Updated 12 January 2020 The postal service in the UK is experiencing significant delays, particularly regarding mail going overseas. As you will be aware all post is regularly delayed around Christmas and New Year due to increased demand. However, this year the Coronavirus pandemic, Brexit and ‘lockdown’ is causing further delays. In particular,
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We looked at the background and core gameplay elements of A Billion Suns in part one and, based on those things alone, we heartily recommended this new space combat game from Osprey. Now, in Part Two, we get to look at some of the more advanced rules in further detail. https://youtu.be/fOI913H8h3U The
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Christmas has never really felt like Christmas without an annual to flip the pages of. It was, therefore, particularly pleasing to receive the Wargamers Annual through the post as the turkey sandwiches and a mince pie or two were being served up. https://youtu.be/plNLQ2KS4CQ The text below is a transcript of the video,
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These bootleggers for Gaslands Refueled, made by North Star, are here to slip into and fight around your converted Matchbox/Hotwheels cars. They are 20mm scale, cast in metal, and there are two types of model. First there are the on foot options. Five different minis, all toting an assortment of shotguns
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The extremely popular fantasy games Frostgrave and (certainly growing in popularity) Oathmark get quite a lot of coverage here on Wi Prime. That’s partly because of their popularity but it’s also because they get a lot of miniatures released for them, manufactured by the folks at North Star. It’s less
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We are beginning a new Prime feature this week - exclusive to our Prime members we will be sharing an advanced preview of an article from the upcoming issue of Wargames Illustrated magazine. If you don't want any spoilers and would rather have the whole next issue as a fresh,
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Wi 397 has a Designer’s Notes on Wars of Ozz, the new fantasy battles game based on the Frank L. Baum’s world, given a post-apocalypse twist. We will have a flipthrough of that rulebook online next week but first there are some models to take a look at - a
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A Billion Suns is a new game in the Osprey Blue Book series, bearing the subtitle “Interstellar fleet battles”, and jumping into this galaxy through the power of the 64 softback, full-colour pages in its engine bay. The game’s the new creation from Mike Hutchinson, whose first game, Gaslands, turned
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To go with Pete Brown's Erin Go Bragh! article from Wargames Illustrated 397, we asked former Wi Editor and owner of Trent Miniatures, Duncan Macfarlane, to turf out some suitable models from his range. Being Duncan, he went much further, providing us with a load of extra details and conversion
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Nicknamed Buffalo Soldiers (referencing the African-American units that began to form in the 1860s) the 92nd Infantry Division was the only completely Black American division to see front-line service in Europe in World War II. Thanks to the creation of some new metal parts Bolt Action players can now more
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As we deal with the changes Lockdown has brought to the Wargames Illustrated office we’re digging out photographs of models we snapped but didn’t get around to featuring in 2020. So, these fine-looking Warlord Games Napoleonic Spanish Mounted Infantry Officers trot forth for their somewhat late time in the limelight! A
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Warlord Games are launching a hefty load of new French Resistance models for Bolt Action and we’ve got two boxes – the French Resistance Squad and the French Resistance Support Group – to assess. There are also some PIAT & Anti-tank rifle teams, along with bigger guns – light artillery and
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Diane Sutherland, better known as the Wargames Widow, continues her semi-regular terrain building contributions to Wi Prime with a look at Little Blue Bricks. To be a little more precise, she takes some offcuts of blue insulation foam and makes a ruined building with the bricks she creates from it. Many
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We’ve had this article, from Pete Brown, lined up for months. We keep having to push it back due to more timely stuff landing in our laps. Sorry Pete! We are upset that we couldn’t get this not quite Christmas-themed but certainly snowy scenario out for our December issue. It will
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“We’re, dreaming of a Brown Christmas We mean Pete Brown, to be clear Where the board is snowy Things are scenarioey And we’re gaming in the snow, oh, the snow!” Yes, we’re throwing regular contributor Pete Brown’s three Christmas scenarios (from 2019, 2018, and 2017) together for your gaming enjoyment. There’s festive chaos with Krampusnacht,
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FREE WARLORD GAMES EPIC AMERICAN CIVIL WAR FIGURES AND BASES WITH THIS ISSUE Order a print copy of this magazine (with free frames) here! HAPPY NEW YEAR! God knows we all deserve a happy new year after the trials and tribulations of the one just gone, which will be remembered infamously for the rest
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We’re opening up a new box of Death Fields models today. Inside are 24 multi-part, hard plastic, 28mm minis, ready to partake in the greatest sport. We’re as surprised as you probably are that Wargames Atlantic has invested what must be a sizable amount of money and time investment in
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We’ve got an assortment of new metal miniatures from North Star, made for their ever expansive (and just voted best Figure Range in the Wargames Illustrated Awards 2020) Frostgrave range. These ones are to accompany the Red King, the game’s first supplement since its second edition. Let’s dig in. The Herald
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We’re opening up and taking a look at this new book from Barry Hilton. A Taste of Victory! expands on his Beneath the Lilly Banners system and it’s a hardback offering, with full-colour across its 124 pages, including a very atmospheric piece of cover art from Wargames Illustrated’s regular cover
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Ramshackle Games have recently started to cast 28mm resin Ork bits and this Goblin Gun Set is an intriguing one. It’s a multi-part kit that comes with 16 different resin parts, cast in a minty green colour that makes them look a bit more like a toy than the standard
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Ostensibly designed and released with 20mm World War Two rules Battlegroup in mind, but usable with any 20mm system, this boxed set of 27 figures made from Thermo Plastic Resin, or ‘Ultacast’ does exactly what it says on the cover and provides an entire late-war Waffen-SS platoon. In the box you
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There’s some great stuff in Studio Miniatures ever-expanding Horror Characters range; we’ve got three of their latest releases to take a look at, all one-piece metal models in 28mm scale. The Harlequin With the old fashioned clown outfit, spooky balloon, and maniacally gleeful face, this is a great representation of Bill Skarsgård’s
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Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, please be upstanding for the winners of the 2020 Wargames Illustrated Awards. The year MMXX is probably best summed up by this review: “One star. Wouldn’t recommend”. But, at least amongst the depression and despair caused by Coronavirus, there were some great new wargame rules,
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The Barons’ War is a new rulebook written by Andy Hobday and published by Warhost. https://youtu.be/sn4DKfQRGGo The text below is a transcript of the video, for those who prefer to read rather than watch. In build, it’s almost pocket sized (if you’ve got large pockets) and tightly bound with a softback cover. This
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We’ve got an assortment of pouches from PSC, ready for us to add to our ‘what if?’ WW3 gaming. Within are various options for the Battlegroup rules expansion NORTHAG. Coming in at 10mm, and all made with Ultracast resin, there’s some heavy armour for the Soviets and lighter Patrols for the
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Out onto the table tumble more ‘ultracast’ sprues from PSC – the Plastic Soldier Company. This time it’s a total of 105 figures forming a Mortem et Gloriam Carthaginian Army. Or at least that’s what it says on the box, we’ve actually got 36 African spearmen when apparently we should
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With the ability to play games rather hindered these days, we’re all looking for new hobby projects to keep us busy; what better time for Terrain Essentials to thud onto Wi’s review desk? https://youtu.be/A-yvXAcjyRQ The text below is a transcript of the video, for those who prefer to read rather than watch. Behind
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New from Warlord Games, for use in their ever-popular WW2 Bolt Action rules, we’ve got the Hungarian 10cm 37M Medium Howitzer and the 40M Nimrod SPAA Gun. These will cover your artillery slot and tank slot in a standard platoon and they are each powerful units in their own ways. 10cm
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Mention monks to Wargames Illustrated’s first Editor Duncan and he’ll tell you “there’s no more versatile a mini to put in your collection!” Well, we’ve paraphrased that. What he’ll actually do is eruditely extol the virtues of them, over the course of several pints, until any counter-debate you might throw his
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We’re always keen to undertake new adventures in Frostgrave and with The Red King we have the first supplement to the game’s recent second edition. It’s written by game and world creator Joe McCullough, published by Osprey Games, and within the vibrant softback cover are 96 pages of new rules,
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