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Other Stuff => General Wargames and Hobby Discussion => Topic started by: Rob_bresnen on May 29, 2018, 11:08:16 PM
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Like the title said. What is the new kid on the block in terms of wargaming this year? What are you excited about? What are the trends and fashions? Are there any new games, or interesting periods coming up? Any old favorites being rehashed?
In short: This year I am mostly looking forward to....(Discuss)
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I think if they can keep the releases and pace going Blood Red Skies has been a winner for me. Picked a set up at Salute, also extra set of aircraft. Paint up nice and easy, splashed out on a terrain mat and bobs your uncle. I have played and had people playing it at our local club and so far of the 8 all have enjoyed it and a couple have splashed out too.
Nice simple rules but good mechanics which mean you can handle a dozen aircraft a side easily after a couple of games to get your head around the rules.
so for me looking forward to expansion for Blood Red skies (and you won`t here me say that ab out warlord games rules often) and What a Tanker is a cracking club game, one I can see being in many clubs as a staple pick up game for new members, club theme nights and such
What a tanker is also another set I would put up there too
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Oathmark is interesting me.
Im also looking to get into both Gangs of rome and Blood and Plunder more. Oh and Carnevale when the Kickstarter lands.
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Yeah, Oathmark looks promising - another fantasy small battle ruleset, perhaps in a rather crowded market - but the plastic multi-part models, with their focus on a very much old school, Tolkein-esque design .... I find their aesthetic most pleasing.
I like the 12mm stuff that Great Escape Games is doing as well, at the moment in WW1 but presumably with the option for expansion into other genres if successful.
I guess the Conquest Games fantasy stuff, with its focus on British Isles and Nordic mythology has caught my eye because I've been painting it! But it's an interesting project, all the same.
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Pendraken's 10mm Aztecs! ;D
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I must admit that when it comes down to it I have everything I want available already. It's just a matter of buying and painting and creating my own rules. Looking at what others are saying, it's a very strange position to find oneself in.
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The thing that piqued my interest was Lucid Eye's Red Book of The Elf King (https://www.lucideyepublications.com/pre-orders), admittedly more the minis than the rules. That and those wealdgeist tree thingies by the company whose name escapes me atm (and some of the GW plastic kits).
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The thing that piqued my interest was Lucid Eye's Red Book of The Elf King (https://www.lucideyepublications.com/pre-orders), admittedly more the minis than the rules. That and those wealdgeist tree thingies by the company whose name escapes me atm (and some of the GW plastic kits).
That's the Conquest Games thingies!
Yeah, the Lucid Eye Red Book of the Elf King were ones I painted as well, and they have a wonderful Celtic Legend feel to them.
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I'm getting excited about the figures for Studio Miniatures Turf War Z modern zombie game - slowly building the figures after the kickstarter arrived last month
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The release of the remaining Punic Wars sets from Victrix which will allow just about every element of the Roman, Carthaginian and Macedonian armies to be provided in plastic. Not only that but they are excellent figures with some lively posing and easily kitbashed to provide almost endless variations.
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For me To The Strongest has piqued my interest, Gangs of Rome (and a lot of the Footsore upcoming releases), V.2 of Saga and Empress WW2 releases due this year (massive bias on the latter admitedly). I might have to dive into the Victrix ancient ranges at some point - there's so much there now.
I want to know more about Oathmark and am keeping a weather-eye on that.
Also a vote for Strongsword (Westfalia) and thier releases due this year, which include a Gary Chalk art-book, which are very much on my radar.
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This year, the big thing for me is Star Wars Legion.
This has motivated me to buy the game and some extras such as 3D printed droids, Revell X-Wing & Snow Speeder.
I have started big scenery projects to do a town for Tatooine and big trees for Endor
I have bought several MDF kits and 3D printed "Greeble" bits like vents, doors etc.
I also have some new:-
Steel Fist Landsknechts,
Artizan Polish WW2,
Artizan Landsknechts,
Perry Zulu Wars NNC etc
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Victrix moving into the dark ages has got me excited, not sure if it will be released in 2018 but there you go.
Other than that, working on my own ruleset is getting my juices flowing.
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I've just (finally) picked up Dragon Rampant, just to get back into fantasy gaming. But Oathmark too has caught my interest; I'll be keeping my eye on that one.
And of course, the big conversation starter around here right now is X-Wing's 2nd edition.
On top of that, I bought SW Legion not too long ago and also got myself Gaslands earlier this year...
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What a Tanker, for the school club.
Easy rules, fun, get a result within an hour, and tanks are easy to paint.
ArmourFast are cheap & easy to build too.
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X wing 2.0
and mostly things from GW
Two gangs for Necromunda (my all time favorite game) this year
New starte with Rogue traders (I dont care about the game but I need models)
New Wraith undead for AoS (again I dont care for the rules but those models I want to field in Dragon Rampant)
There was some talk about Pulp Alley 2nd edition IIRC but I am not sure it will be released this year.
Thats the things I am waiting for
I guass this year after 15 years I am again excited mainly in GW stuff.. :O
I ve been buying so far Necromunda, Shadespire (both last year releases) and What a Tanker.
Surprisingly no historical game apart from What a Tanker pick my attention in 2018.
But I am considering Anno Domini 1666 (hybrid skirmish game and board game) if for the miniatures themselves which are beauties.
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So far Sellswords & Spellslingers has really inspired me to try out new stuff (28mm! fantasy!) and even improve my painting a bit :)
And I'm eagerly awaiting the nautical supplement for Sharp Practice, which may or may not come out this year...
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It's probably more late 2017 than 2018, but they're keeping it up; and it's not new, but a return, the return of a bit of humour to Games Workshop. Not to mention Specialist Games.
And I love this video of theirs - watch it to the end, worth it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybGbmLf2sOQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybGbmLf2sOQ)
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To name a few cool upcoming games and miniature ranges
Northstar Miniatures Oathmark (want those plastic wolf riders now!)
Northstar Miniatures Frostgrave Plastic Female Soldiers to be released end this year
Para Bellum Wargames Conquest (interesting concept, artwork, miniatures and world)
The Drowned Earth Skirmish Game (super cool miniatures including dinosaurs, interesting wargame rules and artwork)
Probably missed a dozen other cool games and miniatures!
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I have almost everything I need (though I'm happy to add to my collections) but nothing new started. The "new projects" are largely from my lead/plastic mountain and reflect the interests of our grandchildren. So Zombies (see my Dedburgh games), Jason and the Argonauts (really Greek Mythology) and Early Imperial Romans (youngest grandson will study them next year in school). For me I am writing the rules and creating a WW2 (Late) German battlegroup from my various scrap boxes. This is a really fun project.
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GHQ Modelling http://www.ghqmodels.com has been bringing out some amazing moderns - even the Caesar for the French in Mali.
That’s what new for me.
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I'm quite excited about the idea of the Anglo-Norman range that Footsore are supposed to be working on as it's one of my favourite periods. They have already shown a William Marshall miniature on Facebook a while ago. Victrix Vikings look interesting but I'm more interested in what they do for the Saxons as I think a lot of the current late Saxon ranges lack something... I also am keeping an eye on the Empress WW2 range... I'm not quite so happy about recent price rises by certain companies although Black tree have just dropped theirs across the board.
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Oathmark ( I love these Goblins :-*) and the Wargods of Olympus Rulebook from Crocodile Games are my most anticipated goodies ;D
A bit as a surprisey for me I have to add GW to my list because of their new to be realesed undead / ghost army :o
Coolmini's ASOIAF has a bit mof my attention too...
cheers Thomas
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nothing has grabbed me as new or exciting enough to be considered anything more than a distraction.
everything seems dull and stale or has done a great job killing itself or simply isn't active.
past couple of years has been a boring time for wargaming.
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I am trying not to get distracted by anything new as I have plenty of unfinished projects ::)
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Monsterpocalypse coming back as an actual miniature game and none of this blind bag garbage.
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All the new Glorantha RPG material has gotten me back into gaming the setting. This, and the new Forge of Ice KS will keep me busy. No new games as such, but fodder to fuel my imagination.
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For me, the best new stuff is made by us, rather than the companies.
I can only speak with respect to GW stuff. I find GWs own output mostly a bit stale these days. But the quality of their plastic kits has enabled blogs like Iron Sleet, Ex-Profundis, and individuals like Nicolas Grillet and PDH to bring to light modelling possibilities in ways that also open up setting possibilities - it is incredibly inspiring. And they (the blogs etc) keep going from strength to strength.
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What is new for me is that I am getting stuff painted! Projects are finally getting realised (albeit slowly) that have just been in my head and in boxes for years.
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There has been very little "new" or innovative in wargaming for a while now. A lot of rule sets and figures that are just like (or will be just like) all the current ones. Pretty much only existing ideas and content being rehashed and represented with minimal differences and a new look.
Minor differences between one set of rules and figures for the War of XYZ and the next, or one Orc or Star Destroyer and the next is nice for variation, but really does little or nothing to expand or move the hobby forward.
So far in 2018 I would suggest the only thing which actually develops the hobby is the Forward March Studios 2-3mm figure range. Not because 2mm is a new idea or scale, (it isn't) but because of the way the range is sold.
You buy the complete figure range as a licensed set of 3d print files and using your own printer or a commission 3d print service create as many figures of as many types and configurations as you want. Infantry, Cavalry, Guns, Wagons, scenery all included.
There have been an abundance of variable quality scenery sets (mainly via Kickstarter) done as 3d files but this is the first time a complete (and still growing) range of wargame figures is being offered this way.
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Also expanding my ancient interests to involve a few later armies (Persians, Huns, later Imperial).
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This year has been all about Chain of Command and the Western front for me. My small gaming group started fresh mid-January, and now it is all I can think about. This is my first real foray into historicals in 40+ years of wargaming. Just finishing up 24 feet of hedges (not hedgerows, those come later) to go with all new terrain and figures. Next up is Mediterranean buildings, walls and trees/foliage for fighting in Sicily. Too many cool units and battles there I want to try out on the table.
My plan is to build on what we are doing, and then refight the Western Front in “real” time next year for the 75th anniversary. D-Day, Cherbourg and Caen in June; more Caen and hedgerow country in July; COBRA, DRAGOON, Paris and Falaise in August; Arrnhem in September; attack on the West Wall in October/November; Battle of the Bulge in December/January; then the crossing the Rhine, VARSITY and all that in February and March. Wish us luck!
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Not too much wargaming, but a lot of painting. So far, I have been able to complete my Viking Saga Army and the Anglo-Danes are not too far from completion either. Indian Mutiny is growing slowly, but at good pace: two British units and one of Indian badmashes completed (40 miniatures, in a couple of months, which, for me, is speed painting!).
After a lot of procrastination, I decided to complete my French-Indian War forces (for Muskets & Tomahawks, although it can be used for Sharp Practice or any other skirmish set, actually); French and Indians are finished -I need to paint their bases, though- and have started with the Anglo-American forces.
Also, I've continued painting Macedonians, although at snail pace; so far I have two taxeis and have started with the Cavalry; the idea is to have 3 horse units and another taxeis finished for the end of 2018; in time, hopefully, I will have enough Macedonians to play To The Strongest.
I also have started with a long delayed project: War of Spanish Succession in Spain and Portugal. This is a project that I intend to have finished by 2020, so I am in no hurry. My intention is to use Beneath the Lily Banners v.3, with about 14 tactical units per side. Franco-Spanish forces will be stronger in Cavalry than in Infantry, while the Allies will be the opposite. That balance reflects best, in my opinion, the relative strengths and weaknesses of both sides during the war in the peninsula.
Last, I am waiting for Iain '45 range to be released at the end of 2018, to start a Jacobite force for use with Sharp Practice.