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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

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.