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Planet Smasher Games

Planet Smasher Games is an independent tabletop games studio founded by Mike Hutchinson in 2015. I make unreasonably fun tabletop miniature games including Gaslands, A Billion Suns, Hobgoblin and Perilous Tales.

Planet Smasher Games
The wonderful folks at Kromlech have sent me a lucky dip of orc miniatures for SPACE GITS... All I know: this box contains orcs. Shall we take a look?! * Check out Kromlech's ork range here: https://bitsofwar.com/10-orcs-goblins?afi=KROM52772 ---- SPACE GITS is my new miniatures skirmish game about drunk-ass space orcs looting, shooting and scooting, recently released in early access. * Download SPACE GITS in early access today: https://planetsmashergames.itch.io/space-gits * Patreon supporters get it for free by clicking this link: https://planetsmashergames.itch.io/space-gits/patreon-access * Watch my HOW TO PLAY SPACE GITS video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA1TmIYcQRg ---- Planet Smasher Games makes boutique miniature games for the highly-evolved tabletop gamer. I share my design and development process so you can see what I'm up to. For the search juice: this video was made by Mike Hutchinson, the award-winning game designer of tabletop miniatures games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled, and A Billions Suns, all published by Osprey Games, and Hobgoblin: Brutal Fantasy Battles, published by Electi Studio. Check out my games: https://planetsmashergames.com Check out my podcast: https://www.youtube.com/c/RuleofCarnage Support what I do: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergames Music by Chris Hutchinson. [Dev Diary 24.024]
I have NO IDEA what they sent me...
A bit of a change of pace this week. Hang out as I prep and paint a couple of fleets of 1:6000 miniatures for Pacific Command (my naval wargame of WWII carrier combat, coming in 2025 as part of the Osprey Wargames series). Music by The Sheringham Shantymen. This album, from 1997, is a long-time personal favourite of mine. It's not quite the right period, or the right nationality, but I hope it sets a mood! My ships were purchased from Magister Militum: https://www.magistermilitum.com/scale/1-6000.html [Dev Diary 24.023] ---- Planet Smasher Games makes boutique miniature games for the highly-evolved tabletop gamer. I share my design and development process so you can see what I'm up to. Check out my games: https://planetsmashergames.com Check out my podcast: https://www.youtube.com/c/RuleofCarnage Support what I do: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergames ---- For the search juice: this video was made by Mike Hutchinson, the award-winning designer of miniatures games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled, and A Billions Suns, all published by Osprey Games, and Hobgoblin, published by Electi Studio.
Relax with some tiny ships – Painting 1:6000 WWII
Let's have a rummage through my bits box! We'll find lots of stuff from awesome FRIENDS OF GASLANDS and plenty of great ideas for Hot Wheels and diecast car custom conversions. LINKS Friends of Gaslands: https://planetsmashergames.com/gaslands/store/#friends Gaslands UK Car of the Month (July 2024): https://www.facebook.com/groups/gaslandsuk/permalink/3352145954929084 Anvil Industry: https://anvilindustry.co.uk/gaslands-vehicle-upgrades Hayland: https://haylandterrain.com/collections/gaslands-resin-20mm North Star: https://www.northstarfigures.com/list.php?man=282&page=1 Ramshackle: https://shop.ramshacklegames.co.uk/ Scourge Scenics: https://www.scourgescenics.co.uk/shop/product-category/gaslands Zinge: https://www.zinge.co.uk/collections/autokill-hybrid-horde-dice-mechanics Big Mr Tong: https://www.patreon.com/bigmrtong ---- Planet Smasher Games makes boutique miniature games for the highly-evolved tabletop gamer. I share my design and development process so you can see what I'm up to. Check out my games: https://planetsmashergames.com Check out my podcast: https://www.youtube.com/c/RuleofCarnage Support what I do: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergames Music by Chris Hutchinson. ---- For the search juice: this video was made by Mike Hutchinson, the award-winning designer of miniatures games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled, and A Billions Suns, all published by Osprey Games, and Hobgoblin, published by Electi Studio.
Where to get Gaslands bits?
I just got some playtesting feedback for GASLANDS XL, an upcoming expansion for Gaslands. As I need to work through it, I figured I'd share my thoughts as I do. Grab a cup of coffee and a spanner and let's have a tinker. [Dev Diary 24.021] I don't know exactly when I'll be releasing GASLANDS XL, but if you subscribe here, or join my Patreon, you'll be the first to know! ---- Planet Smasher Games makes boutique miniature games for the highly-evolved tabletop gamer. I share my design and development process so you can see what I'm up to. Check out my games: https://planetsmashergames.com Check out my podcast: https://www.youtube.com/c/RuleofCarnage Support what I do: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergames Music by Chris Hutchinson. ---- For the search juice: this video was made by Mike Hutchinson, the multi-award-winning designer of miniatures games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled, and A Billions Suns, all published by Osprey Games, and Hobgoblin, published by Electi Studio.
Tuning up the next GASLANDS expansion...
Is this the world's first dexterity-based minis game? SPACE GITS is a new miniatures skirmish game about drunk-ass space orcs looting, shooting and scooting which I just released in early access. Your boys will stagger around the table, and the skill is all in the dice tossing. It's a funny lil' game, and I'm really pleased with it. Let me show you how to play it. Download SPACE GITS in early access today: https://planetsmashergames.itch.io/space-gits Patreon get it for free by clicking this link: https://planetsmashergames.itch.io/space-gits/patreon-access If you are looking for some ork miniatures to use for the game, may I heartily recommend Kromlech: https://bitsofwar.com/10-orcs-goblins?afi=KROM52772 --- FEEDBACK WANTED! ​This game is still in development, and frankly is kind of weird. If you read it or play it, I'd love to hear what you make of it. You can find me in the Planet Smasher Games Discord server and I'd love to hear your thoughts: https://discord.gg/hTxHGupY9r​ ---- 00:00 Intro 00:52 Skip Intro 01:24 Set Up 01:38 Activating I 01:52 Movement 02:48 Fighting 03:39 Take A Swig 03:50 Shooting 05:35 Activating II 06:02 Falling Over 06:33 Pat Down 07:10 Help Up 08:07 Thump 09:18 Outro 10:08 Roll Theme Tune! ---- AI Disclosure: the disposable mock-up images in the rulebook PDF were generated with Midjourney. I have the artist I'll be working with on the final rulebook already lined up: https://tillfoerster.com ---- Planet Smasher Games makes boutique miniature games for the highly-evolved tabletop gamer. I share my design and development process so you can see what I'm up to. For the search juice: this video was made by Mike Hutchinson, the multi-award-winning designer of miniatures games such as Gaslands, Gaslands: Refuelled, and A Billions Suns, all published by Osprey Games, and Hobgoblin, published by Electi Studio. Check out my games: https://planetsmashergames.com Check out my podcast: https://www.youtube.com/c/RuleofCarnage Support what I do: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergames Music by Chris Hutchinson. [Dev Diary 24.020]
Learn to play my new game: SPACE GITS
When I started this journey in January, I decided that one of my principles would be to share everything I was working on and not keep secrets from you. Let's have a look at what I've been working on! LINKS: Rotvärlden: Realms of Carnage (Early Access): https://planetsmashergames.itch.io/rotvrlden-realms-of-carnage-alpha Flagstone (Early Access): https://planetsmashergames.itch.io/flagstone-a-chess28-game Perilous Tales (Early Access): https://planetsmashergames.com/early-access/perilous-tales/ Hobgoblin (Pre-order the book): https://planetsmashergames.com/hobgoblin/ PLANET SMASHER DISCORD https://discord.gg/q6sShQ9mZh If you want to chat about any of these games, come hang out in the official Planet Smasher Games Discord server. Its sort of the digital equivalent of dropping by my gaming shed. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 00:56 My Principles 06:38 Rotvärlden 08:52 Flagstone 09:48 The Incunabula 11:47 Perilous Tales 15:24 Space Gits 20:04 X-Wing & Armada 22:09 ABS: Domination 27:48 Junkspace 32:03 Gaslands XL 36:12 Outro Planet Smasher Games makes boutique miniature games for the highly-evolved tabletop gamer. I share my design and development process so you can see what I'm up to. Check out my games: https://planetsmashergames.com Check out my podcast: https://www.youtube.com/c/RuleofCarnage Support what I do: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergames Music by Chris Hutchinson.
Keeping my promise to hide NOTHING from you
(Dev Diary 24.018) I have never played my solo miniatures game, Perilous Tales, on a grid. It might work... let's find out! Download the free beta version of Perilous Tales: https://planetsmashergames.com/early-access/perilous-tales/ ---- Buy my award-winning game Hobgoblin today: https://www.electi-studio.com/hobgoblin Planet Smasher Games makes boutique miniature games for the highly-evolved tabletop gamer. I share my design and development process so you can see what I'm up to. PLANET SMASHER DISCORD https://discord.gg/q6sShQ9mZh If you want to chat about any of these games, come hang out in the official Planet Smasher Games Discord server. Its sort of the digital equivalent of dropping by my gaming shed. Check out my games: https://planetsmashergames.com Check out my podcast: https://www.youtube.com/c/RuleofCarnage Support what I do: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergames Music by Chris Hutchinson.
Perilous Tales meets #chess28
[Dev Diary 24.017] UK Games Expo was a wild ride this year! Four days of showing off Hobgoblin and Gaslands and chatting to everyone that stopped by to check out the games or let me know how much they enjoyed them. It's been about six weeks since I stopped to retrospect on what's been happening in the studio, and this week feels like the perfect opportunity. Massive thanks to Electi Studio, Greg Horton, David Hoobyar, Stuart Warren, Sean Sutter and CROM for helping us make an multi-awarding winning game! Buy HOBGOBLIN today: https://planetsmashergames.com/hobgoblin/ Buy Gaslands: Legacy here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/451287/BLASTER-Archives-Gaslands-Legacy Links to the podcasts I mentioned: https://planetsmashergames.com/news/i-chat-to-bastionland/ 00:00 Intro 00:36 UKGE 05:52 What's been happening?! 09:10 The Numbers 10:20 Games Played 11:30 Outro PLANET SMASHER DISCORD https://discord.gg/q6sShQ9mZh If you want to chat about any of these games, come hang out in the official Planet Smasher Games Discord server. Its sort of the digital equivalent of dropping by my gaming shed. Planet Smasher Games makes boutique miniature games for the highly-evolved tabletop gamer. I share my design and development process so you can see what I'm up to. Check out my games: https://planetsmashergames.com Check out my podcast: https://www.youtube.com/c/RuleofCarnage Support what I do: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergames Music by Chris Hutchinson.
The designer of CAR WARS gave me an award!
I have my hands on the new HOBGOBLIN Deck, let's take a first look together! HOBGOBLIN is my award-winning game of brutal rank & flank fantasy battles. Available to buy digitally (and pre-order physically) today: https://planetsmashergames.com/hobgoblin/ 00:00 Intro 00:44 Skip Intro 01:49 Quick Ref Cards 06:12 Scenario Cards 08:31 Fortune Cards 12:35 Abyssal Sorcery Cards 22:13 Outro ---- Planet Smasher Games makes boutique miniature games for the highly-evolved tabletop gamer. I share my design and development process so you can see what I'm up to. Check out my games: https://planetsmashergames.com Check out my podcast: https://www.youtube.com/c/RuleofCarnage Support what I do: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergames Music by Chris Hutchinson.
What's in this box of Hobgoblin cards?
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