/r/wargaming

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A community for tabletop wargames, whether historical, sci-fi or fantasy in all scales.

Concerning the hobby of collecting, painting and gaming with model soldiers.

Rules (subject to change):

  1. Keep discussions on the topic of wargames (tabletop, not online games) and related.

  2. Direct posting of rulebook excerpts is not allowed. Clarifications and examples are allowed.

  3. Advertising will be allowed, only to promote new products from small, independently owned companies. If it gets out of hand, it will be limited.

  4. Post Limit - Promoting your blog/youtube channel is allowed but a maximum of one post a day and three within a week. Must also abide by Rule 5 - Submission Statement

  5. For all posts that lead to content not directly hosted on Reddit (Websites, blogs, youtube videos) each post must have an accompanying short comment explaining what it is roughly about and what features. The statement needs to be present within an hour of the post being created.

6.3D Printing - Render only not allowed. Post of 3D printing STLs are allowed but they must show the product already printed, not just a render of it. The printed model can be painted or unpainted.

Related Subreddits:

/r/minipainting

/r/TerrainBuilding

/r/historicaltabletop

/r/wargaming

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Help identifying game

Hi, I watched a video a few weeks back about a new medieval fantasy miniatures skirmish game set in a post-apocalyptic medieval world where poisonous mist/fog covered the earth and the only safe place were man-made constructions. Terrain and verticality were important parts of the game. My Google-Fu has failed me so any help would be appreciated.

*EDIT*: Found it. Just kept scrolling through youtube searches with generic wargaming keywords. Game is 1490 DOOM. This was the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LGtOJ_5UgE&t=313s

8 Comments
2024/10/31
16:26 UTC

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Does anyone know how the Wargames Atlantic Goths & Late Romans line up against their Victrix counterparts scale-wise?

I've been in a bit of a mood for some late roman stuff and I've been looking at some of the "Decline and Fall" Romans and Goths from Wargames Atlantic as I quite like their aesthetic, I'm wondering how their scale compares to that of the Victrix counterparts as they make some great kits too but I kinda prefer some of the WGA ones so I'm curious how well the two could be mixed. If anyone has an experience with the two I'd be most keen to hear your thoughts, are the kits from one noticably taller or skinnier than the other etc. Any help appreciated.

5 Comments
2024/10/31
14:03 UTC

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The old school designer rolodex is at work in Trench Crusade's stretch goals

https://www.wargamer.com/trench-crusade/warhammer-40k-veterans-join-team
What's so interesting about this project is the sense of community. Both in terms of old designer pals of Tuomas Pirinen's getting involved with it, the number of creatives who are involved as sculptors or guest artists who come from the Inq28 community, and the way they're leaving the door open for other studios to make official miniatures.

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2024/10/31
12:07 UTC

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Black Powder, No Mini Units, Input Appreciated

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2024/10/31
06:43 UTC

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Wushi battle-level wargame

RULES

its awesome look.

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2024/10/31
02:28 UTC

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Interested in Warlords Black powder 'epic' scale

As the title states, I'm really interested in getting Warlords Epic scale of black power. However, it is obviously focused on Waterloo and US Civil War. I'm more into Napoleonics but don't want just Waterloo themed units. Are there any recommendations for similar scale minis that could work in the system? I really want some Russians and Austrians to simulate Napoleons eastern campaigns. Any advice would be appreciated.

13 Comments
2024/10/31
02:21 UTC

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An Interview on running an online Gettysburg wargaming campaign.

Today on the podcast, it’s our pleasure to welcome Chris on the show, the host of the Gettysburg Campaign which was run on the Little Wars TV discord. Josh interviews him about the rules he came up with to create a full multiplayer campaign with fog of war, lost messages, big battles, and more. 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/discussing-the-multiplayer-gettysburg-campaign/id1732795901?i=1000675138691

https://open.spotify.com/show/3IGNcEFl4V4rp7e9UJftL8

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2024/10/31
02:12 UTC

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1st Battalion, 54e Ligne Regiment. Another Battalion of Warlords Epic Napoleonics, this time all dressed in their lovely greatcoats.

2 Comments
2024/10/30
21:05 UTC

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Finished basing my GSC and Giants today

1 Comment
2024/10/30
19:33 UTC

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Best investment i ever made

I love this stuff so much

37 Comments
2024/10/29
19:13 UTC

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Sci-Fi/Modern Combat Skirmish Game System with Great Campaign Story

Can you please recommend a good skirmish game system that has the following elements:

  • Miniatures agnostic.
  • Any theme from: Sci-Fi, modern combat, near-future theme
  • Co-Op or PvP. I don't play solo games.
  • Good/memorable campaign story.
11 Comments
2024/10/29
18:38 UTC

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Wargaming

Hello fellow strugglers, does anyone have recommendations for tabletop wargames/ miniatures that give that Berserk feel? Obviously a miniature wargame isn’t going to quite capture Berserk’s philosophical introspection and character complexity, but I first got into the franchise for a few reasons: over the top gore, hella demons, and a stone cold motherfucker with a big sword and a cannon for an arm. For full disclosure, I’m super into Warhammer, wound charts, the wargame D&D used to be, etc etc.

TLDR; What wargames best give the Berserk feel/ look?

8 Comments
2024/10/29
16:52 UTC

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Identify miniature, not my work

Trying to find the main big miniature in this picture. I tried googling it with Google lens but not much came up, a few options from warmahordes or Etsy stuff from china.

16 Comments
2024/10/29
14:37 UTC

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Berserk Fans?

Hello wargamers, are there any other fans of the Berserk manga/ anime in here? If so, have you found war/ skirmish games that scratch that Berserk itch for you? Obviously not how introspective and character driven Berserk is, I mean how over the top gory it is, how it has horrifying demons and depictions of late medieval/ early modern warfare, and of course the feeling of a stone cold motherfucker with a big sword and a cannon hand. I’d love to find the Dragonslayer that hits just the right spot, fellow strugglers!

4 Comments
2024/10/29
13:46 UTC

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I am looking for skirmish game recommendations...

Hey all

Former 40k/AoS refugee. Got 26 armies for it and generally burned out on the systems.

I'm looking at skirmish games as a cheap investment as I'm getting married. Currently got Arcworlde, star/frost grave, Necromunda, silver bayonet and a war transformed. In terms of massed game stuff, I love firefight and will be playing a lot of that.

What I'm after is recommendations for cheap skirmish games. Preferably with nice rulebooks that aren't silly money.

Does anyone have any recommendations for me?

98 Comments
2024/10/29
11:23 UTC

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CoC: Did I miss the party?

With BA V3 being a let-down, I finally got serious about finding an alternative rule set. I have had Chain of Command recommended to me before (multiple times, actually), but I finally made the time to dissect the rules... and I love it. But everywhere I turn for more, it seems the party ended and they hung out "closed" signs. The official website crashed and new one doesn't have any of the old documents. The new forum registration procedure is bonkered. The only place you will find any documents is on Facebook, where you will have to download them individually and then figure out what their quality and status is. There is no site, drive or FTP posted anywhere with CoC archives and there are no communities outside the FB one.

What is up? CoC feels like it should be big. Is it really that marginal that I won't find anything? Will anything change with the new version?

28 Comments
2024/10/29
07:54 UTC

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Good Western Minis

Hey! Could you tell me which brands make good Western minis, please?

Thank you all

11 Comments
2024/10/29
06:53 UTC

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Starting a wargaming community

Hey guys, Looking for suggestions. I don’t personally war game, but i do run a program where we try to get the gamer communities together under one roof every so often.

Affectively, i’m looking for ideas to acquire terrain for relatively cheap. We don’t have the funds to invest.

The intent is to have these available for use for free for everyone whenever we have these gamer nights.

I know it’s a shot in the dark but all help is greatly appreciated. Thanks everyone!

32 Comments
2024/10/29
06:07 UTC

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