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Wi Editor Dan shares his experience in taking photos using the camera in your pocket. I’ve been photographing figures to decorate the pages of Wargames Illustrated magazine for years and with every passing year it gets easier. Experience certainly has something to do with that, but technology probably has more. Despite having

A hero of the great renowned Beowulf has sailed from the pages of his epic story and joined the Giants in Miniature range. Such an epic hero deserves something a little bit special. So as well as a step-by-step guide in getting him ready for the tabletop, we have also included

Would you like some sails for your free model ship/s found with issue 348? You can download them here, then print them on paper or card.  

This set of event cards is for use with the Ramree island ‘Cacophony of Hell’ game as demoed at Fall In 2016 and seen in Wargames Illustrated 359. The full list of events and quantity of each (as multiples of some occur), are as follows. Feel free to create more appropriate

Ace painter Ben Macintyre (AKA Brush Demon) has provided us, and you, with a guide to painting King Leonidas from our Giants in Miniature range. Download the Guide. [pdf-embedder url="https://ed025442.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Leonidas_painting-guide-compressed.pdf" title="Leonidas_painting guide-compressed"]

The January 2018 issue of Wargames Illustrated includes an article on the Battle of Oudenarde, 1708, refought in 15mm by Simon MacDowall and friends. Here’s the Orders of Battle Allied Order of Battle French Order of Battle

Whoops! In WI370, (August 2018), we accidentally forgot to include a map in The Dragon’s Choice about the US Marines and other Western Powers during the Boxer Rebellion. So, in order to enable gamers to get the full effect, we’ve posted the map here to allow access for all.

The new issue of Wargames Illustrated - WI360, October - features an article by Andy Neill of the Sons of Simon De Montfort Wargames Club about the 'Animal Farm' game they ran at Salute 2017. We couldn’t squeeze the rules for the game into the magazine, so here they are

The counters and cards can be downloaded here, they are provided to use with the Serpent’s Eye scenario: Serpent Cult: This league includes four of the Faceless characters. Spoilers: You will need one Red Herring and one It’s a Trap to complete the Rewards stack. Thief Makers: Players are encouraged to use appropriate

To go along side our article on How To... Build a European Farm in issue 358. You can find the plans to help build your own European Farm for use on the table top. Click here to Download the plans. MATERIALS •    Cork tiles •    Corrugated card •    Card and embossed plastic •    Balsa wood for

Oda Nobunaga, our latest Giants in Miniature figure, was inspired by the release of the new Test of Honour Samurai skirmish game by Warlord Games (see WI355, May). Andy and Graham, the team behind the game, very kindly agreed to create a special card for use with the Test of Honour

Following on from his article in WI353, our March 2017 issue, Nick Buxey has provided a set of downloadable cards to enable you to take your Congo games into the dangerous world of the Amazon circa 1925. Take on the mantle of Fawcett’s Expedition as you venture forth on a

To go alongside our article From CONGO to Amazon in issue 353. You can download and Print (some of) your own cards Congo-Amazon cards here. There are more cards to come - the 'Character and Column' cards - aren't yet finished I'm afraid. But article author Nick Buxey is working on these and they

In the current issue of Wargames Illustrated we feature an article entitled 'Between the Jaws of Hyenas' which includes a deliberately confusing scenario based on The Battle of Adwa 1896. We got a little too confused and got some of the maps a bit muddled! Below you will find the correct

Our ‘How To’ master Paul Davies shows us how to make an iconic covered bridge for use in Revolutionary, Civil War or Wild West battles. A covered bridge makes a useful addition to any ACW battlefield. A search on the Internet will show that there were several basic designs; some with

Support For All You Swashbucklers Out There! We're enjoying the En Garde! rules from Osprey Games so much, we've decided to produce some FREE counters for our own use. So it seems only fair to share them with you! Simply download them to your computer or similar device, then print them off

In conjunction with our Pony Wars article in the February issue of Wargames Illustrated; “A Road We Do Not Know”, we present Black Powder stats for using John Ford’s Rangers and Iron Jacket Comanches. You can download the stats sheet here: Pony Wars Black Powder Stats Sheet

As our bonus content to run alongside this month's magazine, we have a roster sheet and some rules ideas for using the Danger Close rules from Empress Miniatures during your games set within the world of Winter of ’79. These reflect the main focus of the rules and provide full