I’m completely biased of course, but I wouldn’t say our medieval rulebook Never Mind the Billhooks is ‘style over substance’. As a publication, it looks pretty, but it’s much more about the substance of the rules. Our Napoleonic rules: Valour & Fortitude, could even be accused of lacking in style,
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A bonus for WiPrime Members: James turns Great Escape Games' plastic General Purpose Wagon into a storytelling terrain piece. Download the full PDF.
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A bonus for WiPrime Members: Karl Perrotton guides us through the packed revised version of his popular wargaming meets TV/film production wargame. Download the full PDF.
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A bonus for WiPrime Members: read Observation Post ahead of its publication in Wargames Illustrated and see what we think of some of the latest wargaming releases. Download the full PDF.
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Take a tour through the Vault and read some classic Wi articles. Wargames Illustrated 371 - September 2018 The pleasures that can be found through running or participating in wargaming campaigns more than make up for the efforts required to get them done properly. As the UK weather turns grim and gloomy
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We’ve encountered a good problem whilst sorting out the content for recent issues of Wargames Illustrated - it’s tough to fit everything we’ve got into each issue! There are some great submissions from contributors ready to go but they keep on getting pushed back due to new releases or more
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TM Terrain is a one-man band model-making maestro from Loughborough, Leicestershire named David Marshall. David is a lovely fella who has been making terrain boards, buildings and dioramas for individuals and companies within the hobby for over 25 years. He recently contacted me to say he was thinking of putting together
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A bonus for WiPrime Members: Robin Dews and John Stallard discuss their new joint venture, Talking Miniatures. A two-volume collection of conversations between them and their co-workers of yore. Download the full PDF.
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A bonus for WiPrime Members: James takes on Test of Honour's Designer, Graham Davey, in his semi-regular 'How did I miss ...' series. Download the full PDF.
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A bonus for WiPrime Members: read Observation Post ahead of its publication in Wargames Illustrated and see what we think of some of the latest wargaming releases. Download the full PDF.
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Take a tour through the Vault and read some classic Wi articles. Wargames Illustrated 310 - August 2013 We rewind a decade to check out an issue themed around Atila the Hun. The Hun are introduced broadly by Matthew Bennet then Roy Boss takes a focused look at their tactics and both
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I’m writing this month’s Insider Insight as the sign-off date for our next issue hits. At this point we need to have all articles finished and laid out, adverts ready to go (sent to us from the various fine companies that show off their wares on our pages), photos snapped
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Take a tour through the Vault and read some classic Wi articles. Wargames Illustrated 369 - July 2018 With no prior planning or intent (beyond setting a 'Revisited' theme) our current issue has become bizarrely interwoven with the offerings of Wi369, our July issue from five years ago. Simon MacDowall kicks off
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A bonus for WiPrime Members: take a trip back in time to download and read Andy Callan's 1987 AWI Loose Files and American Scramble ruleset. Download the full PDF.
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A good umpire can make or break a game. I’ve played loads of multiplayer wargames that meandered along at such a tediously slow pace half of them had to be wrapped up early with a guess at what would have happened if we had another three hours. Other times players
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There’s much excitement in the Wi world as we bring together our next issue and prepare to send it to be printed. Sometimes this is a last-minute scramble with new articles or products sneaking in but this issue’s theme - Revisited - means there’s not such an opportunity for newness. Various
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It’s always a pleasure; never a chore visiting Gripping Beast down in Evesham. I had several boxes of what they warmly refer to as “Dark Age Haries” to return to them - painted figures Wargames Illustrated had borrowed for a recent photo session. What made this trip particularly interesting was that
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A bonus for WiPrime Members: the Boondock Sayntes' recreation of Laswari, 1803 had so many little details that we felt it deserved a showcase article all to itself. Download the full PDF.
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A bonus for WiPrime Members: Alan Perry chats to us about his latest plastic box set of Russian lancers. Download the full PDF.
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A bonus for WiPrime Members: read Observation Post ahead of its publication in Wargames Illustrated and see what we think of some of the latest wargaming releases. Download the full PDF.
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Check out some new releases from Wargames Illustrated and other companies in 360 degrees! What we can’t present to you in the magazine is a view of figures from all angles … but have no fear, thanks to this video you can check out assorted models from Wi426, June's issue, as
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Take a tour through the Vault and read some classic Wi articles. Wargames Illustrated 368 - June 2018 We head back five years, and the Lardies are at the office showing off their then-new game, What a Tanker! Interesting how things come around again as those rules inspired the newest game from
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Wargames Illustrated’s themes get shunted around more than enthusiastic bumper car drivers and our best-laid plans are ruined by various things. Those things are usually far more exciting than they are troublesome, so it’s not too bad really! The issue we will send to the printers very soon was going to
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The June issue of Wargames Illustrated comes with a free ruleset: Never Mind the Boathooks. It’s the nautical neighbour of our successful medieval small battle rules Never Mind the Billhooks, but Boathooks is a stand-alone set of rules, supported by downloadable cards and tokens. Players take to the high seas in a
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A bonus for WiPrime Members: plenty of you enjoyed Wi424's Wise Old Men interview and some of you sent in some of your own gamechangers. Download the full PDF.
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A bonus for WiPrime Members: the largest wargames show returned with a bang this year to celebrate its 50th year anniversary. Celebrate the occasion by reading our ten-page extensive show report! Download the full PDF.
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A bonus for WiPrime Members: read Observation Post ahead of its publication in Wargames Illustrated and see what we think of some of the latest wargaming releases. Download the full PDF.
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Take a tour through the Vault and read some classic Wi articles. The feeling of pollen agitation in my hay fever-prone nostrils tells me that Spring is springing today. I may not appreciate the sneeze-inducing evils this new season brings, but I do like the extra daylight the longer days bring
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We’re closing in on our sign-off date for another issue; always a busy time for us as we put the finishing touches to articles, track down final photos, and frantically try and fact-check something obscure and odd from one of the articles (which invariably tends to turn out to be
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I must be slacking. I clocked up 20,000 steps/eight miles walking around the Salute hall at ExCel last Saturday. Looking back in my diary I did nearly nine miles in 2021. Mind you, eight miles felt enough by the time I got home on Saturday night! Not only did Team Wi
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