Wi421, January 2023

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This month’s magazine sees an exciting tie-in between printed paper and 3D printing. The paper element you are holding in your hands in the form of this magazine and your free Thalassa ancient naval battles rulebook. The 3D printing side of the marriage sees Wi giving away free STL files* to all our WiPrime Members for the first time. If you are a WiPrime Member you will be able to download a whole fleet of ships to take to the tabletop and play out ancient naval battles using your new Thalassa rules. Fear not if you don’t own a 3D printer, you can purchase the ships and accessories ‘ready-made’ in resin from NG Castings – see our Building Your Fleet article for more information.

As you are now the proud owner of the Thalassa rules you will want to know about the ancient ships that will take the starring role in your games. You can do that by turning to page 72 and reading all about Triremes or flip to the Thalassa battle report and scenario on page 30.

We’re not 100% nautical this month, Billhookers (or potential Billhookers) are given an Easy Way In to the Never Mind the Billhooks medieval small battles rules with some sample army lists on page 52. We also have some Great Northern War and SAGA: Age of Alexander action for you in this issue.

Dan Faulconbridge
Owner and Editor

*Stereolithography. That’s the technical name for the digital files used for 3D printing.

Content

QUICK FIRE!
A look at a project by an unknown and excitable young Wi reader named Alan Perry.

OBSERVATION POST
Our monthly examination of new releases; this month we’ve got Romans vs Goths, goblins, dungeons, Vietnam War painting, and TRIBAL rules.

RELEASE RADAR
Dom Sore’s Release Radar helps us locate the most exciting and unusual upcoming releases each month.

FULL PAPER JACKET
Neil Smith’s here with his pick of this month’s new page-turners.

THEME:
THALASSA BATTLE REPORT

Ricard Fortun (Thalassa’s designer) readies his Spartan fleet to face the first wave of an oncoming Athenian attack led by Tim Baker in this battle report.

THEME:
HOLDING BACK THE TIDE

Want to see how you fare in the game Ricard and Tim played? Here’s the scenario – Holding Back the Tide – with all the special rules you need.

SWEET KAROLINERS
We showcase Charles Singleton’s 28mm Charles XII Swedish Army for the Great Northern War and quiz Charles about his day job as Creative Director for the Early Modern and Ancients Portfolio at Helion and Company Publishing.

THEME:
PAINTING YOUR FIRST TRIREME

Callum France shares how to paint ancient ships quickly and effectively with this entry-level guide.

EASY WAY IN
A Billhooks bonus – Andy Callan’s quick start, no messing guide to putting together a Never Mind the Billhoooks Deluxe army for each of the Theatres covered in the rules.

THEME:
BUILDING YOUR THALASSA FLEET

This article details how to purchase or download Thalassa’s awesome ships and presents eleven new upgrades that you can use to add variety to your fleet in games.

SAGA: AGE OF ALEXANDER
Dom Sore takes a tour of the latest SAGA book and shares details of how factions faired on the tabletop when he commanded them in the recent SAGA Iron Man event at Fiasco.

THEME:
TRIREME: A CLASSIC SHIP FOR A CLASSICAL WORLD

Neil Smith introduces us to the star of this month’s theme – the Greek Trireme.

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