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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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it is with great pleasure that I would like to announce the winners of the 2017 Wargames Illustrated awards. Over the last couple of months, our readers, Facebook followers and wargamers from around the globe have been voting in nine different categories for their wargaming
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Once again, it’s FREEBIE FRIDAY! All our Wargames Illustrated Prime members will be automatically entered into a prize draw to win this week’s items. Thanks to our friends at Pen and Sword Books Ltd., we have a selection of some of their most popular books to giveaway. If you’ve ever wanted to
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Once again, it’s FREEBIE FRIDAY! All our Wargames Illustrated Prime members will be automatically entered into a prize draw to win this week’s items. Thanks to Warlord Games, this week we have a complete Japanese Army Starter Set for Konflikt '47 up for grabs. You can also see our unboxing of
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We’ll be at stand 8b04 in the Hall 2 (see map) with copies of the latest magazine at the special show price of 6 Euros! We’ll also have our Giants In Miniature range of figures, back issues and our usual special offers on subscriptions. If you renew or subscribe at the show,
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As the impending end of the year brings up consideration of wargames shows in the next, we thought we would give you a rundown of the events and conventions Wargames Illustrated will be attending in 2018. February We’ll be at Vapnartak in York on 5 February 2018, a curtain raising UK show
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Once again, it’s FREEBIE FRIDAY! All our Wargames Illustrated Prime members will be automatically entered into a prize draw to win this week’s items. This week’s giveaway prize is a pre-release copy of the latest supplement for Bolt Action, The Road To Berlin, plus a beast of war in the form
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Once again, it’s FREEBIE FRIDAY! All our Wargames Illustrated Prime members will be automatically entered into a prize draw to win this week’s items. Our latest giveaway is two Allied and two Axis 1/56th model kits. For the Allies, we have two classic vehicles, a Sherman M4A3 / M4A3E8 and a Willys
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Join Wargames Illustrated at the Warlord Games 10th Anniversary Open Day for: (Semi-Historical) Celebrity Deathmatch! Have you ever wanted to see Julius Caesar take on Lord Kitchener? Do you believe that Flashman can overcome Napoleon? Would you like to marvel at Steampunk Victoria’s battle with George Washington? This gladiatorial style participation game takes
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Once again, it’s FREEBIE FRIDAY! All our Wargames Illustrated Prime members will be automatically entered into a prize draw to win this week’s items. This time around, we’re offering you the chance to journey to the Final Frontier! Thanks to Modiphius Entertainment, we have four boxes of Star Trek miniatures to give
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When Duncan Macfarlane sold 300 copies of the September 1987 issue of Wargames Illustrated magazine at the Sheffield Nationals, little did he know that WI would still be going some thirty years later! Duncan sold the magazine to Battlefront in January 2009 and it changed hands again in April 2015
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Drum roll please…. 2017 sees the introduction of a new set of ‘gongs’ for your hobby. Chosen by Wargames illustrated readers, we will be awarding prestigious trophies for: rules, games, figures and manufacturers who have been voted king of the hill, top of the list, A-number one in nine different
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Once again, it’s FREEBIE FRIDAY! All our Wargames Illustrated Prime members will be automatically entered into a prize draw to win this week’s items. Our friends at Warlord Games have very kindly provided us with this week’s giveaway in the form of several packs of recently released troops and vehicles from their Bolt
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Once again, it’s FREEBIE FRIDAY! All our Wargames Illustrated Prime members will be automatically entered into a prize draw to win this week’s items. As always, we try to bring you something new or extra special. Our friends at Foundry have very kindly provided us with two boxes of their previously
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Once again, it’s FREEBIE FRIDAY! All our Wargames Illustrated Prime members will be automatically entered into a prize draw to win this week’s items. As always, we try to bring you something new and this time, if you liked the look of those 28mm Australians, this is your chance to win
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Once again, it’s FREEBIE FRIDAY! All our Wargames Illustrated Prime members will be automatically entered into a prize draw to win this week’s items. This week’s Prime Giveaway is a complete set of Swordpoint rule books and a box of Late Roman Infantry all courtesy of our friends from Gripping Beast. Don’t
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Once again, it’s FREEBIE FRIDAY! All our Wargames Illustrated Prime members will be automatically entered into a prize draw to win this week’s items. This week’s Prime Giveaway is a whole box full of various goodies courtesy of Warlord Games. Included are Algoryn figures and a supplement for the Gates of
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Once again, it’s FREEBIE FRIDAY! All our Wargames Illustrated Prime members will be automatically entered into a prize draw to win this week’s items. Due to our email server being on strike on Friday, last week’s Freebie Friday is happening today. Up for grabs we have three recently released rule books:
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Once again, it’s FREEBIE FRIDAY! All our Wargames Illustrated Prime members will be automatically entered into a prize draw to win this week’s items. This time around, you can two sets of figures from Fire Forge Games. We have a set of Russian Infantry and Scandinavian Infantry to give away to
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Articles with legs. I think we’ve got a couple of those in this issue. A Tale of Three Armies follows three players as they put together a tabletop force chosen from the army lists of the newly re-released Death in the Dark Continent rulebook. Ruga-Ruga, Ila and Boers may all
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Would you like a free set of pulp wargaming rules? Bob Murch of Pulp Figures has generously provided us with a stripped back version of his 'Rugged Adventures' rulebook, which you can download below for free. It’s a 10 page PDF which we've designed to be able to print easily
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Building a force for the Pacific Theatre? Looking for some tank support? Once again, it’s FREEBIE FRIDAY! All our Wargames Illustrated Prime members will be automatically entered into a prize draw to win this week’s items. This time around, you can win five Chi-Ha Medium Tanks, a box of Japanese Bamboo Spear
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Welcome to the Rewards page, just another part of what is on offer to our WI Prime members. Our current Rewards operates as follows: If you’ve been with us for longer than 6 Months, you will be sent a physical copy of the Team Yankee rulebook, post free, anywhere in the world.
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Like the look of this game? Fancy owning a copy? Well, it’s FREEBIE FRIDAY once again, with all Wargames Illustrated Prime members being automatically entered into a prize draw to win this week’s goodies. Which means, you could end up being the proud owner of a copy of Warlord Games’ Doctor Who
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It’s FREEBIE FRIDAY again with all Wargames Illustrated Prime members automatically entered into a prize draw to win this week’s goodies. Well done to Fred Cartwright, Dorset, UK. Who won the previous giveaway of ‘This is Not a Test’. Next up, we are giving away a Warlord Games Pacific War Bundle, Prime
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There’s nothing better than seeing ranks of red coated/painted soldiers marching across the wargames table. But then I’m biased, not because I’m British, but because I spend a large part of my working life photographing miniatures and red ones always look the best through the viewfinder! You will be seeing red
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It’s FREEBIE FRIDAY again with all Wargames Illustrated Prime members automatically entered into a prize draw to win this week’s stack of goodies. Congratulations to Simone Ristori from Amsterdam who has won today’s Freebie Friday’ giveaway - a complete 'Test of Honour' boxed game. Next up, we are giving away a copy
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Here’s a graphic image of the mould for our WI exclusive show figure being destroyed! The Young Winston mould is no more and this figure, which was last available at Cold Wars, will never be available again. But… We still have 30 figures left and it would be churlish to throw
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Make sure you call by the Wargames Illustrated stand at this year’s Salute show at London ExCel on 22nd April. We have got loads of special show deals on offer as well as our quick-play '(Semi-Historical) Celebrity Deathmatch' participation game. Take a look below for more information. FINDING US Our trade stand is TA15,
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It’s FREEBIE FRIDAY again with all Wargames Illustrated Prime members automatically entered into a prize draw to win this week’s stack of goodies. PREPARE TO GIVE BATTLE! Our Friday Giveaway this week consists of Warlord Games forthcoming Samurai skirmish game (complete with 35 plastic figures!) - Test of Honour Freebie Friday is a
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