https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tssAOTqVJxk&t OBSERVATION POST Our latest look at what’s new and upcoming in the world of wargaming. THEME: AMBUSH! Pete Brown shares some ideas for replicating the military art of ambush in our tabletop battles. SAGA 2 – ITERATION OR NEW GAME? Dom Sore takes a close look at the new rulebook and discusses what’s changed or
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OBSERVATION POST Our latest look at what’s new and upcoming in the world of wargaming. THEME: ALL THE HEROES Neil Smith introduces us to this month’s theme with a brief introduction to the history of battle honours. THE WARGAMES ILLUSTRATED AWARDS We present our inaugural annual awards to the companies and individuals who you voted
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OBSERVATION POST New and upcoming releases in the wargames world. THEME: THE DUNKIRK RACES Our introduction to this month’s theme, with a focus on the forces involved. BROKEN LEGIONS: THE CTHULHU CAMPAIGNS Exclusive content from Mark Latham which blends his Broken Legions rules with another of his offerings from Osprey. THEME: BATTLE ON THE ESCAUT: KEEPING
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OBSERVATION POST More products that have caught our eye, including our ‘Spotted at…’ show feature, connected to Salute this time and with items from other sources to boot. THEME: RICHARD THE LION-CUB How did Richard I become the king known as the Lionheart? Neil Smith and Dom Sore provide some history and a
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OBSERVATION POST More products that have come our way or caught our eye, including our ‘Spotted at…’ show feature, which this time looks at items from the Cold Wars convention. THEME: WHY I LOVE DEATH IN THE DARK CONTINENT James Morris shares with us a personal view on these colonial era rules and
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OBSERVATION POST Our latest look at new and forthcoming products, including our ‘Spotted at…’ show feature, which this time looks at items from the Tactica show in Hamburg. THEME: SAMURAI Jonas Svensson of Mura Miniatures introduces us to this month’s theme, telling us what we need to know about gaming with Samurai. TRAVELBATTLE The
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OBSERVATION POST Once again our all-seeing eye is cast upon the wealth of products coming the gamer’s way in the next few months, with some selected items that we think you’ll like. THEME: WHERE OTHERS FEAR TO TREAD Our lead article discusses the nature of elite troops and muses upon how they can
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OBSERVATION POST OP is a new regular monthly feature in which Henry Hyde (with a little help from his friends) takes a look at what’s new and impending in the wargaming world. THEME: ROMAN CONQUEST OF BRITANNIA We begin our theme content with a classic(al) example of the art of colonialism, the Romanisation
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THEME: BEFORE THEY WERE FAMOUS Our lead article considers the draw of using future ‘big names’ in our games and how we can aim to replicate their developing skills on the tabletop. HORSE AND MUSKET BLITZKRIEG Horse and Musket The first of a three part series on the Great Northern War. Barry Hilton presents
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THEME: IF YOU CAN KEEP YOUR HEAD Neil Smith introduces our theme this month, using rules examples and moments from history to draw us into the world of the ‘blunder’. FIGURE SPOTLIGHT: WARLORD GAMES PLASTIC FALLSCHIRMJÄGER Phil Lewis looks at creating 28mm German Paratroopers for a range of different theatres. THEME: MAKING A GAME
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THEME: SOLDIERS OF THE EMPRESS So, you want to field a force to support Matilda in her quest for the throne back in the 12th Century? Then this is the perfect article for you! UP THE BEACHES Chris Townley from Battlefront Miniatures shows us how to paint Marine Amtanks for use in your
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Toy Soldiers of Fortune In our lead article for this month’s theme, Pete Brown charts the growth of mercenary units and provides some gaming advice. Up country Mike Haught presents a guide to the Brown Water Navy of the Vietnam War - the focus of the latest releases for Flames Of War. I’m a
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Civil Wars In our lead article for this month’s theme, Neil Smith provides a definition of what a ‘civil war’ actually is and presents examples that could be translated into tabletop action. Endgame on the Elbe Mike Haught provides a preview of some of the new Flames Of War digital content for Nachtjäger
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Second Ypres, 1915 In our lead article for this month’s theme, Jim Graham demonstrates how warfare had begunto change by 1915, using the events around Ypres as a backdrop. Defending the Reich Wayne Turner discusses the fi ner points of the Nachtjäger Intelligence Handbook for Flames Of War and the new equipment
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Sound the Retreat! In our lead article for this month’s theme, Neil Smith and Jim Graham discuss the finer points of gaming a retreat and provide some examples that would make great tabletop battles. Ori Orr’s Six Day War Phil Yates provides an account of Captain Ori Orr’s Palsar Seven, an Israeli
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Take the High Ground In this month’s lead article, Pete Brown presents some thoughts on using hills in our gaming, and how they should/could fi t into any set of rules. The road to El Arish Another insight into the new Fate Of A Nation intelligence briefing for Flames Of War, the Battlefront
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Whatever Happened to 20mm Moderns? Having asked this question, Sub-Editor Wayne Bollands enlists the assistance of the LeicesterPhat Cats Gaming Club for a day of Modern gaming at WIHQ in a quest to answer it. The Soviet Barbarossa Surprise As a precursor to the upcoming release of Barbarossa, Wayne Turner of
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Battles in Literature: Wargaming as Inspiration Simon Scarrow, author of the bestselling Eagle Series, tells us how wargaming has influenced his storytelling. The Boyne Avenged Barry Hilton provides us with a wealth of Williamite ‘What if’s’, in this follow up to last month’s Ireland’s Bloodiest Day article. Render unto Caesar A scenario based upon the
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Rebels Abandon Vicksburg! Our War Correspondent Paul Leach sets the scene for our theme articles on the fall of the “Gibraltar of the Confederacy” with his overview of the events that led to the vital hammer blow in the West. How the West was Lost Over a decade ago, ACW aficionado Bill Moreno
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Godwine’s Great Gamble Our multi-period theme content begins in the Dark Ages with some Saxon-on-Saxon longship raiding, pillaging and burning action, from the pen (or rather keyboard) of Early Medieval expert Dr. Ryan Lavelle. Welcome to the world of Dust In an alternative 1940s reality, alien technology fuels gigantic machines of war
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Divide and Conquer In this, the first of two theme articles for this month, Mike Haught discusses the theory behind ‘divide and conquer’, then brings the theory to the wargames table in the form of battles set in the “pockets” resulting from the practice, with a focus on pocket battles in
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Last post for the Toy Soldier General Close friends of Don Featherstone, Chris Scott and Duke Siefried, pay tribute to the Godfather of Wargaming, who sadly passed away in September. Ah, Les Brave Gens Franco-Prussian War advocate Gerard Miller introduces us the this month’s theme and tells us a little about FPW weapons,
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The Six-Day War Our theme content kicks off with your handy guide to the Six-Day War, arming you with background information to get you swiftly into the period. Outfitting: Confederate Infantry Don Effinger and Mike Evans return to continue their look at the uniforms and equipment of the American Civil War. This
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The Raising of the Rising sun One of the challenges of creating a new Rising Sun handbook for Flames Of War was introducing a new nationality to the rules. This meant for the rules writers a little more work and testing to create a new batch of national special rules for
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The Devil’s Den One hundred and fifty years after the events that took place near a small town in Pennsylvania turned Gettysburg into one of the most famous battlefields in the world, we refight a section of that battle; theFight for the Devil’s Den. Games designer (Foundry’s Bull Run to
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1066, Hastings We begin our theme content with a battle report on Hastings - Touchstone for the Conquest. Paul Kerrison of Kallistra and friends gathered around a 12' wargames table and played out a 10mm refi ght ofthe battle, with the Saxons attempting to change the course of history and
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Where’s my Kampfgruppe? When Flames Of War games designer Mike Haught wrote the Market Garden books; Hell’s Highway and A Bridge Too Far, he created a battlegroup that could cover as many possible angles in one company diagram as possible, in this article Mike gets more specific, highlighting various battlegroups
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Wargaming World War One We introduce this month’s theme with an article that looks beyond the stalemate of World War One on the Western Front and sells the concept of gaming the confl ict on a global scale. Grossdeutschland Battlefront studio writers Wayne Turner and Phil Yates provide us with background
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I’m here and taking over On 13 January 1945, the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute regiment of the 101st Airborne Division attacked the town of Foy in Belgium. The assault was spearheaded by the men of ‘Easy’ company. In this article (in support of their new Intelligence Handbook - Nuts!) Battlefront Studio
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Open fire! Our 300th issue ‘opens fi re’ with an article from our colleagues at Battlefront, announcing, and showcasing, their forthcoming Flames Of War boxed game - Open Fire! Crimson & Bronze First-time contributors to Wargames Illustrated, Ben Johns (an avid student of history) and Tim Toolen (an enthusiastic modeller and painter)
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