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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From Thursday 16th to Sunday 19th March you can find Wargames Illustrated at Cold Wars 2017. We have a booth in the Vendor Hall from which you can purchase the latest magazine, MASSIVELY DISCOUNTED back issues, slip cases, our Giants in Miniature figures and subscriptions. Take advantage of our show special
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The guys and gals from Kallistra, with the able assistance of the Forest Outlaws Wargames Club, have created something really special at the Hammerhead Show held in Newark, Nottinghamshire, England. The buzz around the event is quite different to most other UK shows and, with the focus on participation games,
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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 consist of two of the re-vamped plastic boxed sets from Warlord Games / Wargames Factory. Intended to represent Infantry and
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In WI353 we included a 'Hobby Talk' article about the future of the US wargames convention Historicon, specifically its relocation from Fredericksburg to New Jersey. Since publication of that article things have changed and it now looks like the venue won't be switching. Prior to its inclusion in Wargames Illustrated this
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Having now hit over 10,000 Facebook ‘Likes’, we thought it was time to celebrate! So, our usual 'hitting another 1,00 likes' giveaway was split into five separate prizes and, as always, we decided to run a survey. Our topic this time was a recurring theme, that perennial question asked wherever
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Wargames Illustrated Interactive is the digital version of Wargames Illustrated magazine, created specifically for iPad. It is available as a download from the Apple App Store or from our website as single copies or a 12-issue subscription. Sales and prices from our own website are controlled directly by ourselves, sales and
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To celebrate reaching over 10,000 Likes on Facebook, we’re offering five lucky winners the chance to win one of the following prizes. To enter, you MUST fill out the form at the bottom of this page. Winners will be chosen at random from those taking part in the survey via our website. Prizes
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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. Bolt Action 2 plus a KV-1 or 2 too! Our latest giveaway for Prime members is a hardback copy of the Bolt Action 2nd Edition rulebook. We’ve also added
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At this year’s Salute show in London on 22 April, the Wargames Illustrated participation game will be ‘(Semi-Historical) Celebrity Deathmatch’. We’d like your help with the rules and will giveaway a FREE Giants In Miniature figure to everyone (potentially 64 people!) who helps out. The game is rather silly and dead
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https://youtu.be/6OEyhGG8Ax8 We made the short journey over to the other side of Nottingham on Saturday to visit the Warlord Games Store on its grand opening weekend. For those who weren’t there and are interested to see what it looks like, he’s a walkthrough of the shop and gaming hall.
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