12 AWESOME SKIRMISH GAMES (THAT AREN’T GAMES WORKSHOP) Don’t Boycott GW Promote & Play These Instead

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

Whether you like GW games or not, I can highly recommend trying these awesome games. 🤪 Which game would you recommend?

[@DefectiveDice]

Gotta add Malifaux!

[@yagsipcc287]

One Page Rules :) there system is great! not complicated for the sake of it, basic core rules are free advanced rules can be bought for like 5 bucks or go onto their pateron to get them with STLs each month and other goodies :) they have a sci fi and fantasy setting, mass battle or skirmish gameplay. Easy to learn, still very tactical and lots of fun :)

[@claybass3631]

Gaslands!

[@jakzed]

I'd recommend Kill Team Octarius ;)

[@darkaiel]

I like that you included DnD 4th edition, that was what led me into wargaming.

[@Kazdok]

It warms my soul to see someone else who is fond of D&D 4E! Great video and great attitude!

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

I love those books. Thank you!

[@SootyWebster]

"Five parsecs from home" if you're locked down and solo. Rangers of shadowdeep or frostgrave too!

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

Nice one thanks! 👊

[@eldritchmorgasm4018]

- Grimmerspace - Destiny Aurora

[@CesarIsaacPerez]

After Age of Sigmar my favorite game is Frostgrave. I've been playing those 2 games for the last 5 years and they are still my favorites. Rangers of Shadows deep is also an excellent solo/co-op game by the same author of Frostgrave and he recently released Stargrave. I've also enjoyed Relic Blade and Ragnarok: Heavy Metal combat. I'm excited for the release of 5 Parsecs From Home!

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

Some awesome suggestions thanks! I’ve really got to try Frostgrave 👊

[@Lwilibert]

The Fantasy Trip (Melee & Wizard) is my favorite skimish system, especially if the players don´t play often or never played before.

[@Jimmy0576]

On 25 min you said the right thing. Instead of focusing on how bad GW is, focus on how good the small creators are and support them. And honestly I don't think GW is bad, but there is tons of talent out there. We only thought GW was the best only because it was the only thing out there really.

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

We are lucky to have so much available to us from all the different creators. It's also amazing how much GW releases and the support for the games is brilliant.

[@Jimmy0576]

@@tabletopskirmishgames people love their hobby! I started painting minis again after 15 years and i am amazed by the amount of things i discover. Keep up the good work!

[@annoyingrequirement]

Infinity, core space, 5 parsecs, stargrave and one page rules ftw!

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

5 Parsecs getting a lot of recommends, will have a look for this thanks! 👊

[@xkriegor]

Not really skirmish scale, but I'd recommend Star Wars: Legion if you want something kinda similar to 40k but with a more streamlined rule. It's really intuitive, easy to pick up, have some cool and interesting mechanics plus it's cheaper than 40k to pick up.

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

The detail on the models look great, I’d really like to give this a go, thanks! 👊

[@Jaccayumitty]

Gaslands is great fun, rules are simple to learn but have a bit of depth, it's one of the more popular games at my gaming club and always produces at lot of laughs. It's not one to get too competitive with, just enjoy the carnage and mayhem. And it makes a change from the greed of GW - £13 for the rulebook is all you pay. Templates are in the rulebook for you to freely copy, or you can buy from third-party sellers, anyone can make them as they're royalty free. The cars are just any hotwheels cars you happen to have sitting around, you can modify them if you want to make them a bit more Mad Max, and you can use bits from the spares box for weapons etc. Recommend it.

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

It looks awesome. I bought the books and my boy and I spent £10 getting all our cars which is great. Now I just need to bash em up and get playing! Thanks for the recommend 👊

[@dragonfist]

Infinity CodeOne is by far my new fav game, it is awesome to be able to react in other player's turn

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

Yeah that’s a really great feature of the game.

[@kettleonsonna]

Wholesome, good advice. All good recommendations. Agree with the people saying Frostgrave/Stargrave. Zombicide is the perfect mechanic for solo play. Gaslands is great too. Got Last Days but never got it to the table.

[@Rajja29]

Love your list. Some I like that you didn't mention are Elder Scrolls: A Call to Arms, Zona Alfa, Five Parsec from Home, A Billion Suns, Stargrave, Frostgrave, Rangers of Shadowdeep. The Walking Dead: All out War, and Battletech

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

Nice recommends thanks!

[@amata415]

Awesome! I want to expand wargaming collection.

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

Loads of great games out there. Thanks for watching! 👊

[@amata415]

@@tabletopskirmishgames You’re welcome! I’ll start with Core Space, looks fun!

[@johnsteidl293]

Thanks for this! Had never heard of Burrows and Badgers. Couple I didn't see here or on your channel: Relicblade and Kings War: Vanguard for fantasy. Rangers of Shadow Deep is a solo campaign version of the Frostgrave rules. For designed-as-solo, Five Parsecs from Home is really brilliant. The skirmish rules are a light/tight core for what is really more of a solo RPG campaign engine. For solo fantasy there is Five Leagues from the Borderlands, and both of these are mini agnostic. Comparing Shadow Deep to the Five Parsecs/Leagues system for solo folks: SD is much more guided while 5P/L is more procedural. So you don't have to do as much creative work with SD, but it's more limited in scope/replay. 5P/L is pretty limitless in terms of where the campaigns can take you, but you need to do a little more work in creating your own story to match what the campaign engine is throwing at you. Cheers

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

Thanks for the recommends, I haven't tried those yet.

[@Chopperkelly73]

Nicely done, some great games in there. I love Burrows and Badgers, it was the first skirmish game I picked up when I returned to the hobby. Bumped into the Oathsworn stand at the UKGE and accidentally spent a fortune! I’m currently painting minis for Stargrave and Dead Mans Hand, both small scale skirmish games.

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

Thank you! Such a great company and the models are fantastic. I bet it was awesome to see all the products on show at the event?

[@Chopperkelly73]

@@tabletopskirmishgames yeah, they had a few nice boards on display. Great to talk to Mike & Jo, love his painting style.

[@CGOLAN]

Hi Lee, you are from UK afaik, but I do not see in your video for example: Darklands (Darklands 2ed currently) from Mierce Miniatures. Also have not seen Godslayer from Megalith Games. While Godslayer struggles for community nowadays, but models are still available and are of same scale in feeling as from Mierce Miniatures.

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

I haven't heard of those but will go check them out, thanks!

[@CGOLAN]

​@@tabletopskirmishgames Definitely! Godslayer appeared before Warcry, I do not know if before AOS, I do not remember. The engine is quite simple, there are few smart approaches and multiple options in list building. In case of Darklands you have a skirmish (battlereports available for both at youtube), with over 12 factions with huge amount of models to choose from, and ruleset that includes also a weather (the compendium was shared at Mierce Miniatures site years ago. In case of SciFi, you can also check Full Thrust (there is a community for this game still at Facebook) - rules available for free, ships you can made on your own or purchase from manufacturer, he is keep producing it for 20 years :)

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

I'll check out Full Thrust too, thanks!

[@peacenik458]

Not seen anyone mention Saga yet or any of its historical or fantasy settings. That may be worth a look.

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

Just had a look and this looks great, I’d love to play a Viking skirmish! Thanks 👊

[@wayward-saint]

Those Northumbrian Tinsoldier minis are truly fantastic. So much character.

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

Some of my favourite miniatures and a totally different nostalgic vibe. Thanks for watching! 👊

[@1rnw792]

In terms of amazing value, I'd love to get my hands on CMONs HATE, don't think you can get it in the UK? You get like almost like a 100+ amazingly detailed norseman models, as well as a really cool board game. Another suggestion, which I haven't tried myself, is warlord games' SPQR. It focuses on warband combat in the ancient world, the starter box is like £30ish and you get like 70+ models.

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

SPQR looks amazing value. I’ll check out HATE for sure, thanks! 👊

[@ajking4836]

Great to see some love shared across companies. I really like Northumbrian Tin soldier

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

Their miniatures are so good I can’t wait to get them painted. Thanks for watching! 👊

[@ulas-yalcin]

core space looks hype but I worry about storage space.

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

The great thing about the terrain is that it all dismantles and packs back into the one box. For each mission you build it in different ways so it has to be taken apart each time if you play through those missions in the book. Really fun game.

[@DarkAutumnScribe]

Northumberland Tin Soldiers? Looks very cool. Can we get those in the States? I assume they'll ship here, but I haven't been able to find a local distributor, yet.

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

They ship to the US from the UK so you can get all their range. Really great products. There’s a link in the description that’ll take you there. Thanks for watching! 👊

[@calvanoni5443]

Yes, I've bought from them. I'm in California. The Gnomes of Agaldurs keep were the lastest ones I got. Really Awesome with Toads!

[@DarkAutumnScribe]

@@calvanoni5443 cool! Good to know! Thanks!

[@NODHLAN]

The only game i like from gw is warcry, i love other skirmish games, with my friends we play: last days, frostgrave, marvel crisis protocol and gasslands, i dont miss the days of that dice tosser game called warhammer 40k 🤣

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

Awesome, I’ve got to give Frostgrave a go. Thanks for watching! 👊

[@NODHLAN]

@@tabletopskirmishgames its an awesome game the narrative books and campaigns are fun enough to give it a try

[@dragonfist]

seems that Mercs is dead game now? Cant seem to find any info/stores that sell it?

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

A new Facebook page opened for it this year and someone has taken over the IP but i haven’t seen any news about it so unfortunately it’s still difficult to get hold of any minis and looks like it’s a no go at the moment. On the US Ebay there are some available at a good price but shipping to UK makes it very expensive.

[@pauls3585]

I would add Frostgrave and Rangers of Shadows Deep

[@spicypickle4294]

Northumbrian tin soldiers looks incredible thank you

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

They are one of my favourite companies, I can’t wait to feature the products more on the channel alongside my new game coming out next month. Thanks for watching!

[@tylerpeck9754]

Love gaslands.. burrows and badgers peaks my interest

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

Burrows and Badgers is a cool game and the models you can get for it are so different from anything I’ve played previously. I love the mechanics and how they use the different dice for the different size animals, it’s pretty clever. Thanks for watching! 👊

[@Marinealver]

I'm looking into Emperor of the Fading Suns for my Grimdark experience.

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

Nice one, I’ll go check it out. Thanks 👊

[@davidmiranda9227]

Hey have you heard of MERCS 2.5?

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

Hey David, yes I've been emailing with the new owner and will feature it on the channel soon. Looking forward to it, Mercs is a brilliant game.

[@krisdray673]

Great selection of games, great review, still thinking about diving into Kill Team but so many great games like Star Breach and Five Parsecs from Home that are mini agnostic plus all the stuff by McCullough...been "boycotting" GW for a decade but I still buy their minis if I like them...too many better and less expensive rulesets...best to remember boycotts will hurt your FLGS worse than GW most likely but you can vote with your pocketbook any time you choose. Really enjoying your content...best wishes

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

Thanks, Kris. I’m really looking forward to Kill Team, the box set looks great with two good kill teams and nice terrain. I’ll be using them in other games too for sure. That’s the great thing about the hobby, it’s easy to collect from different creators and companies and merge it all together however you like and great fun too! Thanks for watching 👊

[@Relatista38]

Just to let you know, DnD has its own skirmish game, it is called DDM :D

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

Thanks!

[@marcocardoso8745]

Great Video Idea. Really nice compilation youngot there, I would Like to add: Dust 1947 Starbreach Frostrgrave Stargrave Deadzone Xwing Miniature heavy, Skirmish adjacent boardgames: Zombicide Black Plague Firefly adventures Village Attacks Aliens: Another glorious day in the Corps Nemesis

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

Nice list! I’ll definitely be looking at lots of these in the future. Thanks for this it’s awesome 👊

[@marcocardoso8745]

@@tabletopskirmishgames you really should, fun stuff inside. The boardgames are mostly cooperative or semi cooperative but you tackle different amounts of enemies or have heißt Style scenarios. Especially firefly adventures is not only a great Translation of the TV series to a boardgame, it's also Like a cooperative boardgame Version of Stargrave, or Vice versa, Hope tonuse the Crew from the boardgame for the Skirmish.

[@marcocardoso8745]

@@tabletopskirmishgames and before I forget: despite a Mixed company History and a somewhat patchy Release schedule in the past, my favorite Tablet top wargame ist Dust 1947. Great fluff, and the latest edition rules are my personal favorite sweetspot of streamlined, fast paced, easy to learn + enough tactical choices and possibilities via your troop selection. Plus playable in free Form or gridded map. Nicely fleshed Out blocs ( aka factions) and great combatwalker Design If you're into pulpy weird war scenarios.

[@bradp6452]

Add is starbreach and grim dark future firefight if you want to use your existing gw models in an almost one to one way. Both a free. Also Mantic's deadzone which is like the new kill team but way more straightforward without a million special rules layered on top of itself. Core rules are free to play with lists but the most updated rules and lists are in a supplement which is like 20 dollars.

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

Awesome, I’ll go check them out. Dead Zone sounds great. Thanks! 👊

[@affenbauch]

I can highly recommend the miniatures by Goon Master for Burrows and Badgers. The four fantastic foxes you showed are also created by him. There are a whole bunch of awesome looking miniatures to 3d-print on his myminifactory-page. 🤩👍

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

A Hedgehog riding a Corgi? I'm sold! 🤣 Fantastic designs, I wish I had a printer. These are in a style I really like, thank you for the recommend!

[@affenbauch]

@@tabletopskirmishgames Hey, Lee. You're welcome. Hmm, maybe you know someone that knows someone that might have a 3d printer? 😉 Thank you so much for your reply, your great videos and sharing your passion with us. 🤟

[@Janisurai]

Recommend the later version of zombicide, especially the fantasy version

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

Thanks for the recommend!

[@tablesaltgames]

We need to add Battlespace: ultra modern skirmish to this list 😁

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

Nice one, I’ll check it out thanks! 👊

[@craigivarson5191]

Thanks, great video. I have Reign In Hell. Love it.

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

Awesome, thanks for watching!

[@terratorment2940]

Liking 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons is not a common opinion so I was surprised to see it in this video.

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

We've mostly played our own version but I really like the 4th edition books for reference and ideas.

[@scottperkins5038]

Alanah Pearce has an interesting video on why boycotting particularly creative industries companies is a bad idea. Basically boils down to: your not hurting the execs and decision makers in the company your hurting the creatives who deal with questionable tactics because they love what they do.

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

That makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the recommend.

[@sos_legio_primus]

I went for Team Yankee; over FoW.

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

I'll be covering some Bolt Action soon 👊

[@dkartzinel]

I do like Core Space - although the constant stream of purge enemies can feel a little...stressful? I am looking forward to the FirstBorn more. Not a fan of the GW boycott personally - I get the desire they have to protect their IP...it's the strongest thing they have to keep them going.

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

First Born looks great, the terrain is fantastic. Agree, I hope this boycott runs out of steam soon and we can see more positive videos for the hobby.

[@biddybaxter]

No need to boycott all of GW, just boycott Warhammer+. Everything they're currently doing is to force the fan base to subscribe to that service. GW are greedy and cannot accept that people are getting for free what they could charge you for. Game wise I'd recommend Grimdark Future by One Page Rules. All the fun of WH40k but with a less bloated set of rules. Plus you can still use all your existing GW minis or anything else you might own as it's a proxy miniature game.

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

One Page Fules look awesome. I’ve got to download some of the rules and give it a good go. Thanks! 👊

[@Wakkawoo2]

Good man not jumping on this daft nerd bandwagon. Alas, most people who say they are boycotting won’t be, and even then they are a massive minority. Warhammer has THE worst vocal minority and they need expunged from the hobby. Keep up the hard work.

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

Thanks! It seems pretty trendy right now but not a good time to boycott with the awesome new Kill Team about to release … more for us! 🤪

[@alcovitch]

D&D isn't a skirmish game.

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

It depends how you play it, and I think home brew versions that focus heavily on the combat can be thought of as a skirmish game. For example, running a session that plays like the Legend of Drizzt board game.

[@Charles-co7ru]

Well you just wasted the first two minutes of my time talking about the unethical Games Workshop that's supposed to be focused on 12 other skirmish games..

[@x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x]

Wtf is this? I will take my subscribe back, bye.

[@tabletopskirmishgames]

I play lots of skirmish games so thought it would be cool to share them.

[@bushmins]

Hi Just Boy. Everyone is allowed an opinion, including you, but if you are going to throw toys out of a pram you are better off not posting at least until you have had time to gather your thoughts.

[@Freitschi]

@@bushmins or at least watch the first 5 minutes of the video