About Miniatures
To explain why I don’t play WarmaHordes, I simply say “it’s as gamey as a card game, but with miniatures.” Imagine my surprise when I found a game that’s essentially just that – a CCG with miniatures! And you know what? Malediction is pretty good.
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Continue reading “Malediction review | Fortified Niche!”Whimsical fantasy! Not as often encountered as high- or dark-fantasy. But still, wargames of the type exist. We already covered and extensively praised Moonstone. Now, it’s our turn to do Arcworlde, 2nd edition!
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Continue reading “ArcWorlde 2E review | Fortified Niche!”When the XIV Legion mockingly left the Youngblood behind to “prove his tactics right” by pacifying the toxic world of Kuzmin’s Pendulum, Abraxus was just a Breacher sergeant. After years of spearheading attacks on insurgent strongpoints and fortresses, his heterodox praetor was promoted him to centurion. One of his first triumphs as a full officer would be the boarding of the cruiser leading the small traitor detachment came to retrieve the Death Guard forces from Pendulum short after Drop Site Massacre.
Continue reading “Centurion Abraxus Isidor, Loyalist Death Guard”“Movie adaptation” is a phrase that sends shivers down the spines of any booklover. Video game adaptation? Now that’s something likely not suck. But what if your favorite book spawns a miniature wargame? That’s what happened to the Forgotten Ruin series – it inspired the aptly-named Forgotten Ruin solo “adventure wargame” from Ivan Sorensen and Modiphius.
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Continue reading “Forgotten Ruin | Fortified Niche”Of all the modern periods fit for pushing around historically-inspired toy soldiers, World War 2 has probably the most rulesets. But it’s still nice to see a new one published, especially when implements ideas that should be more mainstream. We’re talking about V for Victory, baby!
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Continue reading “V for Victory | Fortified Niche”Spectre Operations – not Specter Operations – is now three editions old! Haven’t played the previous two, I was the perfect guy to give it a spin. The dev of the previous two e’s had split and so the game was written anew. What can you expect from the hardened operators and middling militias in Spectre Operations V3/3E/third edition?
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Continue reading “Spectre Operations 3E | Fortified Niche”In the Christmas/New Year/holiday rush, one game got completely lost in the pipeline. Played and recorded, it languished ironically forgotten for something that won Best New Wargames Rules award in the yearly Wargame Illustrated vote. That’s right, we’re talking Midgard: Heroic Battles!
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Continue reading “Midgard: Heroic Battles review | Fortified Niche”When I got the GCPS troopers I wanted to review, I also received a a frame of Kings of War/Firefight Butchers as well. I had no intention of touching anything Nightmares-related, but here I am. Behold, my experiences in making three very different Butcher builds.
Continue reading “Mantic Butchers review | Warp spawn”Bolt Action is often used as an example of a 28mm historical game that can be used to ease-in fresh players of… less well-made games. This legacy continues with the latest iteration, Bolt Action 3rd edition.
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Continue reading “Bolt Action 3rd edition | Fortified Niche playtest!”Video games, I’ve played a few. Miniature wargames that are meant to evoke the feeling of playing a video game? The pod has encountered them before. But only ignition:core goes after the ultimate prize: a Titanfall wargame.
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