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Words and photographs by Andy Leighton

February 2019 tabletopgaming.co.uk

FALLOUT:

WASTELAND WARFARE

We emerge from our vault

to give the survivors of the

post-apocalyptic skirmish

game a rad makeover

F

allout: Wasteland Warfare is just one of

two adaptations of the smash hit video

game series to arrive on the tabletop

recently, following the self-titled adventure-

style board game from Fantasy Flight.

is miniatures skirmish game, Wasteland

Warfare, is the creation of Modiphius – a

publisher that is no stranger to top quality

licensed tie-ins. We explored its line of

miniatures for the Star Trek roleplaying game

last year and found an impressive range of

models that gloriously captured the spirit of

the sci- franchise. While the Fallout range

is similarly faithful to its source material, it’s

inevitably let down by the main dierence

between these products: the material they are

produced from.

e Star Trek miniatures were cast in resin,

providing an exceptional level of detail.

e Fallout miniatures are hardened PVC,

so the detail is lacking denition – we’re

looking at you, faces. is can make painting

them a little trickier, as you have to use the

paint to dene the texture, such as on the

fur on canine companion Dogmeat. at

said, it’s not a completely fair comparison;

the Wasteland Warfare miniatures are far

cheaper and arrive ready to use out of the

box. No construction, no basing; just slap on

an undercoat and get painting (or gaming).

We’ve focused on the ‘goodies’ in the two-

player starter set here, from the formidable

Brotherhood of Steel Aspirant in their T-60

power armour to ‘sole survivor’ Nora and her

fellow survivors. Of course, if you’re a fan that

owns both of the recent Fallout tabletop games,

this guide can just as easily be used to paint up

the character miniatures in the Fantasy Flight

board game, too.