Having trouble viewing the 3D magazine? View and download the magazine instead. Order a print copy of this magazine in our store! Editorial: This month we are going micro mini with our theme, that doesn’t mean we are going “all 2mm” on you, but rather our ‘Billhooks Redux’ theme consists of just two articles.
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The Wargames Illustrated team dig through The Vault in this new, Prime exclusive feature. With over 400 issues in The Vault you might be at a loss for where to start browsing - there are literally thousands of articles available and that's rather overwhelming. Well, fear not, each month we’re going
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Wargamers can be a bit sniffy about using 2D figures, often saying that they are not “real” miniatures. If you hold the belief that if it does not weigh a ton in lead and takes you a year to collect and paint then it’s not real wargaming. Well, please read
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Wargames Illustrated readers were given a preview of the star attraction from this set when we gave away a free Epic American Civil War sprue with the January 2021 issue of the magazine, and now the full starter set is here. https://youtu.be/dJ1sYaMYkCI The first thing to note is what we’re unboxing isn’t
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Jonathan Carruthers C.S.S. Arkansas - ACW Riverine Warfare. Martyn C.Clarke War in the Vendee. Grahan Cunmings The Battle of Killiecrankie, 1689. Peter Gritton Touch Havens Pass. Mo-tien-ling, 1904. Geoffrey Kearns Campaign maps. An alternative to the hexagon. Richard Brooks The Hitchhiker's guide to wargames design. Peler P.H.Healh Wagram. A relight in l/300th scale. Ian weekly The Great
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Paul Carson looks at 'Antietam: An ACW wargame refight.' Roy Gunson rasps is marlin spike {l) and prepares for 'Cutting out the Chevretre.' A Napoleonic naval small action. Mike Haris considers 'Politics of campaigning.' Paul Carson (again!) and the Staines Wargamers offer a Zulu War scenario: 'Death or Dishonour.' Veteran wargamer Peter Gilder (was
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In the March 2021 issue of Wargames Illustrated magazine (Wi399) Nick Eyre of North Star Military Figures takes us on a tour of his 28mm American Civil War figure collection, based on the battle of First Bull Run – the opening encounter in the war. Below you will find some spins
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Order a print copy of this magazine here! Editorial: A smorgasbord of delights! Why would you pick a theme for the magazine when you can include 15 different articles drawn from the whole of human history and across the whole broad wargaming spectrum? Well, because it gives direction to the magazine, focus
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Order a print copy of this magazine (with free frames) here! Prime members can claim a free frame of Greek Hoplites here! Editorial: I sincerely hope that your monthly copy of Wargames Illustrated magazine whisks you away from the stresses and strains of a Coronavirus ravaged world and into your miniature ‘happy place’ for
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We are beginning a new Prime feature this week - exclusive to our Prime members we will be sharing an advanced preview of an article from the upcoming issue of Wargames Illustrated magazine. If you don't want any spoilers and would rather have the whole next issue as a fresh,
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FREE WARLORD GAMES EPIC AMERICAN CIVIL WAR FIGURES AND BASES WITH THIS ISSUE Order a print copy of this magazine (with free frames) here! HAPPY NEW YEAR! God knows we all deserve a happy new year after the trials and tribulations of the one just gone, which will be remembered infamously for the rest
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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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