Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! As we were putting the finishing touches to this issue of Wargames Illustrated we received the sad news of Bryan Ansell’s death. Bryan was a titan of the tabletop miniatures world, initially forming Asgard, then Citadel Miniatures in the 1970s.
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Hurray for free stuff! And here’s some of it right now with your latest issue of Wargames Illustrated magazine. The Scottish Covenanters played a key role in the English Civil Wars, and now their 15mm(ish) plastic decedents can do the
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! The ‘best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men, gang aft agley’, as Rabbie Burns would have said if he had planned to include a free rules supplement in a wargames magazine and then several things conspired against him at the last
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Well, it finally got us! After holding out for over two years WiHQ was finally awash with the Coronavirus in March, with five out of six office staff scumming to various levels of infection. Production of this venerable organ, and
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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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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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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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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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OBSERVATION POST Once again our all-seeing eye is cast upon the wealth of products coming the gamer’s way in the next few months, with some selected items that we think you’ll like. THEME: WHERE OTHERS FEAR TO TREAD Our lead article discusses the nature of elite troops and muses upon how they can
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THEME: STRIKE FAST, STRIKE HARD, GET OUT! An introduction to our theme, exploring the role of raids in history and looking at featuring these actions on the tabletop. THE SCALE OF THE GAME Some ideas on expanding the gaming possibilities of a number of Flames Of War related products. THEME: WOLF OF THE SEA Dash,
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Wars that Never Were Gary Mitchell explains the concept behind this month’s theme and provides his top suggestions for ‘Wars that Never Were’. Ice cold in Berlin In connection with their latest ruleset Team Yankee, Battlefront provide us with an account of Cold War operations in Germany by ex-British Intelligence Operative and
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Theme: The Essence of Wargaming? In our lead article for this month’s theme, we discuss the world of ‘What if…?’ and how it relates to the hobby as a whole. In search for Blitzkrieg A look at World War I tank tactics and how to create an army list using Great War rules
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Whoops! Post Apocalypse! In our lead article for this month’s theme, Rich Chappell outlines the benefits and opportunities provided to those willing to enter the Wasteland Germany’s Doom! Soviet forces in Berlin Berlin is the last of Flames Of War’s current series of late war intelligence handbooks. It focuses on the Soviet
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Civil Wars In our lead article for this month’s theme, Neil Smith provides a definition of what a ‘civil war’ actually is and presents examples that could be translated into tabletop action. Endgame on the Elbe Mike Haught provides a preview of some of the new Flames Of War digital content for Nachtjäger
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Take the High Ground In this month’s lead article, Pete Brown presents some thoughts on using hills in our gaming, and how they should/could fi t into any set of rules. The road to El Arish Another insight into the new Fate Of A Nation intelligence briefing for Flames Of War, the Battlefront
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The Battle of Smolensk An Early War Battle Report from Wayne Turner and Casey Davies of the Battlefront Design Team. These are dark days for the Soviet Union as the seemingly unstoppable forces of the Third Reich push ever deeper into the Motherland. “With the Black Flags Hanging over US” Author of
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Battles in Literature: Wargaming as Inspiration Simon Scarrow, author of the bestselling Eagle Series, tells us how wargaming has influenced his storytelling. The Boyne Avenged Barry Hilton provides us with a wealth of Williamite ‘What if’s’, in this follow up to last month’s Ireland’s Bloodiest Day article. Render unto Caesar A scenario based upon the
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And now for Something Completely Different Roger Gerrish provides a primer for the world of Pulp gaming across a range of genres, so don your favourite headgear and gather your equipment as we invite you to embark on a journey into new realms of action and adventure! The Battle for the
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Hell’s Crossroads To celebrate the release of the new Flames Of War Bridge at Remagen Intelligence Handbook, the guys from the Battlefront Studio report on a US and German armoured forces clash in the Ruhr. The Rolling Hills of Arklow The Master Builder behind the Wargames Illustrated 2014 show table - Nick
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A PROPER GAME OF THRONES We begin this month’s theme content with the last battle of the Wars of the Roses. York and Lancaster clash in the green fields of Nottinghamshire, and on the tabletops of the Abingdon Wargames Club, as they refight this medieval slugfest, with the Yorkists attempting to
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Legion Versus Phalanx We kick off this month’s theme content with an introduction to the concept of legion and phalanx warfare. Rules writer Simon MacDowall places both legion and phalanx in their historical context for us, and outlines the challenges of representing them accurately on the tabletop. The Battle of Raymond Don
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Rebels Abandon Vicksburg! Our War Correspondent Paul Leach sets the scene for our theme articles on the fall of the “Gibraltar of the Confederacy” with his overview of the events that led to the vital hammer blow in the West. How the West was Lost Over a decade ago, ACW aficionado Bill Moreno
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Godwine’s Great Gamble Our multi-period theme content begins in the Dark Ages with some Saxon-on-Saxon longship raiding, pillaging and burning action, from the pen (or rather keyboard) of Early Medieval expert Dr. Ryan Lavelle. Welcome to the world of Dust In an alternative 1940s reality, alien technology fuels gigantic machines of war
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Divide and Conquer In this, the first of two theme articles for this month, Mike Haught discusses the theory behind ‘divide and conquer’, then brings the theory to the wargames table in the form of battles set in the “pockets” resulting from the practice, with a focus on pocket battles in
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Wargaming the War of Spanish Succession This month’s theme author Simon MacDowall begins our journey into the War of Spanish Succession with this guide to everything you need to start gaming WoSS. Outfitting: ACW Command We continue our “Outfitting” series with the fourth instalment from Don Effinger & Mike Evans. This time
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Last post for the Toy Soldier General Close friends of Don Featherstone, Chris Scott and Duke Siefried, pay tribute to the Godfather of Wargaming, who sadly passed away in September. Ah, Les Brave Gens Franco-Prussian War advocate Gerard Miller introduces us the this month’s theme and tells us a little about FPW weapons,
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The Six-Day War Our theme content kicks off with your handy guide to the Six-Day War, arming you with background information to get you swiftly into the period. Outfitting: Confederate Infantry Don Effinger and Mike Evans return to continue their look at the uniforms and equipment of the American Civil War. This
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Winning hearts & minds Regular contributor Neil Smith takes us on a journey from Boston in 1775 to Philadelphia in 1777, tracing the steps of two armies at odds with each other in many ways. This sets the scene for our other theme articles. Roadblocks The Roadblock mission was one of those
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The Devil’s Den One hundred and fifty years after the events that took place near a small town in Pennsylvania turned Gettysburg into one of the most famous battlefields in the world, we refight a section of that battle; theFight for the Devil’s Den. Games designer (Foundry’s Bull Run to
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