We've just got back from The Host in Lancaster, PA, the venue for Historicon 2018 and we thought we would share some of the action from the convention (any beyond!) in this photo feature. You can read a full report on the show in WI371 - the September issue of the
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Make sure you call by the Wargames Illustrated stand at this year’s Salute show at London ExCel on 22nd April. We have got loads of special show deals on offer as well as our quick-play '(Semi-Historical) Celebrity Deathmatch' participation game. Take a look below for more information. FINDING US Our trade stand is TA15,
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The guys and gals from Kallistra, with the able assistance of the Forest Outlaws Wargames Club, have created something really special at the Hammerhead Show held in Newark, Nottinghamshire, England. The buzz around the event is quite different to most other UK shows and, with the focus on participation games,
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With Christmas in mind we have released two combination sets of our Giants in Miniature figures. Both sets come with ONE FREE FIGURE plus FREE WORLDWIDE POSTAGE. Choose from – The Hollywood Pack - In this pack you will get one of every movie, fictional or TV related miniature that we currently have in our
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Here's some shots of a few of our favourite games from last weekend's Warfare Show in Reading, England. Earlswood Wargames Club - The Attack on Foy Chain of Command rules. Figures by Warlord Games and Artizan Designs. Buildings by Sarrisa and scratch built. In World War II, Foy was heavily occupied by German forces
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Newark, England played host to the second Partizan show of the year at its new home, the Newark Showground, on Sunday 22nd August 2016. Here’s a quick look at a few of the games from 'The Other Partizan'. For the video highlights from the convention check out WI347 Interactive (the tablet version
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And the organisers (and most other people) said "Let there be light". And there was light! Partizan has moved and for the first time in years we are going to be able to bring you a magazine feature on one of the UK’s finest wargames shows in the pages (print and
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Saturday 23 April 2016 saw Wargames Illustrated in the company of the Perrys at the RAGE wargames event, Royal Armouries in Leeds. The backstory to the event was the unveiling of the Agincourt Diorama which had been commissioned by the Royal Armouries, constructed by TM Terrain and populated by Perry Miniature's
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So, in the blink of a blurry eye Salute 2016 has been and gone. For the WI team it was a great day, meeting our readers, running the Hobby University* and the Participation Zone and getting to see some great games. In the forthcoming two issues of the magazine – WI335
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We had a visit from Robey Jenkins, the man behind this great ruleset, coming soon from Osprey Games. Designed to be used with miniatures from 6mm up to 10mm, this is a sci-fi battle game which pits giant mechs, battle suited infantry and tanks against one another. So, if you like
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https://youtu.be/uKe_kxkP0kg Here’s a quick first look at the new rule book from Great Escape Games - the people who brought us Dead Mans Hand. In The Chicago Way players control gangs of ‘good guys’ and ‘bad guys’ as they tussle for control of a patch of Chicago prohibition era turf. The rules come
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Our latest Limited Edition 28mm Giants in Miniature figure - Lieutenant Colonel Jonny Frost - hero of Arnhem is now available. Based on the character of Frost portrayed by Anthony Hopkins in the movie A Bridge to Far your Frost figure will look great on any World War Two tabletop battlefield. To find
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The Society of Ancients Battleday takes place in Bletchley, England in early April every year, it’s a mini-convention with a difference, or more correctly it’s a mini-convention without a difference, as all the games played are the same! The subject battle is chosen a year ahead of the big day, with
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The April issue of Wargames Illustrated is available now. Our print issue will be on sale in your local Hobby Store, WH Smith in the UK or direct from our website. WI Interactive - the tablet version of Wargames Illustrated - is also available to download from our website. Check out a full content
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Make sure you call by the Wargames Illustrated stand at this year’s Salute show at London ExCel on 22nd April. We have got loads of special show deals on offer as well as our quick-play '(Semi-Historical) Celebrity Deathmatch' participation game. Take a look below for more information. SUBSCRIPTIONS Take out a 12 issue print
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Look out for our 'Rules Showcase' on the new African adventuring game Congo in the forthcoming issue of Wargames Illustrated. Congo is the latest game from the Studio Tomahawk stable; the people who brought us SAGA and Musket and Tomahawks. A skirmish level game, in which each unit comprises of three
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Here’s the first photo of the full box content of Gripping Beast's forthcoming ‘Late Roman Infantry’ plastics. PLEASE NOTE: This photo shows the models in what’s called their ‘test shot’ form - final tweaks and improvements are still to be made. Below that pic are some photos of the painted three ups. For more information head
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Remember the excellent Agincourt Wargames Diorama, constructed by TM Terrain and populated with loads of Perry Miniatures, featured in WI338 ? Well it’s on the move - from The Tower of London to the Royal Armouries in Leeds - and to mark its inauguration in Leeds the Armouries are hosting a
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Hammerhead 2016, Saturday 5th March It seems like this unique show is going from strength to strength. I think it is fair to say that ‘a good time was had by all’ who attended Europe’s only (correct us if we are wrong!) participation only wargames show. There were 55 games dotted around
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Here’s a few pics from today’s photo session, in which Alan Perry hosted and opposed his brother Michael in a game of ‘Eagle Rampant’, a Napoleonic variant of Osprey’s Lion Rampant rules, which will be published in the April issue of WI. Taking a set of rules that were originally designed
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Publisher: Osprey Games Rules By: Andy Benford Reviewer: Paul Davies www.ospreypublishing.com The idea for this game started in 1974 when Andy Benford was navigating officer on HMS Grampus, a Porpoise-class submarine. It evolved, and was playtested by serving naval personnel over the years until it received its final ‘facelift’, when, after a submariner career spanning twenty-one
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We started on a terrain recycling project today. With the help of David Marshall at TM Terrain we are transforming our 2013 Award Winning Little Round Top, Salute/Historicon gaming table, into our 2016 North West Frontier - Second Afghan War table. We'll be tracking progress via our website and showing you
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A couple of years ago we got the opportunity to photograph Bill Gaskin's excellent American War of Independence collection. This article appeared in WI312 - October 2013, but incase you didn't get to see it, you can download it here. Photographing the AWI
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Your very last chance to get hold of these Wargames Illustrated exclusive 2015 show figures, will be at Crisis in Antwerp on November 7th. The figure on the left is Prince Edward circa 1265 and was sculpted exclusively by Michael Perry. It is available to everyone who subscribes to the magazine
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Wargames Illustrated Campaign Days are hosted every few months at WIHQ in Nottingham, England. Our 24 person capacity, carpeted, air conditioned and light gaming room is the venue for any number of different rule systems, but each day is played out using the same philosophy – we don’t do tournaments,
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The current issue of Wargames Illustrated takes the theme of 'Alexander the Great - God of War' and features four article on this famous heavy-weight of ancient history. This issue is sold out via our website, but you still have a few days to pick up a copy via WH Smith
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Wargames Illustrated took a trip down to deepest darkest Wiltshire recently to take 4Ground up on an offer of a tour of their factory. Since turning their hand (or rather their lasers) to the production of Wargaming buildings and accessories four years ago, 4Ground have established themselves as the largest in
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From 11.30am on 18th June (at the time the first shots were fired at Waterloo) we will be releasing our Waterloo 2015 special compilation - a downloadable PDF of 14 different Waterloo articles from the WI archive. Anyone downloading a copy of Waterloo 2015 between the time of the first attack on Hougoumont (about 11.30
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Sunday 31st May saw the penultimate Partzian Show to be held at Kelham Hall, near Newark, England. 2016 will see Partizan in a new venue (somewhere not too far away we believe). For us the most interesting and impressive game of the show was actually two games, the 'A Military Gentleman's
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Yesterday saw our final dress rehearsal for one of the (4!) Wargames Illustrated participation games at Salute 2015. The 'Sons of Simon De Montfort Wargames Club', who will be running the game at the show, joined us at WIHQ for a run through of the rules. The game is designed to be 'drop
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