What's new
A running log of feature additions, improvements, and fixes on WargamesDB.
Upcoming games, list improvements, and AoS/40K faction history
New- WargamesDB is in public beta — read the announcement.
- We're on Bluesky — follow @wargamesdb.bsky.social to keep up to date.
- Upcoming games carousel on the homepage highlights titles not yet released.
Improved- Related games on a game page are now ordered chronologically.
- List creation: discontinued games are filtered out, and you can select multiple games during onboarding.
- Several performance improvements across the site.
- Age of Sigmar and Warhammer 40K factions now track which edition they were introduced in.
Games Added- Haywire Modern Warfare
- Hardwar
- Punkapocalyptic
Play log, duplicate checks, Settings revamp, and catalogue growth
New- New game submissions check for possible duplicates, so contributors can confirm before adding another copy of an existing title.
- Play log on your profile: track games you have played or plan to play. Entries stay private to your account.
Improved- Game setting is now chosen from a fixed list, with optional sub-settings when a more specific label is needed. Less clutter on the search, and more specific taxonomy. eg: Historical -> WW2, Historical -> Napoleonic, Fantasy -> Grimdark etc..
Fixed- Profile game list cards no longer overflow or break the layout on mobile.
- Related games on a game page now sort by type (editions, then expansions), then edition number and release year instead of alphabetically.
Games Added- Runewars Miniatures Game
- Kolluseum
- Dead Gods
- Incarnation
Public profiles, designers, and catalogue growth
New- Profiles are now shareable via URL based on username, once you have picked one. New users get a short onboarding flow to choose a username. Example: sighalot.
- A game can now be both a Version (reboot) and an Edition. See Necromunda for the first example in the catalogue.
- Designers can be added individually. One designer row = one person, which works better for co-authored games than a single free-text field.
- Homepage search: new filter by designer.
- StarCraft universe and factions added.
- Marvel: Crisis Protocol affiliations added to the catalogue.
Improved- Detailed catalogue cards: rating placement is clearer, and the rating row still shows when a game has no community ratings yet.
- Data contribution flow updated, including a clearer admin review experience.
Games Added- Marvel: Crisis Protocol Alliances
- Masters of the Universe: Battleground
- Endless Fantasy Tactics
- Legends of the Old West
- Wargods
- Mutant Chronicles: Warzone Eternal
- Argatoria
- Join the Posse
- Bot War
- Call Security!
- Plunder and Fighting
- Protect and Survive
- Hobgoblin
- Space Gits
- Perilous Tales
- Rotvärlden: Realms of Carnage
- Rad Pirates of the Toxic Sands
- Gaslands: Martian Racing Federation
- Gaslands: Legacy
- A Billion Suns: Warzone
- Mystic Skies
- Hairfoot Jousting
- FREAKZ!
- Age of Sigmar: Spearhead
Search Filters, companion links, and catalogue growth
New- Game pages can list companion tools (army builders, list apps, campaign trackers). The edit form will auto detect based on the link whether it's an app or weblink, to append the respective icon. Multiple companion tools can be added, e.g Warcry has both Warcrier and Warcrying.
- Homepage catalogue: new filter by publisher and scale.
- Search has also been updated so that filter queries are saved in the URL, making them easier to share.
- Personal game lists: You can now switch between Grid and Detailed view on your game lists
Improved- Catalogue filter row is tidier: Include Editions & Expansions sits beside the Detailed/Grid toggle.
Fixed- Expansion pill counts on search results are correct when only the parent game matched the query.
Games Added- Full catalogue update for Tabletop Skirmish Games:
- Updated catalogue for Snarling Badger Studios
- Black Powder II
- Black Seas
- Bolt Action: Second Edition
- Bolt Action: Third Edition
- Brassbound: Adamantine Dawn
- Deth Wizards
- MAJESTIC 13
- Project Z
- Pulp alley (and editions)
- Reign in Hell
- Reign in Hell: The Oculus Spear
- Reign in Iron
- Repent! Ye Foolish Gods
- Space Station Zero
- SPQR
- SPQR: Death or Glory
- Test of Honour
- Warlords of Erehwon
- 7TV
Universe search, factions, and catalogue growth
New- Tag factions or warbands when writing a game review, using the same picker as game lists.
- Homepage search now returns matching universes in their own section above games.
- Universe pages show which games use each faction when it is not shared across the whole setting.
Improved- Factions show which edition introduced them, with a link (e.g. Helsmiths of Hashut in Age of Sigmar 4th).
- Catalogue cards use the latest edition cover when a game has editions, unless Include Editions & Expansions is on (e.g. Warhammer Fantasy Battles 8th instead of 1st).
- Game page specs no longer repeat universe, publisher, and year; detail rows use icons. The universe name in the header links to its universe page.
- Shared-universe factions can be scoped to specific games (e.g. Epic Armageddon in the Warhammer 40,000 universe). Rolling this out across the catalogue will take time; community contributions may follow.
Games Added- Armoured Clash
- Armies of The Hobbit
- Armies of The Lord of the Rings
- Armies of Middle-earth
- Breacher
- Demon Ship
- Don't Look Back
- Epic Armageddon
- Five Parsecs from Home: Tactics
- Forgotten Ruin: The Adventure Wargame
- Hametsu
- Lunar
- Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game
- Mobile Arms
- Monsterpocalypse
- Mythos
- Night Thirst
- Pit Lord
- The Last Signal
- Violent Dark
- Whispers of the Deep
- Yafsiga
Game page specs and layout
Improved- Game pages now show avg. game time, complexity, and cost to start when set.
- Edition games show their edition number (e.g. 2nd) beside the Edition badge.
- Increased image upload limit to 5MB.
- Updated About page; Discord link added to footer.
Games Added- Greathelm
- Oasis: Tactical Salvage Reclamation
- Warhost
- Eldfall Chronicles
- Malifaux 2nd Edition
- Malifaux 3rd Edition
- Malifaux 4th Edition
- Blood Bowl (2020 rules version)
- Blood Bowl: Season Two
- Blood Bowl: Season Three
Chance mechanic and model count
New- Games can record a chance mechanic (dice, cards, tokens, and more) with optional detail such as D6 or Fate deck.
- Typical model count per army or side is now a catalogue field on game pages and edit forms.
Profiles, grid view, and game pages
New- Profiles: pick a username and see your reviews, game lists, and favourites in one place.
- Grid view on the catalogue: switch between Detailed and Grid to browse games by cover art.
Improved- Redesigned game pages with a cleaner layout and sidebar for ratings, reviews, and related games.
Games Added- Kosmika
- Blkout
Personal game lists
New- Signed-in users can create personal game lists from Game lists in the nav: separate from favourites.
- Add any catalogue game from a list page or from the Add to game list menu on a game page.
- When a game has warbands or factions, you can tag which ones you play on that list (optional).
Games Added- A Billion Suns
- A Fistful of Kung Fu
- A War Transformed
- A World Aflame
- Absolute Emperor
- Across A Deadly Field: Regimental Rules for Civil War Battles
- Across A Deadly Field: The War in the East
- Across A Deadly Field: The War in the West
- Broken Legions
- Castles in the Sky
- Chosen Men
- Daimyo
- Dux Bellorum
- Fighting Sail
- Gamma Wolves
- Hide, Stone, and Bone
- Honours of War
- Land of the Free
- Mad Dogs With Guns
- Men of Bronze
- Oathmark
- Of Gods and Mortals
- On the Seven Seas
- Outremer: Faith and Blood
- Pacific Command
- Pillars of Gromlak
- Poseidon's Warriors
- Pulp!
- Ragnarok
- Rebels and Patriots
- The Men Who Would Be Kings
- The Pikeman's Lament
- Voidfighter
- Wars of the Republic
- Warriors of Athena: Heroes
- With Hot Lead and Cold Steel
- Xenos Rampant
Game reviews and catalogue expansion
New- Signed-in users can write public game reviews with a required star rating; title, body, pros, and cons are optional.
Games Added- Kings of War Champions
- Five Parsecs from Home
- Five Leagues from the Borderlands
- The Doomed
- Hallowtide
- Grave Trigger
- Fallout: Factions
- Judge Dredd: I Am The Law
- Strontium Dog
- Sláine
- Halo Flashpoint
- A Song of Ice & Fire: Tactics
- Kobolds & Cobblestones
- Song of Drums and Shakos
- Song of Drums and Tomahawks
Unified contributions, cover images
New- Add a Game, Edit game, and admin amend flows now share one form
- Admins can update a pending submission's cover while amending it before approval.
Fixed- Standalone game type now requires a parent game in the form, matching database rules. e.g Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago
- Fixed a bug preventing adding cover on new games
Games Added- Age of Fantasy: Regiments
- Guards of Traitor's Toll
- 02 Hundred Hours
- Necromolds
Catalogue clarity and related-game trees
New- Game cards show how many editions and expansions a title has
- Expansion counts include packs tied to an edition (for example, Warcry expansions under Heart of Ghur roll up to Warcry).
- On a game page, related expansions appear in a tree under their edition in Related games, with the year beside each name.
- Introduced pagination via a Load More button, loading 24 games at a time.
Improved- The editions filter now hides only Edition and Expansion rows; Versions and Standalones stay in the catalogue by default.
- Homepage loads fewer cover images at once (load more), with faster image caching to reduce hosting usage.
Games Added- Aarklash universe: Confrontation (and 2nd, 3rd, and Age of Ragnarok editions), Dogs of War, Rag'Narok, Hybrid, Cadwallon, Arcana, Cadwallon: City of Thieves, Guilds of Cadwallon
- Trench Crusade: Carcass Front
Discover universes
New- Homepage Discover carousel: browse universes in a single row, with cover art where we have it and a count of main catalogue games.
- Universe pages list every game, faction, and warband in that setting, with the same editions filter as the main catalogue.
- Discord beta banner at the top of the homepage: "Interested in the Beta? Join the ranks!"
Games Added- Conquest: The Last Argument of Kings
- Conquest: First Blood
- Confrontation (and all its editions)
Community game ratings
New- Signed-in users can rate games from 1 to 5 stars, with an optional advanced breakdown (rules, gameplay, balance, production or components, fun).
- Community averages appear on game pages and catalogue cards.
Improved- Favourites use a bookmark icon so they are easy to tell apart from star ratings.
Games Added- Black powder second edition
- Black Powder Red Earth
Warband inheritance and richer admin tooling
New- Warbands now inherit across a game tree: a warband added to a parent game shows up in every edition and expansion automatically, with an 'Introduced in' label so its origin is clear.
- Admins can amend pending submissions before approving them, so small fixes don't need to be bounced back to the contributor.
- Seeded the full Warcry warband catalogue across both editions of the game.
- added a change log
Improved- Game form now captures designer, parent game, and edition number.
Games Added- Warcry: Crypt of Blood
- Warcry: Briar and Bone
- Warcry: Catacombs
- Dragon Rampant: Second Edition
- Confrontation: Second Edition
Beta label and admin review
New- WargamesDB now wears a Beta pill in the header: expect rough edges and rapid changes.
- Admin review page: a single place for admins to triage every pending contribution.
Improved- Homepage card covers load faster and the editions filter has a cleaner default.
Fixed- Game submission approval flow restored after a backend regression.
Games Added- Warhammer 40,000: 2nd through 11th editions
- Warhammer Fantasy Battles: 2nd through 8th editions
- Warhammer Age of Sigmar: 2nd through 4th editions
Contributions, favourites, and navigation
New- Anyone signed in can suggest new games and edits, which queue up for admin review.
- Favourite any game with the star icon, and jump back to your favourites from the navigation.
- About page explaining what WargamesDB is.
Improved- Homepage cards now surface the game type and tags at a glance.
- New filter to exclude editions and expansions when you only want parent games.
Fixed- Clearer error messages when login emails are rate-limited.
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