It's always a treat to delve into the fantasy worlds of Games Workshop and, with the release of their new Warcry boxed game on the horizon, we decided to delve deep into the Catacombs. In part one of this two part series we look at the new warbands and their abilities.
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Making for a pleasant break from the library of gaming books, modelling, and painting guides we flip our way through, we’re settling into a comfy chair and turning the pages of an art book. This is a chunky, weighty, hardback tome, published by Osprey Games, and showcases the huge amount
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EDITORIAL As we take further steps out of lockdown and head towards a re-opening of gaming clubs and stores (at time of going to print at least), I thought you might be interested to hear how the wargames industry coped during the pandemic. So in this issue I have contributed 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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Hello, hello what’s all this? No bagged magazine this month? No plastic frame of figures? Decals instead! If you are missing your free plastic figure fix please turn to the news on page 4 to be reassured you will be getting another hit before too long. In the meantime, why
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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 FROM THE EDITOR The dust has now settled on Salute 2019, certainly the biggest wargames show of the year for the WI team. All of our staff attend, hundreds of Salute goers subscribe to the magazine and we run the world’s largest participation game at any show (see
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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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FROM THE EDITOR This month we commemorate one hundred years since the end of World War One, perhaps the most poignant time for those alive now to reflect on the loss of life during a previous generation. This November also hosts another commemoration or more correctly celebration in the form of
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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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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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When we wargamers aren’t giving our generic generals ‘hilarious’ made up names like Major Lee Small or General E. Speaking, we like nothing better than gaming with the big guns of military history, and in this issue of WI we provide the opportunity to do just that with some of
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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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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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OBSERVATION POST Our latest look at what’s new and upcoming in the world of wargaming, with a special focus on ‘new stuff’ showcased at Crisis 2017. THEME: HOLLYWOOD HISTORY AND ‘HISTORY’ HISTORY Howard Whitehouse frameworks our theme with some thoughts on his own movie career, whether ‘straight’ history makes for good games and
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OBSERVATION POST Our latest look at what’s new and upcoming in the world of wargaming. THEME: A LITTLE GATLING MUSIC Mike Bradford discusses the history of this iconic early machine gun and how it may be used during tabletop encounters. RULES SHOWCASE: FROSTGRAVE – GHOST ARCHIPELAGO We venture forth on an adventure to the Lost
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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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OBSERVATION POST Spoilt for choice, we take a look at a selection of the myriad of products that are new or upcoming. THEME: GUNS, GALS AND GREEN GRIPPING HANDS Just what is pulp and where can we leap upon this careering mine wagon of a genre? Howard Whitehouse steps into the limelight to
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OBSERVATION POST New and upcoming releases in the wargames world. THEME: THE DUNKIRK RACES Our introduction to this month’s theme, with a focus on the forces involved. BROKEN LEGIONS: THE CTHULHU CAMPAIGNS Exclusive content from Mark Latham which blends his Broken Legions rules with another of his offerings from Osprey. THEME: BATTLE ON THE ESCAUT: KEEPING
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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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OBSERVATION POST Our latest look at new and forthcoming products, including our ‘Spotted at…’ show feature, which this time looks at items from the Tactica show in Hamburg. THEME: SAMURAI Jonas Svensson of Mura Miniatures introduces us to this month’s theme, telling us what we need to know about gaming with Samurai. TRAVELBATTLE The
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OBSERVATION POST OP is a new regular monthly feature in which Henry Hyde (with a little help from his friends) takes a look at what’s new and impending in the wargaming world. THEME: ROMAN CONQUEST OF BRITANNIA We begin our theme content with a classic(al) example of the art of colonialism, the Romanisation
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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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Imperial Playground In our lead article for this month’s theme, Stuart Asquith takes us on a journey into the history behind this fascinating and unique gaming genre: The Back of Beyond. The Last Battle of the Tank The Battlefront Studio Team play out one of the dramatic encounters from Harold Coyle’s novel Team
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Lions and Leopards Medieval Chris Brown Scotland, England and the Wars of Independence 1296 - 1342. The Irish Guards at Vieux-Berquin WW1, WWI, World War One Chris Peers A First World War scenario inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s book - The Irish Guards in the Great War. Modelling Olympus Modelling Herb Gundt Herb talks us through a modelling project he has been
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How to Invade a Small Aegean Island Mike Tittensor Mike returned from his summer holiday on the Greek island of Leros with not just sun burn and ouzo but also gaming ideas for the 1943 German invasion of the island. Sudan at Warfare Paul Darnell The Touching History model master takes us on a tour
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Napoleonic Warmaster - Part 2 Napoleonic Sam Peters Converting Warhammer Historical’s Warmaster rules for the Napoleonic period. The Wagstaff Mission - Part 2 Richard Tyndall The British interventions in Northern Persia, the Caucasus and Southern Russia in the last year of World War One. This month we look at gaming the mission. The Perrys at Partizan Phil Hendry
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The Wagstaff Mission Richard Tyndall The British interventions in Nothern Persia, the Caucasus and Southern Russia in the last year of World War One. The Italian Invasion 568 – 575 Paul Leach Exploring the background and wargaming opportunities for the early Lombards in Italy. Napoleonic Warmaster Sam Peters Converting Warhammer Historical’s Warmaster rules for the Napoleonic period; part
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Until the Last Man Christian Bray We take a guided tour around the ‘Until the Last Man’ demo game presented by Les Chemins de Feu Club of Belgium. Parker’s Crossing - Battle of the Bulge Mark Davis and Glopp Loris A 'Battlefront: WWII' Scenario based around the events at Baraque de Fraiture during the Battle
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