Sheffield Board Games Club Podcast
Leisure:Games
In this bonus episode, Tom L tells us about the best Skirmish/War/Miniature games currently on the market. He makes some recommendations for all abilities and price levels.
Tom’s top 10 info
If I was buying a miniature game for christmas - what would I buy?
Criteria - The rules and dedicated miniatures must be available to buy for Christmas 2023 and it must be a vs style game not a co-op or quest style
Name
Manufacturer
Are there free rules
Starter box price
Starter Force price
In Top 10?
Sports
Subbuteo
Hasbro
Y
£35
£13.50
Blood Bowl
Games Workshop
N
£95
£32
Y
Rumbleslam
TT Combat
Y
£45
£25
Dreadball
Mantic
Y
£50
£25
Overdrive
Mantic
Y
£50
Car Wars
Steve Jackson Games
N
£72
Aero/ space
Wings of Glory
Ares Games
Y
£60
£15-20 per plane
Blood Red Skies
Warlord Games
Y
£60
£35 per squadron
X-Wing
Atomic Mass Games
Y
£70
£24-£48 per unit
Y
Dropfleet Commander
TT Combat
Y
£60
£40 fleet £100 battleforce
Naval
Blood & Plunder, & Oak & Iron
Firelock Games
Y
£50
£25-£35
Cruel Seas, &
Victory at Sea, &
Black Seas
Warlord Games
N
£60
£100 full fleet
Sails of Glory
Ares Games
Y
£90
£15-30
Dystopian Wars
Warcradle Studios
Y
£95
£32-45
Y
Squad
Dead Man’s hand
Great Escape Games
Y*
£45
£20 per gang
Y
Marvel - Crisis Protocol
Atomic Mass Games
Y
£100
£25-40
Harry Potter - Wizarding Duels
Knight Models
Y
£85
£47
Batman miniatures Game
Knight Models
Y
£95
£50-75
Moonstone
Goblin King Games
Y
£65
£32
Warhammer Underworlds
Games Workshop
Y
£65
£26
Massed
Battles
Warhammer 40,000 & Horus Heresy
Games Workshop
Y
£40-£120
£95
Age of Sigmar
Games Workshop
N
£35-£110
£80
Warmachine/Hordes
Privateer Press
Y
£165
Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game
Games Workshop
Y
£125
£55
Star Wars Legion
Atomic Mass Games
Y
£120
£75 -£150
Kings of War
Mantic
Y
£85
£35/£80/£120
Y
Conquest
Para Bellum Games
Y
£160
£130
Bolt Action
Warlord Games
N
£90
£100
Firefight
Mantic
Y
£95
£75
6-10mm (epic scale)
Monsterpocalypse
Privateer Press
Y
£47
Flames Of War & Team Yankee
Battlefront
N
£50
£70-£90
BattleTech
Catalyst Games Labs
Y
£50-£80
£20-£35
Y
Adeptus Titanicus & Legions Imperialis
Games Workshop
N & Y
£105 / £120
£50-£70
Dropzone Commander
TT Combat
Y
£45
£35
Pike & Shotte
& Black Powder Epic
Warlord Games
N
£95-£110
Y
Necromunda
Games Workshop
N
£105
£30
Kill Team
Games Workshop
Y (ish)
£65
£37.50
Deadzone
Mantic
Y
£95
£27.50
Star Wars - Shatterpoint
Atomic Mass Games
Y
£165
£50
Fallout: Wasteland Warfare
Modiphius
Y
£70
£45
Infinity
Corvus Belli
Y
£110
£80
Y
Mythos
Warcradle Studios
Y
N
£39
Wild West Exodus
Warcradle Studios
Y
£94
£39
Carnevale
TTCombat
Y
£65
£25
Malifaux
Wyrd Games
Y
£90
£55
Y
Warcry
Games Workshop
Y
£65
£30
Elder Scrolls
Modiphius
Y
£45
Vanguard
Mantic
N
N
£35
Frostgrave
Osprey Games
N
2x £15
Y
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