Women at War in the Classical World Paul Chrystal Pen and Sword Military, 2017 Reviewed by Dom Sore The story of women at war is growing in visibility within society and our hobby. Previously they were treated as mere footnotes if at all, but this is thankfully changing though there is a still some
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The Roman Republic at War Don Taylor Pen & Sword, 2017 Reviewed by Neil Smith Don Taylor’s The Roman Republic at War takes readers on a cruise through Republican Roman military history with a focus on the plethora of battles fought as the precocious city-state emerged onto the world stage as a fully-fledged empire. Taylor
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OBSERVATION POST More products that have caught our eye, including our ‘Spotted at…’ show feature, connected to Salute this time and with items from other sources to boot. THEME: RICHARD THE LION-CUB How did Richard I become the king known as the Lionheart? Neil Smith and Dom Sore provide some history and a
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The theme for the upcoming issue of Wargames Illustrated (print and interactive issues will be with subscribers this week and in the shops soon), is Richard the Lionheart. As in previous years we’ve teamed up with the Society of Ancients for our July issue theme, with a focus on their Battleday
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Note: The text below is the transcript of our unboxing video (for those who would rather read than listen). Many of the new Bolt Action figure releases over the next few months will be themed around the Campaign: Sea Lion supplement. We visited Warlord Games and got our hands on as
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Today we take a look at an unusual set of miniatures, consisting of Don, Hill, Mr. P, Mr T and The Bern. The personalities serving for inspiration for these sculpts are fairly obvious but they are very nicely done, with some cross-pollination with the world of television as well. There
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Home to a large number of different ranges in both 1/72nd and 28mm, Schilling-Figuren is a company which offers pretty much something for everyone. We picked up one figure pack from their 1/72nd Ancient range at Tactica 2017, a group of Numidian Warriors from their Egyptian range. The pack consists of
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Having now hit over 10,000 Facebook ‘Likes’, we thought it was time to celebrate! So, our usual 'hitting another 1,00 likes' giveaway was split into five separate prizes and, as always, we decided to run a survey. Our topic this time was a recurring theme, that perennial question asked wherever
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It’s FREEBIE FRIDAY again with all Wargames Illustrated Prime members automatically entered into a prize draw to win this week’s stack of goodies. We’ve teamed up with Spiral Arm to give away a Maelstrom's Edge, Battle for Zycanthus Starter Set and Partizan Press to give away a collection of there latest
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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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Gripping Beast have released the first supplement for Swordpoint, their Ancient and Medieval Battles rules. It’s 64 pages of army lists covering the Dark Ages. Take a look at the picture of the content page below to see a list of the 50 different armies/nations covered in the book In keeping with
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The latest release from Victrix Limited is some Numidian Infantry. As always, these are up to the usual high standards one associates with Victrix plastics. This set enambles you to create 24 figures with separate heads and weapon options to allow you to choose to create light skirmishers or close order
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It’s FREEBIE FRIDAY again with all Wargames Illustrated Prime members automatically entered into a prize draw to win this week’s stack of goodies. We’ve teamed up with our friends at Warlord Games to give away a complete Konflikt ’47 British Army Starter Set (including 20 infantry figures, a Medium Walker plus
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The current issue of Wargames Illustrated (WI351) features army lists for both the Seleucids and Numidians for use in the new Gripping Beast Ancient rules Swordpoint. Although the Numdian list is correct, several errors were spotted in the Selucid list, so we have a made a corrected version of this
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The new Ancient and Medieval Mass Battle ruleset from Gripping Beast - Swordpoint - is now available as an iBook, and it's FREE to all WIPrime members and WI Interactive iPad subscribers! Apple don't make it easy for us to give you free stuff, so to get hold of your copy you need to first claim
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https://youtu.be/OgsabNWGbp8 Warlord Games have recently released their latest supplement for Hail Caesar, a softcover guide to the Age of Caesar, dealing with the arguably most prolific period of conquest in Roman Imperial history. Note: The text below is the transcript of our unboxing video (for those who would rather read than listen). Age
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These two new releases from Victrix Limited, Numidian Cavalry and Iberian Cavalry, are up to the usual high standards. Victrix was one of the first pioneers when it came to digitally designed plastic wargames miniatures, which shows in the continued improvement of the creation and moulding process. Both sets consist of
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Here's some shots of a few of our favourite games from last weekend's Warfare Show in Reading, England. Earlswood Wargames Club - The Attack on Foy Chain of Command rules. Figures by Warlord Games and Artizan Designs. Buildings by Sarrisa and scratch built. In World War II, Foy was heavily occupied by German forces
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https://youtu.be/l2L0U1erOsQ Note: The text below is the transcript of our Flipthrough video (for those who would rather read than listen). OK so let’s flip through the new ‘Big Battle’ rulebook from Gripping Beast - Swordpoint First off there are two important points to note 1) This game has nothing to do with SAGA, other
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(This content was originally available in the interactive version of WI348) Martin Gibbins, author of the new Swordpoint rules from Gripping Beast, took the time to talk to us about his aims with the book and some of the mechanics that allow for the gaming of large scale battles from Ancient
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THEME: THE BEATIFIED WARRIOR Medieval Probably the most famous female warrior in European history, Neil Smith looks at the wargaming opportunities for the campaigns of Joan of Arc. EIGHT VCS BEFORE BREAKFAST WW2 Inspired by last month’s theme Jim Graham provides us with an account and scenario for the 1918 Zeebrugge Raid. THEME: THE DREVLIAN SOLUTION Medieval Olga
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THEME: IF YOU CAN KEEP YOUR HEAD Neil Smith introduces our theme this month, using rules examples and moments from history to draw us into the world of the ‘blunder’. FIGURE SPOTLIGHT: WARLORD GAMES PLASTIC FALLSCHIRMJÄGER Phil Lewis looks at creating 28mm German Paratroopers for a range of different theatres. THEME: MAKING A GAME
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THEME: VENI, VIDI, VICI Veteran wargamer, rules writer and self confessed Caesarian Simon MacDowall introduces us to this month’s theme - Wargaming with Julius Caesar. RULES SHOWCASE: THE CHICAGO WAY We take up our ‘Chicago Typewriters’ and try to bring law to the lawless during the Prohibition era of 1920s America. THEME: WARGAMING PHARSALUS
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The Armies and Battles of Alexander the Great Ask almost anyone to name the greatest generals of all time and it is fairly reasonable to assume that Alexander the Great’s name will be near the top of their list. Simon MacDowell kicks off this month’s Alexander four article theme with this
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Toy Soldiers of Fortune In our lead article for this month’s theme, Pete Brown charts the growth of mercenary units and provides some gaming advice. Up country Mike Haught presents a guide to the Brown Water Navy of the Vietnam War - the focus of the latest releases for Flames Of War. I’m a
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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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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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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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Origins of the Huns We begin our theme content with a look at exactly who the Huns were, where they came from, and the mark they left on military history and wargaming. Japanese! I have a few ideas for those Flames Of War writer Wayne Turner presents some thoughts on using the
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