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Osprey Games is a publisher of board and card games, wargames, and roleplaying games based in Oxford, UK, and New York, USA.

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Osprey Games 🎲 @ospreygames.bsky.social · 6d
💥💥 4 New Wargames in 2026...

A BILLION SUNS: SECOND EDITION – Coming August.

THE SILVER BAYONET: VENICE – Coming September.

SIGNS & WONDERS – Coming October.

THE SILVER BAYONET: THE BARBARY COAST – Coming December.

👉 Find out more in the full announcement blog: https://bit.ly/4qPmjsB
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📜 The design diary from Joseph A. McCullough is here for Warriors of Athena!

Hear from the award-winning creator of Frostgrave all about the process that went into this solo and co-op narrative wargame of Greek myth: https://bit.ly/4bsYzWh

26th Feb UK & 24th Feb US: https://bit.ly/4rJDFIf
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February 5, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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Looking for wargame inspiration? 🤔

The author of the history book Hansando and Busan 1592, from our friends @ospreypublishing.bsky.social, wrote a blog all about how to wargame the period of the Imjin War – including recommended figures and rulesets!

Read it here: https://bit.ly/4r9eI7K
The cover of the history book Hansando and Busan 1592, with art depicting medieval Japanese and Korean ships battling.
February 4, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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Frostgrave Cultist Knights are on the horizon from @northstarfigs.bsky.social...

As ever, compatible with the rest of the Frostgrave, Oathmark & Stargrave plastic ranges for kitbashing!

Release details coming soon. Follow North Star Military Figures on social media & join their newsletter.
The cover of the boxed plastic miniatures kit for Frostgrave Cultist Knights from North Star Military Figures and Osprey Games, with art depicting a band of fantasy warriors heavily armoured in scraps and rags. A photo of a sample figure from the set, fully painted: a figure holding a sword in two hands, with a full-face helm and a skull hanging from their belt.
February 3, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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Flip Pick Towers is out next month!

Create spectacular castles filled with magical characters while dastardly dragons try to thwart your plans...

We're excited to share more very, very soon. Watch this space 👀👀

19th March UK & 17th March US: https://bit.ly/46WO9KA
An image with an illustration of a person's hand drawing onto one of the kingdom sheets from the board game Flip Pick Towers, creating a whimsical castle of towers. Alongside are a sample spread of illustrated cards depicting a bridge, Flam the dragon, Sosban the witch, and Queen Blodwen. Below is cut-out figure in the same style, of a princess holding a large axe, with a speech bubble reading: "I want a room at the very top of a tower!...Please?"
February 2, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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Ready for Warriors of Athena? ✅

Join the Official Player's Page on Facebook! Get news, see people's miniatures, and share ideas: https://bit.ly/46cIRLn

Don't have Facebook? Join the Osprey Games Discord and check out the Warriors of Athena channel instead: https://bit.ly/4k4eEDW
An image with a stylised white marble background, with an illustration inside it depicting ancient Greek heroes on a narrow bridge surrounded by monstrous harpies circling above. The title reads "WARRIORS OF ATHENA" and below is the text: "A SOLO/COOPERATIVE SKIRMISH WARGAME OF HEROISM AND ADVENTURE IN THE REALMS OF GREEK MYTH".
February 1, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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Looking for pre-written scenarios for your RPGs? 🔎

Our gaming resources page has a whole host: https://bit.ly/3yKLCpO

Find adventures for...

🔸The Hooded Man
🔸Through the Hedgerow
🔸Tomorrow City
🔸Righteous Blood Ruthless Blades
🔸Jackals
🔸Romance of the Perilous Land
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January 31, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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💥💥 4 New Wargames in 2026...

A BILLION SUNS: SECOND EDITION – Coming August.

THE SILVER BAYONET: VENICE – Coming September.

SIGNS & WONDERS – Coming October.

THE SILVER BAYONET: THE BARBARY COAST – Coming December.

👉 Find out more in the full announcement blog: https://bit.ly/4qPmjsB
An illustration of two huge sci-fi space fleets battling head-on in front of an angry orange sun ringed with solar flares. The cover of The Silver Bayonet: Venice: The Alchemist's Legacy, stylised as a weathered old black leather tome. A stylised black-and-white illustration depicting a Barbary corsair drawing his sword and glancing over his shoulder at a shadowy figure behind him with faint tendrils and a pair of glowing eyes.
January 30, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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A little walk through memory lane… and quite a lot of plaid!
ospreygames.bsky.social Osprey Games 🎲 @ospreygames.bsky.social · 8d
Throwback to all the Osprey Games tutorials from @watchitplayed.tv over the years!

From the very beginning & far future of Undaunted, to the gardens of Village Green, and even the wizards of Frostgrave – and much more...

Check out the full video collection: https://bit.ly/4rj9gz9
A screenshot from the Watch It Played tutorial of Undaunted 2200: Callisto, showing Rodney Smith holding up the game box. A screenshot from the Watch It Played tutorial of Village Green, showing Rodney Smith sat with the game box. A screenshot from the Watch It Played tutorial of Frostgrave, showing Rodney Smith sat behind a table set up with painted miniature figures and terrain.
January 28, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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Throwback to all the Osprey Games tutorials from @watchitplayed.tv over the years!

From the very beginning & far future of Undaunted, to the gardens of Village Green, and even the wizards of Frostgrave – and much more...

Check out the full video collection: https://bit.ly/4rj9gz9
A screenshot from the Watch It Played tutorial of Undaunted 2200: Callisto, showing Rodney Smith holding up the game box. A screenshot from the Watch It Played tutorial of Village Green, showing Rodney Smith sat with the game box. A screenshot from the Watch It Played tutorial of Frostgrave, showing Rodney Smith sat behind a table set up with painted miniature figures and terrain.
January 28, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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Announcing the Osprey Wargames Series in 2026:

👉DAIMYO – Wargames rules during Japan's Sengoku period. JULY.

👉TRENCH RAIDERS – Raiding and skirmishes in the trenches of WWI. SEPTEMBER.

👉PILLARS OF GROMLAK – Skirmishes focusing on Orcs and Goblins. NOVEMBER.

Find out more:https://bit.ly/45ugbNG
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January 27, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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👋 Author design diary for Hide, Stone, and Bone!

Get the best introduction to the game from its designer, Austin Hunt, & hear all about the options it offers players for Ice Age tabletop survival: https://bit.ly/4k5Baww

Available this Thursday in the UK & tomorrow in the US: https://bit.ly/43ELR22
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January 26, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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What's next for Osprey Roleplaying 🤔

It's announcement season, so watch this space for details of new RPGs coming soon... but until then we want to hear from you!

What kind of direction, genres, settings, and systems do you want to see?

@nathanandersonart.bsky.social, from Two Sides to the Coin 🎨
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January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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Did you miss last year's official promo scenarios for Battalion: War of the Ancients?

⚔️ Find 4 new set battles to play through, on the board games section of our website's gaming resources page!

Download for free now: https://bit.ly/48dN01l
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January 24, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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📢 NEW JOSEPH A. McCULLOUGH WARGAMES 2026

🔥 OATHMARK: SECOND EDITION – A revised & expanded version of the popular mass-battle fantasy wargame. Coming August.

💥 STARGRAVE: ACCEPTABLE LOSSES – A military-focused supplement for Stargrave. Coming November.

Find out more: bit.ly/4rdstm8
An illustration of a band of fantasy elves defending a standing stone on top of a steep hill, with the sun rising behind it and pine forests on either side. An army of men and dwarves is assaulting up the slope. Text across the bottom reads "Preview - Not Final" The cover of Stargrave: Acceptable Losses, with art depicting sci-fi soldiers and a futuristic tank on an alien planet with fire and smoke rising behind it
January 23, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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🗣️ Out first blog for next week's Hide, Stone, and Bone is here!

Head over to our website to read all about the game's 'Big Days' – the dramatic encounters you'll be playing out on the tabletop as part of your campaign: https://bit.ly/3LXDjxo

PRE-ORDER: https://bit.ly/43ELR22
An image with a background photo of fully painted miniature figures and terrain for tabletop gaming, depicting a prehistoric man hunting mammoth, overlaid against a blue background with a copy of the Hide, Stone, and Bone rulebook, the Osprey Games logo, and the text "SURVIVAL IS ALL".
January 21, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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"General Orders: Sengoku Jidai offers small box tactical wonder that is staying on the shelf" 🔥🔥

Check out @werenotwizards.com's review for last year's worker-placement wargame: https://bit.ly/461Akuy

// Available Now // https://bit.ly/4jeCg8d
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January 20, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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🔥Create your own OUTLAW & become a LEGEND in our Robin Hood RPG:https://bit.ly/442Riai

Choose your Motivation & the Crime you're wanted for, your unique Talent – and Hindrance – as well as Equipment & a custom Companion as your partner in crime.

Gain skill, wealth & fame through Improvements.
An image with an illustration of a hooded and masked medieval outlaw mid-sprint holding a dagger backwards in one hand and a moneybag spilling coins in the other, all in shades of black and green. Above text reads: "Survive as an outlaw. Live as a legend." Below is the title logo for the Osprey Games RPG The Hooded Man.
January 19, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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Our Ice Age wargame Hide, Stone, and Bone isn't only about battling tribes...

Its detailed campaign system for between encounters has you gathering food, crafting tools, & consulting shamans.

Survival is all. You can thrive even with the fortunes of war against you.

JANUARY:https://bit.ly/43ELR22
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January 18, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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With Warriors of Athena releasing next month, we're prepping a collection of mythical warriors from across the ancient Greece from which to build a crew.

🎲 Warriors of Athena
✏️ Joseph A. McCullough
🎨 Hazem Ameen
// FEBRUARY 26th UK // 24th US //

#OspreyGames #WarriorsofAthena #Miniatures
January 16, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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Congratulations @michael-lovejoy.bsky.social at Oathsworn Minis & the Burrows & Badgers team for the game winning joint Bronze Best New Game in the Wargames Illustrated Awards 2025!

Oathsworn also won Bronze in Best Customer Service & 4th in Best Manufacturer🏆

FULL RESULTS: https://bit.ly/4pIG3N8
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January 14, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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"Prince John rules with an iron fist & Robin Hood is already a legendary figure.

But many still fall foul of powerful landowners, grasping tax-collectors & greedy barons.

Some, seeking vengeance or inspired by Robin Hood – fight back."

📜🗣️AVAILABLE NOW:https://bit.ly/442Riai
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January 13, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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Breaking down HEROES and QUESTS, the 2 books launching our wargame Warriors of Athena this Feb:https://bit.ly/4rJDFIf

Find core rules ✅ character creation ✅ & crew options ✅ in HEROES.

Find adventuring rules ✅ bestiary ✅ & campaigns ✅ in QUESTS.

Your gaming group will need a copy of each to play.
The cover of Warriors of Athena: Quests, with art depicting two Greek heroes at the prow of a trireme as they sail through a lake of dead spirits in the water and air above them The cover of Warriors of Athena: Heroes, with art depicting a hero in bronze armour, a tunic, horsehair-crested helmet and cloak, leaping through the air with a spear towards a roaring cyclops surrounding by circling birds
January 12, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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Hey there #ttrpgcommunity ! Hope you're all having a great weekend.

I was wondering - is there a particular class or character type that you just never play? I realised that I never really gravitate to fighters/physically inclined characters.
January 11, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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Oh hey, that's my quote! :D
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"A creative, clever board game with surprises that will keep even the most experienced tabletop players on their toes"
🗣️🎙️ @gamespot.com

We were buzzing to see Ayar in Gamespot's Top 10 Board Games of 2025: https://bit.ly/49s6yQH

// AVAILABLE NOW // https://bit.ly/4oFvT0y
A photo of the board game box for Ayar: Children of the Sun stood in front of a careful arrangement of different coloured wooden meeples from the game and cardboard score trackers shaped like elaborate golden idols. In the back ground, out of focus, are the board games Merv and Sankoré on a shelf.
January 11, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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"A creative, clever board game with surprises that will keep even the most experienced tabletop players on their toes"
🗣️🎙️ @gamespot.com

We were buzzing to see Ayar in Gamespot's Top 10 Board Games of 2025: https://bit.ly/49s6yQH

// AVAILABLE NOW // https://bit.ly/4oFvT0y
A photo of the board game box for Ayar: Children of the Sun stood in front of a careful arrangement of different coloured wooden meeples from the game and cardboard score trackers shaped like elaborate golden idols. In the back ground, out of focus, are the board games Merv and Sankoré on a shelf.
January 11, 2026 at 5:35 PM