After Germany, the United States hit the tabletop with their updated book for Bolt Action: Third Edition. It follows the same format as the Armies of Germany book, starting with a potted history of the USA and its involvement in World War Two. The history covers the ...
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After tallying the votes from over 1,500 submissions we’re ready to announce the winners of the Wargames Illustrated Readers’ Awards 2024.
This article summarises the top three from each category and we’ll have a full report on the winners in an upcoming issue!...
We're sponsoring the Hammerhead Painting Competition again in 2025! Here are the details you'll need to enter.
The basics
There's no entry fee and up to one entry can be submitted to each category.
Entries must be your own work.
There will be an overall winner as we...
“Flavour” is a popular buzzword in the promotion of any modern wargame. Many rules are keen to push their “period flavour” credentials. Our own Never Mind the Billhooks rules proudly boast that they “produce battles that are full of period flavour, but alwa...
It’s as much a tradition to start the new year with resolutions as it is to have failed to keep to them by February! I don’t make specific resolutions (partly because it invites failure), but I am starting 2025 with some specific Wargames Illustrated goals in min...
Victrix’s plastic Medieval launched with some excellent dynamic mounted Knights [check out the painting guide in Wi442 – Ed]. They looked just perfect to crusade or chevauchée with the best of them, and now, with the release of Islamic Cavalry, Victrix are f...
As the first ‘Armies of…’ book for Bolt Action: Third Edition, Germany demands a close look. What are the ‘big changes’ in how supplements are presented? How might the meta get a shakeup? Are Warlord on the right trajectory with new-edition army books for t...
Every month our WiPrime Members get discount codes from a regular selection of awesome wargaming companies and we're very pleased to announce that from January 2025 Victrix are joining the voucher club. You'll be able to get a discount every month on their awesome plast...
Welcome to our first behind-the-scenes report since Joe launched our shiny, easier-to-use, redesigned Wargames Illustrated website. In this monthly post, I’ll give WiPrime Members a look at some of the secret goings-on at Wi HQ, share any exciting rumours I feel ca...
North Star’s new Elf Heavy Infantry are here and as has become the norm for a plastic Oathmark release, the new box set is supported by some meta...
Warlord Games’ latest supplement for their excellent Pike & Shotte game takes us to the historical Asia-Pacific, specifically Japan and the ...
With Pacific Command, Mike Hutchinson presents a grand strategic-level wargame that focuses on aircraft carrier engagements in World War Two’s Pa...
We get a decent selection of new miniatures delivered to us early here at WiTowers; it’s a job benefit that offsets the pain of being a worker dr...
It wasn’t supposed to be this good! The quality of entries in the Hammerhead/Wargames Illustrated Painting Competition have significantly exceede...
Joe McCullough’s Stargrave keeps growing, and Death Vector heralds the arrival of a new expanse to explore: the Outlaw Technology Sector (OTS). T...