Sheffield Board Games Club Podcast

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

Speedrunning Video Games

This is an extra bonus episode in celebration of our 50th Anniversary podcast episode.  In this mini episode, Rick chats to club member Phil about one of his other hobbies, speedrunning.

Links -

https://tasvideos.org/

https://www.speedrun.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2k69KENvQNc1FTObM5uGlg

Episode 50 - Anniversary Epic Special

We are now 50 episodes old!  Thank you to all our listeners for keeping us going!  In this episode, Rick, Samuel, Tom L and Tom C all chat about the board games we have been playing recently.

Then we chat about our favourite video games.

Games discussed - 

• Rome In A Day
• Zooloretto
• Red Cathedral
• Blue Moon City
• San Marco
• Oathsworn
• Meadow
• Spots
• The L Game
• Lewis and Clark
• Lords of Waterdeep

Episode 49 - The Golden Age of Board Games

Rick and Tom Lovewell chat about some of the games we have been playing this month.  Then we talk about the Golden Age of Board Gaming.

Games discussed - 

Lancaster Big Box

Expeditions

Flash Point Fire Rescue

Stone Age

Episode 48 - Bucket List Games

This month, Tom and Rick discuss some games we have been playing.  We then chat about "Bucket List" games - games we want to (or should!) have played!

Games discussed - 

Fallout the Board Game

5211

A Game About Selecting Seven Cards Speedily Searching for Synergies

Via Nebula

Fair Means of Foul

 

Podcast Episode 47 - Campaign Games

Rick, Samuel and Tom L discuss games we have been playing recently.  We then chat about Campaign games.

Games discussed - 

Ankh

Brass Lancaster

Dice Throne Adventures

The Quest for El Dorado

Champions!

Whirling Witchcraft

 

Episode 46 - Cute Games

Rick and Tom C discuss some games we have been playing recently.  We then have a chat about "Cute" games.

Games discussed - 

Sorcerer City

Sushi Go Party!

Boop

Paint the Roses

Episode 45 -UK Games Expo 2023 Special

Rick, Lizzy and Tom L discuss some board games we have been playing recently.  Lizzy and Tom chat about the UK Games Expo.

Games discussed - 

Starlink

Ra

Indiana Jones : Sands of Adventure

Lorcana 

Snap Ship Tactics

Beast

Books of Time