You Can RECYCLE Your Miniatures for More FUN

You can recycle your models that you don't use anymore - or don't use as much as you'd like - and get more fun out of them!

[Chamomileable]

Never forget that several of D&D's most iconic monsters of the first edition (rust monster, owlbear, bullette, etc) were actually just designed after cheap Taiwanese plastic knockoff "dinosaur" toys that Gary Gygax found at a discount store. Never a problem with reusing, recycling, fabricating, and looking for new ways to use things, even non-hobby stuff. Model builders have been doing this for many years and it's good that more and more tabletop wargaming players are picking it up too (especially w/ the advent of 3D printing).

[JRMcDowell]

I am old enough to remember when Miniatures where sold by weight and not by a stat line. I am more and more into the AGNOSTIC RULE SETS, buy miniatures from whomever for multiple game sets. And now that I am older I am also more into the rule sets that allow solo play. I am also loving the new age of being able to buy STL files and print what I want to use. I am not a fan of GW and how I feel it negatively changed how we buy and use miniatures and how it uses us by making stuff obsolete forcing us to have to buy new rules and models every year or two.

[danlynch]

I'm SO glad you're championing OPR. It's so good in a million ways.

My group play Firefight (the Killteam version of the ruleset). The ruleset alone has encouraged my hobby so that I now have ~7 teams fully painted over the last 2 years.

[rustedbeetle]

Mantic doesn't require the use of Mantic minis in their tournaments. A friend showed up to the Adepticon Kings of War tournament with a full Chinese Terracotta Army. It was glorious.

[widdrshinswonders]

I finally bit the bullet and paid for the advanced rules of OPR via their patreon (the best way to do it). Holy crap it is so cool building fireteams out of old Mage Knight models.

[thomashawkgames]

Xenos rampant is a battle game perfect for any sci fi army.
For weird war, near future, alien invasion, post apo, to space opera, a very versatile system.

[MrBlackgobbo]

That's why I love One Page Rules. Even if I want to collect some GW models, that game has allowed me to have a healthy relationship with the hobby without FOMO or need to buy multiple times each unit and, as you said, it has pushed my creativity and enjoyment doing kitbashing and customizing my models; because I don't need to worry about the "official design". Additionally; how the rules has been made, allows to mix different armies in one; so you can collect models of many different armies that you like, and play altogether. Do you have some miniatures from Tau, sisters of battle and space marines... You can easily mix them. Have you dream with an skaven 40k army? Maybe you can mix different units of different armies that suits with your vision or if you're paying subscription, make your balanced army with the OPR custom army builder.

[KrisHyre]

Five Parsecs from Home also has a platoon scale game "Tactics" coming out soon that has multiple squads and vehicles. It also allows for you to play your 5P crew on a larger battlefield if you want some thing bigger than skirmish.

[andyshaw]

That’s why historical gaming is such good value if you have a lot of 2WW miniatures you can use them in loads and loads of different games.

[saltfreegamer]

For army scale games, there's also Saga, Oathmark, and Hobgoblin. On the sci-fi side, I think Xenos Rampant is army sized. So much to choose from!

[chadnine]

Gotta mention 5 Parsecs again. I've used Reaper minis, Star Wars and Starfinder prepaints, Necromunda, Genestealers and GS cultists, etc, for my games. If it's in the 25-28mm range, it can be a 5 Parsecs mini.

[rth-sg]

I am also going to mention Xenos Rampant, which is pretty good for 28mm scifi. Also for 6-8mm battletech people, I recently found out that the Horizon Wars game got rebooted into Horizon Wars Midnight Dark...it has some good updates, solo play, and supports combined arms including air and super heavies.

[cavemanbum]

Battletech miniatures make fantastic robots for 28mm skirmish games such as Stargrave, Space Weirdos, Rogue Stars, and Space Station Zero. 🤗

[danriehl]

I'd like to mention that Future War Commander is getting a second edition some time next year, and is not only model agnostic but is also **scale** agnostic. They've also got other era rules (Fantasy, Great War, Civil War, etc) in case you've got other minis kicking around, too.

[tomasburgos]

Excuse me while I take a breath,
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We are soooo sorry we've had technical difficulties (it was the cat) with the audio in the end.
Having taking that load off my chest I have to say like always I liked the video!
And true it's always good to see in what other games we can play our minis.

[rDunfee]

I love miniature agnostic games so much that they're the only games I play AND write now. Thank you for being such an advocate for them!

[PhilipRedman-gkzi]

I am using old miniatures as Anglo-Saxon or Vikings in a variety of historical games such as Lion Rampant. They are also used in fantasy games such as Oathmark and OPR.

[timparks]

Every game is miniatures agnostic, as long as you’re not at a GW store or in a tourney. Even Warhammer is agnostic. No one can tell you what minis to use, besides maybe your opponent, but I’ve never met someone who cares.

[darrenrichardson]

Also to be fair, older rule systems are also still worth playing if you enjoyed them when they first came out, Warhammer Fantasy Battle 4th edition's main rulebook had a points breakdown in the back for each of the main races and weapons, as well as character level's so you could build an army JUST using that with the bestiary book that came with the boxed game, and it's even more usable today with all the various plastic kits available to us, both Historical and Fantasy!

[deehickman]

As a recovered GW addict, I now really enjoy buying models because I like them and not because they are effective in a game. Painting models I like to play an upcoming game is very satisfying. Model agnostic rules is the only way to go. :)