How many warhammer and 40k players play other table top games?

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**acullen626**

Hello all. I want to know as the title says how many warhammer players play other table top games and what? I don’t have much of an idea as to what’s out there in the world of games so I just want to see what else there is and anything you could recommend.
Thanks Andrew

**Alpharius**

Well, aside from too many 40K and WFB miniatures, I've also got INFINITY and SECRETS OF THE THIRD REICH armies in the process of getting table ready...

**acullen626**

sounds cool. havn't actually heard of either of them but ill note them down and look into them!

**Evil Eli**

Other Then WHFB

Warhammer Ancients
Epic 40k
Fields of Glory
Battle Lore
looking into Wings of War.

**malfred**

I'd have to play 40k first...

I do play Fantasy, so I guess I can post here.

Warmachine
Hordes
um, more Warmachine. Lots and lots of Warmachine and Hordes.

(for me, 1 game a week is lots and lots)

**Kilkrazy**

There's a massive amount of non GW games around. There are huge numbers of historical games in many periods ranging from Ancients to modern day.

http://theminiaturespage.com/

**legoburner**

Flames of war. For an example of the minis, check out my soon-to-be-updated FoW project log and also check out the flames of war images in the gallery

**studderingdave**

Epic - Adeptus Mechanicus/Minervan Tank Company
Inquisitor - Radical Inquisitor Warband
Battlefleet Gothic - Orks
Warmachine - Khador
Hordes - Trollbloods

**Delephont**

Infinity
AT-43 (only just started really)
Warmachine (soon)

**CT GAMER**

BFG

Infinity

Warlands (awesome Mad max post-apocalyptic action)

Alkemy

Warmachine

**Cryonicleech**

Looking into Warmachine and BFG

Alkemy looks interesting, but I haven't researched it yet.

**Darkness**

40k
WFB
Epic 40k
BFG
BB

Used to do War Machine

**Grimhowl**

Other than 40k/Fantasy I play Flames of War and Warmachine/Hordes

**Kilkrazy**

If you're looking for new options it would be worth telling us something about your interests.

For example, do you prefer SF, Fantasy or Historical?
If Historical, any particular period -- WW2, ACW, Ancients, etc?
Skirmish, battle, or big battle?
Large figures (28mm) or small (6mm?)
Integrated games with fluff, rules and figures all from one company?
Land, sea, air, or space?

**acullen626**

Nice great responces!
They all sound really good! can any one tell me any more about Warmachine/Hordes?

**wyomingfox**

I still have two Battle Masters Game Boards

**grizgrin**

Hordesmachine, I dont even see them as really seperate anymore

AT-43
MechWarrior
Flames of War (Russian Infantry swarm)
40
WHFB

Warmachine is a fun game, I've always enjoyed it. It's steampunk, much as the purists and company lapdogs hate that moniker. You have a war caster who is the center point of your force. The warcaster has infantry to support him, and warjacks. Warjacks are about 11 tons apiece, various methods of being powered but they all have smokestacks (of a refined and "cool" design) so they can all be conveniently thought of as steam powered. It's an IGOUGO format, which is a bit of a downer but honestly all my favorite games are. For a look at the rules go to www.privateerpress.com, it's worth a cruise over.

Honestly, one thing that will factor into your game selection is what's being played in your area. No opponents=no games. Take a look around.

**acullen626**

yea unfortunatly no one in my area even plays 40k or warhammer!!

**Xero524**

Blood Bowl and Aeronautica Imperialis. I highly recommend Blood Bowl as its easier to get people into as you only have to get a board and maybe another team if you don't like Orcs or Humans, and also its American football, and that appeals to some of the non-gamer types.

**acullen626**

Yea id lookd at it and i actually no a guy who plays it. im just not sure i would be into it though! mite give it a try!

**grizgrin**

I've never played blood bowl, and never will. Mostly because my area has large enough pool of people in it to support a yearly BloodBowl Season, and from what I hear from everyone and what I see it causes a ridiculous amount of butt-soreness. I see these guys that I regularly play 40k against, great people. Win or lose I have a great game against them. But sit these sames guys, together again for bloodbowl, and they turn into stark raving ass masters that I could only want to beat to death with a hammer to save the world further harm. Every year. I hate that fething game, and I've never touched it.

But that's prob. just in my area.

I have heard theat Aeronautica Imperialis is a ridiculously fun game. Everything I have heard about the rules for it has been positive, and while I am sure the models are expensive because they are all forgeworld, everyone of them that I have seen is just gorgeous. the detail is nothing short of amazing. Check out www.forgeworld.co.uk and cruise for it. Stutter-inducing beauty.

**H.B.M.C.**

Well if you count other GW games as alternative tabletop games, then add Necromunda, Warhammer Quest and Blood Bolw to my list.

BattleTech is the one non-GW game I play.

**gretar**

I used too play LOTR , but i sold my minatures(note : I didnt say toy )

Also , i sculpted my very own star wars game

but it got ruined 2001 :( Damn cat ...

**Xero524**

grizgrin wrote:I've never played blood bowl, and never will. Mostly because my area has large enough pool of people in it to support a yearly BloodBowl Season, and from what I hear from everyone and what I see it causes a ridiculous amount of butt-soreness. I see these guys that I regularly play 40k against, great people. Win or lose I have a great game against them. But sit these sames guys, together again for bloodbowl, and they turn into stark raving ass masters that I could only want to beat to death with a hammer to save the world further harm. Every year. I hate that fething game, and I've never touched it.

But that's prob. just in my area.

I have heard theat Aeronautica Imperialis is a ridiculously fun game. Everything I have heard about the rules for it has been positive, and while I am sure the models are expensive because they are all forgeworld, everyone of them that I have seen is just gorgeous. the detail is nothing short of amazing. Check out www.forgeworld.co.uk and cruise for it. Stutter-inducing beauty.

That must be just your area, because where I am all the silly crap that happens only encourages hilarious laughter.

Aeronautica is not as expensive as you might think, as you only need 10 ships max for a game. The books cost a pretty penny though, although the pictures alone were enough for me to buy it.

**chromedog**

Other than 40k, I play:

Stargrunt II
Full Thrust
Infinity
Urban War

I don't and won't play any 'pure' fantasy game (so no WHFB, lotr, Wotr, etc) as the genre doesn't appeal to me. I was exposed to SF through military SF, so I like my games like that as well.

**Cheese Elemental**

chromedog wrote:Full Thrust

What.
I'm not even going to ask.

**skrulnik**

Hope you find some players of some of the below.
We usually play something Non-GW on Saturdays.

Games I have played in the last year.

GW games:
40k, Warhammer Fantasy, Mordheim, Necromunda, Blood Bowl, War of the Ring

Privateer Press:
Warmachine, Monsterpocalypse (giant monsters, great fun)

Mongoose:
Starship Troopers

Rackham:
AT-43 (Sci-fi, similar to 40k)

Battlefront:
Flames of War (WWII)

Osprey/Slytherine:
Field of Glory (from ancients to the Hundred Years War, but we usually play Punic Wars through 4th century AD)

Others that I do not know the company:
Shako (Napoleonic era), and at least 3 other rulesets that I do not remember the names of, all Napoleonic era.
Fire and Fury (I think, U.S. Civil War)
Nuts! (WWII skirmish from TwoHour Wargames)

Boardgames/ card games that use minis:
Descent, Doom (all from Fantasy Flight Games)
Battlelore (Days of Wonder)
Zombies! (Twilight Creations?)
Wings of War (WWI airplane dogfights, cards, but manuver like minis, very very fun. THere is a WWII version also)

Would like to try:
Secrets of the Third Reich, Incursion (from the same company)
Infinity
Urban War (Scifi, I loved Void, but nobody near me now ever played it)
Legends of the Old West (Cowboys!)
Legends of the High Seas (Pirates!)
Uncharted Seas (Fantasy Sea Battles)
Warhammer Historical
Pirates Card ship game

**LunaHound**

I collect flames of war , AT-43 and Confrontation ( LGS closed ) so only collect.

**ph34r**

Cheese Elemental wrote:
chromedog wrote:Full Thrust

What.
I'm not even going to ask.

Yea i no rite games that are not warhammer, ew

**chromedog**

Full thrust is a spaceship game (like BFG, but with a superior vector based movement system). Easy to learn and has more pleasing models.

It's by Ground Zero Games. Like Stargrunt II and it's 6mm scaled Dirtside equivalent. OH AND IT'S FREE FOR DOWNLOAD from the Ground Zero Games website.

They're other tabletop games. The OP was what other TTG are played, not just what other GW TTG were played.

Unlike GW, GZG don't insist you only use their miniatures in their games. Naturally, they'd like you to, but you don't have to, and no TO would stop you here, either.