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