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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Our mentor here at Wargames Illustrated, Duncan Macfarlane, regularly used to quip “What do you call gamers who buy the first edition of your rules? Playtesters”. It’s been a year since Wi teamed up with Jervis Johnson and the Perry

Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! What a megamix of topics we’ve got for you in Wargames Illustrated this month! Every so often we break with our theme tradition and go with what, in-house, we call a smorgasbord of articles. This approach means we get to take

Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! For this month’s theme, we originally asked several of our regular contributors to ‘revisit’ articles they had written for Wargames Illustrated in the past, and several of them have done that, but as is often the case, our themes and

Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! What could be more fun than modelling with motor torpedo boats? Not much we figured, which is why we are giving one away with every copy of this From the Workbench to the Gaming Table-themed magazine. You will have received

Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! It's a bit of a cliché that Medieval naval battles were just like land battles at sea, but what if you take a successful set of medieval land battle rules and set them afloat? Much to my surprise, my Never

Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! When we gave Never Mind the Billhooks 1.0 away with the August 2020 issue of Wargames Illustrated, we never expected it to evolve into a 200-page all-singing all-dancing rulebook, with 3,500 followers on Facebook and a reputation as the most

Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! If you are a UK subscriber you might have received this magazine just prior to the world-famous Salute; if not it will just have happened. Either way, there has been a big buzz about this year’s premier wargaming event. After

Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! For this month’s theme, we sat four wise old wargaming men down in a pub in Nottingham, brought them a round of drinks (or two), and posed the question “What have been the gamechanging developments in our hobby over the

Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! I hope you enjoyed the Valour & Fortitude freebie ruleset we gave away with the October 2022 issue of the magazine. It certainly looks that way - October’s issue was our bestselling magazine of 2022. You will no doubt be

Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Insurgency. Noun. An insurgency is a violent attempt to oppose a country’s government carried out by citizens of that country. A great background to a wargame. The first part of the above quote comes from the Collins English Dictionary, the second

Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Thalassa is a fast-paced game of ancient naval battles. Build a fleet of Triremes and Penteconters, choose their crew and special options, and then take on your enemies in tactically rich gameplay. Use the currents of the seas to aid your manoeuvres

Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! This month’s magazine sees an exciting tie-in between printed paper and 3D printing. The paper element you are holding in your hands in the form of this magazine and your free Thalassa ancient naval battles rulebook. The 3D printing side

Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! It's been over two years since we gave away a free rules supplement called Never mind the Billhooks with Wi393. Since then, this ‘big skirmish, small battle’ set of Wars of the Roses rules has grown legs, donned armour, and

Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! This month’s theme is Twisted History. But what exactly is twisted history, I hear you think? Well, it’s a phrase we’ve coined for wargaming anything with a historical base that ‘twists’ into something fantastical: fictional nations and conflicts in interwar

Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! It felt slightly indulgent sitting in a pub on a Wednesday afternoon drinking, eating, and talking wargames, but ultimately I hope you find the fruits of my ‘labours’ interesting. In the name of research for this month’s magazine theme, I

Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Who doesn’t like to see a parade of elephants, a caravan of camels, or a mute of hounds on the tabletop? There are some great animal miniatures out there, capable of taking on a number of wargaming roles; from the

Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! All hail the 2021 Wargames Illustrated award winners! Whether you voted for them or not, I am sure you will be interested to read about the winners and runners-up in the eight categories that made up our annual awards, as

Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! I hope the festive season brought you (more than) your fair share of gaming goodies, and that you are heading into 2022 with a renewed hobby vigor which will see your paintbrush whizz through those undercoated minis at the back

Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Changes to Wargames Illustrated Overseas Subscriptions Over the last few weeks, we have been forced to make major changes in regard to Wargames Illustrated subscriptions for overseas subscribers. Some of these changes will bring welcome improvements to the service we are

Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Download the Saxon church plans. This 'How To... A Guide to Modelling (4)' is a compilation of articles published over several years in Wargames Illustrated magazine. It is the fourth in an ongoing series which began with the publication of 'How

Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! I would like to immediately point you in the direction of page 28 where you will find an article we are particularly proud of; ‘Introduction to Airbrushing’ provides the advice you’ll need to start effectively airbrushing your wargames figures. My wargaming

Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Having been the first to arrive, set up, and subsequently become totally engaged in a game of Death in the Dark Continent, it wasn’t until halfway through the evening that I looked up from my slice of tabletop Africa then