With the release of Wi408, our covermount gave you the option of some Black Powder: Epic Battles Waterloo British or French Napoleonic Heavy Cavalry figures. In the magazine, Marc guided you through painting the British. Now, he's guiding you through the French. Download the full PDF.
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download the PDF instead. One battle looms larger than any other in the psyche of the wargamer; Waterloo. Over the last 25 years, Wargames Illustrated has featured articles on this battle more than any other. More than any other battle Waterloo seems to fascinate
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The Hammerhead Painting Competition, sponsored and run by Wargames Illustrated, was a fantastic time this year. There were 100 great entries and the standard was higher than previous years. There will be an article with the full story and the winners of all ten categories in Wi437 for all to see,
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Take a tour through the Vault and read some classic Wi articles. Wargames Illustrated 310 - August 2013 We rewind a decade to check out an issue themed around Atila the Hun. The Hun are introduced broadly by Matthew Bennet then Roy Boss takes a focused look at their tactics and both
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Take a tour through the Vault and read some classic Wi articles. Under no circumstances should you forget to peek into the Vault this month; there’s a £1,000 voucher for wargaming supplies inside … APRIL FOOL! Ah, what an elaborate prank. Sorry, no voucher (beyond the wonderful discounts you do get each
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Take a tour through the Vault and read some classic Wi articles. Wargames Illustrated 361 - November 2017 Five years ago Wi's theme explored cavalry but the issue started with Observation Post - our ongoing monthly column that takes a look at new releases... or in this case old releases! It's interesting
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The survey for the 2022 Wargames Illustrated Awards has just gone live... But before you rush over to vote for your favourite companies, games, shows, and more, you should also consider the best Wi articles of 2022. Editor Dan and I (Project Manager James) have picked a selection of 24 options
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Editor Dan gets behind the wheel with friends Nick North Star and Alan and Michael Perry. What sights did they behold on their 1.5k mile road trip? “How about turning Tactica 2022 into a Road Trip?” said I to friends and Tactica regulars Alan and Michael Perry. Having later recruited our
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Prussians, Prussians everywhere: on the new plastic frame from Perry Miniatures (page 50), invading England (page 60), fighting communism (page 78), and indeed lots of other locations thanks to our Prussia at War intro article on page 32. Most importantly, there are Prussians on the cover of this magazine* in
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Prussians, Prussians everywhere: on the new plastic frame from Perry Miniatures (page 50), invading England (page 60), fighting communism (page 78), and indeed lots of other locations thanks to our Prussia at War intro article on page 32. Most importantly,
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A little hobby bonus PDF on basing Epic Battles: Waterloo figures. This article features Wi Painter Marc showing you how to knock up your own bases in no time at all! Download the PDF. [pdf-embedder url="https://www.wargamesillustrated.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Basing-your-Napoleonic-Infantry.pdf" title="Basing your Napoleonic Infantry"]red earth on either side of no man's land.]
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April rolled around quickly, didn’t it? This is a month that is always clearly timestamped in our old issues by the presence of pre-Salute adverts and build-up. With Salute cancelled this year it makes April a slightly melancholy time for those in the UK wargaming scene but with a hint
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Wi410 is now being sold in a WiPrime only flash sale! Pick up this issue and its accompanying frame now. All hail the 2021 Wargames Illustrated award winners! Whether you voted for them or not, I am sure you will be interested to read about the winners and runners-up in the
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Wi408 is now being sold in a WiPrime only flash sale! Pick up this issue and its accompanying frame now. Changes to Wargames Illustrated Overseas Subscriptions Over the last few weeks, we have been forced to make major changes in regard to Wargames Illustrated subscriptions for overseas subscribers. Some of these changes
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“I thought this would be sacrilege!” said Andy Callan. He was referring to the fact we were about to play a wargame using unpainted figures, and feature them in the pages of Wargames Illustrated. He had a fair point because I can’t remember the last time we did such a
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! All hail the 2021 Wargames Illustrated award winners! Whether you voted for them or not, I am sure you will be interested to read about the winners and runners-up in the eight categories that made up our annual awards, as
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All hail the 2021 Wargames Illustrated award winners! Whether you voted for them or not, I am sure you will be interested to read about the winners and runners-up in the eight categories that made up our annual awards, as voted for by Wargames Illustrated magazine readers and social media
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Changes to Wargames Illustrated Overseas Subscriptions Over the last few weeks, we have been forced to make major changes in regard to Wargames Illustrated subscriptions for overseas subscribers. Some of these changes will bring welcome improvements to the service we are
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Changes to Wargames Illustrated Overseas Subscriptions Over the last few weeks, we have been forced to make major changes in regard to Wargames Illustrated subscriptions for overseas subscribers. Some of these changes will bring welcome improvements to the service we are able to offer our subscribers, particularly within the USA, where
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download the PDF instead. It has been great getting all the positive reactions and constructive criticism back from readers of Wi Bite-Size over the last few weeks. It’s also been really interesting finding out what you and your fellow gamers have been getting
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Welcome back to Wi Bite-Size - this is the fourth of our mini PDF magazines aimed at keeping our subscribers well-fed with wargaming reading material during the lockdown - whilst the print magazine is mothballed. BITE-SIZE BANTER We’re back with more of your lockdown observations, tips, projects and general Bite-size banter. Let’s
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Having trouble viewing the 3D magazine? View and download the PDF instead. Welcome back to Wi Bite-Size - this is the second of our mini PDF magazines aimed at keeping our subscribers well-fed with wargaming reading material during the lockdown - whilst the print magazine is mothballed. BITE-SIZE BANTER We’re back with more
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Welcome back to Wi Bite-Size - this is the second of our mini PDF magazines aimed at keeping our subscribers well-fed with wargaming reading material during the lockdown - whilst the print magazine is mothballed. BITE-SIZE BANTER We’re back with more of your lockdown observations, tips, projects and general Bite-size banter. Let’s
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It’s time we paid tribute to that staple of the wargame - the charge. Whether on foot in command of 15,000 Confederates trying to finally get to those damn Yankees, or riding to glory with the Scots Greys whilst re-fighting Waterloo, the charge is often the watershed moment in both real
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I remember my old history teacher telling the class “Britain has only ever been successfully invaded three times throughout history. Once by the Romans, then by the Anglo-Saxons and finally by the Normans in 1066”. As a twelve year old boy I just scribbled this down in my jotter and
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We have a bonus eight pages again for you this month. Our article submissions are on a real roll at the moment and as the print deadline for each magazine looms nearer we are struggling to fit all the articles we have into the magazine. Having said that, always bear
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OBSERVATION POST We take a look at what’s new and upcoming in the world of wargaming. THEME: BIG MEN ON BIG HORSES One of our friendly neighbourhood Napoleonic era buffs takes a wargamer’s eye view of the heavy cavalry at Waterloo. THE FLOATING HULK Joe McCullough provides an exclusive solo scenario for use with his
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"I have had a pretty long run. I have been a beau these forty-seven years, and it would not be fair to cut the young men out any longer." Henry Paget, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge, 1st Marquess of Angelsey Although he is probably most ‘famous’ for losing his leg at the Battle
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"The only thing I am afraid of is fear." Sir Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington. Arguably, one of Britain’s greatest commanders, famous for his success on the battlefields of the world, from India to Belgium, Assaye to Waterloo. We’ve chosen to depict him in the ‘campaign dress’ he adopted during
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Imperial Playground In our lead article for this month’s theme, Stuart Asquith takes us on a journey into the history behind this fascinating and unique gaming genre: The Back of Beyond. The Last Battle of the Tank The Battlefront Studio Team play out one of the dramatic encounters from Harold Coyle’s novel Team
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