Games that have either died or became obscure.

As the title states, I want to discuss games that either failed to gain a stable audience or have become less known with a notable few dedicated fans. I'd gladly appreciate additions to the list, and I hope we can bring awareness to some of our favorite games. Disclaimer: This is all just my own opinions and speculation.

  1. Scrappers: Basically a miniatures agnostic Necromunda clone that takes place in the future post fall of human space civilization after an AI uprising. The last humans are on Earth fighting over scraps in one of the last mega cities and surrounding desert. This game came right before the reboot of Games Workshop's Necromunda, and I believe that contributed to it getting overshadowed and less people talk about it. I love this game and hope more people take a look at it.

  2. A War Transformed: This game came out around when the weird war craze was amping up and more Blanchitsu type wargaming/skirmish projects were hitting the scene. This was also at a time when Trench Crusade hadn't yet hit it's peak as a project, but it was becoming more known. Sadly I believe the presence of other similar games stunted A War Transformed's ability to grab a hold of a dedicated fan base. A lot of advertising from North Star went into this project and around the time of its release Wargames Atlantic released a set of weird war conversion bits that fit it's aesthetic (this was later reused for the Forbidden Psalm Last War box set).

  3. Sludge: A wargame that was getting popular around the time of Turnip 28 getting more developed. This game much like A War Transformed was a small scale (or platoon scale) wargame. It was for a time way more popular and still right now has fans who still play it, but it has calmed down over time.

EDIT: PART 2

  1. Mutant Chronicles: While the franchise is seeing several attempts at revivals at different scales, I just wanted to add this entry as I love the Mutant Chronicles franchise and lament the loss of its main wargame entry into the series as we may never see it come out in full force again.

  2. OG Warmahordes: Less obscure but effectively abandoned. The revival is taking it into a new direction, and a lot of the content that Privateer Press had made over the years is gone entirely or not yet brought back.