Meeples & Miniatures

Rating: One of the (few) saving graces from attending Strategy Game Con last weekend was the fact that I got to play a couple of games of the new Pandemic game: Reign of Cthulhu. Reign of Cthulhu is a co-operative game for between two and four players. Players take the role of one of seven investigator:  Magician, Hunter , Reporter, Detective, Doctor, Mystic  and Driver – each has their own special ability which can be used during the game. Each investigator has its own 25mm plastic [...]

Rating:  In recent years, there has been a quantum leap in commercially available terrain for wargaming. One of the biggest areas of growth has been in terrain mats. It doesn’t seem that long ago that, unless you made a table yourself, your choice of terrain mat was limited to a single colour piece of felt cloth – usually in brown, green, blue or black – and if you were very lucky, you potentially had the option of having hexes printed on it. However, we now see a [...]

Rating: “You wanna know how to get Capone? They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. *That’s* the *Chicago* way! And that’s how you get Capone” Jimmy Malone, The Untouchables (1987) Back in 2013, Great Escape Games released a Wild West Skirmish game, Dead Man’s Hand (you can read my review of this game here). Three years later, GEG have taken the game engine from DMH, but moved the location east to [...]

It’s always good to see new wargaming podcasts appear. Jay Arnold (who happens to be a fan of Meeples & Miniatures and View from the Veranda – obviously a man of great taste) has just release episode 1 of his new show: The Veteran [...]