Roger Gerrish very kindly submitted the following text and initial photographs regarding this most recent show. Saturday 12 September 2015 saw the triumphant return of the Colours show to Newbury Racecourse after one year’s absence. Although now truncated to just the Saturday, I’m pleased to say that the show was its
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Wargames Illustrated recently attended the 'Evesham 2015' festival in Worcestershire, England, an event to mark the 750th anniversary of the Battle of Evesham. We took along with us our 'De Montfort Must Die' game, originally showcased at Salute 2015. Our friends from the Sons of Simon De Montfort Wargames Club in Loughborough did
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Being an account of the nefarious Adventures of various Ne’er Do Wells and Plucky Heroes around the streets of London, Heart of the Empire, circa. 1895. Whilst lesser mortals were languishing a-bed, brave men were arriving at Wargames Illustrated HQ in Beeston, Nottingham, UK to take part in our latest gaming
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Wargames Illustrated is proud to be working with the HMGS team once more on this joint venture. At the 2015 HISTORICON show, we will be running the Painting Competition at the largest historical wargaming show in the US! There are ten categories ranging from Historical through Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Flames Of War,
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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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It’s 198_, the balloon’s gone up and the Cold War has turned Hot! Join either the NATO or Warsaw Pact forces and try to stem the tide of men and machines flowing along the autobahn. It’s Soviet-era Armoured and Mechanised Divisions versus British NATO Battalions and Bulldog Spirit as the Red
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August 4th 1265, on a hill above the town of Evesham, an English Royal Army led by Prince Edward joins battle with that of an opposing rebel force under Simon De Montfort, Earl of Leicester. To his own supporters De Montfort is a freedom fighter and force for positive change in
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