Continuing their mission to blend weird retro aesthetics, cinematic gaming mechanics, and a smidgen of history, Crooked Dice have released Beneath the Mountains of Madness. As with many of Crooked Dice’s releases, this one started as a Kickstarter; with that crowdf...
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Show reports present an interesting opportunity for magazine content, especially when the magazine is called Wargames Illustrated. We are lucky* to have the twice-annual Partizan shows on our doorstep, which always present at least half a dozen great-looking demo tab...
These rules for Napoleonic amphibious assaults were devised by V&F author Jervis Johnson for a Battle of Aboukir Bay game featuring British amphibious landings, played at The 'Other' Partizan wargames show in 2024. They can be adapted for any similar amphibious landing ...
While pacing The Other Partizan last Sunday, doing my best to pick a path between the crowds of attendees, I realised I’m getting to know too many people in the wargaming world! It’s one of those good problems, of course – my job allows me to mix with talen...
The end of the year may be a few festive and spooky holidays away, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t already thinking about it here at Wargames Illustrated. In this Sneak Peek I’ll touch on some of our 2025 plans.
Earlier this month, at the Britcon wargames show, I was lucky enough to have a sneaky, behind closed doors chat with Sarissa’s Steve Cumming about a new project his company have been working on. It’s a hefty new range of full-colour fantasy terrain that will be r...
Test cricket is very different from Twenty-Twenty cricket, 3×3 basketball is very different from that played in the NBA, and tournament wargaming is very different from how I like to play my wargames. That latter fact was underlined recently at Britcon, one of t...
This year, Britcon 2024 introduced the 'Wi Room' to showcase three captivating games of Valour & Fortitude on the first day of the event; see some of the best shots in this webpost.
“Flavour” is a popular buzzword in the promotion of any modern wargame. Many rules are keen to push their “period flavour” credentials. Our...
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 reso...
Victrix’s plastic Medieval launched with some excellent dynamic mounted Knights [check out the painting guide in Wi442 – Ed]. They looked j...
As the first ‘Armies of…’ book for Bolt Action: Third Edition, Germany demands a close look. What are the ‘big changes’ in how supplement...
Every month our WiPrime Members get discount codes from a regular selection of awesome wargaming companies and we're very pleased to announce that fro...
Welcome to our first behind-the-scenes report since Joe launched our shiny, easier-to-use, redesigned Wargames Illustrated website. In this monthly...