Monolith recently made their new Conan: The Hyborian Age - The Roleplaying Game available as a Quick Start for you to dive into. I thought I'd have a read of the new Quick Start rules and the sample adventure provided and give you my thoughts on it as a core system and if it feels like it manages to get across the "vibe" of Conan.
It's OTTWeekender time! In this week's show, we talk about the newly revealed Starter Set for the next edition of Bolt Action where the fighting moves to the Battle Of The Bulge. Brand new plastic kits for the US and the Germans are on the way alongside a reworking and updating of the core rules for the most well-known World War 2 wargame.
At the UK Games Expo, we spied this neat lamp from the folks at The Daylight Company that we thought would be fantastic as a portable painting light for those with limited space. See what John makes of the Foldi Go in this unboxing and review.
We check out some ace Fallout characters, a stunning unit of Space Marine Terminators and also some very tiny terrain which has come together really nicely, packed with detail!
I've recently been able to digest the new Core Book, Spearhead rules and more for Games Workshop's latest edition of Warhammer Age Of Sigmar and whilst I don't think that it's going to suddenly turn the most stalwart and resolute of wargamers into fans of The Mortal Realms, it feels like it will be enough to bring the curious into the game and deliver a satisfying experience at the tabletop.
Gerry recently got to talk with Adam Abramowicz, the Tactical Marketing Executive from the awesome folks at The Army Painter to discuss what it's like behind the scenes at the company and the work they have been doing over the last few years developing new ranges of paints for us wargamers and hobbyists.
John dives into an unboxing and review of the British Starter Set for Flames Of War: Great War by Battlefront Miniatures. The Mitchell's Marauders set was re-released recently and with the Battle Of The Somme beginning on this very day (1st July), it seems apt that we should start to look through the miniatures for use in 15mm Historical wargames.
It's OTTWeekender time! In this week's episode, we're looking at the next big small-scale release for your epic wargames. Wargames Atlantic are going to be entering the world of 10mm wargaming with some amazing plastic Samurai and Ashigaru for use in Historical wargaming. The plastic sets are coming VERY soon and we get a close look at the brand new sprues and some painted miniatures.
Gerry gets stuck into an unboxing of more of the awesome 35mm Fantasy miniatures for the City States of Conquest. This is a double review looking at the Inquisitors and the Eidolon from Para Bellum Games.
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...
Gerry and Ben get stuck into a Middle-earth Strategy Battle game clash. In this Let's Play the Rangers of Gondor have been called to ambush a band of Morannon Orcs sent forth to ravage the lands of Minas Tirith. Will these Rangers get the upper hand on their foes or will the forces of Sauron win the day?
Gerry unboxes the new Case File for Free League Publishing's Blade Runner RPG. Case File 02: Fiery Angels plunges you into a new thrilling investigative scenario exploring the boundaries of Replicant technology and its consequences.
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?
It's the return of the Spring Clean Hobby Challenge. It's Springtime, a period of the year all about renewal and regrowth. We're asking you to crack out your old, broken, badly painted (yet still awesome) projects and give them a new lease on life.
Gerry breaks open the first of Wargames Atlantic's Age of Chivalry boxes which has been made in collaboration with Andy Hobday and Paul Hick of Footsore Miniatures & Games for their Barons' War skirmish game. He takes a look over the brand new Foot Knights (1150-1320) box which is packed full of medieval warriors ready to take the field for your wargames.
In this week's community spotlight, we dive into a pile of potential, paint up some terrain for use in 02 Hundred Hours and check out an excellent Medieval miniature collection.
Gerry sits down with Mike Tunez from Firelock Games to talk about Port Royal their campaign-based miniature skirmish game currently on Kickstarter. If you fancy being a seventeenth century searover then Port Royal should be your first stop.
Gerry takes a moment to unbox a set of double sided magnetic terrain from Modular Realms that he first discovered at the UK Games Expo this year. The Dungeon Lord Set contains a wealth of double-sided plastic tiles to build an infinite variety of dungeons for your RPGs.
It's OTTWeekender Time! Following the news that Steamforged Games has acquired the Warmachine IP the folks at SFG have wasted no time in giving a rundown of their plans to reinvigorate the game and how they will bring it to the masses. This includes a new plastic 2-Player Starter Set that is due later this year!
Join Gerry and John for a re-fight of the World War II clash at Villers-Bocage as part of the 80th Anniversary celebration. Using Flames Of War and two 15mm scale armies, Gerry will be taking on the role of the Germans whilst John is commanding the British. Who will be the victor?
Join us for this week's Community Spotlight as we have a peek at some ace Viking raiders, the British in sweltering Burma and a something different with Trench Crusade!
