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Game publishers, mini sculptors, and the people making the indie wargame scene.

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Indie tabletop studio of solo designer _nubmark. Releases Motley Crews on itch.io.

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US miniatures studio behind Marvel: Crisis Protocol and Star Wars: Shatterpoint. It also makes Star Wars: Legion, and ran Star Wars: X-Wing until ending its development in 2024.

Atomic Mass Games

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The maker of Gunpla, the Gundam plastic model kits. Its hobby division publishes the Gundam Assemble miniatures game under the Bandai Tabletop Games name.

Bandai

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Ben Baez's miniatures label, based in Des Moines, Iowa. Makes the Bellwoken army of 3D-printable fantasy miniatures.

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US miniatures company behind Zeo Genesis. Makes its hard plastic models in-house in the United States.

Best Hobby

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US terrain maker turned games publisher. Started in 2015 making MDF terrain, now publishes Don't Look Back and Outlaws: The Curse of Sherwood Forest.

Black Site Studios

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Indie studio behind 1490 DOOM, the grimdark medieval skirmish game. Sells rules, resin minis, STLs, and terrain from its own store.

Buer Games

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Solo indie OSR studio. Publishes Kal Arath plus a steady catalog of dark-fantasy hexcrawls, micro-hacks, and adventure modules on itch.io and through a Shopify store.

Castle Grief

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The tabletop studio that develops and publishes BattleTech, and the studio behind Shadowrun and Leviathans.

Catalyst Game Labs

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Tom Bloom's indie label, behind the necromancer skirmish game Magnagothica: Maleghast, the Games for Freaks zine, and the horror TTRPG CAIN.

CHASM

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The miniatures-heavy board game publisher behind A Song of Ice and Fire: Tabletop Miniatures Game, the mass battle game set in George R. R. Martin's Westeros.

CMON

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Spanish miniatures studio behind Infinity, Aristeia!, Infinity Defiance, and Warcrow. Founded in 2001 in Galicia, and still based there, in Bueu near Vigo.

Corvus Belli

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California publisher of games and books, founded by Gregory Horton, editor of Blaster magazine. Publishes Mike Hutchinson's Hobgoblin.

Electi Studio

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Historical miniatures game studio behind Blood & Plunder, the 28mm pirate wargame played on land, at sea, or both.

Firelock Games

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Small Slovenian studio in Ljubljana behind Eldfall Chronicles, a high-fantasy skirmish game and dungeon crawl with its own plastic miniatures.

Freecompany

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Publisher of Song of Blades and Heroes and a long line of fast, miniature-agnostic skirmish rules, including the solo and co-op Sellswords & Spellslingers.

Ganesha Games

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Casey Garske's indie label. Publishes the skirmish games Space Weirdos and Sword Weirdos.

Garske Games

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The studio behind Bushido, the fantasy skirmish game set in the Jwar Isles, a world drawn from Japanese and East Asian myth.

GCT Studios

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The studio behind Moonstone, the card-driven fantasy skirmish game that won Best Miniatures Range and Best Miniatures Rules at UK Games Expo 2023.

Goblin King Games

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German studio in Erlangen behind Rapture, a 32mm sci-fi skirmish wargame it has been developing since 2014.

Gravity Bay

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Graham Davey's one-person UK games company. Makes Test of Honour, 02 Hundred Hours, and Guards of Traitor's Toll.

Grey For Now Games

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Nic Wright's own rules imprint and shop. Publishes the folk horror skirmish game Devilry Afoot.

Irregular Wars Wargaming

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Adam Poots' company, maker of the co-op campaign board game Kingdom Death: Monster and its miniatures. It bills itself as boutique nightmare horror.

Kingdom Death

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The YouTube channel about historical tabletop wargaming that publishes Ravenfeast, a free Viking Age skirmish game and beginner's guide to the hobby.

Little Wars TV

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Brazilian studio best known for subscription 3D-printable miniature files. Malediction is its first published game.

Loot Studios

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Miniatures and games studio behind Halo: Flashpoint, the official Halo tabletop skirmish game, and the Warpath sci-fi games Deadzone and Firefight.

Mantic Games

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Solo indie miniatures studio run by Sean Sutter. Publishes Relicblade, along with the full line of metal miniatures, character cards, and supplements that go with it.

Metal King Studio

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Publisher of licensed and original tabletop games, including the core books for Rangers of Shadow Deep.

Modiphius

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The studio behind Cyberpunk RED: Combat Zone, the licensed Cyberpunk skirmish game made with R. Talsorian Games, and its standalone Edgerunners starter. Also makes Monster Scenery terrain.

Monster Fight Club

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Two-person miniatures studio in the North East of England, run by Michael and Jo Lovejoy. Makes the Burrows & Badgers range and writes the game.

Oathsworn Miniatures

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Lisbon-based studio behind free, fast wargames like Grimdark Future and Age of Fantasy, paid for by a Patreon, miniature sales, and optional rulebooks.

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Indie miniature game studio behind Monster Friends: Battle for New Florida.

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The games imprint of Osprey Publishing, part of Bloomsbury. Publishes Frostgrave, The Doomed, and a long shelf of skirmish and historical rules.

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The studio behind Conquest, a dark fantasy miniatures range played two ways: the rank-and-flank mass battle game The Last Argument of Kings and the skirmish game First Blood. Both rulesets are free.

Para Bellum

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Brett Evans's indie label, behind the wizard-duel skirmish game Brawl Arcane 28.

Quarantine Miniatures

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An imprint of TooFatLardies, the UK wargames rules company. Publishes James Morris's Midgard Heroic Battles and its supplements.

Reisswitz Press

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Scott Hadley's studio behind Of Oil and Iron, the dieselpunk mech skirmish game. Sells the rules and Rigs as 3D-printable files on MyMiniFactory.

Scoutsifer Studio

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New Spanish wargames company. Publishes FIRE! Modern Combat, its squad-level modern warfare skirmish game, and makes most of its products in Spain.

SEN Games

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Independent mini and game publisher in Oakland, CA. Publishes Sun Rot and sells handmade miniatures from Inq28-scene sculptors.

Smashbash

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Indie studio from Adam Loper and Vince Venturella, making story-driven miniature wargames. Home of Repent! Ye Foolish Gods.

Snarling Badger Studios

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Nottingham studio making 28mm ultramodern miniatures and the Spectre Operations rules, plus the historical and horror books built on the same engine.

Spectre Miniatures

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The miniatures company behind Argatoria, a 10mm fantasy rank-and-flank wargame, plus 28mm ranges and conversion bits.

Spellcrow

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UK tabletop publisher and current home of Warmachine and the Iron Kingdoms IP, after acquiring it from Privateer Press.

Steamforged Games

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French wargames publisher behind Mars: Code Aurora, the generic sci-fi skirmish game published in English by North Star.

Studio Tomahawk

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Craig Cartmell and Charles Murton's game-writing partnership. Publishes Blood Eagle, Daishō, IHMN Gothic and Thud & Blunder, the skirmish games that grew out of In Her Majesty's Name.

The Ministry of Gentlemanly Warfare

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British maker of MDF terrain kits and miniatures games, including Carnevale, Dropzone Commander, Dropfleet Commander, and RUMBLESLAM. Based in Indian Queens, England.

TTCombat

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Underground gaming and hobby fanzine, and the publisher of Flames of Orion, a dark future mech skirmish game.

Under the Dice

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British maker of historically accurate 28mm hard-plastic miniatures, and the English-language publisher of Pillage.

Victrix

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Maker of multipart plastic miniatures, from Rome to WWII, and publisher of The Barons' War Second Edition.

Wargames Atlantic

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UK wargaming magazine, covering historical, sci-fi, and fantasy gaming since 1987. Also publishes rules, including Never Mind the Billhooks and Here's the Ruckus.

Wargames Illustrated

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Nottingham maker of historical and sci-fi miniatures in plastic, metal and resin, and publisher of Bolt Action and Konflikt '47.

Warlord Games

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Welsh indie studio behind Forbidden Psalm, the MÖRK BORG skirmish game.

Wird Designs

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Georgia miniatures studio behind Malifaux, the gothic horror skirmish game played with a Fate Deck instead of dice. Founded in 2005.

Wyrd Miniatures

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Maker of the Quar miniatures and games: This Quar's War, Clash of Rhyfles, and Songs of Our Ancestors.

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