Fortified Niche
By Fortified Niche
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Fortified NicheSep 18, 2023
52 - Magnagothica: Maleghast
The pod boys astrally project themselves into a metal album cover to play Magnagothica: Maleghast, a skirmish war-game by KSBD's/Lancer's own Tom Bloom.
Find Magnagothica: Maleghast rules here: https://tombloom.itch.io/magnagothica-maleghast Find the companion post here:
https://www.barreldrill.com/magnagothica-maleghast-review
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Show editing by Serf McSerfington
Show intro/outro by Bevan Tanttu
51 - The Drowned Earth
The pod runs through the jungle, jumps three floors down into the water and guns down a Yuttaraptor while in The Drowned Earth, a post-apocalyptic skirmish game by Olmec Games.
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Find the companion post here:
https://www.barreldrill.com/the-drowned-earth-review/
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50 - A War Transformed
The pod witch slings some spells over the top and at the Hun in A War Transformed, a WW1 meets the occult skirmish wargame by Frederick Silburn-Slater. The copy came free from Osprey!
Find the A War Transformed rules here:
https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/war-transformed-9781472856258/
Find the companion post here:
https://www.barreldrill.com/a-war-transformed-review/
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49 - Never Mind the Billhooks Deluxe
The pod finally muster their ward to upload the right episode with Never Mind the Billhooks Deluxe, a small battle/large skirmish ruleset by Andy Callan for refighting the War of the Roses and similar conflicts!
Find the Never Mind the Billhooks Deluxe rules here:
https://www.nevermindthebillhooks.com
Read the accompanying blog post:
https://www.barreldrill.com/never-mind-the-billhooks-deluxe/
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48 - The Two-Year Anniversary Nichee Game Awards Episode
EDIT: now with the actual Nichees episode!!!
It's the two-year anniversary of Fortified Niche - this can only mean more Nichees awards! Of all the games the crew played in the last 12 months, which were the best? Join us on this trip down the show segment-inspired categories of the Nichee awards!
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47 - The Doomed
The pod rallies their gang of technofreaks for the hunt in The Doomed, an apocalyptic monster-hunting skirmish wargame by Chris McDowall. The copy came free from Osprey!
Find the The Doomed rules here:
https://ospreypublishing.com/us/doomed-9781472854254/
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46 - Will Rahman-Daultrey of WIRD Designs/Forbidden Psalm
The podcast's past comes to haunt them as Will Rahman-Daultrey steps out of the shadows to talk about Forbidden Psalm, Dread Nights and career choices that lead to making games about doomed worlds.
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45 - What a Tanker!
The pod crew is mortified after discovering that panzerschokolade contains no chocolate in What a Tanker!, a light WW2 tank skirmish game from TooFatLardies.
Find the What a Tanker! rules here:
https://toofatlardies.co.uk/product-category/what-a-tanker/
Read the review supplement here:
https://www.barreldrill.com/what-a-tanker/
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44 - Dread Nights
The pod realizes all their money was lost due to having three thieves in their warband in Dread Nights, a miniature skirmish game of hunting Victorian horrors, straight from the creators of Forbidden Psalm.
Find the Dread Nights rules here:
https://www.forbiddenpsalm.com/dread-nights
Read the review supplement here:
https://www.barreldrill.com/dread-nights/
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43 - Eagles of Empire
The pod-generals learn the entirely wrong lesson about modern warfare in Eagles of Empire, a skirmish wargame about the Franco-Prussian War.
Find the Eagles of Empires rules here:
https://www.eaglesofempire.com/product-page/eoe-skirmish-rules-drillbook-i-basic-rules-infantry
Read the review supplement here:
https://www.barreldrill.com/eagles-of-empire/
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42 - Ivan Sorensen of Nordic Weasel interview
Ivan Sorensen of Nordic Weasel Games revealed the secrets of random movement distances to JcDent shortly before taking Modipheus by storm. Real Niche-heads will remember that we reviewed his Five Men at Kursk game a looong time ago!
Find the Ivan's thoughts on game design here:
https://nordicweasel.posthaven.com
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https://www.wargamevault.com/browse/pub/5701/Nordic-Weasel-Games
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41 - Majestic 13
The pod crew faces aliens horrors in the service of Majestic 13, a solo/co-op skirmish miniature wargame from Snarling Badger Studios.
Find the Majestic 13 rules here:
https://www.snarlingbadger.com/majestic13
Read the review supplement here:
https://www.barreldrill.com/majestic-13-fortified-niche-playtest/
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40 - Verrotwood
The pod hosts lead their ragged congregation to fight for the shrine of Verrotwood, a cultist skirmish game by Mike Crutchett.
Find the Verrotwood rules here:
https://www.wargamevault.com/product/425504/Verrotwood
Read the review supplement here:
https://www.barreldrill.com/verrotwood-fortified-niche/
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39 - BelloLudi
The podcrew is pleasantly surprised when their corporate team building even turns out to be BelloLudi, a historical wargame(s?) by Peter von Dop.
Find the BelloLudi rules here:
https://www.belloludi.nl
Read the review supplement here:
https://www.barreldrill.com/belloludi-fortified-niche/
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38 - Brent Spivey interview
Cassa moves infinite distance in a straight line to interview Brent Spiwey, an indie game creator behind Rogue Planet, Techno Bowl and a few titles we haven't reviewed - yet!
Find the Brent Spiwey's games here:
https://bombshell-games.com
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37 - Moonstone
Podcasters go rooting for mysterious night rocks in Moonstone, the fairytale miniature skirmish game by Goblin King Games.
Find the Moonstone rules here:
https://moonstonethegame.com/downloads.html
Read the blog post here:
https://www.barreldrill.com/moonstone-fortified-niche/
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36 - 7TV 2nd Edition
Don't let the detector van catch you watching the adventures of Cassa and JcDent on 7TV 2nd Edition, the miniature skirmish game of British spy TV shows by Crooked Dice Game Design Studio.
Find the 7TV rules here:
https://crooked-dice.co.uk/rules/7tv-2nd-edition/7tv-2nd-edition-downloads/
Read the blog post here:
https://www.barreldrill.com/7tv-2nd-edition/
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35 - Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
The pod crew layers flak armor under power armor for that sweet 3+ save in Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, a promising new game from Rick Priestley and Games Workshop.
Find the Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader rules here:
Read our BBS here:
https://www.barreldrill.com/warhammer-40000-rogue-trader/
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34 - Thud & Blunder
Put your wizard on a ram and round up some goblins, it's time to face Thud & Blunder, a fantasy skirmish wargame from The Ministry of Gentlemanly Warfare.
Find the Thud & Blunder rules here:
https://theministryofgentlemanlywarfare.wordpress.com/thud-blunder/
Read the blog post here:
https://www.barreldrill.com/thud-and-blunder-review/
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33 - The David Phipps interview
For the first time in Fortified Niche history, the pod makes an interview! JcDent, podcast host, talks to David Phipps, the driving force behind the wildly-good Pulp Alley rules, about game design, inspirations, and the dirtiest word of all - balance.
Listen to the Pulp Alley episode here:
https://anchor.fm/fortified-niche/episodes/21---Pulp-Alley-e1m8tik
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http://pulpalley.com
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32 - Techno Bowl
The podcast becomes the franchise owner of the Kittens in Techno Bowl, a retro console throwback American Football game by Brent Spivey!
Find the Techno Bowl rules here:
https://bombshell-games.com/techno-bowl/
Read the blog post here:
https://www.barreldrill.com/techno-bowl/
The TTS module we used:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2285074854
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31 - Rogue Planet
The podcast duo discovers they have a shared health pool in Rogue Planet, a skirmish game of whatever space adventure you'd like by Brent Spivey!
Find the Rogue Planet rules here:
https://bombshell-games.com/rogue-planet/
Read the blog post here:
https://www.barreldrill.com/rogue-planet-review/
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30 - Grimdark Future Redux
In the gothic gloom of the distant tomorrow, there is only a return to Grimdark Future, the rules light sci-fi miniature wargame we covered in episode #1 sans any playtesting!
Find everything you need to play Grimdark Future here:
https://onepagerules.com/portfolio/grimdark-future/
Read the blog post here:
https://www.barreldrill.com/grimdark-future-redux-fortified-niche-playtest/
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29 - AT-43
Lead the disparate forces of mankind (or gorillas) against gothic space robots that are turning entire systems into bitcoin farms in AT-43, the sci-fi mass-battle wargame from twice-bankrupt Rackham. Yes, we reviewed a dead game!
Find fan-maintained AT-43 resources here:
https://www.orderofgamers.com/games/at-43/
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28 - Xenos Rampant
Our demon warlord is rounding up some Greys and mounting guns on technicals to withstand the assault of Xenos Rampant, the setting-agnostic sci-wargame from the minds of Daniel Mercey and Richard Cowen!
Find Xenos Rampant here:
https://ospreypublishing.com/us/xenos-rampant-9781472852342/
Read the blog post about Xenos Rampant here:
https://www.barreldrill.com/xenos-rampant-playtest/
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27 - Punkapocalyptic
The pod boys don't have a Patreon, so they can't afford more than two bullets in Punkapocalyptic, a post-apocalyptic skirmish wargame by Bad Roll Games!
Find Punkapocalyptic here:
https://www.badrollgames.com/en/downloads/rules/
Read the blog post about Punkapocalyptic here:
https://www.barreldrill.com/punkapocalytic-fortified-niche/
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26 - Space Station Zero
In space, no one can hear you breach, bang and clear in Space Station Zero, a cooperative space dungeon delver from Snarling Badger Studios!
Find Space Station Zero here:
https://www.snarlingbadger.com/spacestationzero
Read the blog post about Space Station Zero here:
https://www.barreldrill.com/space-station-zero-review/
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Show editing by Serf McSerfington
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25 - The One-Year Anniversary Nichee Game Awards Episode
For the one-year anniversary episode of Fortified Niche, the pod-lads sit down to talk about the most amazing pieces of game design they encountered over the 365 days of podcasting about indie wargames. Did your favorite game make the cut?
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24 - This is Not a Test
The pod crew don leather jackets and load sawn-off shotguns to test out This is Not a Test, a post-nuclear skirmish wargame from Worlds End Publishing!
Find This is Not a Test here:
https://worldsendpublishing.com/products/this-is-not-a-test-official-rulebook-pdf
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23 - Muskets & Tomahawks 2E
Time to give those Frenchies/Brits/Colonials a proper thrashing in Muskets & Tomahawks second edition from Studio Tomahawk!
Find Muskets & Tomahawks here:
http://www.studio-tomahawk.com/en/mousquets-et-tomahawks/
Read the blog post about Muskets & Tomahawks here:
https://www.barreldrill.com/muskets-tomahawks-2e/
Build yourself a Muskets & Tomahawks army here:
https://mt.easyarmy.com
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22 - Reality's Edge
Open up your HiRealMeetBobBeFrank app and swipe right on that mercenary contract in Reality's Edge by Joseph McGuire and published by Osprey. But don't forget to update your antivirus or someone may hack your knife!
Find Reality's Edge here:
https://ospreypublishing.com/reality-039-s-edge
Read the blog post about Reality's Edge here:
https://www.barreldrill.com/realitys-edge/
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21 - Pulp Alley
Attention, all Nicheneers! Steel your nerves as our fortified duo faces the challenges of Pulp Alley - set by Phipps and Daughter themselves! Will this spell doom for our rebellious reviewers? Will they prevail - and keep their two fists? Only on today's episode of Fortified Niche!
Find Pulp Alley here:
http://pulpalley.com
Read the blog post about Pulp Alley here:
https://www.barreldrill.com/pulp-alley/
Use the ridiculously good Pulp Alley TTS module found here:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2681844586
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20 - Infamy, Infamy!
Both summer heat and the Covid pox tried to stop the lads from reviewing Infamy, Infamy!, an excellent large skirmish game by TooFatLardies for refighting the wars between Rome and the Gauls, the British, etc.!
Find Infamy, Infamy! here:
https://toofatlardies.co.uk/product-category/infamy-infamy/
Read the blog post about Infamy, Infamy! here:
https://www.barreldrill.com/infamy-infamy/
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19 - Cold War Commander 2E
The podcasters command their unstoppable hordes of T-55As in Cold War Commander 2nd Edition, a fairly groggy game of modern warfare that actually plays really smoothly!
Find Cold War Commander 2nd Edition here:
https://www.pendraken.co.uk/ncwc-2-rules-ncold-war-commander-2-rulebook-6949-p.asp
Read the blog post about Cold War Commander 2nd Edition here:
https://www.barreldrill.com/cold-war-commander-2e-fortified-niche-playtest/
Ask Cold War Commander 2nd Edition questions and get the army lists here:
https://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/board,91.0.html
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18 - Conquest: The Last Argument of Kings
After drawing the Fortified Niche card, Player 1 selects a regiment of podcasters to carry out Conquest: The Last Argument of Kings, a rank-and-flank game where mercenary crossbowmen are shooting at unit of clone spearmen.
Find Conquest: The Last Argument of Kings here:
https://www.para-bellum.com/getting-started/
Read the blog post about Conquest: The Last Argument of Kings here:
https://www.barreldrill.com/conquest-the-last-argument-of-kings-fortified-niche-playtest
Fiddle with the Conquest: The Last Argument of Kings army builder:
https://armybuilder.para-bellum.com/tlaok
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17 - Batman Miniature Game
The world's greatest detective gets nailed with an RPG as we play Batman Miniature Game, a good skirmish game featuring DC Comics' finest street-level heroes, villains, and mooks.
Find Batman Miniature Game here:
https://www.knightmodels.com/en/batman-miniature-game/
Read the blog post about Batman Miniature Game here:
https://www.barreldrill.com/batman-miniature-game/
Get the great Batman Miniature Game module for Tabletop Simulator here:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2006760043
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16 - A Song of Ice and Fire: Tabletop Miniatures Game
Loyalty clashes with intrigue as House Podcast rallies the troops for A Song of Ice and Fire: Tabletop Miniatures Game, the rank-and-flank game based on the books, not the TV series, that has a lot of tricks up its sleeves.
Find A Song of Ice and Fire: Tabletop Miniatures Game here:
https://asoiaf.cmon.com
Read the blog post about A Song of Ice and Fire: Tabletop Miniatures Game here:
https://www.barreldrill.com/a-song-of-ice-and-fire-tabletop-miniatures-game-fortified-niche-playtest
Get the absurdly good A Song of Ice and Fire: Tabletop Miniatures Game module for Tabletop Simulator here:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2077621477
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15 - Carnevale 2E
The pod crew whirl, leap, and pirouette into Carnevale Second Edition, the TTCombat game of skirmish fights on the magical Venetian canals.
Find Carnevale here:
https://ttcombat.com/collections/carnevale
Peep the Carnevale army builder here:
https://carnevalegame.com/builder
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14 - Infinity CodeOne
The pod crew combat-jumps into Infinity CodeOne, the high-speed low-drag little brother of the sci-fi skirmish gem Infinity by Corvus Belli.
Infinity CodeOne screenshots w/commentary on the blog:
https://www.barreldrill.com/infinity-codeone-fortified-niche-playtest/
Find Infinity CodeOne here:
https://infinitytheuniverse.com/games/codeone
Peep the Infinity CodeOne army builder here:
https://infinitytheuniverse.com/army/codeone
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13 - The Barons' War
The Baron's War by Andy Hobday has all the alternating activations, tokens, and online army builders you could ever want in Medieval England. Grab a sword and skirmish the horde!
The Baron's War screenshots w/commentary on the blog:
https://www.barreldrill.com/the-barons-war-fortified-niche-playtest/
Find The Baron's War here:
https://footsoreminiatures.co.uk/collections/barons-war/
Peep The Baron's War army builder and blog here:
https://www.warhost.online/
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JcDent:
Barrel Drill blog
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Cassa:
Instagram
Show editing by Serf McSerfington
Show intro/outro by Bevan Tanttu
12 - Zona Alfa
ZONA ALFA: SALVAGE AND SURVIVAL IN THE EXCLUSION ZONE is referred to as just Zona Alfa by the players of this fairly rules-light skirmish game set in some anomaly-strewn Eastern European Zone. This episode features our new theme by Bevan Tanttu!
Zona Alfa screenshots w/commentary on the blog:
https://www.barreldrill.com/zona-alfa-fortified-niche-playtest/
Find Zona Alfa here:
https://ospreypublishing.com/zona-alfa
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11 - Five Men At Kursk
The podcast plays Five Men at Kursk to ask questions like "why does the Sherman not have the 'Ronson' rule?" and "why aren't the Germans outright superior to everyone else?"
Five Men at Kursk screenshots w/commentary on the blog:
https://www.barreldrill.com/five-men-at-kursk-fortified-niche-playtest/
Find Turnip28 here:
https://www.wargamevault.com/product/174545/Five-Men-at-Kursk
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10 - Turnip28
To get into the weird and rooty atmosphere of Turnip28 - a Napoleonic-ish wargame - Cassa recorded all of his audio for this episode on a potato.
Turnip28 screenshots w/commentary on the blog:
https://www.barreldrill.com/turnip28-fortified-niche-playtest/
Find Turnip28 here:
https://www.patreon.com/Turnip28
Support Fortified Niche on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/fortifiedniche
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JcDent:
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Cohost
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Show editing by Serf McSerfington
Show intro/outro by Bevan Tanttu
9 - Black Powder Red Earth 28MM
In Black Powder Red Earth 28MM, you're an operator operating operationally... and then a Chinese drone stabs you from the sky.
Black Powder Red Earth 28MM screenshots w/commentary on the blog:
https://www.barreldrill.com/black-powder-red-earth-28mm-fortified-niche-playtest/
Find Black Powder Red Earth 28MM here:
https://www.blackpowderredearth.com/28mm.php
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8 - Rumbleslam
Come on and slam, and welcome to the, er, rumble with Rumbleslam, the game of fantasy wrestling.
Rumbleslam screenshots w/commentary on the blog:
https://www.barreldrill.com/rumbleslam-fortified-niche-playtest/
Find Dracula's America: Shadows of the West here:
https://rumbleslam.com/
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7 - Dracula's America: Shadows of the West
The podcast posse blazes a trailer of destruction through the Weird Weird West by playing Dracula's America: Shadows of the West.
Dracula's America: Shadows of the West screenshots w/commentary on the blog:
https://www.barreldrill.com/draculas-america-shadows-of-the-west-fortified-niche-playtest/
Find Dracula's America: Shadows of the West here:
https://ospreypublishing.com/dracula-039-s-america-shadows-of-the-west
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6 - Delta One Zero
Podcast lads tactically renditioned Delta One Zero via a high-speed low-barbie email to the developer. So what did they kinetically ascertain about the game, other than it not being Infinity?
Delta One Zero screenshots w/commentary on the blog:
https://www.barreldrill.com/delta-one-zero-fortified-niche-podcast/
Delta One Zero:
https://bonza-games.com/
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5 - The Silver Bayonet
Massively famous podcast madlads are furnished with a review copy of The Silver Bayonet, written by one Joseph A. McCullough and published by Osprey Games.
Over the hills and o'er the Main,
To Flanders, Portugal and Spain,
King George commands and we'll obey,
Shooting werewolves and the fey.
This is also the first episode where JcDent gives a small illustrated overview of experiences playing The Silver Bayonet on his blog:
https://www.barreldrill.com/the-silver-bayonet-fortified-niche/
The Silver Bayonet:
https://ospreypublishing.com/the-silver-bayonet
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4 - Force on Force
We take a critical look at Force on Force, a modern military miniature wargame that uncritically accepts any and all Western military adventures of the last century.
Force on Force:
http://www.ambushalleygames.net/force-on-force-core-rules-pdf
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3 - Forbidden Psalm
If you're ever played Mork Borg and thought "man, I'd love it if this was a very rules-light Mordheim-like," then Forbidden Psalm was made with you preternaturally presciently in mind.
Forbidden Psalm:
https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/forbidden-psalm
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