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The latest issue of wargames Illustrated is available now. Here’s what Dan Faulconbridge has to say in his editorial. https://youtu.be/MaTgSJ4LfgY Sometimes we just have to hope that as fellow wargamers you have been as inspired by something as we have. In this case that something is the new Warner Bros Dunkirk movie, which has

To go along side our article on How To... Build a  European Farm in issue 358. You can find the plans to help build your own European Farm for use on the table top. Click here to Download the plans. MATERIALS •    Cork tiles •    Corrugated card •    Card and embossed plastic •    Balsa wood for

For this month’s ‘Rules showcase’ we are joined in WI357 by 4Ground – the creaters of an upcoming fantasy skirmish game: The Legend of the Fabled Realms. Our interactive magazine includes a video interview with the designers.

As part of this month’s Lionheart theme, our illustrious editor takes a light hearted look at ‘Richard’s Warriors – How to get that fashionable late 12th Century look for your miniature army’.

The current issue of Wargames Illustrated features a ‘Project Showcase’ about North Star’s Nick Eyre’s Gnolls and Halflings collection. Here’s a few photos – see more in the magazine.

Having won the award for the (awkwardly titled!) ‘Best Visually Appealing Game’ at Hammerhead 2017, we asked the boys from ‘Victorian Steel’ to tell us a bit more about their ‘Up the Greek Without a Paddle(boat)’ Boxer Rebellion game. Check out the story of the board in WI358, July.

Simon Bradley retuns to the pages of Wargames Illustrated (WI357, July) for more of his ‘Brush Tips’. In this issue he looks at painting chainmail armour.

The latest issue of Wargames Illustrated includes a report on the World’s Largest Wargames show – Salute, 2017. To accompany the article, take a look at our video Walkthough! https://youtu.be/N3zHhmYpYkk This post was originally published to WIPrime Members on 27th April 2017. This month’s interactive magazine includes an extended ‘Directors Cut’ of footage from

As part of this month’s theme in Wargames illustrated magazine we set out roving reported Simon MacDowell to The Society of Ancient’s Battleday, where 11 games of the same battle were played. He reported back on how the different players met the challenges presented by the Battle of Arsuf 1191

In the latest issue of Wargames Illustrated, we are joined by the author the new Bolt Action supplement ‘Campaign: Sea Lion’. Jon Lambshead give us his ‘Designer’s Notes’ behind his book on the German Invasion of Britain 1940.

These mass battle rules from Gripping Beast have been out for several months now, but we wanted to give them a real good test run before bringing you our verdict on the rules. Read all about it in the latest issue of Wargames Illustrated, WI357 July.

When we were preparing for our second Frostgrave Day, WI graphic designer Ian Bennett ‘volunteered’ to create some boards for the gamers to adventure across.

You’ve bought (too?) many miniatures for your new Samurai army. So, time to get them painted but how? In the current issue of Wargames Illustrated Pete Brown offers advice on turning that pile into an army.  

In the latest issue of Wargames Illustrated read all about Oda Nobunaga, a ruthless warrior who championed the arquebus and went from a ridiculed son to placing his choice for Shogun on the throne. Oda is also out latest Giant in Miniature figure. Find out more here. AND download his Test of

The Perry twins reveal their new boxed game and tell us why it’s taken 25 years to make! Read the full story in the current issue of Wargames Illustrated, or on Prime now!

In the lead article for this month’s theme, Jonas Svensson of Mura Miniatures introduces us to this month’s theme, telling us what we need to know about gaming with Samurai. You can get this issue here or read it now using your Prime membership.

Oda Nobunaga, our latest Giants in Miniature figure, was inspired by the release of the new Test of Honour Samurai skirmish game by Warlord Games (see WI355, May). Andy and Graham, the team behind the game, very kindly agreed to create a special card for use with the Test of Honour

In the current issue of Wargames Illustrated we look at the work undertaken to get a fleet of longships ready for the tabletop and how to make the water they sail on. Hopefully you were suitably impressed by both the Viking Fleet and water boards seen in our earlier Foteviken article.

In one of our theme articles from the current issue of Wargames Illustrated Jim Graham charts the early experience of one of the greatest battlefield generals Britain has ever known and how to wargame with the armies he commanded in India. Read the whole article and see all the photos in

For this month’s Rule Showcase Graham Davey, one half of the development team for this new boxed game from Warlord Games, paid WIHQ a visit to talk us through the rules. WI354 contains our roundup of how the game works PLUS WI354 Interactive (for iPad) contains a video interview with

In one of our theme articles from the current issue of Wargames Illustrated, passionate Wellingtonian and wargamer Steve Wood discusses the man at the centre of our theme, Wellington, and his most famous battle, Waterloo 1815. His research has led him to re-evaluate for himself The Waterloo Dispatch – the