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What is it with Nottingham?

In the early 1990s, I would often deliver pewter castings of toy soldiers to Chelsea House in Basford, Nottingham. Chelsea House was the centre of operations for Britains. Founded in 1893, Britains is a well-known UK maker of traditional toy soldiers and die-cast mod...

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This is the end?

Don’t worry about the title, we’re not closing Wargames Illustrated down! It refers to the cheery slogan behind Warlord Games’ new weird war game Konflikt ’47 – ‘This is not war. This is the end.’ As I’ve spent a lot of time immersing myself in th...

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Historicon 2025 Painting Competition Winners

In July this year, wargamers flocked to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, for Historicon 2025. In addition to the hundreds of wonderful games covering dozens of wargaming periods and genres, there was also the painting competition. In this article we report on the winn...
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Osprey Games – Frostgrave: Advanced Spellcraft

It’s been ten years since Frostrgrave first brought its chilly world of fantasy skirmishing to our tabletops, and Joseph A. McCullough’s latest supplement – Advanced Spellcraft – feels like an anniversary celebration. The hefty tome takes the spells and caste...

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Happy birthday OG!

Editor Dan joins in Osprey Games’ 10th anniversary celebrations.

Working within the wargames hobby, you don’t get too many invites to attend ‘showbiz’ events, so when I receive one, I don’t look a gift-horse in the mouth. Last Thursday saw myself and...

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