In this week's Cult Of Games XLBS, we're looking to find that spark that ignites your hobby. What is it that gets you thinking about new projects, helps you get through your painting or indeed has you thinking about building impressive armies?

It's OTT Weekender time! Why would you wait for Warhammer: The Old World when The Ninth Age, an amazing community-led wargaming project, exists and gives you access to all of the mass battle Fantasy goodness that you could want? You also get to play with whatever miniatures you like!

Great Escape Games have been doing great stuff with their plastic kits of late for Dead Man's Hand. Keeping up with that, they recently previewed a new 28mm Wild West Wagon that would be great for those seeking to dive into some scenario-based play!

Warbases have announced that they are going to be downsizing their Cactus Creek Wild West terrain to 15mm so you can use it for some smaller-scale shootouts on the tabletop.

PWork Wargames have been showing off some new Dungeon Tiles for you to use when getting stuck into all manner of new adventures. There are three new sets for you to choose from in 28mm scale that would be great for diving into scenarios that differ from the norm.

The Lazy Forger are continuing to impress with their range of 3D Printable STL Files that you can get your hands on. Their latest set of releases is an impressive array of trees which can be used to decorate numerous battlefields across a variety of genres.

In this week's Cult Of Games XLBS, we dive into a discussion on game design. Warren and Lloyd are looking for a set of rules that gets out of the way and lets you do what you want with your armies. Warren also goes ALL IN with the idea of using toys in wargames.

It's OTT Weekender time! Tuomas Pirinen, the creator behind the 28mm grimdark wargame, Mordheim, has set his sights on a brand new miniatures game featuring themes of heaven and hell called Trench Crusade. Featuring a brand-new set of  32mm miniatures from James Sheriff and with artwork by Mike Franchina, this is looking like an epic new grimdark wargame.

Peter's Paperboys released some brand new papercraft sets for you to get stuck into and cut up. Get your scissors and glue ready and prepare to snap up a bunch of 28mm paper miniatures for this Wild West wargaming trend that we seem to find ourselves in the midst of.

Mantic Games have dropped a new set of pre-orders for their naval wargame, Armada. A new supplement is out called Seas Of Dread which offers up some new modes of play and more for those wanting to explore the Fantasy high seas of Pannithor from Kings Of War.

Games Workshop are going to be bringing one of their reveals from Warhammer Fest 2023 to the tabletop sooner rather than later. Warhammer Age Of Sigmar: Warcry - Nightmare Quest is going to be coming up for pre-order this weekend, allowing you to dive into some 28mm Fantasy skirmishes in The Mortal Realms.

It's OTT Weekender time! After coming back from Warhammer Fest, Ben goes through the Good, The Bad and the downright Ugly as Games Workshop revealed loads more for Warhammer 40K, Warhammer Age Of Sigmar, Warcry, Underworlds, The Old World and The Horus Heresy.

Printable Scenery are looking to head to a new 3D Printable environment soon over on Kickstarter. Johnny Fraser-Allen and Matt Rauscher have joined forces and will be adventuring in The Gloaming Swamps!

Atomic Mass Games dropped another Star Wars surprise yesterday for their upcoming game, Star Wars: Shatterpoint. This new Duel Pack features a clash between Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi from the latest series on Disney Plus.

Sarissa Precision has been hitting the high seas of late with some awesome new Medieval ships for you to use in your 28mm Historical wargames. You can start off with a little Skiff and end up at the head of a Northern Great Galley!

The latest season of Warhammer 40,000 is coming to an end with the last boxed set, Gallowfall. The massive space hulk is breaking apart and heading to the planet below. That means some enterprising Kill Teams are looking to scoop up the last bits of technology they can.

Privateer Press has dropped another piece of terrain into the mix for those playing games of Warmachine MK4. If you want to make sure that your units don't get shot off the table then how about getting stuck into this new Bunker from the team?

In this painting tutorial, we show you how to paint two French Renault FT-17 Tanks for use in the World War I wargame, Blood & Valor by Firelock Games. The tank designs came from Alphonse Marcel! 

In this week's Community Spotlight, we're having a look at some grimdark brutality, some Border Reivers and a bit of Ian Miller inspired hobby.

Kromlech has scrapped together a brilliant set of 28mm defences for your tabletop! Gerry goes back to the workshop and unboxes the Orc Scrap Barricades for use in your Grimdark Sci-Fi wargames.

In this week's Cult Of Games XLBS, the team discuss the best of Star Trek and after embracing a weekend of relaxation, they are ready to dive into some of the hobby as we see what folks have been getting up to in different wargaming worlds.

With so much wasteland warfare happening with Kromlech right now and their tides of greenskins, you might want to pick up this new set of Beast Skulls which are coming out soon for use in your various wargames.

It's OTT Weekender time! If you're into Historical Wargaming, you'll want to watch this episode. We dive into loads of games and ranges including seeing The Barons' War go on Crusade with the new Outremer supplement from Footsore Miniatures & Games. 

Fancy hopping on the monorail and zooming around the city whilst massive walkers and dropship power through the streets, looking to blast apart everything in their way? Doesn't sound particularly fun but it might be if you're into TTCombat's Dropzone Commander.

If you're looking for some excellent 6mm Sci-Fi terrain then you can't go too far wrong when it comes to The Lazy Forger and their offerings. These terrain pieces would be brilliant for the likes of BattleTech or their own game, Full Spectrum Dominance. 

In this latest instalment of our Firelock Games Blood & Valor End Of Empires VLOG series, Gerry and John talk about wargaming terrain and working with a trench board that the team made a while back. What kind of wargaming terrain do you use when playing Blood & Valor?

Mantic Games launched their Kickstarter at the tail end of last week for Dungeon Saga Origins, their reinvention and revamp of the awesome dungeon crawler that hit tabletops a few years ago.

Atomic Mass Games have dropped a whole bunch of news for Star Wars over the last week or so. Well, there was even more over the weekend as they announced the new convention diorama for Star Wars: Legion, "Strike Me Down".

Join us for a new episode of Cult Of Games XLBS! In this episode, we discuss crafting a narrative campaign for your games and how it can expand your gaming. We even have a special guest star!

We dive into some awesome diorama and terrain making plus some Crusaders who are on the road to The Holy Land. Check out more from this week's Community Spotlight!

DecoQuest Workshop is in the home straight for their latest Kickstarter campaign and this time they've left the fantasy and science-fiction genres behind to explore the Highlands of Scotland in the 13th Century with a whole range of printable terrain.

Brutal Cities do some magnificent kits for your tabletop games, if you're after a touch of brutalist architecture to set off your dystopian tabletop then look no further. But now they've taken a new step in what is probably a first for terrain makers. Augmented Reality to check if the building will fit your landscape.

Join us for a new episode of Cult Of Games XLBS! In this episode, Justin returns (yay!) and we talk about some of the hobby plans we have. We also discuss where you might want to go when taking your hobby on the road! Do you agree with Ben or has he lost the plot?

John and Gerry come together to show off the progress on their City States army that we're going to be using to play some games of Conquest: The Last Argument Of Kings and First Blood with soon. How do you think the final scheme has come out?

Gerry sits down to power through some upgrading of our GameMatEU terrain to try and bring it more in line with the Fantasy vibes you get from the City States of Conquest. Do you think this fits in with Para Bellum Wargames' aesthetic?

Gale Force Nine has announced a new addition to their Battlefield In A Box range. A new partnership has come together as they have worked with Thunderhead Studio to produce a new fully painted Sci-Fi terrain for use in your smaller-scale mech games like BattleTech, Steel Rift and the like!

It's OTT Weekender time! Some interesting teasers from Games Workshop this week for Warhammer 40K. They dropped a video or two focusing on new Terminator miniatures and new Tyranids that will be fighting on grimdark Sci-Fi battlefields, perhaps in 10th Edition Warhammer 40K?

Warlord Games have added some brand new pre-order options to their collection for those diving into Pike & Shotte Epic Battles. Some big personalities for the Thirty Years War and the English Civil War have been added into the mix to lead your small-scale (but massive!) armies. 

Battlefront Miniatures has dropped a brand new teaser for what's coming next for Flames Of War. The battle still continues to rage in Berlin as World War II comes to a close. Watch out for Berlin: German which is coming soon!

Battle Systems has launched their Kickstarter this week for their new dungeon crawling miniatures game, Maladum: Dungeons Of Enveron. Taking the trip to the realm of Fantasy after their time with Sci-Fi and Core Space, Maladum is shaping up to be another excellent addition to their game library. 

We have a look at some fantastic Moonstone miniatures, a stunning bust for the mighty Judge Dredd and also a deadly grimdark Assassin.

We dive into another Let's Play for Maladum: Dungeons Of Enveron. Following on from the first quest last time around, we dive into the second part of our campaign. A fantastic new Fantasy game coming to Kickstarter soon from Battle Systems!