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Easily one of the most compelling games I played while at GDC, Island of Winds takes the adventure formula and gives it a empathic twist. After a childhood filled with games that were liberally stuffed with Norse, Greek, Roman and Egyptian…

Ironhive is a deckbuilding, engine-builder all about building a city and surviving a dying world. A deck- and engine-builder, Ironhive has you trading up citizens for buildings and resources to keep your city strong and to survive a dark,…

War has never been a particularly lightweight topic, but it remains an important one. Human beings are fascinated by conflict and as a result, the global wars of the 20th Century remain some of the most popular themes for both board and…

For the novice painter, there’s nothing better than fairly large miniatures with overstated features and relatively few small details. Having good quality cast miniatures is also beneficial, and that makes CMON’s Marvel United series of…

Once upon a time, video games were often based on board games — because believe it or not, there were people back in the day who thought that the tabletop was King, and that these newfangled “computer-things” would never take off. That was…

Double slapchop has you, surprisingly, do this twice. We’re going to paint our first contrast paint on, then dry brush white again, before applying another contrast paint over it.

I often find beasts and monsters the most interesting things to paint, since there’s a lot of room for artistic interpretation. Maladum: Dungeons of Environ recently made its way into our Top Dungeon Crawlers list based on pure merit, and…

Yes, if you hadn’t already guessed it — I’ve been painting a shedload of one of my favourite dungeon crawlers; Zombicide: Second Edition. The base game comes with ten survivors, four abominations and a huge number of walker, runner and…

If you’re a dedicated Zombicide fan like I am, your house is probably chock full of boxes upon boxes of Kickstarter expansions filled with beautiful CMON miniatures. Having said that, no matter how much you love the game, I bet you don’t…

In this article, I’ll be looking at painting a basic foot soldier equipped with a sword and shield. I’ll make reference to how to apply this to those with bows and spears as we go. Once again, contrast paints will make up the bulk of this…

Today, we’re going to write about something a little bit different to usual. We cover a lot of miniature board games here, but you may have noticed that it’s been a long time since any of those games had painted models. Well, that’s…

In this article, I’ll be telling you how to take them from grey to something that will look good in battle without too much difficulty. The majority of this will involve using contrast paints, which will increase the speed of getting them…

After Zeus was done deposing his father and took the throne as king of then gods, ending the Titanomachy, things should have gotten better for the mortals down on Gaia. Unfortunately — as with many thrones won through violence and war —…

With board gaming becoming quite a mainstream hobby, the days of purchasing Catan or Carcassonne for your teenage children or gaming-adjacent friends are long gone. Those people are no longer interested in gateway games and lightweight…