Fortified Niche

The wheel has turned once more - time to decide the best without dunking on the rest! It's the Three-Year Anniversary Nichee Awards Episode! Join us as we discuss which games we liked the most - and why - and get lost in nostalgic reverie. Supplemental episode art provided by friend of the show Karol Blaky, previously seen illustrating our Xenos Rampant supllement: https://www.instagram.com/karolb...

The pod leads a platoon of green army men to glorious death in Combat Storm 2nd Edition , a miniature warfare game for actual plastic soldiers by Strategy Wave Studios. Find Combat Storm rules here: https://combatstorm.com/products/combat-storm-2nd-edition-digital-edition Find the companion post here: ⁠https://www.barreldrill.com/full-spectrum-dominance-review/⁠ Support Fortified Niche on Patreon:...

The pod catches scurvy the old-fashioned way in Blood & Plunder , a 28mm historical skirmish game where the action is on land, sea, and/or boat! Developed by Firelock Games. Find Blood & Plunder rules here: https://www.firelockgames.com/product/blood-plunder-rulebook-pdf/ Find the companion post here: https://www.barreldrill.com/blood-plunder-review/ Support Fortified Niche on Patreon: ⁠ht...

The pod tries to use their SAGA dice in Full Spectrum Dominance , a "combined arms wargame for small scales" by Giacomo "The Lazy Forger" Pantalone and Federico Valsecchi. Find Full Spectrum Dominance rules here: https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-full-spectrum-dominance-rulebook-262512 Find the companion post here: ⁠https://www.barreldrill.com/full-spectrum-dominanc...

The pod clan scrounges up some dough for AEK-971 season pass in The Battlefield: Miniature Modern Warfare, Brent Spivey's game that mushes together multiplayer FPS and RTS. Find The Battlefield: Miniature Modern Warfare rules here: https://www.wargamevault.com/product/102355/The-Battlefield%3A-Miniature-Modern-Warfare Find the companion post here: https://www.barreldrill.com/battlefield-miniat...

The pod prepares to ambush a patrol of GEV APCs in Stargrunt II , a science fiction combat game from Jon Tuffley, Ground Zero Games. Find Stargrunt II rules here: https://downloads.groundzerogames.co.uk/sgii.pdf Find the companion post here: https://www.barreldrill.com/stargrunt-2-review/ Support Fortified Niche on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortifiedniche Follow the creators of Fortified Ni...

The pod welds a DShK to the roof of a Prius for a race in Gaslands: Refueled , the tabletop miniature wargame of post-apocalyptic vehicular mayhem by Mike Hutchinson. Find Gaslands: Refueled rules here: https://www.ospreypublishing.com/us/gaslands-refuelled-9781472838834/ Find the companion post here: https://www.barreldrill.com/gaslands-refueled-review/ Support Fortified Niche on Patreon: https:/...

The pod rallies honest men for a good and well-paying cause in Force of Virtue , a miniatures skirmish game for the 15th century. Find Force of Virtue rules here: https://masterstrokegames.com/product/pdf-rulebook/ Find the companion post here: https://www.barreldrill.com/force-of-virtue-review/ Support Fortified Niche on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortifiedniche Follow the creators of Forti...

The lil'-hex-and-chit-pod-that-could relents to fan pressure and reviews Lock 'n Load Tactical Digital , a VIDEO GAME adaptation of the squad-level classic! Find Lock 'n Load Tactical Digital here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1149940/Lock_n_Load_Tactical_Digital_Core_Game/ Find the companion post here: https://www.barreldrill.com/lock-n-load-tactical-digital-review/ Support Fort...

The pod relies on varmint rifles and pipe bombs to fight monsters in When Nightmares Come , "an investigative wargame of supernatural horror" by Patrick Todoroff. Copy provided by Osprey! Find When Nightmares Come rules here: https://www.ospreypublishing.com/us/when-nightmares-come-9781472860040/ Find the companion post here: https://www.barreldrill.com/when-nightmares-come-review/ Suppo...

The pod command group ranks their flanks and conquers the other old world in The 9th Age , a game of fantasy battles. Find The 9th Age rules here: https://www.the-ninth-age.com/download/fantasy-battles/ Find the companion post here: https://www.barreldrill.com/the-9th-age-review/ Support Fortified Niche on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortifiedniche Follow the creators of Fortified Niche on so...

The pod tries to hack a drone and get eaten by an alien in Mars: Code Aurora , a sci-fi skirmish wargame by Studio 6201. Find Mars: Code Aurora rules here: https://www.marscodeaurora.com/en/the-game/ Find the companion post here: https://www.barreldrill.com/mars-code-aurora-fortified-niche-playtest/ Support Fortified Niche on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortifiedniche Follow the creators of F...

In this highly-irregular episode, the pod looks at what miniature games are coming out in 2024 and measures their own tentative hype levels. Some of the indies we talked about: Hypersteel Nightmare: https://discord.gg/xKXs7jHF World of Wrestling: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2779523/wow-world-wrestling/page/1 Firelock 198X: https://twitter.com/RifleInfantry/status/1632905870551003136 Support F...

The pod uses "We Obey" to get their hearthguards to charge the Four Horsemen in SAGA: Age of Magic by Studio Tomahawk! Find SAGA: Age of Magic rules here: https://www.grippingbeast.co.uk/SRB24_Age_of_Magic_Supplement--product--5849.html Find the companion post here: https://www.barreldrill.com/saga-age-of-magic-review/ Support Fortified Niche on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortified...

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 Support Fortified Niche on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/f...

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. Find The Drowned Earth rules here: https://thedrownedearth.com Find the companion post here: https://www.barreldrill.com/the-drowned-earth-review/ Support Fortified Niche on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortifiedniche...

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/ Support Fortified Niche...

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/ Su...

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! Support Fortified Niche on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortifiedniche Follow the creators of...

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/ Support Fortified Niche on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortifiedniche Follow the creators of Fortified Niche on social media! JcDent: Bar...

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. Follow Will on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saintimp/ Find his works: https://www.forbiddenpsalm.com Follow the creators of Fortified Niche on social media! JcDent: Barrel Drill blog Cohost...

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/ Support Fortified Niche on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortifi...

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/ Support Fortified Niche on Patreon: h...

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/ Support Fortified Niche on Patreon: https:/...

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 Get Nordic Weasel games here: https://www.wargamevault.com/browse/pub/5701/Nordi...