Fortified Niche – Details, episodes & analysis

The pod catches scurvy the old-fashioned way in Blood & Plunder, a 28mm historical skirmish game where the action is on land, sea, and/or boat! Developed by Firelock Games.

Find Blood & Plunder rules here:

https://www.firelockgames.com/product/blood-plunder-rulebook-pdf/

Find the companion post here:

https://www.barreldrill.com/blood-plunder-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 tries to use their SAGA dice in Full Spectrum Dominance, a "combined arms wargame for small scales" by Giacomo "The Lazy Forger" Pantalone and Federico Valsecchi.

Find Full Spectrum Dominance rules here:

https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-full-spectrum-dominance-rulebook-262512

Find the companion post here:

⁠https://www.barreldrill.com/full-spectrum-dominance-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

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:
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T-shirt store
Cassa:
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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:
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Cohost
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Cassa:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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Cohost
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Cassa:
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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