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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Our theme this month is Infamous Sections and we include four articles which feature famous World War Two units, like The Filthy 13, Popski’s Private Army and Dad’s Army. https://youtu.be/zHNjZMkcGRs There’s plenty more going on outside of our theme content with articles on building an Antietam battlefield, pirates in the Hebrides, gaming
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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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Drum roll please…. 2018 sees the continuation of ‘gongs’ for your hobby, after the success of last years Wargames Illustrated Awards as chosen by you, the WI readers.This year we will again be awarding prestigious trophies for: rules, games, figures and manufacturers who have been voted king of the hill,
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Plastic Soldier Company have added yet another plastic kit to their World War Two range. The latest kit is a version of the Soviet SU-76, with the option to create early and late war versions. The boxed set consists of enough parts to create 5 self-propelled gun models. Each sprue contains
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UNCLE DUKE SEIFRIED AUGUST 19th 1935 – SEPTEMBER 29TH 2018 It was with great sadness that, just before going to press with this issue of Wargames Illustrated, we learnt of the death of Bruce Seifried. Affectionately known as Duke, or 'Uncle Duke' within the hobby, he was a giant of the miniature gaming
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We've just got back from The Host in Lancaster, PA, the venue for Historicon 2018 and we thought we would share some of the action from the convention (any beyond!) in this photo feature. You can read a full report on the show in WI371 - the September issue of the
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Battlefront hosted their inaugural ‘Open Day’ at Cleve Lodge, near Nottingham, England, on 30th June and what a treat it was for fans of all things Flames Of War, Team Yankee and everything else from the Battlefront stable. We interviewed event organiser Tim Harris about what was going on on the
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Between now and 1st July we are taking Historicon pre-orders for anything in the Wargames Illustrated web store. When you get to the checkout just tick ‘H’Con Pre-order’. We will have your order for you at the convention on Friday 13th or Saturday 14th July, and you won’t have to pay
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An interview with Andy Hobday, one of the partners in the up and coming War Banner Games company, creators of the Gangs of Rome rules and miniatures. https://youtu.be/u7gJTS8iOlE
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Ambushes are a common military operation which don’t translate well to our tabletop battles. Declaring that you are playing an ‘ambush scenario’ to your opponent has the instant effect of ruining that key element of an ambush – the surprise With this month’s theme ‘Ambush – taken by Surprise’ we present
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The organisers of Hammerhead have asked us to run their inaugural painting competition at Hammerhead 2018. We jumped at the opportunity to add another element to this already highly popular and dynamic convention. The painting comp will be organized along the same lines as the one we run across the pond
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If you live anywhere north of the River Humber in England, you will know that winter can last a long time. And if you are waiting for a show to attend and get the wargaming juices flowing, winter seems interminable. Thankfully, there is a cure for that: every February for
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As we go to press with the March issue of magazine, Wargames Illustrated Ltd are just putting pen to paper on the tenancy agreement for new premises. For the last five years WI has been sharing offices with Battlefront Europe and they have been great ‘building buddies’, but following expansion
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We’ve moving offices and want to avoid pulling muscles in the process, so for one week only - 12th - 16th February - all our hard-copy back issues are reduced in price to JUST 50p PER COPY (plus P&P*). Get them while their hot, CLICK HERE. * Postage will be charged at
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We’re kicking off 2018 by launching an offensive on two fronts. Our main weapons are discounts and freebies to entice you to give our digital products a try. Front One – Wargames Illustrated Interactive – Our Digital Magazine Get a FREE copy of our ‘Best of 2017’ interactive magazine, downloaded to your
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Why not give the wargamer in your live a Wargames Illustrated Gift Card for Christmas? We’ve got a few options for you; We have Gift Cards specifically available for subscriptions, OR you can select the amount to load onto your gift card e.g. a £20 Gift Card, OR you have the option
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