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Osprey Games 🎲
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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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Hide, Stone, and Bone is out this month.

Players will lead their tribes, engaging in various 'Big Days' that represent important events such as mammoth hunts, attacks by cave bears, and clashes with rival tribes.

🎲 Hide, Stone, and Bone
✏️ Austin Hunt
🎨 Mars Oosterveld

29 Jan UK // 27 Jan US
A scene of model miniatures - A caveman armed with a spear emerges from a gully toward a pair of mammoths.
January 6, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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📢 Armies of Imperial Japan: Third Edition is just around the corner for Bolt Action at the end of this month: https://bit.ly/4iF2rVR

What better time to explore the awesome range of official figures from @warlordgames.com?

BROWSE TODAY: https://bit.ly/3AnoZbk
An image with a copy of the Bolt Action: Armies of Imperial Japan: Third Edition wargame supplement rulebook, alongside a photo of various fully painted miniature figures and terrain for WW2 wargaming, depicting US and Japanese troops.
January 4, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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We're getting closer to our first 3 new board games this year...

🃏 RATTLESNAKE – June: https://bit.ly/3J8NKwH

🧵 THREADED – May: https://bit.ly/4nOJ9iz

✏️ FLIP PICK TOWERS – March: https://bit.ly/46WO9KA

And we have 2 more unannounced board games 👀👀
The cover of the board game Rattlesnake, depicting a woman in Old West clothing leaping backwards through the air and she fires two revolvers and a bullet streaks past her. The cover of the board game Threaded, depicting needlecraft bargello patterning in pink, blue, green and yellow, with threads below down to needlecraft tools shaped like a rabbit and a bird. The cover of the board game Flip Pick Towers, depicting a figure in a starry cloak stretching their arms out in front of a castle surrounded by dragons, with various pencils extending in from the outside of the art as if drawing it, surrounded in turn by magical sparkles.
January 3, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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😍 As we look forward to 2026, here's an art tease for our exciting new launch this February – Warriors of Athena.

This solo/co-op wargame from the award-winning creator of Frostgrave explores the realms of Greek myth: https://bit.ly/4rJDFIf

📆 26 Feb UK // 24 Feb US
🎨 Hazem Ameen
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January 2, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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🎆🎆 HNY !!

Looking for a relaxing day with a newly gifted game or one from your collection? We've got some recommendations:

🔸 Imperium: Horizons for a brain-burner...
🔸 Inkling for the whole family...
🔸 Undaunted: Battle of Britain to get competitive...

Explore more: https://bit.ly/4rFwUa4
A photo of the board game box for Imperium: Horizons and a fully set-up game of various piles, decks, hands and play areas of cards on a table. A photo from a game of Inkling, with various ink-splotch-style letter cards arranged to spell a word. A close-up of the rulebooks and game board of Undaunted: Battle of Britain, with various dice and aircraft and terrain counters placed around it.
January 1, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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Happy new year's eve! Here's to 2026 🥂

We can't wait to bring you a year of new releases, see you at a year of new shows, and – of course – play a year of new games.

🎨 Art by Peter Johnston from Burrows & Badgers: Second Edition
An illustration of an anthropomorphic rat holding up a golden chalice to drink, dressed in an elegant red and black medieval gown.
December 31, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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✨ The Frostgrave: Special Edition is still available...

Get your tome worthy of a wizard of Felstad today – deluxe leatherette cover & slipcase, silver foiled title & twin book ribbons.

Osprey Games website exclusive. While stock lasts: https://bit.ly/453SJa9
An image showing the special edition of Frostgrave in its matching blue leatherette slipcase. An image showing the book half-removed from the slipcase with an ice blue book ribbon poking out, above the text "SILVER FOILED TITLE, LEATHERETTE BINDING, TWIN BOOK RIBBONS". The book fully removed and opened on top of the slipcase, above the text "A TOME WORTHY OF THE WIZARDS OF ANCIENT FELSTAD".
December 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Be the first to hear about new games!

We have some juicy announcements coming up soon in the new year – don't miss out, sign up to our newsletter today: https://bit.ly/3MEQbVT ✅

🎨 Art from Two Sides to the Coin @nathanandersonart.bsky.social
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December 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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🤔 Looking back on what we've played this year...

5 games into our Burrows & Badgers 2E campaign with the beautiful official Oathsworn figures - this piratical Freebeasts band and this woodland Kindred cell are old enemies 🐰⚔️

What were your gaming highlights this year?
A photo of the official Burrows & Badgers miniatures from Oathsworn in a scene mid-game: a warband with a towering, heavily armoured wildcat wielding a cutlass in the foreground. A photo of the official Burrows & Badgers miniatures from Oathsworn in a scene mid-game: a bird in a hooded cloak holding a bow perched on top of some ruins overlooking a chaotic battle below. A photo of the official Burrows & Badgers miniatures from Oathsworn in a scene mid-game: a crowded melee in a narrow village street with a Hare in light a tunic and cloak facing one fully armoured, and a weasel holding aloft a bottle of wine clashing with a small shrew berserker.
December 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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🧐 Time for some light Christmas reading...

We're finally digging into the beautiful Winter issues of Tabletop Gaming Magazine, @senetmagazine.bsky.social, & Wargames Illustrated. There's plenty of gaming goodness to be found – don't miss out!
A photo of the Christmas editions of Tabletop Gaming, Senet, and Wargames Illustrated magazines arranged at slightly off-kilter angles on a white wooden table.
December 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Run an RPG in 2026 👇👇

Want to give GMing a go in the new year? Get started this Boxing Day!

We have promo adventures for a whole host of our RPGs: https://bit.ly/3yKLCpO

🔸The Hooded Man
🔸Through the Hedgerow
🔸Tomorrow City
🔸Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades
🔸Jackals
🔸Romance of the Perilous Land
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December 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Merry Xmas from the Frozen City ❄️❄️

This year we're not just celebrating the season – we've been celebrating a decade of Frostgrave with a special edition & more.

So a special season's greetings to the game's fans & supporters.

And anyone getting their wizards ready for a festive game – good luck!
An illustration of two wizards, one with a long grey beard and a pointed hat, in a snowy, wintry forest.
December 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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This Christmas Eve we're feeling nostalgic about our year of board games...

We fed bears in Katmai, battled robots in Line of Fire, celebrated loved ones in Ofrenda, tested wits in General Orders & crossed the Andes in Ayar: https://bit.ly/3X2ebaY

What do you want to see in 2026?

📸boardgameshots
A photo of a fully set-up game of Katmai on a picnic table in front of a river, with various cards, tiles, and custom bear meeples (beeples). A photo of the game box for General Orders: Sengoku Jidai in front of one of the map boards, with two cards and custom meeples of siege weapons and ships in front. A photo of a game of Line of Fire set up on a table in front of a shelf stacked with Undaunted games: cards illustrated with bold, vibrant artwork depicting robots are arranged in lanes. A photo of the components of the game Ofrenda, with the game box stood behind double-layered player boards with illustrated portrait cards, cardboard candle tokens and wooden marigold pieces placed around them.
December 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Looking for a holiday project?🖌️

Our friends over at @northstarfigs.bsky.social have a whole host of miniatures for you to explore, with the official ranges for Frostgrave, Stargrave, Oathmark, The Silver Bayonet, Hairfoot Jousting, & much more: https://bit.ly/4pWdUT4

Get creative and get stuck in💡
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December 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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We miss you already – Salute, UKGE, Gen Con, SPIEL Essen, Dragonmeet 🥺

That's a wrap on this year, but we'll be back again in 2026! Counting down the days already...

Who'll we be seeing there? What's your favourite show?? Are we missing any???
A photo of members of the Osprey Games team at the Salute convention 2025, dressed in inflatable animal costumes and in front of award-winning wargame author Joseph A. McCullough wearing a referee's outfit. A photo of the Osprey Games team smiling as they set up the stand at the UK Games Expo convention 2025. A photo of the Osprey Games team walking to the convention centre for the Gen Con convention 2025. A photo of the Osprey Games team smiling after the show at the Essen SPIEL convention 2025.
December 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Gathering your fellow outlaws? Laying your plots as the Gamemaster?

Jump into the world of The Hooded Man RPG with character sheets, including form fillable, on our website: https://bit.ly/3yKLCpO

📜 OUT NOW 📜 https://bit.ly/442Riai
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December 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Planning new miniatures projects for the new year? 🤔

Treat yourself this holiday season to the ultimate in miniatures-agnostic large-scale fantasy wargaming.

🐲 DRAGON RAMPANT: SECOND EDITION: https://bit.ly/46OMirj
A photo of the wargame rulebook for Dragon Rampant: Second Edition, with cover art depicting armies of orcs and barbarians clashing under a red dragon breathing fire. The book is against a snowy background and surrounded by Christmas decorations.
December 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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We've added new form fillable versions of our gaming resources for some of our hottest wargames this year...

🛸 Voidfighter
🐰 Burrows & Badgers 2E
🐔 Hairfoot Jousting
🐲 Dragon Rampant 2E

Download now: https://bit.ly/4dXNKcp

Art by Peter Johnston 🎨
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December 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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🏹 WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE – The Hooded Man RPG Out Now https://bit.ly/442Riai

Start your adventure. Join Robin Hood's band or create your own outlaw company...

Fight back against tyranny and oppression! 🔥🔥
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December 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Check out some awesome miniatures photography from our paleolithic skirmish game releasing in the new year – all taken by the author Austin Hunt!

Hunt mammoths, survive bear attacks, clash with rivals, gather food, and craft tools and weapons, in...

HIDE, STONE, & BONE: https://bit.ly/43ELR22
A photo of fully painted miniature figures and terrain depicting a pair of prehistoric humans with spears approaching a saber-tooth tiger in its cave. A photo of fully painted miniature figures and terrain depicting a prehistoric human standing in a valley with a herd of mammoths passing by ahead of them.
December 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Gather your gear ⚙️🔧

We've updated the character sheets for a whole bunch of our roleplaying games with form fillable versions!

Find everything you need to get playing here: https://bit.ly/3yKLCpO

🎨 @tachyonart.bsky.social from Untamed Worlds
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December 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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✨ XMAS PROMO ADVENTURE – Yuletide Ale...

Author of The Hooded Man Graham Rose has written a festive adventure for his RPG of medieval outlaws, available for free now: https://bit.ly/3yKLCpO

Find ale! 🔎 Steal ale! 🍺 Save the Yuletide Festival! 🎄

Out everywhere this week: https://bit.ly/442Riai
A photo of The Hooded Man roleplaying rulebook and a printed copy of its Christmas promo scenario Yuletide Ale in front of a Christmas tree.
December 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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🖌️💡 Artist Spotlight

The amazing Mars Oosterveld is returning to illustrate our new Osprey Wargame Hide, Stone, and Bone – a game of Ice Age skirmish & survival.

Mars previously illustrated Paleomythic, our Stone & Sorcery RPG!

Jan 29 UK & Jan 27 UK: https://bit.ly/43ELR22
An illustration in a stripped-down, stylised cave painting technique, depicting three separate primitive scenes on top of each other on a rocky backdrop: figures with bows and spears attacking another figure; that figure lying on the ground under their weapons; other figures around a tomb surrounded with flowers.
December 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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🧦 Last-minute board game stocking fillers !

We have a whole host of small-box games perfect for that little extra touch this holiday season...

💥 General Orders: Sengoku Jidai
🔥 Line of Fire: Burnt Moon

And much, much more. Browse our website today: https://bit.ly/3X2ebaY
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December 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Read the last design diary for The Hooded Man: A Roleplaying Game of Medieval Outlaws, from the author Graham Rose, today!

📜 OUT NEXT WEEK 📜 https://bit.ly/48uJTUD
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December 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM