It’s 1870 and the American Civil War isn’t over, it has also taken a rather dramatic twist in that the North has laid waste to the South using chemical weapons and the Confederate States have responded by using Necromancy to raise their dead and retaliate! Artizan Designs’ Grim Prairie Tales (GPT)
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Dom Sore gives us a locked-down wargamers eye view of the new(ish) Muskets and Tomahawks Second Edition Rules. Muskets and Tomahawks was not a game I bought into the first-time round; it arrived on the scene just before I returned to wargaming. It also seemed to centre round the French and
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Steve Barber Models is a company with a swathe of different ranges. Many of these deal with the less obvious aspects of certain periods or fulfil niches that other companies fail to fill. We have examples here of three packs from two different ranges. The first pack is NB1, British Napoleonic
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Alan Perry has embarked upon a brand-new range of miniatures for the 1864 to 1870 War of the Triple Alliance, also known as The Great Paraguayan War. This war took place between the nation of Paraguay and the three-pronged Alliance of Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. We spoke to Alan about the
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GM Boardgames, distributed by Bolter.PL of Poland, have a new range of 6mm miniatures for the American Civil War to accompany their rules system. The company specialises in miniatures and rules for the mid-19th Century, which are in the process of being fully translated into the English language. The rule system
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Hagen Miniatures is a company based in Germany which offers an eclectic range of miniatures across pretty much every figure size you can think of. Whether its ACW Ironlads, Napoleonic shipping or spacecraft of the far future, Hagen Miniatures have a really useful selection of ‘naval’ vessels that would suit a
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You can’t go wrong wargaming with a bunch of mohawk sporting US paratroopers known as the ‘Filthy 13’ or indeed a group of armed British citizen militia known as ‘Dad’s Army’, both (very different!) sets of warriors featured in this month’s ‘Infamous Sections’ theme, along with Popski’s Private Army -
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The following is a scenario designed to allow the interested gamer to refight this battle using the Two Fat Lardies’ Sharp Practice! Rules The Two Fat Lardies’ Sharp Practice! rules will work very well as they use interesting game mechanics to represent critical variable factors in play pertinent to this scenario.
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Crusader Miniatures are expanding American Civil War range. One of the most recent releases are a packs representing the 79th New York Volunteer Infantry, the New York Highlanders. The pack we have here contains five figures, a command pack consisting of two standard bearers, and officer in frockcoat with a sword,
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American Civil War enthusiast and North Star proprietor Nick Eyre provides us with (potential) background for some new Crusader Miniatures ‘ACW Infantry in Frock Coasts and Kepi Skirmishing’ which he has painted as US Marines. We don’t tend to hear much about the US Marines in the American Civil War. This is partly
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Partizan Press have released another new rulebook, this time designed for fighting battles during the colonial period in the Sudan from 1883 to 1885. The excellently titled Up The Nile is a 44-page, softback book presented in a handy, slightly larger than A5, format. https://youtu.be/wBm1AeZIWNM The rules are written by Kevin Calder
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Crusader Miniatures and North Star have continued to add to their excellent American Civil War range with new packs of infantry and artillery crew for both sides in this ‘brother against brother’ conflict. Each pack contains four metal miniatures. The first pack is ACW033 - ACW Infantry Shirt & Hat Skirmishing,
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FROM THE EDITOR Well, I’m worn out! Having contributed a ‘personal best’ number of articles to this month’s magazine (two) I deserve a lie-down. Having said that there’s no time for lying down at the moment as the show season has well and truly kicked off. We’ve already ‘done’ Vapnartak, Hammerhead
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When is Modern not Modern - when it’s Ultra Modern. At least that’s what we’ve decided here at Wargames Illustrated. For this month’s magazine theme we wanted to go beyond World War Two, but stop before the Millennium, so we’ve decided that the Modern ‘period’ covers 1946 to 1999 and
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One of the upcoming releases from Crusader Miniatures is two packs of Bushwackers for their American Civil War range. These are the low down, sneaky varmints or heroic guerilla fighters who fight behind the enemy lines or undertake raids. Some are in uniform, whilst others wear civilian clothes. They are
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It’s interesting how much wargaming potential there is ‘between the wars’. This month’s theme looks at conflicts that took place after World War One ended and before World War Two began and without even straying into the fertile ‘what if’ territory of A Very British Civil War or Pulp, we
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The Painting Miniatures For The American Civil War book has 143 pages and has been written by Steve Barber, published by Crowood Press. It is intended as a basic guide to a range of painting and basing options, with plenty of helpful hints and photographs to aid the overall process. https://youtu.be/uJuUgX3ugCg After
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Daydream Miniatures produce a whole host of different miniatures for a number of historical periods. However, they also produce a range of excellent animal figures that can be used across a number of genres. At the present time, there are 22 separate packs of animals, divided into African, Fantasy, Forest and
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Perry Miniatures often have an eclectic release schedule, moving between new and existing ranges to add something special to their catalogue of excellence. This time, they have added dismounted Confederate Cavalry to their American Civil War codes. These cavalry fill in the gaps for the dismounted versions of the mounted cavalry
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Mortal Wounds Martin Smith Pen & Sword, 2017 Reviewed by Neil Smith All evidence of warfare is ambiguous except one, the human skeleton, argues Martin Smith in Mortal Wounds. The reason for that is literary and archaeological evidence is the product of human activity but the skeleton is the human itself. When violence
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Glories to Useless Heroism William Raffle Helion & Company, 2017 Reviewed by Neil Smith Glories to Useless Heroism is the translated journal of Comte Maurès de Malartic, an officer in the French army sent to New France in 1755 to help defend against the British. He stayed for six years, fighting in many battles,
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Along the Lines of Devotion James Smith Fonthill, 2017 Reviewed by Neil Smith In Along the Lines of Devotion James Smith attempts to narrate the first day of the climactic Battle of Gettysburg fought between the 1st and 3rd of July 1863 between the Union and Confederate armies in the American Civil War. Unfortunately,
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Things From The Basement are known for the wide range of different MDF buildings and terrain they produce, plus other items that aid gamers in creating their battlefields. The Watermill shown here is just one example of the quality of the buildings available. The buildings arrive as kits and unpainted, and
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Have you ever wanted to go a step further and get right into the tabletop action? Well, Minuteman Miniatures can help, creating a miniature that not only represents you on the tabletop but looks like you as well! Whether you take part in sci-fi, ancients, American Civil War or World War
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Sash and Saber Castings continue to add to both their 25 and 40mm ranges with these mounted miniatures, spotted at Historicon 2018. The American Civil War continues to be a popular period but Sash and Saber go further than most by attempting to cover as many theaters as possible. Amongst their
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To the shores of Tripoli… and then back again. It only struck me when I sat down to write this editorial that our theme for this month, America at War, takes us from the famous US Marine action near Tripoli in 1804 (subject of the Marine Corps Hymn), via the
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Australia is home to a whole number of figure manufacturers who don’t receive enough recognition by gamers beyond their own shores. This is a shame, as they often produce ranges of rules and miniatures that are unique or dare to be different, standing out amidst the ‘same old’ of the
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Heroics and Ros will not be a new name to those who game at 1/300th scale or 6mm size. However, what is new if that the current owners have continued to build upon the ranges and add even more to the array of modern era offerings. Although many of the miniatures
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OBSERVATION POST Our latest look at what’s new and upcoming in the world of wargaming, with a special focus on ‘new stuff’ showcased at Crisis 2017. THEME: HOLLYWOOD HISTORY AND ‘HISTORY’ HISTORY Howard Whitehouse frameworks our theme with some thoughts on his own movie career, whether ‘straight’ history makes for good games and
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Because we’re starting to feel all festive, we dug this article out of the Wargames Illustrated Vault, gave it a design re-vamp and have made it available to download (gratis). Click here to download Andy Callan’s festive rules for replaying the famous snowball fights of the American Civil War. P.S. If you
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