Blitzkrieg Hits Flames Of War! New 15mm Minis & Rules Go Back To Early War In 2025 #OTTWeekender
December 20, 2024 by crew
It's OTTWeekender time! In this week's show, the team get stuck into the big reveals from Battlefront Miniatures for Flames Of War! Their 15mm World War 2 wargame is going to be getting some great expansions but most importantly, a BIG new release of Early War books AND loads of new plastic miniatures.
With new 15mm plastic miniatures covering the French, Germans and British, this might be a great opportunity for you to start playing the Early War period of World War 2 including the German Blitzkrieg and the retreat by the British and French to Dunkirk. Which of the nations do you think you'll be playing as?
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Indie Of The Week - Gorgon Studios
We venture into a range of Pulp, Historical and Fantasy miniatures from Gorgon Studios that could be a great repository of awesome miniatures for bulking out a collection.
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The gangsters and cowboys are particularly nice and might lay the groundwork for Gerry's project in the new year.
Tabletop Gaming News
Here is some of the wargaming, tabletop and miniatures news this week that caught our eye and made us go "ooooh!"
- Brand New Crusaders For Conquest's Hundred Kingdoms - See what you make of this revamp of the Hundred Kingdoms for Conquest coming in 2025
- Infinity Releases For January 2025 - Raid alien tombs and add to your JSA and PanO forces for Infinity in 2025
- New Salute 2025 Miniature Previewed - See what you make of the Napoleonic miniature that will be in the goodie bags at Salute next year
- New Salute 2025 Digital Miniature Previewed - The Mech Pilot has been revealed for Salute 52 coming in April 2025
- Free New Campaign Supplement For Firelock Games' Blood & Steel - Try out some new campaign play during the Victorian Age of colonial combat
- Perry Miniatures New French Revolutionary War Range - Get a peek at some of the first metal miniatures being worked on by the Perry Twins
- Battlefront Miniatures' World War 2 Plans For 2025 - Early War & More - So much for Flames Of War. Early War, The Pacific and Bagration coming in 2025
Let us know if something from this week made you "oooh!" and if we missed anything!
3D Printing Is The S**t!
We catch up with what Mantic has been doing as part of the Mantic Vault this year. We explore the different sets they have access to and more.
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Mantic's Kings Of War Vanguard Frontier Campaign
Are you going to be downloading some of these kits or will you try out that new Frontier campaign for Kings Of War Vanguard?
Tabletop Gaming Kickstarters
We close out the year with one last Kickstarter that is now in the Late Pledge phase. See what you make of this awesome range of miniatures with a Mordheim feel.
- Schatten über Grimstadt - The Tale Begins by Moshartz - Could you be tempted by this range of Dark Fantasy miniatures?
If you're considering snapping up some Dark Fantasy miniatures, these are just the ticket. They look brilliant.
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TGIF!
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Indeed – this Friday is much needed haha.
TFI Friday!
Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year peeps!
MERRY CHRISTMAS……
Merry Christmas!
Very much looking forward to the new FOW plans. For last few years I’ve wanted to kick off a FOW project but I intend to make one that covers multi periods so I planned a allied heavy airborne force that straddled late war, indochina, Korea and alternative history. I picked up the82nd set thinking may pick up the 101st bulge set and use them as set weather legionairs, choson retreat marines and such…. I also missed blitkreig last go around so plan to jump.in with both feet. Like I need another project but that’s my plan. Merry Christmas and a… Read more »
Yeah Early War is really intriguing. I was enamoured with it after watching the BBC series covering it
Happy weekender time folk’s 👍😆👍
Is that not the politicians job to draw the joy out off everything ?🤔
Very much so
Joytoys all round ?
They can be Westworld bots?
That would be a good idea for those cowboys
Merry Christmas yers.
Merry Christmas!
The little shop of horrors escapee ?🤔
Fantastic show guy’s 👍 merry Xmas and new year folk’s 👍😆👍
Merry Christmas!
1:04:35 It was called Panzerschokolade. IIRC. @brennon never heard of it? It’s a FFG special item!
Hah cheers!
Great show as always, and a Merry Christmas and a happy new year to every one on OTT – my favourite site. You all have kept me company though good and bad times this year…so thank you all!
So Battlefront is starting early war with the invasion of France? Guess I’ll be getting my Polish army from the Plastic Soldier Company and playing Battlegroup instead.