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I wanted to reach out and talk about some of your favorite "wargame" finds. These finds can come from many sources including Wargames vault, an Indie publisher, at a garage sale, on the Free Wargame Wikia, etc. Please share the find and maybe help other discover it too!

I think my two favorite finds are.....

1. Star Wars Miniature Wargame- http://www.d6holocron.com/downloads/wegminiatures.html
I had wanted to play this game for many years as it first came out early in my wargaming "career" but never really liked the West End Games miniature lines. However, thanks to this modern age of marvels I was able to track down this game and finally try it.



2. TSR Marvel Super Heroes- http://classicmarvelforever.com/cms/
I played this game when I was much younger as an RPG. it uses a simple set of FEAT rolls to determine success and the level of your success on a chart. However, the game is totally usable as a simple wargame.



Please share your finds.....

I've got a set of miniatures based on the Worms video game franchise. As far as I can tell it was from an abandoned tabletop game and fairly rare.

I remember coming across this Marvel Heroic Roleplaying game one time at a book store. Picked it up with no knowledge of Marvel or superhero RPGs. It’s probably one of my favorite RPG rulesets. The rules are light enough that they barely need any bookeeping, but allow for a lot of hero customization.

I’d also use this opportunity to recommend taking a look through thrift shops or used book stores every once in a while. Salvation Army once had third edition Shadowrun with six splatbooks for 12.00$. Another time, managed to get the 5e Blood Angel codex and some 40k skirmish game called Shadow War Armageddon for 4.00$.

Many moons ago … Space Hulk... probably 2nd edition, Italian edition... £10 each in The Works clearance bookshop. Bought all 6.

stroller wrote:
Many moons ago … Space Hulk... probably 2nd edition, Italian edition... £10 each in The Works clearance bookshop. Bought all 6.

Those copies of Space Hulk got around a bit. Was only young at the time (12ish) so my mum only allowed me to buy two.


As for my fave finds, that would either be the secondhand Necron army found in Sheffield with full 10 man squads of each of the metal elite units, so the cost of them alone covered what I paid for the army, everything else was extra. The extra being 2 of every other unit. All for the princely sum of £150.

Best wargaming finds I have right now is more or less literally anything from Spirit Games in Burton-on-Trent. The shop's been going since the early 80's and is an Aladdin's cave of random gak and OOP stuff if you look for long enough. Plus its a UK stockist of Reaper, which is a huge bonus.

Finding both the Gothic and the Eldritch and the Inquisitor Sketchbook at some hole in the wall game store. Paid through the nose for both but it was worth it.

Another fun find was the classic the World of Warhammer at some discounter bookstore in Amsterdam aeons ago.

Finding the two space crusade boxes in cash converter for £5 each as a child.
I played those games to death and the models helped me build my 40k marine force.
Good times

Both Realms of Chaos books, plus Warhammer Siege, for a quid each at a bring & buy.

A full chaos fleet for Man O'War for about £20 was a big find for me and my Oldhammer collection, but another big one was a box of random oldhammer figures which was amazing

However the best has to be a tossup between Warhammer Quest and Advanced Heroquest together in decentish condition (damaged boxes and the Barbarian card missing), plus a load of extra figures - old metal ones - that had been tossed into the boxes, or the free stack of figures I recieved from a lady whom was giving away her sons old stuff (he had moved on) which contained tons of old and rare figures, including some 1st edition stuff from the pre-bases days.

Agree on Spirit Games.

Other big win: A double size army case (old style) with dark elf figures for £30 on ebay. Collection only but negotiated a Hermes delivery to round the corner somewhere in the Highlands. Turned out to be 300 metal dark elves..... in the case and another large box. Postage was worth every penny.

I've found quite a few great deals at Carboots:
Fully painted and based Space Marine force (about 1000pts) for £20.
A DIY box filled with OOP Orks, Gretchin, Gorka-Morka bikes, metal Nobz, a painted Leman Russ, ~20 Guard and a ton of bits for £20.

I've also seen some great deals for Nid, Necron, Grey Knight, etc. armies (I would have nabbed them up if I hadn't already bought some things those days and didn't have the cash on me).

Something else I nearly forgot: Back when WHFB 8th came out my local GW went through a full rehaul. I happened to be passing the work entrance the next day (its an odd building, the workmans entrance faces on to a main street) and I saw some of the stuff by the bins. The janitor was there and he let me take as much as I could carry - I got away with the contents of nearly an entire Skull Pass set, many random sprues (most of which where complete) a Storm Talon, multiple books and a load of other bits. All for free.

I've been picking up cheap AT-43 units off Miniature Market for a couple years now for a fraction of the original prices. The rulesets are available for free here:

Then there is always Mobile Suit Skirmish. A free game that lets you use the Gundam model kits in actual battle.

Also, with AoS coming out with a new starter set recently, I got a copy of the old set on the cheap, and will be using the Stormcast as Custodes. I'm sure others are offloading the old set for cheap as well...

All from the same charity shop in Oxford.......

Ah, that's how I came to have a Commisar/Officer for my Rough Riders. From that top picture, I put the figure on a Rough Rider and a RT-01 marine model on the bike - to make a medic/apothecary.

I think some of my favorite finds have been board games, mainly old avalon hill, or avalon hill style games. Most places i've lived you aren't really going to find miniatures at garage sales, but i have found a complete copy of tactics II.

Also the Wizard's Quest board game, which has a fun map.