It was great to feel the buzz at the Partizan Wargames Show in Newark, Nottinghamshire recently. So enthused were we by the excitement of the crowds and the quality of the demo games on offer we struggled to contain our report on the show to ten pages, but we did just manage it, with the proviso that there is more to see online – head to wargamesillustrated.net

Our theme for this issue is New Napoleonics and we try to cover all bases under that umbrella – new to Napoleonics, new Napoleonic rules, new Napoleonic figures, and a project to create a new Napoleonic force from recycled stock.

When we’re not looking at new Napoleonics we have a bumper collection of other new hobby releases in Observation Post for you to peruse; everything from plastic Conquistadors to 6mm World War II vehicles.

So with a spring in our step, let’s leap forward and see “what’s new?”.