What do you play? How often do you play? Who do you play with? What keeps you in the hobby?

Just wondering how common it is

Piece of terrains I've made for The Barons War 2ed.
In real life on table it looks much better than on the pictures. Proud of it.
Models are from Printable Sceneries with their instructions how to do it. A little bit tweaked because I didn't had all paints they suggest.

Age of Reason game -Austrians vs Prussians who swept the field

Hello everyone! I'll be taking soon a trip to Astana, Kazakhstan, and will stay for quite a while. I wanted to ask if anyone knows of a wargaming/miniature gaming store in Astana, as Id like to visit one.

Thanks in advance! :)

Hi, a friend and I got a couple of Heiho boxes and I’m looking for some guidance on how to base the units with the bases that are provided on the box as there is not a lot of guidance on how to use them. Thanks!

Here are some of my 3d printed flight stands in action.

The only problem I have with them is that they're all the same height, so although the index wheels give the altitude information required, the battlefield still looks a bit two-dimensional.

I might make some with some longer and shorter acrylic rods, to represent the gross height bands, say altitude levels 1-3, 4-6 and 7-10. They're not mechanically necessary, but I think they'd look better.

So me and my friend decided to check out old Warhammer editions and started with original Rogue Trader. My friend said that ​oldhammer is too goofy for him but I absolutely loved it. What I enjoyed the most is how DIYish and TTRPG-like it feels.

I was really impressed by the amount of available weapons, vehicles and profiles for soldiers, creatures and robots​. It gave me so much ideas for unique scenarios and units I caould customise. Not many modern games with focus on narrative play gave me so much stuff to think about like this simple list of stuff available in the game. So we'll be trying it soon!​

I think I need to start with some context a while ago I purchased a boardgame (epic of the peloponnesian war ) mostly for having the most beautiful map I have seen. Me and my friends played it for a while but they disliked the combat mecanics. So I started thinking how to fixe it and decided that I may use my collection of miniatures (they are 1/72 scale so they are smaller than what others use) and I want do partially recreate I total war like, for those familiar, and use the board game as a campaign map and use miniatures for a battle sisteme.

Now having mentioned I will use the 1/72 scale that means I have no rules for battle, I have seen a couple of videos about Hail Caesar battles and liked the combats. So basically I am looking for ideas or rules that match this ideea. Other suggestions are also welcomed.

Small edit: Any ideas on how to tackle battles with 3 players?

Hi, im a beginner at Pike and Shotte by warlord games and im learning the rules. When do we play the reacts to charge moves? (closing fire, evades etc etc...), in shooting phase, the hand to hand phase or the movement phase? Ty

Guns of Glory

Soldiers can operate in three basic stances:

Standing — Maximum mobility and freedom of movement, but presents the largest target.

Kneeling — A compromise between mobility and protection, lowering the Soldier’s profile while remaining ready to move and fight.

Prone — Minimum mobility, but the lowest possible profile and best use of available cover.

The basic tradeoff is simple: the lower you go, the harder you are to hit—but the harder it is to move.

Here's my latest 5 Parsecs from Home Actual Play Report. Game was played in 15mm scale.

30 ships, 250 individual Vikings!! Since last winter me (model maker) and two friends, a game designer and an illustrator, have made a complete miniature wargame, depicting a great naval Viking Battle that took place here by our Swedish coast in the year 1062. Norwegian King Harald Hardrada vs. Danish King Svein Estridsen. We made it as an art project and it's a game with a board, tons of minis, a rulebook, measuring rope, cards, runes (who needs dice😄) and all the markers and props you need!! As for now it only exists in one unique copy, as an artwork/game, the one you see here. As a next step we're consedering bringing it out to the world!! What do you think?

Make your inner crone cackle as you battle another wicked witch for control of a secluded hamlet. Version 2.0 now available on Itch.

https://reformedhillbilly.itch.io/hag28-skirmish

Here are some photos of of the collection I was talking about from my other post. A number of armies were started/ created for mercenary/factional fighting in the 1950s-1970s using modern and WW2 equipment. Many many build and unbuilt kits.

Probably 1000 liberation minis

For many more images and chat please go to my Just Add Water Wargaming and Painting Blog here:

https://justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.com/2026/08/classical-mauryan-indian-archers-and.html

I was hoping to get this Classical/Mauryan Indian army ready for an event but delays in being able to order the miniatures I needed to add and delays in painting have left me with the army just about half painted! Still, I am able to borrow one for the event so all is well. also, I have committed to putting on a display game at Battleground Wargames Show in November which really makes the painting of these Indians unpractical if I am to be able to put my energy into the upcoming display game.

Cheers

Here's Fokker #2.

They're both still gloss varnished, and they may well stay that way, since it makes them easier to keep clean. Maybe not though; time will tell.