companions. Now they are looking ahead to the release of some new Vikings...

North Star Military Figures has been previewing the new 18mm Vendel Warriors that are going to be released in July for Wiglaf Miniatures' Historical wargame, Age Of Penda. 

Victrix has decided to offer up some alternative packs of 28mm plastic miniatures for those diving into their Dark Age wargames. Rather than picking up the packs of sixty, you can instead snap up a pack that includes thirty miniatures.

It's OTT Weekender time! It's a Disney extravaganza as Atomic Mass Games drop a bomb of releases for Star Wars: Legion and Marvel Crisis Protocol. If you fancy a baby Yoda to go with your Mandalorian or a Nick Fury for your Captain America we check them out and more.

The team gathers around the tabletop to play a brand new board game from PHALANX, Bretwalda! Dive into a game of Dark Age strategy as you fight to claim the crown.

Footsore Miniatures & Games has added a massive amount of models into the mix for those playing both Medieval and Dark Age wargames this week! If you were ever wondering about where to get your hands on some awesome Welsh miniatures...well, they have you sorted.

Fogou Models are heading to Kickstarter tomorrow to run a quick campaign to expand on their fantastic range of drystone terrain pieces which are perfect for fantasy games and historical encounters from ancient times right up to modern conflicts.

V&V Miniatures have expanded their collection of Ancient and Dark Age Irish with a new set of Irish Slingers to bulk out your skirmishing warbands. This set of 28mm miniatures is another pack of detailed resin sculpts.

The folks at Victrix Miniatures have now released a new set of Dark Age Archers for you to use in your 28mm Historical wargames. The set allows you to build thirty-six miniatures that can be armed with bows and slings.

Wargames Atlantic has now fired up pre-orders for two new sets of plastic miniatures. Both the Sci-Fi and the Historical crowd are catered for with these 28mm kits and we start off with the awesome Sci-Fi British, the Bulldogs!

Warhost and Footsore Miniatures & Games have now released the PDF for Conquest, a brand new supplement for The Barons' War that drops you into the Dark Age battles and an age of invasion. 

Gripping Beast's new plastic kits for the Dark Age Welsh and Picts are now available to snap up from their webstore. You can use these to bolter your warbands and armies in Historical wargames like SAGA and Swordpoint. 

Osprey Games this week put together a new blog post outlining what's coming up from Daniel Mersey and Richard Cowen this year. We start with some Historical wargaming news as Lion Rampant is getting a Second Edition in the summer.

Victrix has been showing off some of the new miniatures that are coming your way for the Ancient and Dark Age Historical wargames out there. We start with a few more previews of their Late Roman Armoured Infantry.

It's OTT Weekender time! Is Kings Of War from Mantic Games now the coolest Fantasy wargame? Has Storm In The Shires knocked it out of the park as Pannithor perfection?

Gripping Beast have previewed some figures from their two new box sets to flesh out the Celtic nations for Swordpoint with their new plastic Picts and Welsh.

Join us for a new episode of Cult Of Games XLBS! In this episode, Lloyd joins us to talk about his hobby plans and we discuss the nature of cheating. Why do you think some people do it?!

The Wiglaf Miniatures range from Daniel Mersey and Mark Copplestone is now available to snap up from the North Star Military Figures Webstore. A perfect time to dive into some 18mm Dark Age wargaming during the Age Of Penda.

Wiglaf Miniatures is the new project from Daniel Mersey aiming to bring the mighty battles of 7th Century Britain to the tabletop. The Age Of Penda range, a collection of 18mm metal miniatures by Mark Copplestone, is also joined by a wargame of the same name.

It's OTT Weekender time! Warlord Games have new releases for their Epic Battles Waterloo collection giving us more Blackpowder wargaming fun. But, is time for them to take Hail Caesar and Ancient Wargaming to this smaller scale?

Join Justin, Gerry and Shay for a Let's Play of Osprey Games' new Historical strategy board game, Brian Boru! Who will become the next High King of Ireland?

Empires At War has been showing off their upcoming Viking & Rus Ring Fort that will be handy for those battling during the Dark Age on the tabletop. It should be available on their webstore in the near future!

It's OTT Weekender Time! We check out monsters, heroes and gangers from Heresy Miniatures PLUS some tempting tabletop titles for 2022. 

Victrix has been sharing some of the new miniatures you'll be able to pick up from them throughout next year. They are covering all manner of different eras of Historical wargames from the Dark Ages through to World War II.

It's OTT Weekender Time! We talk about the upcoming Marvel superhero RPG and ask should you pay to playtest a rule set, and check out a fantastic new 3D sculptor as they start out!

Renedra has put together a neat new terrain set for those wanting to build up Dark Age tabletops. A new Viking House is now available over on their webstore in 28mm scale, perfect for raiders to pillage and for setting up shop on a new island.

Andy Hobday has announced that Warhost's new Conquest supplement for The Barons' War rules is nearing completion. Steve Beckett is working hard on the last bits and pieces of the supplement which allows you to dive into Dark Age conflict using their tried and tested mechanics.

The new Dark Age Irish plastic set from Gripping Beast is now available to pick up from their webstore. This new set comes with twenty-five Dark Age Irish warriors that could be used for the likes of Swordpoint, SAGA, or any other Historical wargame of the right period.

Gripping Beast has announced that they are releasing a new plastic set of 28mm Dark Age Irish warriors for use in your Historical games. May I suggest SAGA as an example? They are aiming to release them in Mid-November.

We check out some more awesome painting from the community looking at some Draugr, a bit of Orky goodness for Orktober and finally some Normans for use during Dark Age battles.

We dive back into Cult Of Games XLBS and have a chat about the mountain of hobby and actual wargaming (yes, really!) that we've been getting up to recently.

It's OTT Weekender Time! Have you seen these Discworld miniatures before? PLUS, we talk about a new Contrast Paint alternative on the way. The Army Painter team are working on Speedpaint!

Studio Tomahawk and Gripping Beast have now started taking orders for the new Historical supplement for SAGA, Age Of Invasions. You can snap up this new book and get started playing out the great invasions of history.

Ben and Gerry combine their immense intellects to give you a clearly expert guide to 1066 and wargaming the Battle Of Hastings on the anniversary of the clash.

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

All aboard the hobby train as we get stuck into an episode of Cult Of Games XLBS hopefully we won't be derailed by our very own fat controller. We also ask why Weird World War never seems to gain traction with the wider community.