In this bonus episode, Tom L tells us about the best Skirmish/War/Miniature games currently on the market.  He makes some recommendations for all abilities and price levels. Tom’s top 10 info If I was buying a miniature game for christmas - what would I buy?Criteria - The rules and dedicated miniatures must be available to buy for Christmas 2023 and it must be a vs style game not a co-op or quest style   Name Manufacturer Are there free rules Starter box price Starter Force price In Top 10? Sports Subbuteo Hasbro Y £35 £13.50   Blood Bowl Games Workshop N £95 £32 Y Rumbleslam TT Combat Y £45 £25   Dreadball Mantic Y £50 £25   Overdrive Mantic Y £50     Car Wars Steve Jackson Games N £72     Aero/ space Wings of Glory Ares Games Y £60 £15-20 per plane   Blood Red Skies Warlord Games Y £60 £35 per squadron   X-Wing Atomic Mass Games Y £70 £24-£48 per unit Y Dropfleet Commander TT Combat Y £60 £40 fleet £100 battleforce   Naval Blood & Plunder, & Oak & Iron Firelock Games Y £50 £25-£35   Cruel Seas, &Victory at Sea, &Black Seas Warlord Games N £60 £100 full fleet   Sails of Glory Ares Games Y £90 £15-30   Dystopian Wars Warcradle Studios Y £95 £32-45 Y Squad Dead Man’s hand Great Escape Games Y* £45 £20 per gang Y Marvel - Crisis Protocol Atomic Mass Games Y £100 £25-40   Harry Potter - Wizarding Duels Knight Models Y £85 £47   Batman  miniatures Game Knight Models Y £95 £50-75   Moonstone Goblin King Games Y £65 £32   Warhammer Underworlds Games Workshop Y £65 £26   Massed Battles Warhammer 40,000 & Horus Heresy Games Workshop Y £40-£120 £95   Age of Sigmar Games Workshop N £35-£110 £80   Warmachine/Hordes Privateer Press Y   £165   Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game  Games Workshop Y £125 £55   Star Wars Legion Atomic Mass Games Y £120 £75 -£150   Kings of War Mantic Y £85 £35/£80/£120 Y Conquest Para Bellum Games Y £160 £130   Bolt Action Warlord Games N £90 £100   Firefight Mantic Y £95 £75   6-10mm (epic scale) Monsterpocalypse Privateer Press Y   £47   Flames Of War & Team Yankee Battlefront N £50 £70-£90   BattleTech Catalyst Games Labs Y £50-£80 £20-£35 Y Adeptus Titanicus & Legions Imperialis Games Workshop N & Y £105 / £120 £50-£70   Dropzone Commander TT Combat Y £45 £35   Pike & Shotte& Black Powder Epic Warlord Games N   £95-£110 Y   Necromunda Games Workshop N £105 £30     Kill Team Games Workshop Y (ish) £65 £37.50     Deadzone Mantic Y £95 £27.50     Star Wars - Shatterpoint Atomic Mass Games Y £165 £50     Fallout: Wasteland Warfare Modiphius Y £70 £45     Infinity Corvus Belli Y £110 £80 Y   Mythos Warcradle Studios Y N £39     Wild West Exodus Warcradle Studios Y £94 £39     Carnevale TTCombat Y £65 £25     Malifaux Wyrd Games Y £90 £55 Y   Warcry Games Workshop Y £65 £30     Elder Scrolls Modiphius Y   £45     Vanguard Mantic N N £35     Frostgrave Osprey Games N   2x £15 Y