I always get a bit nervy when our theme content doesn’t include the wargaming ‘big three’ of Ancients, Napoleonics and World War Two, and in truth we could have crowbarred articles on all of these subjects into our ‘Bush Wars’ theme, but we decided to embrace the eclectic in the
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Watchful I Studios and Ainsty Castings have formed a partnership, with the latter acting as the European manufacturer and distributor for the US-based company. Shown here are a number of painted examples from the Ancient Chinese range, a trademark part of what Watchful I produces, with more planned in the future. Offering
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A Wargamer’s Guide to the Early Roman Empire Daniel Mersey Daniel Mersey Reviewed by Neil Smith Dan Mersey should require no introduction to historical wargamers: he is an award winning rules writer and his articles have graced the pages of many a wargaming magazine. So when Mersey produces A Wargamer’s Guide to the Early
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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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We have a bonus eight pages again for you this month. Our article submissions are on a real roll at the moment and as the print deadline for each magazine looms nearer we are struggling to fit all the articles we have into the magazine. Having said that, always bear
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Available from Watchful I Studios and Ainsty Castings, these Ancient Chinese Warriors are designed to serve as any one of the factions associated with the Warring States era, a time of great turmoil in Chinese history. The first pack sent to us for review is 5 figures from the Light Archers
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The Salute Wargames Show is the biggest in the world and with attendees numbering over 9,000 it has become an annual launchpad for new product releases for several of the companies that attend. Wargames Illustrated reporters spent the day stalking the hall at Excel in London A) taking photographs and reporting
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The theme for this issue is End of Empire and we have seven articles which relate to this very board topic. We begin by dealing with wargaming the collapse of Bronze Age civilizations around the Mediterranean and head all the way through to the French Indo-China War in 1954, with
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tssAOTqVJxk&t OBSERVATION POST Our latest look at what’s new and upcoming in the world of wargaming. THEME: AMBUSH! Pete Brown shares some ideas for replicating the military art of ambush in our tabletop battles. SAGA 2 – ITERATION OR NEW GAME? Dom Sore takes a close look at the new rulebook and discusses what’s changed or
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OBSERVATION POST Our latest look at what’s new and upcoming in the world of wargaming. THEME: ALL THE HEROES Neil Smith introduces us to this month’s theme with a brief introduction to the history of battle honours. THE WARGAMES ILLUSTRATED AWARDS We present our inaugural annual awards to the companies and individuals who you voted
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Aventine Miniatures have a number of ranges for the Ancient period, from Republican to Late Romans, Greeks and many more. Some of their most recent releases are for their Succession Wars range. We’ve picked out just two packs that illustrate the fantastic quality of these miniatures. SUC04 consists of four thorakitai
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It’s the best bit in the movie, right? The Scots Greys charging to glory across miles of Ukranian steppe at breakneck speed. They float through a hypnotic slo-mo sequence before slamming into the French guns. Rod Bonaparte utters the wonderfully banal “..but I’ll match them with my lancers!” and Michael
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Great Escape Games continue to offer some of the most ‘cinematic’ heroes for the Wild and Weird West genres. Two of the latest offerings are designed for use with their core Wild West game and its offshoot, the Curse of Dead Man’s Hand . The first set consists of seven miniatures
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Partizan Press have partnered with Slitherine to produce a new edition of the Field of Glory rules, the 3rd in the series, with Terry Shaw taking over on writing duties from the earlier authors. Popular with tournament players, this new version has some minor changes that may have a major
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Victrix Ltd. continues to release some of the best plastic miniatures on the market. The current focus is upon forces from the Ancient world, with this addition to their Roman range being just one aspect of their range. Following the success of their Early Imperial Roman Legionaries, they have added the
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Following on from an article published in the August issue of Wargames Illustrated, we are providing you with Part Two of Mark Latham’s guide (and exclusive new rules) for The Cthulhu Campaigns: Ancient Rome (and beyond!) as a free download from the WI website. Broken Legions - The Cthulhu Campaigns
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Victrix has built its reputation on high quality plastic miniatures, first for the Napoleonic period and then branching out into Ancients. Its Warriors of Antiquity range contains a host of useful, multipose plastic figures and continues to grow. Their latest offering are these Macedonian Greek Successor Heavy Cavalry, which come with
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Newline Designs is one of those companies that have been around for a long time but has a great deal to offer the wargamer. With so many ranges, from Ancients to the Colonial, via Fantasy and a few Moderns, in figure sizes from 10mm up to 28mm, it’s hard to
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Steve Barber Models have released one of their latest aspects of their Ancients range in the form of a number of packs of Goths, those dreaded adversaries of Rome, amongst others. The pack received for review consists of five miniatures, although one of them is best described as in an ‘inactive’
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OBSERVATION POST Our latest look at what’s new and upcoming in the world of wargaming. THEME: YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION Mitch Reed takes a look at the opportunities for tabletop gaming in a time of Revolution. To the barricades! RULES SHOWCASE: BLOOD RED SKIES We met up with rules writing ace Andy Chambers
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The latest issue of wargames Illustrated is available now. Here’s what Wayne Bollands has to say in his editorial. The world of pulp encompasses so many different genres that it is hard to define. Gangsters, guns and gals, tough gumshoes on a case, spy stories, heroes versus villains in the Old West, two-fisted
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Curteys Miniatures are always adding to their ranges and have some new offerings in the Arthurian / Dark Age and Medieval ranges that may be of use. The Arthurian period is supported by some personalities on horseback. We have a two figure pack representing King Arthur and a standard bearer with
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As the latest ‘Nickstarter’ from North Star and Osprey Games continues to be sent out, we managed to get hold of sample figures from across the range. Here are two miniatures from each of the six main factions for the more supernatural element of the rules system, which cover both the
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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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