A bonus for WiPrime Members: take a trip back in time to download and read Andy Callan's 1987 AWI Loose Files and American Scramble ruleset. Download the full PDF. [pdf-embedder url="https://ed025442.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Loose-Files-and-American-Scramble-Ruleset.pdf" title="Loose Files and American Scramble Ruleset"]
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There’s much excitement in the Wi world as we bring together our next issue and prepare to send it to be printed. Sometimes this is a last-minute scramble with new articles or products sneaking in but this issue’s theme - Revisited - means there’s not such an opportunity for newness. Various
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Take a tour through the Vault and read some classic Wi articles. The new year is now enough underway that we have to stop calling it the new year... instead, why not head into the Vault and focus on some of the stuff from old years instead? Wargames Illustrated Wi006 - February
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Buy this in Print There is something particularly evocative about warfare on the frontiers. It’s easy to conjure up images of fighting on the great plains or mountain passes on the fringes of empire. In this issue of Wargames Illustrated we explore some of the wargaming potential offered by Frontier Wars,
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Buy this in Print We do hope you are enjoying your free plastic frames every month, this offer is set to continue throughout 2019 (and hopefully beyond). This month’s offering is quite special, the Crimean War Russians bagged with this issue have only just been released by Warlord Games, so this
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FROM THE EDITOR I stand corrected, after chiding Richard Clarke of Too Fat Ladies for giving the characters in his games “silly names”, Rich rebuked with a well reasoned and constructed article on why it’s never a bad idea to give the heroes in your games monikers like Private Parts or
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Who doesn’t like campaign wargaming? What’s not to like about playing through a series of linked battles and adding in entertaining additional elements to your games, like logistics, character development and herding cats (i.e. your fellow wargamers!). In our theme for this issue we have asked Alan Perry (Perry Miniatures), Joe
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OBSERVATION POST We take a look at what’s new and upcoming in the world of wargaming. THEME: BIG MEN ON BIG HORSES One of our friendly neighbourhood Napoleonic era buffs takes a wargamer’s eye view of the heavy cavalry at Waterloo. THE FLOATING HULK Joe McCullough provides an exclusive solo scenario for use with his
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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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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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Sound the Retreat! In our lead article for this month’s theme, Neil Smith and Jim Graham discuss the finer points of gaming a retreat and provide some examples that would make great tabletop battles. Ori Orr’s Six Day War Phil Yates provides an account of Captain Ori Orr’s Palsar Seven, an Israeli
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Whatever Happened to 20mm Moderns? Having asked this question, Sub-Editor Wayne Bollands enlists the assistance of the LeicesterPhat Cats Gaming Club for a day of Modern gaming at WIHQ in a quest to answer it. The Soviet Barbarossa Surprise As a precursor to the upcoming release of Barbarossa, Wayne Turner 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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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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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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Third tour Battlefront games designer Phil Yates talks us through Tour Of Duty’s “escalation” from a Flames Of War side project to a fully-fledged game and a core part of Battlefront’s range Martinique, 1809 - the battle Following on from last month’s ‘set up’ article (WI305), we return to the Caribbean, and present
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Search and Destroy In our introductory section you will find the following articles: Search and Destroy - Refighting Battles in Vietnam with Flames of War, Tropic
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Rommel: The Rise of the Desert Fox WW2, WWII, World War Two Our theme this month is WWII Early War, and our focus point is General
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Crossing the Tennessee river ACW, American Civil War President Lincoln had said that “taking Chattanooga is as important as taking Richmond”, but the key to the
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The Battle of Ia Drang All the background you need to know for this month’s theme - The Battle of Ia Drang, Vietnam 1965. Introducing Lassalle Napoleonic Napoleonic gamers
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So much at stake AWI, American War of Independence The British strategy in the south and the end of the American Revolution. Setting the scene for our
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English Civil War Figure Painting Guide Pike and Shot Andrew Chesney Seeing as you have been given one for free, you may as well give it a nice
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Reveries Upon the Art of War Part Five Gaming Ian Wilson The fifth part in our series of articles which will form a complete rule set for Seven
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Reveries Upon the Art of War Part Four Ian Wilson The fourth part in our series of articles which will form a complete rule set for Seven
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The Sung Dynasty and Their Enemies - Part 1 Chris Peers A look at the Sung Dynasty Chinese, their conflicts and the enemies they faced. Woodland Longhouses Herb Gundt How to convert a Native American longhouse into a ‘council house’, and a ‘mission’. Indian Tribes of the Eastern Woodland Tim Greene Historical background and painting guide. Uncombined Operations - Part
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More Normans in Italy - Turning Point at Civitate Dark Age Paul Leach A second month of action for the Normans in Italy with a new scenario, Civitate 1053. Ascending Scales WW2, WWII, World War Two Barry Hilton A look at the array of scales in WWII wargaming. Uncombined Operations - Part 2 WW1, WWI, World War One Richard Wimpenny Second part
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Wargaming Korea Modern Rob Anderson The Korean War 1950 - 53, how to transfer the conflict onto the wargames table. The Normans in Italy - Part 1 Dark Age Paul Leach The first in a two part guide to wargaming the Anglo-Normans in Italy. Featuring; Monte Maggiore 1041, a Lombard revolt scenario. The Battle for the Pratzen Heights - Part
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The Hill of Axes Medieval Antony Clipsom Part 1 of The Battle of Knockdoe, 1504, last stand of the Galloglas. The Winter War - Finnish Army WW2, WWII, World War Two Guy Bowers First part of WAB army lists and background info to the Russian/ Finn war of 1939. This month: the Finns. La Vigié - France’s Bunker Hill AWI, American
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Incident at Hickenhacker’s Landing AWI, American War Of Independence Mike Blake 54mm Skirmish game set during The American War of Independence Take Care! Sah - Men Aiming Back of Beyond Phil Robinson 1920’s China Siege scenario Some Ideas for Choosing and Gaming 1914 Armies WW1, WWI, World War One Chris Peers Outlining the make up of the armies in the Great War WWII Platoon
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