Throughout April 2021 it’s FREE to sign up to WiPrime. Once you sign up you will receive one month’s unpaid membership, with access to all WiPrime benefits. After your free month you will be be charged the regular monthly fee of £5.99. You can cancel your membership at any time, including during your
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Wargames Illustrated magazine is now being stocked and sold in more Tescos supermarkets than ever before. Pick up a copy straight off the shelves when you do your weekly shop, or If you have your groceries delivered from one of the stores that stock Wi - you can get the magazine
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From humble beginnings back in September 1987, Wargames Illustrated magazine has grown into the world’s go-to resource for all things relating to tabletop gaming. With the April 2021 issue of the magazine, we celebrate our 400th issue! https://youtu.be/Rugvza_k7ls Wi400 hosts some great reads, including several reflective pieces taking in the history of the
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Wargames Illustrated magazine is now being stocked and sold in more Sainsbury’s supermarkets than ever before. Pick up a copy straight off the shelves when you do your weekly shop, or If you have your groceries delivered from one of the stores that stock Wi - you can get the magazine
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Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, please be upstanding for the winners of the 2020 Wargames Illustrated Awards. The year MMXX is probably best summed up by this review: “One star. Wouldn’t recommend”. But, at least amongst the depression and despair caused by Coronavirus, there were some great new wargame rules,
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Hello everyone, England is now in National Lockdown, so we wanted to give you an update on what's ahead from us. For the duration of the Lockdown Wargames Illustrated magazine will continue to be published in both print and PDF formats. There will be no halt in the production of the
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Doing interviews, writing features, editing and laying out contributions, taking photos, discussing themes, working out Giants in Miniature releases - Wargames Illustrated work keeps us busy! It also means that we get a lot of stuff done that we then have to keep secret for a long time - months,
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We're asking you to place your votes on the Wargames Illustrated Awards 2020 - a chance to reward the fantastic folks in the wargames industry after their work through a challenging and unusual year. The final category is The Best Wargames Illustrated Article of 2020. Editor Dan and Project Manager James
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Here’s a ‘heads up’ to all our Prime Members - bagged with the September issue of Wi will be a copy of Wars of the Roses large skirmish/small battle rules - Nevermind the Billhooks. Written by 'Paper Soldiers’ author Andy Callan and packed with photos of Perry Miniatures, ‘Billhooks’ is a
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Are you a Print or Prime subscriber to Wargames Illustrated magazine? If so you can access the latest issue of WI Bite-size, plus previous issues of Bite-size and the full magazine for FREE via The Vault. If you are not a subscriber you can purchase a copy of WI Bite-size for
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Are you a Print or Prime subscriber to Wargames Illustrated magazine? If so you can access the latest issue of WI Bite-size, plus previous issues of Bite-size and the full magazine for FREE via The Vault. If you are not a subscriber you can purchase a copy of WI Bite-size for
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Are you a Print or Prime subscriber to Wargames Illustrated magazine? If so you can access the latest issue of WI Bite-size, plus previous issues of Bite-size and the full magazine for FREE via The Vault. If you are not a subscriber you can purchase a copy of WI Bite-size for
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Are you a Print or Prime subscriber to Wargames Illustrated magazine? If so you can access the latest issue of WI Bite-size, plus previous issues of Bite-size and the full magazine for FREE via The Vault. If you are not a subscriber you can purchase a copy of WI Bite-size for
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While the print version of Wargames Illustrated is mothballed we’re producing a weekly PDF magazine FREE to all Print and Prime subscribers and now available as a one of purchase to anyone else. Filled with new articles, features, classics from The Vault and adverts (free to the advertisers) WI Bite-size is an
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Free to subscribers of both WI Prime and Print, WI Bite-size is your weekly 'Wargames Illustrated Lockdown Fix’. Containing new articles, features, classics from The Vault and adverts (free to the advertisers) WI Bite-size is an on-screen mini magazine that aims to keep our subscribers onboard and entertained whilst the print
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With the closure of high street stores and hobby shops due to Coronavirus it’s probably not going to be possible to pick up a copy of the April issue of Wargames Illustrated ‘in-store’. But fear not, there are some online hobby retails still operating and you can find their details
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After the success of last year's event, the organisers of Hammerhead in Newark have asked us to return to the show on March the 14th 2020 to run the Hammerhead Painting Competition for a third year. You can find the full 'Rules' here: WI Hammerhead Painting Competition 2020 You can read all
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We’re offering WIPrime members the opportunity to choose a favourite character from military history to become a future Giant in Miniature (GiM) figure. We produce one new GiM every month, and in 2020 we would like one of our figures to be chosen by you. In order to be worthy of
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It’s that time of the year again. We’re asking for your votes for the 2019 Wargames Illustrated Awards. Which companies, rules, accessories, games and models in our illustrious hobby are worthy of your tick in the box? Not only will the award winners receive a no expense spared trophy, which (from
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The October issue of Wargames Illustrated is heading for stores and letterboxes around the world. Your freebie cover mount with WI384 is either two brigs or one frigate (randomly packed), for the new Black Seas naval game, courtesy of Warlord Games. WHERE AND WHEN CAN YOU BUY YOUR COPY? This issue is selling out fast,
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After three years we are rising the price of our Giants in Miniature figure packs by 50p to £4 for single figures and £7.00 for double/mounted packs. Beat the price rise and get your order in before 1st July 2019. Giants in Miniature are available exclusively from the Wargames Illustrated webstore or North
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Your freebie cover mount this month is a Bolt Action World War II US Infantry frame, courtesy of Warlord Games. Tying in nicely with the 75th anniversary of D-Day, at which American troops like the ones represented on the frame played a major part. WHERE CAN YOU BUY YOUR COPY? Wargames Illustrated
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Your freebie cover mount this month is a frame of American War of Independence Colonial Militia Men, courtesy of Warlord Games, providing the opportunity you have been waiting for to get into a new period, or bolster your existing forces. WHERE CAN YOU BUY YOUR COPY? Wargames Illustrated is available from the
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EVERY print copy of the March 2019 issue of Wargames Illustrated magazine comes with a FREE Warlord Games plastic frame, courtesy of Warlord Games! Each magazine has been randomly bagged with one of either; French Chasseurs, Hussars or Line Lancers plastic frames. WHERE CAN YOU BUY YOUR COPY? Wargames Illustrated is available from
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EVERY print copy of the February 2019 issue of Wargames Illustrated magazine comes with a FREE Warlord Games plastic Bolt Action frame, courtesy of Warlord Games! Each magazine has been randomly bagged with British 8thArmy, German Afrika Korps or British Commonwealth - 6 figures in total worth £5.20/$8.20. WHERE CAN YOU BUY YOUR
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After the success of last year's inaugural event, the organisers of Hammerhead in Newark have asked us to return to the show in March to run the Hammerhead Painting Competition for a second year. You can find the full 'Rules' here: WI Hammerhead Painting Competition 2019 You can read all about last year's
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EVERY print copy of the January 2019 issue of Wargames Illustrated magazine comes with a free Warlord Games plastic Cruel Seas frame! Each magazine has been randomly bagged with either two US PT Boats or a frame of 16 Torpedoes. WHERE CAN YOU BUY YOUR COPY? The January issue of Wargames Illustrated is available
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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it is with great pleasure that we would like to announce the winners of the 2018 Wargames Illustrated awards. Over the last couple of months, our readers, Facebook followers and wargamers from around the globe (1,060 in total) have been voting in nine different categories
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EVERY copy of the December 2018 issue of Wargames Illustrated magazine comes with TWO free Warlord Games plastic Cruel Seas boats, worth £6GBP/$10USD (or they would be if you could buy them at all!) Each magazine has been randomly bagged with either two Royal Navy Vosper MTBs or two German Kriegsmarine
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