7 Great miniatures games that aren't WARHAMMER

My favorite mini wargame, the only one I ever played a lot of is BattleTech.

Surprised games like Frostgrave were not mentioned.

That yellow Guildball box appears to be making a desperate bid for freedom.

Hey everyone, a quick reminder that this is just 7 games that Dicebreaker personally recommend, not the top 7 minis games ever. If you'd like more suggestions or want to wax lyrical about your favourite game then the comment section is for you!

Very glad to see Gaslands in your list! It’s the most accessible miniatures game I’ve played so far, you might have all the required materials already.

I'd have mentioned Battletech. Great game and they have a beginner's kit for those who may not want to take the plunge on the full game right away.

I’m surprised historical wargaming wasn’t mentioned. Like, black powder or bolt action or the glorious Hail Caesar!

"Land, space and ...big space"

Dust 1947 is a great introductory game. You can play it on a gridded mat, the figures come assembled and primed, and the rules are super simple. Makes it easy to try out without needing to make a bunch of terrain or buy all the associated hobby gear. Then if you like tabletop gaming you can start painting, making terrain, and move off the grid to tabletop with the same basic rules. That said its not exactly cheap and the model quality varies a lot from ten years ago too what they release today. The mechs have always been good tho.

I love Malifaux so much. The games artistic style resonates so much with me and I love how it puts it's focus on playing the objective. I also highly recommend the RPG based on Malifaux - through the breach.

Frost grave is a great game, small warbands decend on a city to fight the undead and eachother while trying to plunder tresure.

"Malifaux may not be the easiest game to pick up..." segues in Infinity... oh the irony One thing that makes sets Malifaux apart is that the mechanics make 3-player free-for-alls possible, and it is great chaotic fun.

It would be amazing to see Dicebreakers play Gaslands.

Excellent list! I own several of these mentioned and as gaslands was the one that got me into the hobby, I appreciate that it made into your list

Great video, big fan of Guild Ball and Infinity, another great game is Bushido by GCT studios. Lots of different factions to choose from; Samurai to undead, goblins to the tengu(giant bird people). Average 5-7 models for a game, alternating activations, deep strategy and space friendly (played on 2x2).

Moonstone is a fantastic indie miniatures game, amazing resin minis with some of my favorite sculpts for fantasy settings, very easy to get into as well with it's starter set being only £55, and including enough models for two players to play right out of the box.

For my money, the absolute best minis wargame I encountered after leaving Warhammer was Wrath of Kings by CMON. It's a bridging game between small skirmish and large scale wargames, the rules are easy to learn, the game is fast paced and exciting with very little down time, the minis are gorgeous and all in plastic, and the gameplay is very interesting as far as innovation goes. Every unit has a reference card with all their stats and abilities, combat uses d10s, and the roll is compared to a hit chart on the card which determines whether they are hit or the various ways in which they defend themselves. (armour, dodge, parry, magic, etc.) Some attacks work better against some defences, turning some defence results into hits, making those attacks better against some units but worse against others. However, the two things that make it stand out to me are the synergistic mechanics and the objective based play. There are no dud units in the game, all of them are not only useful but really effective in what they do. They also interact with each other on the battlefield. They may grant bonuses to a nearby unit's attacks, or add tokens that another unit can spend to activate certain abilities or even borrow the abilities of another unit on a case by case basis. It creates some excellent strategies which makes for an exciting game. The objectives are where it really shines. Each of the five factions in the game choose one objective from two out of five objective types: Duty, Greed, Treachery, Vengence and Intrigue. Each objective gives you special conditions or activities to achieve during the battle (like assassinating commanders, holding territory, smuggling civilians through battle lines) that affect the opponent's morale if achieved. First to 0 morale loses the game. The rules and reference cards for all the units are available free online, but the unfortunate part is that CMON seem to have turned away from this game and no new stuff or updates appear to be happening, which is a real shame. Some of the female models are also a bit over-sexualised (such as the Nasier Pelgarth Bloodmasks) but it isn't super egregious. But, every model that they have rules for have been released, and much of it is available for a very good price from online stockists. You also don't need a big financial outlay to stary playing, with a starter box giving you enough miniatures for the smallest size of game and almost enough for the next size up if discover that you like it. It's definitely my favourite minis wargame. I just wish it was better supported and more popular with people. As it stands, I only play it with my best friend and my son.

Infinity: Um, I don't want to be "represented" in the games I play. I play orcs, elves, hobbits, dragons and I don't get offended if my race is not present.

Very interesting watch, just getting into Infinity, looks awesome. Also getting into Gaslands, really good array of templates available to 3D print for it.

Ranger's of Shadow Deep has been my entrypoint into miniature skirmishes. I have introduced it to several non-gamers and they have loved it, too.