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The SprueDude Gaming Blog explores the creative side of tabletop wargaming, with a special focus on small-scale skirmish games, miniature-agnostic rules, and kitbashing. Discover games that encourage you to use whatever miniatures you love, build unique warbands, and bring your own creations to the tabletop. From indie rules and battle reports to conversions, hobby projects, and community events, we celebrate games where imagination matters more than what's printed on the box.

Kitbash Your Homies! by guest author @BitSmashing
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Kitbash Your Homies! by guest author @BitSmashing

Kitbash Your Homies: Making a Hobby-Community Experience that is Uniquely Yours To start, I don’t mean putting Kevin’s arms on Stephanie or Gabby’s feet...
Post by Kevin Shope
Oct 29 2026
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The Silver Bayonet: Napoleonic Monster Hunting, and How to Get Started
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The Silver Bayonet: Napoleonic Monster Hunting, and How to Get Started

The Silver Bayonet: Napoleonic Monster Hunting, and Why You Should Actually Try It You have probably seen this one on a shelf. Brown cover,...
Post by Kevin Shope
Jul 24 2026
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Techno-Fantasy Adventure 2nd Edition: Skirmish for the Rest of Us
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Techno-Fantasy Adventure 2nd Edition: Skirmish for the Rest of Us

If you've got a cabinet full of Stargrave crew minis getting soft-hands between campaigns, or a pile of kitbashed warbands assembled from leftover sprues...
Post by Kevin Shope
Jun 08 2026
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Getting Started With 'The Last War'.
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Getting Started With 'The Last War'.

The Last War The Great War ended not with victory or defeat, but with a cough and a splutter. Disease swept across the trenches...
Post by Kevin Shope
May 18 2026
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Start The Barons' War for Under $70 — Two Ways
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Start The Barons' War for Under $70 — Two Ways

You want to play The Barons' War. Good call — sharp ruleset, gorgeous range, and there's nothing quite like watching a unit of crossbowmen...
Post by Kevin Shope
Apr 15 2026
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Greathelm: Finally, A Game Where One Sprue = One Warband! Huzzah!
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Greathelm: Finally, A Game Where One Sprue = One Warband! Huzzah!

  Getting Started with Greathelm https://malev-da-shinobi.itch.io/great-helm-pt Alright sprue fanatics, gather 'round. I've just gotten my hands on Greathelm, a new medieval skirmish game that's about...
Post by Kevin Shope
Nov 05 2025
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Dead by Lead: Fast Western Skirmish
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Dead by Lead: Fast Western Skirmish

https://www.electi-studio.com/blastervol05 If you like your tabletop gunfights quick, lethal, and dripping with Old West flavor, Dead by Lead hits the spot. It’s a miniatures-agnostic skirmish...
Post by Kevin Shope
Nov 05 2025
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This Is Not a Test: The New 2nd Edition You Can kitbash everything! 🎯
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This Is Not a Test: The New 2nd Edition You Can kitbash everything! 🎯

Post‑apocalyptic skirmish gaming just got more DIY—and SprueDude customers will love it. 🔥 What’s New in the 2nd Edition Rules overhaul & rebalance led...
Post by Kevin Shope
Aug 04 2025
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