Western Tabletop

30/11/2023

We're getting started in game dev! Here's a freebie from Jacob!

Retro FPS Skirmish tabletop game

29/10/2023

Hiatus is over, Historical & Miniature Gamers Podcast is back and live: https://youtu.be/fG3Qi7uIogc

Dan and Jacob meet up again and review the recent Motor Mayhem Tank Wars event followed by an in depth discussion on utilizing transports in Bolt Action

Do check out Bo Mortensen's transport tutorial video here:
https://youtu.be/ahoxIyUf-PM?si=euwI6y311ToAU1le

Audio versions of all of our casts are available iTunes, Google Podcasts & Spotify
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Dan and Jacob meet up again and review the recent Motor Mayhem Tank Wars event followed by an in depth discussion on utilizing transports in Bolt Action Do c...

22/08/2023

New battle report up!

In this video we find Daniel playing a solo game of Victory at Sea and continuing to test formats. Circa 1942 somewhere near Midway Island is somewhat histor...

22/07/2023

28/06/2023

Join Jacob, Daniel & Gorcin discussing the Bolt Action: World Open War Training tournament hosted at Good Games Cannington in Perth back in March 2023, our thoughts from the day, the upcoming event and a round analysis of each game played.

YT: https://youtu.be/ycgg94HzorA
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Join Jacob, Daniel & Gorcin discussing the Bolt Action: World Open War Training tournament hosted at Good Games Cannington in Perth back in March 2023, our t...

03/04/2023

01/03/2023

Cheating Fate - Coming soon, to a YouTube channel near you.

A new Western Tabletop production, where the crew follows the path that elite players carve on the road to become, the Master of Malifaux - filmed right here...

10/02/2023

No decals? No problem! Tune in to the video below to see how you can free hand decals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbpEmlmYWY0

This is part 2 in our tank painting series - if you haven't seen it already, be sure to check out part 1, where we laid the foundations and gradients without any fancy equipment inside of 20 minutes.

Have you ever struggled with painting tanks for 40k, Bolt Action, or any other vehicle? This video series is for you!In part 2 of painting a Tiger I from the...

06/02/2023

Following Jacob's lead Tyler went ahead and shared his list for a competitive US army for an upcoming international tournament World Open War. Don't worry. You'll never be as disgusted as Tyler is with himself
- Tyler

01/02/2023

Jacob did a thing, here's a look at a different viewpoint to making bolt action lists. If you like this content do let us know, and we'll continue to make little list guides together. Lets make germany better for 2023!

Jacob runs through his thoughts on building better German lists in Bolt Action in preparation for the Perth trial WTC event next fortnight.

25/01/2023

Come check out the epic start to Perth's 2023 Bolt Action year!
Gorcin leads us with some questions and all three of us on different teams give our experiences and recaps.

07/01/2023

The long awaited Band of Brothers episode for 2022 is now live on YT. Check out the video now: https://youtu.be/sGGLMX_2CNk see how we roll setting up excellent teams tournaments for Bolt Action in Perth Western Australia.

Audio versions of all of our casts are available iTunes, Google Podcasts & Spotify
Spotify: https://bit.ly/hmgspotify
iTunes: https://bit.ly/hmgitunes
Google: https://bit.ly/HMGgoogle

Gorcin sits down with Jacob to debrief on the Band of Brothers event hosted at Outpost 6030 in 2022. Audio versions of all of our casts are available iTunes,...

05/01/2023

Happy new year! Thank you to all of our subscribers for helping us hit 600 in 2022!

Western Tabletop is looking to hit two key things in 2023 - Variety and Consistency.

If there's something you want us to do, let us know in the comments/pms/emails/whichever way you prefer to contact us.

Details in the video below

A quick video to update you all on Western Tabletop's plans for 2023 - stay tuned for more variety, and more consistent uploads.Audio versions of all of our ...

23/11/2022

It's time for the cross over special event episode you never knew you wanted, but always needed - Gorcin from the HMG Podcast chats to Hari and Tristan from The Baconburgers Podcast in a bonus episode, about all things Cancon!

Stay tuned to the end for a little goodie bag of surprises!

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24/08/2022

Another video drop for you guys, this time it's Jacob & Daniel discussing board control in Bolt Action. Get in on it to hear how to get the tactical edge in your next game.

https://youtu.be/fupj5CUvcpg

Jacob & Daniel meet up for an indepth analysis on obtaining and holding board control within Bolt Action.Audio versions of all of our casts are available iTu...

03/08/2022

Dan and Gorcin from the HMG podcast dissect their most recent event, Southern Thrust - they talk what it takes to win - Is it good use of Terrain? Clever Tactics? Twenty plus order dice? Great list design? Reading players packs?

Tune in below!

https://youtu.be/0aOXvk3g_ac

Dan and Gorcin from the HMG podcast dissect their most recent event, Southern Thrust - they talk what it takes to win - Is it good use of Terrain? Clever Tac...

21/07/2022

If you've ever wanted to know a TO's thoughts just as an event shutters, join Gorcin as he interviews John - who ran an extremely succesful and fun event down in Albany:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXPwFvigJBg

Gorcin from the HMG Podcast catches up with the TO of WA's newest annual event - Southern Thrust, a two day, 4 rounder, gloves off event.If you wanted to kno...

23/06/2022

It's that time again - the HMG Crew is back talking Scenarios.

We take a deep dive into all the different bits that make up missions, how to write them, what makes them great - so you can learn how to write your own missions. Either for competitive, or narrative play.

Tune in below and you can also find us on your favourite podcasting platform!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrAaXdYo_IE

The crew is taking a break from army reviews, and instead dissecting how to write missions for Bolt Action.You can find Bite and Hold here:If this is somethi...

13/06/2022

We've just started a new video series, on quick, easy, and excellent ways of painting tanks!

If you're ever uncertain about how to begin, or not happy with your tanks after you've tried the usual base, wash, and highlight - then tune in below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EqN0LjiUVo

We'll be covering weathering, detail work, and other parts in future videos - you can see more of Gorcin's work on his instagram:

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27/05/2022

Once you're done with the podcast, check out a Combined Arms first look - and keep your eyes open for more!
https://youtu.be/ppCm6gPshL0

27/05/2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReQlsZf4B9k

The crew is back in town - and we're continuing our faction reviews with Armies of Great Britain!

We reckon this one's a bit of a sleeper faction, and has some surprisingly Stinking Bishops within.

Tune in if you want to learn what the real Bolt Action Easy Mode / Training Wheels is!

We're now looking at Armies of The Great Britain! As the crew makes it through the book, they quickly come to realise that it contains it's own fair share of...

10/05/2022

The GnT Special is back!

Tune in to hear about weird, unusual, and unheard of battles of World War 2 - and how they might look as Bolt Action scenarios.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cJ8jfjvmWM

03/05/2022

Last month Graham Davey and I caught up for a quick chat on all things 0200, now live on youtube: https://youtu.be/cB8gaaImX20

02 Hundred Hours is a forthcoming skirmish wargame focusing on night-time raids in World War II.

Hope you are all excited for the upcoming release and if you haven't already subscribe to the Grey For Now Games mailing list to obtain a free copy of the ruleset: https://greyfornow.com/pages/subscribe?fbclid=IwAR1LGZJCBszUG1--k6jIQLGqBjN9apINIpK7x_iNG74nWmDTK3SLe3oev0M

Jacob sits down with the game developer, Graham Davey for another episode of . Graham is the founder of the Gray for Now, a miniatures skirmish war...

30/04/2022

We're down at WASMEx this weekend, running demo games of Bolt Action!

This is the best place to be this weekend, West Oz Miniature Painters is here running workshops this afternoon, and the comp hall is rapidly filling up.

We hope to see you this weekend, come say hello!

21/04/2022

Friends of the show Fog of War are going live at 7:00 PM WA time to discuss the upcoming Perth based Flames of War Tournament. Be sure to check in, there's some great community leads from the WA community for Flames & Team Yankee all in the one spot!

Join me for a livestream with the Operation Unthinkable II Flames of War tournament organisers Kristian Holford and Adam Brooker as well as another special g...

31/03/2022

New HMG Episode is out!

Continuing our deep dives into the various bolt action factions, we're now looking at Armies of The USA! The often maligned 'training wheels' of Bolt Action,...

06/03/2022

Commentary on the latest FAQ for Bolt Action,

https://youtu.be/wffy0OqqhG4

Dan talks about the new FAQ dropped for Bolt Action v2 and keeps the reality in check. Good clarifications on a few things including some from the last FAQ v...