Another game I've been playing over the past couple of years is Fallout Wasteland Warfare, the narrative-based game set in the nuclear wastelands of Fallout. I really love the Fallout universe in all its forms, so this game is something I delved quite far into both through the official miniatures and a ton of third party 3d prints. I've got quite a bit of my own miniatures for this (and one very large one) so everything I've attached as pictures is from my own collection.
A big thing to note about FWW is the fact that the game uses specialist dice, in the vein of a Fantasy Flight game like Star Wars Legion or X-Wing. The game uses a variety of dice, but they basically boil down to the success dice (used for every roll other than armour or crits), the armour dice (used to prevent damage), the luck dice (used for special effects, and is just a coin flip), and the extra dice added for specific rolls to change effects of things. Of these there are black (bonus damage), yellow (armour penetration), green (accuracy modifiers) and blue (random effects, the least common of the 4). While this may seem like a lot to keep track of, they share a lot of common features and when rolled in a bunch they can pretty easily be read which is nice, as it takes away from the intimidation factor a bit. I do generally speaking prefer games to use regular dice of whatever form (be that d6, d10 or d20 I've played and enjoyed all of them) but the dice system in FWW is a part of the uniqueness and I don't begrudge the game for it at all, although it is something to note when it comes to accessibility. I'm also not entirely sure how this is changing for 2nd edition, so this is very much a note for the 1st edition of the game specifically.
What I really love most about the game is the scenarios are for the most part designed around set pieces or quests from the games with some tweaks to make them work for a PVP tabletop wargame. The Fallout 76 wave in particular is of note here, as all of the scenarios are based around specific raids from that game which I find really cool from a gameplay point of view. The campaign books are also really great for a linked series of games, where the results of the scenarios either affect specific scenarios ahead or the final scenario of the campaign (the New Vegas campaign for example all affect the Battle of Hoover Dam scenario) so one player can still win a campaign even if their opponent wins the first 4 games. It also means it doesn't necessarily have to be the same 2 people playing the whole campaign, and different people can tag in and out to play different scenarios with their own factions. The one other thing to note is that a significant part of these scenarios use specific models, so to play everything you will need to own quite a lot and have a pretty hefty collection. That said though, with how varied the scenarios are and the variety in model choice you can have a lot of very different games.
My favourite factions on the tabletop are the same as my favourites in the games, both in theme, models and gameplay. I really enjoy the playstyle of NCR and the Brotherhood of Steel, both with smaller models to run objectives and elite heavy hitters to take out enemies and tank hits. Both NCR Veteran Rangers and Brotherhood Paladins are the stars of their factions, and a lot of fun to play. I also really enjoy Robots as a faction, although they're likely to go away with the upcoming 2nd edition changing factions, as the idea of a single controller (usually The Courier for me) buffing and manipulating a series of robots to function better is really mechanically interesting and fun to keep on top of.
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