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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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 three Konflikt ’47 boxed sets courtesy of Warlord Games.We have a British Churchill Meteor tank, a US M3A2 Pondskater Scout Walker and
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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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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 is courtesy of Plastic Soldier Company and consists of ten 15mm tank kits suitable for a whole number of post-WW2 armies. Don’t forget - Freebie
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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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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. For this week’s bonus Freebie Friday giveaway, one lucky Prime member will win a complete Star Saga: The Eiras Contract supplied by our friends at Mantic. As with
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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. For this week’s bonus Freebie Friday giveaway, one lucky Prime member will win a complete Walking Dead – All Out War box set supplied by our friends
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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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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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