Halloween is approaching, which was all the excuse Wargamer needed to publish a guide to the best horror wargames last week. The good gamers in the r/Wargaming subreddit had their own suggestions for games that were missing, and there’s so many cool looking games in there – including a few we can’t believe we missed – that we thought we’d share them all with you.
Check out our original guide to the best horror wargames if you haven’t done so already – we stand by our picks! But Reddit gave us suggestions for so many horror miniature wargames (and one war board game) that we’ve summarised them in a table:
| Game | Horror genre | Description |
| 7TV | Pulp | A flexible skirmish game inspired by pulp movies and TV of the 60s-80s. |
| Ambush Z | Zombies | A standalone set of zombie rules for Ambush Alley, a game of asymmetric modern urban warfare |
| Carnevale | Gothic and Lovecraftian | Parkour and monsters in rennaissance Venice |
| Chaos in Carpathia | Gothic | Skirmish wargame inspired by classic vampire and werewolf films and literature |
| Country Road Z | Zombies | Rural survival and community building in the zombie apocalypse |
| Fear and Faith | Generic | The horror version of the flexible Song of Blades and Heroes rules |
| Fear of the Dark | Lovecraftian | Solo Lovecraftian horror wargame |
| Forbidden Psalm | Fantasy | Grim and ridiculous skirmishes in the world of Mork Borg |
| Ghost Rangers | Ghosts | An expansion for Fear and Faith heavily inspired by Ghostbusters |
| Gothic Horror: Vampire Wars | Gothic | Humans vs vampires or werewolves |
| Malifaux | Steampunk | Competitive skirmish game with a hybrid aesthetic that blends horror, Steampunk, wuxia, and more |
| Nuklear Winter 68 | WW3 | A cold war gone hot boardgame set in a post-apocalyptic Europe |
| Pulp Alley | Lovecraftian | A flexible pulp wargame that easily accommodates Lovecraftian horror |
| Silver Bayonet | Gothic | Napoleonic skirmishes with European monsters |
| Skirmish Ragers | Zombies | Fast paced skirmish rules for the Zombie apocalypse |
| Stargrave: Quarantine 37 | Sci-fi | Rules for aliens and zombies for the sci-fi skirmish warband game Stargrave |
| Strange Aeons | Lovecraftian | A dedicated Lovecraftian horror hunting wargame |
| Sundown Slashers | Slashers | Expansion to the game Duel: players control one hero each, while a relentless Slasher hunts them down |
| Tales of Horror | Gothic | Expansion for Fistful of Lead: turns the game of Western shootouts into Universal horror |
| Verrotwood | Folk horror | A grimdark fantasy skirmish wargame inspired by folk horror |
| Zona Alfa | Sci-fi | Lead bands of mercs or scientists into a Zone of weird physics and strange creatures |
We’re honestly surprised that we forgot Verrotwood, which is just the kind of folk horror that we love. Then there’s Zona Alfa, which is based on the truly excellent sci-fi novel Roadside Picnic by the Strugatsky brothers.
As this list shows, many horror wargames are skirmish games that only need a few figures. They’re a great excuse to get painting miniatures from outside your normal Warhammer 40k faction. Why not take a break from smashing out Space Marines and whip up a few zombies, survivors, and maybe a vampire or two?
If you want more creepy games to play, we have guides to the best horror RPG games and the best horror board games to try this Halloween.
Source: Wargamer
