Dread Nights | Fortified Niche playtest!

Boy, everyone is hunting monsters these days. The blood of alien behemoths had barely dried on our hands before we were thrust into a damned Victorian metropolis where werewolves, vampires and stranger beings stalk the darkness. This time, we’re rounding up a crew of five souls to brave Dread Nights, a standalone Forbidden Psalm expansion.

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Eagles of Empire | Fortified Niche playtest!

When it comes to the 19th century, the wargaming crowd is usually split between the Napoleonic War and the American Civil War. But you know what other very important war happened in that century? The Franco-Prussian war! I guess it was too short – only lasted six months – to leave a lasting impression. This historical (wargaming) injustice is rectified by Eagles of Empire, a very interesting miniature wargame!

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Verrotwood | Fortified Niche playtest!

You know what? Enough of being being “heroes” and “roughly competent people.” It’s shitty cultist time to shine! That’s right – that’s who you’re playing in Verrotwood, the fantasy skirmish game of folk horror!

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BelloLudi | Fortified Niche playtest!

Hey, what if you played a multiplayer game where each side had one guy as the overall commander, and the rest were trying to fulfill his orders as best they could? What if you played a game like that on a team building exercise at work? These two unlikely allies mingle together in BelloLudi!

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Moonstone | Fortified Niche playtest!

Some creators have a lot of trouble with nagging fans, but Fortified Niche is still small enough that it’s actually cute and helpful when our listeners reach out. In the case of Molly, she really wanted us to review Moonstone, a fantasy skirmish wargame of fairytale combat.

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7TV 2nd Edition | Fortified Niche playtest!

Fans of The Prisoner and Randal and Hopkirk (Deceased) will be delighted by the opportunity to recreate the most pulse-pounding moments of the shows on the tabletop. That’s right, we’re reviewing 7TV 2nd Edition, a miniature skirmish game aimed at classical British television – and beyond!

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Primaris Firestrike Servo-turret makes Marine haters seethe

…because nothing someone who hates Space Marines can do will ever top the humiliation of the Primaris Firestrike Servo-turret as meted out by Games Workshop’s own hand. If the Primarch hates its favored sons so, what chance do you stand?

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Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader | Fortified Niche playtest!

Hark, Fortified Niche BBS user! How is 1987 treating you thus far? Probably better than the Brits, I’d say. However, Albion does have something cool to look forward to as their own fantasy miniature marvel Games Workshop dips toes in sci-fi with Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader!

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Thud and Blunder review | Fortified Niche playtest!

Fantasy skirmish game? In this economy? It’s more likely than you believe! That’s why the pod sat down to play Thud and Blunder, a game that left us impressed with just how fast it plays – and how friendly the warband building mechanics are.

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