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Other Stuff => General Wargames and Hobby Discussion => Topic started by: Mako on 10 May 2021, 04:39:13 PM
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What are some of the best websites and/or other resources for finding out about the latest releases of new miniatures wargaming ranges, products, and other related materials?
My old "go-to" source no longer provides that information, sadly, in many cases.
Info about new miniatures related kickstarters would also be appreciated too, e.g. miniature ranges, terrain and buildings, vehicles, play mats for deckplans of Traveller spacecraft and buildings, etc., etc., etc..
Info on new miniatures related rules, boardgames, scenario books, etc. would be appreciated as well.
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I definitely don't have many sources. Or many "go to" sources. I tend to poke around here and some facebook groups. I used to get Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy which always had a couple of pages devoted to new historical miniatures/terrain releases, etc.
I used to watch a couple YouTube channels, but most have teetered over into "corporate shill" kind of levels - i.e. you get a very canned and safe review/announcement of products and never a truly honest opinion.
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My olde "go-to" site now only provides info from companies that advertise with them, so I suspect I'm missing out on 80% - 90% of "new releases" info, now.
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ttfix.blogspot.com
Lots of new releases and almost no commentary
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Yep. I also lost faith in some major folks who release/review stuff when I sent off some copies of my Old West game and got zero response, and zero announcement/etc. Glad I wasted all that money on international shipping :D
Many of the "bigger" sites are only interested in large manufacturers who can provide them a lot of stuff for free, etc. As you said - with advertising deals, etc.
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Try this one:
https://www.thewargameswebsite.com/
I don't know if you have ever seen this site, I found it updated very often and full of interesting news aboute new products.
Marco
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Many of the "bigger" sites are only interested in large manufacturers who can provide them a lot of stuff for free, etc. As you said - with advertising deals, etc.
It costs money to keep a big site running. Even with only a single person running it. So a site like Beasts of War needs to bring in some serious change each month to pay all that staff.
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Try this one:
https://www.thewargameswebsite.com/
I don't know if you have ever seen this site, I found it updated very often and full of interesting news aboute new products.
Marco
Like “the olde source” mentioned above, TWW also only runs news stories from traders who pay.
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Like “the olde source” mentioned above, TWW also only runs news stories from traders who pay.
Frankly speaking I didn't know this detail. I obviously prefer independent and free sites but I am mainly looking for any site able to take me updated about any news our hobby.
Marco
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Wargames News and Terrain run a lot of news stories
http://wargameterrain.blogspot.com/ (http://wargameterrain.blogspot.com/)
Mike
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there is www.brueckenkopf-online.de but it's in german.
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I visit Tabletop Gaming News every now and then. It caters to GW and Paizo, but has lots of other stuff.
https://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/
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For what it's worth, I find it hard to fault sites for charging money to make announcements, provide coverage, etc. to various rules and games coming out.
Not only does it cost money to run this stuff, but also should theoretically help act as quality control against a bunch of self-published dross - and I say this as a guy writing his own rules and trying to drum up interest (and not seeing much traction coming from there here at LAF, which is a bummer, hahah).
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TMP is a classic, but it's horribly organized. Been going there for years.
http://theminiaturespage.com/ (http://theminiaturespage.com/)
News, specifically.
http://theminiaturespage.com/news/ (http://theminiaturespage.com/news/)
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I visit Tabletop Gaming News every now and then. It caters to GW and Paizo, but has lots of other stuff.
https://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/
They used to be really good. Now it seems like it's all GW, Paizo, and Kickstarters.
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They used to be really good. Now it seems like it's all GW, Paizo, and Kickstarters.
As I said, every now and then... ;)
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Agreed with above comments, so I use the following now.
https://www.thewargameswebsite.com
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http://wargameterrain.blogspot.co.uk
Glen
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Agreed with above comments, so I use the following now.
https://www.thewargameswebsite.com
and
http://wargameterrain.blogspot.co.uk
Glen
Thanks all for the Wargame News and Terrain recommendations and visits!
We currently post around 100 news items per week so plenty of cool miniatures, scenery and more to check out daily.
https://wargameterrain.blogspot.com/
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I visit this one regularly:
https://www.beastsofwar.com/