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Community Spotlight: American Civil War Battles, Halflings At War & BattleTech!

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In this week's Community Spotlight, we have a look at American Civil War battles, some Halflings going to war and a great new set of BattleTech miniatures.

Cult Of Games XLBS: Cracking The Code Of Tabletop Game Design!

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Join us for Cult Of Games XLBS where we're joined by a special guest! Marco Pecota from Raybox Games joins us to talk about the minefield and the ups and downs of game development. How to good ideas come to the surface and how to you juggle cool ideas, especially in the modern fast-paced world of tabletop games.

Unleash Epic Battles With Eagles Of Empire; Tabletop Wargame Meets RTS! #OTTWeekender

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It's OTTWeekender Time! On this week's show Gerry tempts John into the Franco-Prussian War with an epic game that mixes tabletop skirmish and real-time strategy together to produce a system that constantly asks questions about your tactics on the tabletop. Could this be the system needed to get John to start and break Gerry's resolve to stay away from yet another period?

Waterloo’s French Cavalry Commanders Pop Up From Warlord

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Warlord Games has added a new set of Warlord Resin miniatures to their Black Powder range for Waterloo. French Cavalry Commanders lead the way, making sure that your troops end up in the right place at the right time. They all look rather splendid. 

New American Civil War Officers & A Young Nelson For Black Powder

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Warlord Games has released some new Officer miniatures for use in Black Powder games. If you're tackling the American Civil War in 28mm then you might want these new Officers for both the Confederates and the Union.

Community Spotlight: Revisiting Warmaster, Sky Dwarves & Stunning Characters!

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Come and join us for this week's Community Spotlight as we're taking a look at some more work from you folks in the community, some of which has been inspired by the Spring Clean Hobby Challenge!

Pick Up New American Civil War Infantry From Warlord Games

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You can now pre-order the 28mm American Civil War infantry sets from Warlord Games for use in your games of Black Powder. There are two sets of infantry for you to choose from as well as an artillery battery that is going to be sending shot blasting around churned-up battlefields. 

Warlord Explore The American Civil War With New 28mm Sets

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Warlord Games has announced that they are going to be diving back into the American Civil War but not in their Epic Battles scale. New 28mm kits are on the way for the Confederates and the Union for those diving into Black Powder and other games.

Fight At The Battle Of Assaye With Warlord’s Wellesley In India

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Having started my journey into the stories of Sharpe and having recently finished Sharpe's Triumph, it was awesome to see that Warlord Games had released a new 28mm Napoleonic Soldier Of Fortune miniature for December in the form of Wellesley In India!

Snap Up New General Napoleon From Warlord Games

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Warlord Games and their pals at Skytrex have worked on a new miniature to coincide with the release of the new Ridley Scott Napoleon miniature. You can now scoop up a 28mm General Napoleon Bonaparte to use in your wargames. 

Call Of Duty On The Tabletop! Spectre’s New Edition No-Scopes Modern Warfare #OTTWeekender

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It's OTTWeekender time! Fed up of being taken out by try hards on Call Of Duty? Have a look at the awesome new modern warfare era 28mm miniatures from Spectre Operations which could totally get more video gamers stuck into some tabletop wargames.

Fight Alongside 28mm Napoleonic Veterans In Black Powder

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A couple of sets of Napoleonic miniatures popped up recently from Warlord Games for those looking to showcase those veterans who fought during the Peninsular War. You can get your hands on miniatures for both the British and the French for use in Black Powder and beyond.

Snap Up Special Emperor Napoleon Miniature From Warlord Games

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Warlord Games are celebrating November with a special miniature representing Emperor Napoleon. It matches up quite nicely with the coming of the Ridley Scott film about Napoleon's life that is also dropping this month. See what you make of "The Emperor's New Clothes".

[unofficial Hobby Hangout] #167 Downtime incoming

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New Game Clan Wars: The Ultimate Post-Apocalyptic Wargame Experience? #OTTWeekender

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It's OTT Weekender time! The team is back from Salute and ready to get stuck back into business as usual. The big news that has caught Gerry's eye is SIXMOREVODKA has been quietly prepping their Primal Punk world of Degenesis for the ultimate in post-apocalyptic tabletop miniature wargaming.

Community Spotlight: Red Coats, Black Templars, & Golden Beards

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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...

Astra Militarum Refresh!!! Now Just Give Us Regiment Miniatures In 40k GW! #OTTWeekender

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It's OTT Weekender time! The Astra Militarum of Warhammer 40K has had a massive refresh from Games Workshop. Now we just want them to give us the regiment miniatures that we know and love from the Imperial Guard.

Community Spotlight: O-12, Blood & Plunder Pirates & Ottoman Turks!

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Join us for another Community Spotlight where we're looking at the world of Infinity, some Blood & Plunder and also a mighty Ottoman Turk army.

Cult Of Games XLBS: Wargame Design – Break A Game To Make A Game!

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Join us for a new episode of Cult Of Games XLBS! In this show, we have a guest from the land down under! Jason from Getting Tabled joins us to talk about game designs and the intricacies of bringing rules together for tabletop games.

Introduce Belgian Line Infantry Into Your Black Powder Wargames

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Warlord Games has added a new set to their webstore over the weekend for those diving into Black Powder. Whilst they have been focusing on Epic Battles and 15mm for the last while, this new set of Belgian Line Infantry are actually for your 28mm wargames during the Napoleonic period. 

Move Over Warhammer – Conquest: First Blood SHOULD BE Your New Fantasy Wargame! #OTTWeekender

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It's OTT Weekender time! It's time for Warhammer to move over. We dive into Conquest: First Blood from Para Bellum Wargames and discuss why it should be your new Fantasy wargame.

Community Spotlight: Malifaux Pigpens, Spring Cleaning RISK & Done Is Better…

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Lovely muddy pigpens, a look at "getting things done" and then a neat way of getting together a small scale army thanks to a thrift shop purchase! Some great ideas for folks to sink their teeth into.

Cult Of Games XLBS: Can You Deal With Tough Tabletop Games?

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Join us for a new episode of Cult Of Games XLBS! In this episode, we dive into a range of hobby that we've been up to and ask about difficulty levels in tabletop games. Are people in search of a good challenge nowadays?

Getting Tabled Third Year Anniversary Trailer: Tune in April 1st

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Why Warlord Games Need Epic Scale Ancient Miniature Battles #OTTWeekender

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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?

Pre-Order New Anglo-Zulu War Starter Armies From Warlord!

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Warlord Games has put together two Starter Army sets for those wanting to dive into the Anglo-Zulu War on the tabletop in Black Powder. You can pick up a set for the British and the Zulus alongside a pair of limited edition characters too.

Cult Of Games XLBS: How Clean Is Your Hobby Space + Brush Care For Dummies!

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Dive into the Cult Of Games XLBS where we ask how clean is your hobby space? PLUS, we dive into a little bit of an impromptu Gerry Can as folks teach Ben what to do to keep those brushes fighting fit. 

Community Spotlight: Primarchs, Napoleonic French & Tyrants Of The Tor!

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See what you make of some more amazing painting including Horus Heresy Primarchs, Napoleonic French soldiers and the Tyrants Of The Tor!

The Best Fantasy Orcs! Has Mantic Cracked It? + Infinity’s TAG Raid Hits Kickstarter! #OTTWeekender

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It's OTT Weekender Time! Has Mantic cracked it and made the best Fantasy Orcs? PLUS, Infinity's TAG Raid hits Kickstarter.

Jägers! Plus, Spanish Guerrillas Coming Soon For Black Powder

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Some new releases and some pre-orders from Warlord Games this week for those diving into the 28mm Historical wargame, Black Powder. We start with a band of Prussian Jägers who are available for you to snap up now and send ranging into the woods.

Community Spotlight: Stargrave Crews, Prussians & Stalingrad Battling

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Take a dive into the realm of historical wargame with this week's Community Spotlight PLUS we also take to the stars with a new crew of miscreants!

Cult Of Games XLBS: Do Vamps Make Good TV, Ben’s Painting Mojo Hits Overdrive & Lloyd Explores His Mystery Hobby Box!

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Come and join us for another wander down Cult Of Games XLBS avenue! Lloyd is joined by Ben, Gerry and Free to talk about what hobby they have been getting stuck into recently.

Bookmark This Medieval Patreon + MARVELous Minis & WIN Marvel: Crisis Protocol Core Set #OTTWeekender

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This week on the OTT Weekender! We check out an excellent 28mm Medieval miniature Patreon plus upcoming releases for Marvel: Crisis Protocol by Atomic Mass Games!

Must-See Ratkin Minis + Grimdark 40K Magic: The Gathering?! #OTTWeekender

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This week on the OTT Weekender! Check out some must-see Ratkin miniatures PLUS Magic: The Gathering gets in on the grimdark world of Warhammer 40K?!

Warhammer Bong? Ooooh, It’s New 40K Terrain + WIN Conquest: First Blood Starter Set #OTTWeekender

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This week on the OTT Weekender! We check out a collection of 28mm Napoleonic wargaming miniatures and give away YOUR CHOICE of Conquest: First Blood Starter Set.

Lead Your Napoleonic Armies With Warlord’s Spanish Officers

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Warlord Games has another pre-order up for those playing Black Powder games as the Spanish.

Vive La Révolution Napoleonic Box Sets From Wargames Foundry

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Wargames Foundry have just released box sets for collections of some of their most popular Napoleonic figures along with a delightful piece of scatter terrain. In this case the terrain is scattering body parts around but I still feel that it's a justified term.

Community Spotlight: Mythos Adventurers, Sheltered Animals & 10mm Napoleonics!

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This week we're looking at some strange Lovecraftian investigators, furry friends in isolation and finally some tiny Napoleonic soldiers.

Cult Of Games XLBS: Illuminating Your Hobby & Celebrating Completed Projects

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Come and take a peek at some of the hobby that we've been doing this week as we talk electronics, working on World War II Australians, Burrows & Badgers critters and more. This is a big deep dive into all sorts of hobby.

30 Year War Spanish Tercio’s Arrive At Empress Miniatures.

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Empress Miniatures put a some nice figures, in fact they put out a lot of really excellent figures, but what some people may not know is they also act as distributors for smaller manufacturers or in some cases foreign ones. This is the case with a range that they have added to their website this week of Spanish Tercio's for the 30 year war.

Duke Marlborough Marches To Blenheim From Warlord Games

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Warlord Games has been showing off a new diorama/vignette piece which is primed for use in Black Powder.

Warlord Games Raging And Waving At Waterloo

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Warlord Games are returning to the Napoleonic Period with a new release for Black Powder

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