Serious postal disruption is affecting the delivery of some subscription copies of Wi400 - the April issue of Wargames Illustrated magazine. Despite most subscribers having now received their copy of Wi400, there has clearly been a major postal issue which has meant that many subscribers (particularly in the US) have not
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A couple of weeks ago we introduced you to the forthcoming plastic Gunfighters from Great Escape Games – designed with their game Dead Man’s Hand in mind. We were so impressed with the figures we decided to revisit them, this time in glorious Technicolor. Below you will see spins of four
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Editor Dan takes us on a tour of the 401st issue of Wargames Illustrated, which comes with a free frame of Caesarian Romans from Warlord Games. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcmVL8ESbXQ&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=WargamesIllustrated
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We feel very fortunate whenever we hear the thud of a delivery landing on the office carpet. A generous number of books get pushed through the Wi Tower letterbox and we always enjoy having a flick through them but, alas, many never find their way into the magazine. This is
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Cornwall based Piran’s Warriors began as a figure painting company but have now branched out into producing their own miniatures, starting with a 28mm range of Austrians for the Second Italian War of Independence / Franco- Austrian War of 1859. The infantry range is sold as individual miniatures, or they can
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There are roughly as many sets of rules for Napoleonics as there are players of Napoleonics, but that doesn’t stop the regular drop of new ones onto the Wi review table every month! Absolute Emperor, a new addition to Osprey’s blue book series, is an interesting offering from first-time wargame
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We've selected our winners and runners up in the GiM Painting Competition; they've all been contacted and prizes are on the way ... but we're not quite finished. There's now the not insignificant Readers' Choice to decide. Who is the best of the best? Well, that's up to you fine
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Available to everyone, to download and enjoy, it's our anniversary issue - Wargames Illustrated 400 - completely free! We're still doing all we can to resolve the delivery problems some subscribers encountered with this issue. Customer service continue to answer any specific inquiries but to ensure nobody misses out on our
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Available to everyone, to download and enjoy, it's a condensed version of Chris Peers' excellent DitDC rules! We're still doing all we can to resolve the delivery problems some subscribers encountered with the issue this extra freebie was included with. Customer service continue to answer any specific inquiries but to ensure
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This set has caused much excitement at Wi Tower, offering fans of Dead Man’s Hand (that’d be us!) some plastic Old West miniatures from Great Escape Games for the first time. We’re going to be quick on the draw, put our cards on the table, and summarise our feelings right
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We get insider insight from Stargrave designer Joseph A. McCullough in this Expanded Article. This is an extended interview containing an additional three pages that we couldn't fit into Wi401, just for Prime members. Download the full PDF here https://www.wargamesillustrated.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Stargrave-QA_Prime.pdf
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Did the Anderson Shelter and Steam Tank modelling guides in Wi401 catch your eye? With these templates and plans to assist you in your builds you'll have the projects tabletop ready in no time! WW2 Anderson Shelter Revetment template: Shelter template: Steam tank plans
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! We’re back with the bagged free frames this month, and tied into the recent release of SPQR by Warlord Games, we are hoping that you find your new Caesarian Romans particularly useful for some ‘warband combat in the ancient world’.
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Studio Tomahawk has raised the flag and fixed their bayonets with their Napoleonic supplement for Muskets & Tomahawks - Shakos & Bayonets. Fans of Tomahawk's previous supplements have an all-new one to sink their Napoleonic teeth into. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_cwsRGz8Z0&ab_channel=WargamesIllustrated The text below is a transcript of the video, for those who prefer to
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Joseph A. McCullough's all-new science fiction wargame Stargrave throws players into a dangerous galaxy torn apart by the Last War, with nothing but their Captain, crew, and guile to keep them alive. But, how new is Stargrave in comparison to its fantasy older sibling Frostgrave? Find out below, in this
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As the co-founder and the first Grand Master of the Knights Templar, Hugues de Payens along with Bernard of Clairvaux created the Latin Rule, the code of behavior for the infamous Order. If you want to learn more about de Payens and his mission worldwide, make sure you check out Wi400.
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Death in the Dark Continent is a set of rules for small scale battles set in sub-Saharan Africa in the late 19th century. What you have in your hands is the Lite version of the game - it contains all
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download the PDF instead. Download the Cards, Tokens and Cribsheet. Never mind the Billhooks is a simple, Wars of the Roses-themed wargame pitched at the Big Skirmish/Small Battle level. This sort of thing probably went on a lot of the time, particularly up around
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download the PDF instead. Victory at Sea is the game of naval combat during the Second World War. Throughout 1939–45, the nations of the world duelled across the oceans across the globe, only to discover the fundamental nature of naval warfare changing in
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download the PDF instead! This is it, you are reading the last issue of Wi Bite-Size. When we temporarily mothballed production of the print magazine back in April we went into production with Wi Bite-Size and since then we’ve produced six issues with
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download the PDF instead. By the pricking of my thumbs, something printed this way comes. The easing of the lockdown here in the UK and the ‘roadmap’ for the way forward (all be it that the roadmap is fuzzy around the edges) seems
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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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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download the PDF instead. Time flies by when you’re the editor of a weekly magazine*. Bite-Size number Issue 3 is already upon us, or rather upon you (we’re already working on Issue 4!). This week we have another four new articles for you, and
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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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Having trouble viewing the 3D magazine? View and download the PDF instead. Welcome to the first issue of Wargames Illustrated Bite-size. For the next few weeks, Wi Bite-Size is going to be your Friday fix of Wargames reading. BITE-SIZE BANTER We asked our readers to tell us what wargaming activities they were getting
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Having trouble viewing the 3D magazine? View and download the PDF instead. Download the plans for this How To... now. This ‘How To…’ guide is a compilation of articles published over several years in Wargames Illustrated magazine. This volume is an eclectic mix of the best of the articles from our regular
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Having trouble viewing the 3D magazine? View and download the PDF instead. Download the plans for this How To... now. This ‘How To…’ guide is a compilation of articles published over several years in Wargames Illustrated magazine. This first volume (like the following two, which will be published annually) is an eclectic
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Having trouble viewing the 3D magazine? View and download the PDF instead. Iron Cross is compact, easy to learn and has tons of decision making, tension and tactical nuances. What it does better than anything on this scale is give you a game that feels like WWII and looks like WWII.
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Having trouble viewing the 3D magazine? View and download the PDF instead. Download the Tactical Advantage Cards! Seven Days to the River Rhine is a set of fast-play rules simulating armoured combat during the 1980s in Europe when the Cold War between the NATO alliance and Soviet-led Warsaw Pact could easily have
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Scenarios Richard Brooke Zulu Warrior Skirmish Jim Wallman The Wall that Stopped an Army - ACW battle Peter Clowes The Night belongs to Charlie. Vietnam convoy ambush. Alan Hamilton Decision Games III Roger Underwood Will God forgive me?’ - An unusual Crimean War Scenario Rod Robinson ‘ The Italian ‘Conquest’ of
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