Toms Favourite Miniature 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