Fortified Niche

The pod welds a DShK to the roof of a Prius for a race in Gaslands: Refueled, the tabletop miniature wargame of post-apocalyptic vehicular mayhem by Mike Hutchinson. Find Gaslands: Refueled rules here: https://www.ospreypublishing.com/us/gaslands-refuelled-9781472838834/ Find the companion post here: https://www.barreldrill.com/gaslands-refueled-review/ Support Fortified Niche on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortifiedniche Follow the creators of Fortified Niche on social media! JcDent: Barrel Drill blog Cohost T-shirt store Cassa: Instagram Show editing by Serf McSerfington Show logo by Kristina Amuan Show intro/outro by Bevan Tanttu

The pod rallies honest men for a good and well-paying cause in Force of Virtue, a miniatures skirmish game for the 15th century. Find Force of Virtue rules here: https://masterstrokegames.com/product/pdf-rulebook/ Find the companion post here: https://www.barreldrill.com/force-of-virtue-review/ Support Fortified Niche on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortifiedniche Follow the creators of Fortified Niche on social media! JcDent: Barrel Drill blog Cohost T-shirt store Cassa: Instagram Show editing by Serf McSerfington Show logo by Kristina Amuan Show intro/outro by Bevan Tanttu

The lil'-hex-and-chit-pod-that-could relents to fan pressure and reviews Lock 'n Load Tactical Digital, a VIDEO GAME adaptation of the squad-level classic! Find Lock 'n Load Tactical Digital here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1149940/Lock_n_Load_Tactical_Digital_Core_Game/ Find the companion post here: https://www.barreldrill.com/lock-n-load-tactical-digital-review/ Support Fortified Niche on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortifiedniche Follow the creators of Fortified Niche on social media! JcDent: Barrel Drill blog Cohost T-shirt store Cassa: Instagram Show editing by Serf McSerfington Show logo by Kristina Amuan Show intro/outro by Bevan Tanttu

The pod relies on varmint rifles and pipe bombs to fight monsters in When Nightmares Come, "an investigative wargame of supernatural horror" by Patrick Todoroff. Copy provided by Osprey! Find When Nightmares Come rules here: https://www.ospreypublishing.com/us/when-nightmares-come-9781472860040/ Find the companion post here: https://www.barreldrill.com/when-nightmares-come-review/ Support Fortified Niche on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortifiedniche Follow the creators of Fortified Niche on social media! JcDent: Barrel Drill blog Cohost T-shirt store Cassa: Instagram Show editing by Serf McSerfington Show logo by Kristina Amuan Show intro/outro by Bevan Tanttu

The pod command group ranks their flanks and conquers the other old world in The 9th Age, a game of fantasy battles. Find The 9th Age rules here: https://www.the-ninth-age.com/download/fantasy-battles/ Find the companion post here: https://www.barreldrill.com/the-9th-age-review/ Support Fortified Niche on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortifiedniche Follow the creators of Fortified Niche on social media! JcDent: Barrel Drill blog Cohost T-shirt store Cassa: Instagram Show editing by Serf McSerfington Show intro/outro by Bevan Tanttu Show logo by Kristina Amuan

The pod tries to hack a drone and get eaten by an alien in Mars: Code Aurora, a sci-fi skirmish wargame by Studio 6201. Find Mars: Code Aurora rules here: https://www.marscodeaurora.com/en/the-game/ Find the companion post here: https://www.barreldrill.com/mars-code-aurora-fortified-niche-playtest/ Support Fortified Niche on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortifiedniche Follow the creators of Fortified Niche on social media! JcDent: Barrel Drill blog Cohost T-shirt store Cassa: Instagram Show editing by Serf McSerfington Show intro/outro by Bevan Tanttu Show logo by Kristina Amuan

In this highly-irregular episode, the pod looks at what miniature games are coming out in 2024 and measures their own tentative hype levels. Some of the indies we talked about: Hypersteel Nightmare: https://discord.gg/xKXs7jHF World of Wrestling: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2779523/wow-world-wrestling/page/1 Firelock 198X: https://twitter.com/RifleInfantry/status/1632905870551003136 Support Fortified Niche on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortifiedniche Follow the creators of Fortified Niche on social media! JcDent: Barrel Drill blog Cohost T-shirt store Cassa: Instagram Show editing by Serf McSerfington Show intro/outro by Bevan Tanttu

The pod uses "We Obey" to get their hearthguards to charge the Four Horsemen in SAGA: Age of Magic by Studio Tomahawk! Find SAGA: Age of Magic rules here: https://www.grippingbeast.co.uk/SRB24_Age_of_Magic_Supplement--product--5849.html Find the companion post here: https://www.barreldrill.com/saga-age-of-magic-review/ Support Fortified Niche on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortifiedniche Follow the creators of Fortified Niche on social media! JcDent: Barrel Drill blog Cohost T-shirt store Cassa: Instagram Show editing by Serf McSerfington Show intro/outro by Bevan Tanttu

The pod boys astrally project themselves into a metal album cover to play Magnagothica: Maleghast, a skirmish war-game by KSBD's/Lancer's own Tom Bloom. Find Magnagothica: Maleghast rules here: https://tombloom.itch.io/magnagothica-maleghast Find the companion post here: https://www.barreldrill.com/magnagothica-maleghast-review Support Fortified Niche on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortifiedniche Follow the creators of Fortified Niche on social media! JcDent: Barrel Drill blog Cohost T-shirt store Cassa: Instagram Show editing by Serf McSerfington Show intro/outro by Bevan Tanttu

The pod runs through the jungle, jumps three floors down into the water and guns down a Yuttaraptor while in The Drowned Earth, a post-apocalyptic skirmish game by Olmec Games. Find The Drowned Earth rules here: https://thedrownedearth.com Find the companion post here: https://www.barreldrill.com/the-drowned-earth-review/ Support Fortified Niche on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortifiedniche Follow the creators of Fortified Niche on social media! JcDent: Barrel Drill blog Cohost T-shirt store Cassa: Instagram Show editing by Serf McSerfington Show intro/outro by Bevan Tanttu

The pod witch slings some spells over the top and at the Hun in A War Transformed, a WW1 meets the occult skirmish wargame by Frederick Silburn-Slater. The copy came free from Osprey! Find the A War Transformed rules here: https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/war-transformed-9781472856258/ Find the companion post here: https://www.barreldrill.com/a-war-transformed-review/ Support Fortified Niche on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortifiedniche Follow the creators of Fortified Niche on social media! JcDent: Barrel Drill blog Cohost T-shirt store Cassa: Instagram Show editing by Serf McSerfington Show intro/outro by Bevan Tanttu

The pod finally muster their ward to upload the right episode with Never Mind the Billhooks Deluxe, a small battle/large skirmish ruleset by Andy Callan for refighting the War of the Roses and similar conflicts! Find the Never Mind the Billhooks Deluxe rules here: https://www.nevermindthebillhooks.com Read the accompanying blog post: https://www.barreldrill.com/never-mind-the-billhooks-deluxe/ Support Fortified Niche on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortifiedniche Follow the creators of Fortified Niche on social media! JcDent: Barrel Drill blog Cohost T-shirt store Cassa: Instagram Show editing by Serf McSerfington Show intro/outro by Bevan Tanttu

EDIT: now with the actual Nichees episode!!! It's the two-year anniversary of Fortified Niche - this can only mean more Nichees awards! Of all the games the crew played in the last 12 months, which were the best? Join us on this trip down the show segment-inspired categories of the Nichee awards! Support Fortified Niche on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortifiedniche Follow the creators of Fortified Niche on social media! JcDent: Barrel Drill blog Cohost T-shirt store Cassa: Instagram Show editing by Serf McSerfington Show intro/outro by Bevan Tanttu

The pod rallies their gang of technofreaks for the hunt in The Doomed, an apocalyptic monster-hunting skirmish wargame by Chris McDowall. The copy came free from Osprey! Find the The Doomed rules here: https://ospreypublishing.com/us/doomed-9781472854254/ Support Fortified Niche on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortifiedniche Follow the creators of Fortified Niche on social media! JcDent: Barrel Drill blog Cohost T-shirt store Cassa: Instagram Show editing by Serf McSerfington Show intro/outro by Bevan Tanttu

The podcast's past comes to haunt them as Will Rahman-Daultrey steps out of the shadows to talk about Forbidden Psalm, Dread Nights and career choices that lead to making games about doomed worlds. Follow Will on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saintimp/ Find his works: https://www.forbiddenpsalm.com Follow the creators of Fortified Niche on social media! JcDent: Barrel Drill blog Cohost T-shirt store Cassa: Instagram Show editing by Serf McSerfington Show intro/outro by Bevan Tanttu

The pod crew is mortified after discovering that panzerschokolade contains no chocolate in What a Tanker!, a light WW2 tank skirmish game from TooFatLardies. Find the What a Tanker! rules here: https://toofatlardies.co.uk/product-category/what-a-tanker/ Read the review supplement here: https://www.barreldrill.com/what-a-tanker/ Support Fortified Niche on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortifiedniche Follow the creators of Fortified Niche on social media! JcDent: Barrel Drill blog Cohost T-shirt store Cassa: Instagram Show editing by Serf McSerfington Show intro/outro by Bevan Tanttu

The pod realizes all their money was lost due to having three thieves in their warband in Dread Nights, a miniature skirmish game of hunting Victorian horrors, straight from the creators of Forbidden Psalm. Find the Dread Nights rules here: https://www.forbiddenpsalm.com/dread-nights Read the review supplement here: https://www.barreldrill.com/dread-nights/ Support Fortified Niche on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortifiedniche Follow the creators of Fortified Niche on social media! JcDent: Barrel Drill blog Cohost T-shirt store Cassa: Instagram Show editing by Serf McSerfington Show intro/outro by Bevan Tanttu

The pod-generals learn the entirely wrong lesson about modern warfare in Eagles of Empire, a skirmish wargame about the Franco-Prussian War. Find the Eagles of Empires rules here: https://www.eaglesofempire.com/product-page/eoe-skirmish-rules-drillbook-i-basic-rules-infantry Read the review supplement here: https://www.barreldrill.com/eagles-of-empire/ Support Fortified Niche on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortifiedniche Follow the creators of Fortified Niche on social media! JcDent: Barrel Drill blog Cohost T-shirt store Cassa: Instagram Show editing by Serf McSerfington Show intro/outro by Bevan Tanttu

Ivan Sorensen of Nordic Weasel Games revealed the secrets of random movement distances to JcDent shortly before taking Modipheus by storm. Real Niche-heads will remember that we reviewed his Five Men at Kursk game a looong time ago! Find the Ivan's thoughts on game design here: https://nordicweasel.posthaven.com Get Nordic Weasel games here: https://www.wargamevault.com/browse/pub/5701/Nordic-Weasel-Games Support Fortified Niche on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortifiedniche Follow the creators of Fortified Niche on social media! JcDent: Barrel Drill blog Cohost T-shirt store Cassa: Instagram Show editing by Serf McSerfington Show intro/outro by Bevan Tanttu

The pod crew faces aliens horrors in the service of Majestic 13, a solo/co-op skirmish miniature wargame from Snarling Badger Studios. Find the Majestic 13 rules here: https://www.snarlingbadger.com/majestic13 Read the review supplement here: https://www.barreldrill.com/majestic-13-fortified-niche-playtest/ Support Fortified Niche on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortifiedniche Follow the creators of Fortified Niche on social media! JcDent: Barrel Drill blog Cohost T-shirt store Cassa: Instagram Show editing by Serf McSerfington Show intro/outro by Bevan Tanttu