If you were to stand directly in front of the Wargames Illustrated stand at Salute on Saturday, then sidle two yards to the right, before then shimmying four meters to the left, you would have seen a living breathing timeline of Europe’s largest wargames show. To the right of our stand were the old boys of the South-East Scotland Wargames...

A bonus for WiPrime Members: we are joined by author Mike Bradford to guide us through a detailed look at the Achtung Panzer! starter set. If you are seeing this message after signing in as a WiPrime Member, Please refresh your browser. This page is only viewable to WiPrime Members, If you are already a Member, please log in, If you...

A bonus for WiPrime Members: Never Mind the Billhooks Here’s the Ruckus author Mike Peters discusses the early stage of the game’s development, and lets some of the pre-release players tell their Ruckus stories. If you are seeing this message after signing in as a WiPrime Member, Please refresh your browser. This page is only viewable to WiPrime Members, If you...

Helion & Company – Victory or Death: A Wargamers Guide to the American Revolution 1775-1782 review Helion’s latest release in their Wargames series is written by David C Bonk and focuses on the American Revolution. The first chapter provides a Strategic Overview that begins with the causes of the war, before moving on to provide a detailed year-by-year account of...

Wargames Atlantic – Afghan Cavalry review Arriving like a bolt from the blue (in their method of attack and their unexpected appearance through the Wi letterbox), Wargames Atlantic (WA)’s Afghan Cavalry is here. This new set includes two different frames – riders and light horse – with four of each packed into the box, allowing twelve dramatic mounted figures to...

Bloody Miniatures – A Regiment of Foote review Bloody Miniatures specialise in 28mm figures aimed at conflicts such as the War of the Three Kingdoms (ECW), or the Thirty Years’ War, in the first half of the 17th Century. Their releases so far have focused on filling some of the characterful niches not typically covered by figure manufacturers, such as...

Modiphius Entertainment – Fallout: Factions Raiders review The last time we reviewed Modiphius Entertainment figures it was their plastic Brotherhood of Steel, in heavy armour. We were impressed with the three high-detail, high-quality, hard plastic figures in the set, and how they perfectly replicated the look of the Fallout video game world, but noted their rather steep price tag could...

Osprey Games – The Silver Bayonet: Egypt – Shadow of the Sphinx review If you’re paying attention to this, you’re probably already a fan of The Silver Bayonet, so we’re going to skip over getting into detail on the entirety of the book. You know what to expect from the chapters already, as they follow the same format and order...

On Military Matters – assorted books review We sent our Observation Post skirmishers through On Military Matters’ book library and they returned with this report! Small Deadly Space Second Edition Small Deadly Space 2.0 is an American Civil War battle manual by Steve Fratt that takes an interesting look at the subject matter. Rather than dedicate his attention to the...