We take our monthly dive into the Vault and blow the virtual dust off some of the articles of yesteryear. Rulesets in the Vault! Before we get into the back issues, we want to draw your attention to a recent addition to the Vault. Our webby chap Joe has been adding various
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In this Editor's Exploits, Dan pulls back the curtain on the trials and tribulations of getting a monthly magazine printed exactly how we want it (or in Wi406's case, exactly how we didn't want it)! Dan: The conversation a few months ago went something like this: Printer rep: I’m afraid the cost
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In our latest issue Colonel (Retired) Bill Gray returned to the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein to ponder a ‘what if’ that was mere hours away from happening. We couldn't fit the orbats into the print issue so we've included them online for you to access should you want to
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The paint’s barely dried on our Stargrave crews and there’s already a new supplement, adding exciting extras to the already popular sci-fi skirmish game that was released in mid-2021. This 96-page, full-colour book takes your initially galaxy-spanning gaming to a singular location - Imperial Research Station 37 - formerly a
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The arrival of Crooked Dice new releases at WiTower usually incites a discussion or two. The main discussion point this month was who was everyone’s favourite character in the 1980s TV classic The A-Team. Project Manager James surprised nobody by revealing he’s a fan of Hannibal (they have a mutual love
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It's the first in a new Wi online series! In Marc's Miniature Monday our in-house painter Marc talks about the projects he's been working on each week. In the inaugural episode, James quizzes Marc about the mighty German Jagdtiger tank from Warlord Games. https://youtu.be/TpY2CkZHBvk
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We've got a treat for Prime members with an expansion to an article from Wi404. Bob Giglio examined Samori Ture’s resistance in Western Sudan in his colonial article for the issue, but what of the French expansion in Sudan? Well, we didn't have space for it but have no fear,
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It’s been almost a year since we last looked at Victory at Sea, the WW2 1:1800 game of naval warfare from Warlord Games. Included in the releases we looked at in 2020 were flights of Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zeros – those planes would have appreciated one of these new releases,
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We’re unboxing a new plastic box set from PSC and building a couple of the six 1/72 scale WW2 trucks inside! Quite a bargain from PSC here - a set of six Russian GAZ trucks that average out at just £5 ($7 US) each. Included in the box are six frames
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In a second pre-release Prime peek at an article from Wi404 (which will arrive in The Vault next week) it's Building Fort Nassau. Glenn Clarke not only shows us how to build a fine looking piece of terrain that would be perfectly suited to Blood and Plunder or other such gaming
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You’ve checked the options, you’ve cast your votes, we’ve done the counting, we have a winner …… Congratulations to Aurelian Leclerc who is our Readers’ Choice winner with his Saint Louis Conversion! His amazing work and painting (creating a Knight of Dol Amroth from the Lord of the Rings) got
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We open up this new set and have a good look at some of WW2’s most elite combatants - the Panzer-Lehr. It seems like only last week we were talking about elite German troops from WW2 *checks the previous articles* and it was! This time we’re examining some Warlord Games Panzer-Lehr.
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Offensive Miniatures add to their Elite: Waffen SS range with this set of ten 28mm miniatures, armed with more anti-tank firepower than you can shake a Sherman at. It seems gamers have an insatiable appetite for the elites of the Third Reich - we get almost as many new lots of
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New from Offensive Miniatures, an addition to their Elite catalogue, it’s a “Jedburgh” Team. This set of four figures joins the Offensive Miniatures British Paras range and represents the teams of specialists who parachuted into France during WW2. Over 90 ‘Jed’ teams joined the fighting in Normandy in the later
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Following on from our look at the Skirmishers last week we are unboxing the Dismounted Cavalry for Black Powder Epic Battles. The basics Within the box are 54 dismounted cavalry miniatures and the Epic Battles bases you’ll need to mount them on. The figures come cast as groups of two which allows
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The Wargames Illustrated team dig through the Vault to find exciting articles from previous issues. 400+ issues is a feast too great for anyone to tackle with ease, even the greatest of gaming gluttons, yet that's what you can find in The Vault. Where on earth should you start browsing in
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We’re unboxing the new Skirmishers box set for Warlord Games’ Black Powder Epic Battles and ranking up some troops! When the plastic Epic Battles ACW frame first arrived at the office it caused quite a kerfuffle (and much discussion) as we pored over the figures. Wargames Illustrated consensus was that they
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In Wi403 Pete Brown presented a short campaign for the French Foreign Legion in the North African desert and we have an online extra to add to your gaming options. Below is a downloadable extra page that we couldn't fit into the issue itself. It presents alternate movements for Abd El
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We’ve already unboxed 7TV: Fantasy and given its Director’s Guide a flipthrough - you can find those videos on our website and/or YouTube channel. Here we’re completing our video trilogy with The Return of the King … wait … sorry, that’s not it … with the Producers, Casting, and Encounter
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The latest release for skirmish game Test of Honour is a set of new Samurai and Ashigaru figures. The Samurai Warband box set contains eight fine-looking metal figures, the 18 cards you’ll need to use them, MDF bases, and it costs £35 ($50 US). There are two additional packs -
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Four different books come in the 7TV: Fantasy box and cover all you need to play the game. In this video we’re going to flip through the main one for the actual rules - the Director’s Guide - and highlight the key gameplay and background elements in this new fantasy
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New from Artizan Designs, six extra codes join their range for the Second Afghan War. NFW 1008 - Afghan Irregulars Command II We’re looking at command figures first. These add to Artizan’s already released Afghan Irregulars command set but they look more suited to summer campaigning. Unlike in NFW 1001, there are
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The Wargames Illustrated team dig through The Vault to find exciting articles from previous issues. With over 400 issues in The Vault you might be at a loss for where to start browsing - there are literally thousands of articles available and that's rather overwhelming. Well, fear not, each month we
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7TV: Fantasy puts all manner of fantasy possibilities in your grubby mitts and lets you direct them, as if you are a film producer, creating a game that has stars, props, maguffins, extras, and more. The end goal is to have fun gaming with an ‘on screen’ narrative as well
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We've got all sorts of smashing new 7TV: Fantasy stuff to look at over the next couple of weeks and to start things off we're reviewing two new sets of figures - Fantasy Stars and Skeleton Command. Left to right - Monster Hunter, Tyrant King, Vicious Henchman, and Tragic Hero. Fantasy Stars The
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Wargames Illustrated 403 was only sent to our printers yesterday so this advanced article is coming to you, our Prime Members, about as early as it is possible to get! Shadow of the Eagles' author Keith Flint penned an excellent Designer's Notes that not only showcases his new game but
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A new selection of plastics have landed on the review desk - Oathmark: Revenant Infantry to go with the upcoming supplement Bane of Kings. There are enough parts on each frame to construct five Revenants in a variety of poses and with different weapon choices. Six of these frames are included
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Arriving too late for us to get them online properly this week, but too cool to leave unmentioned, it's 7TV's extremely pretty new boxed game 7TV: Fantasy! 7TV: Fantasy is the latest game to come from Crooked Dice's partnership with Edge Hill University Press, created thanks to the involvement of students
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Our Project Manager, James, talks about our latest Giants in Miniature figure, Shaka Zulu. When the first production casts of this figure arrived in the office I have to admit to falling in love, just a little bit, with how Shaka Zulu had been sculpted. The quality’s not surprising as he
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Taking a break from the usual figures and rules that we cover, the folks at Army Painter have sent a set of terrain building gear our way. This box is €90 ($110 US) - the price you’d pay for a high-quality boxed game - so our expectations are high. Will
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