Ambushes are a common military operation which don’t translate well to our tabletop battles. Declaring that you are playing an ‘ambush scenario’ to your opponent has the instant effect of ruining that key element of an ambush – the surprise With this month’s theme ‘Ambush – taken by Surprise’ we present
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Helion and Company continues to work with Peter Dennis and Andy Callan to bring more ‘paper soldiers’ to the marketplace. Two of the latest books are Castle Assault, which covers sieges and battles from the age of Edward I to the Battle of Bannockburn, and Jacobite ’45, covering the period
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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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Antidiluvian Miniatures produce figures themed around the Lost World, Fantasy, Medieval Demons and Historical. Received for review were figure packs from the first two ranges, all fairly unique. The Lost World figure is an example of a Terror Bird, or Phorusrhacids, the large, flightless, carnivorous birds which roamed South America and
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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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The theme of the current issue (WI361, November) of Wargames Illustrated is - The Cavalry. We present five articles on cavalry in battle and on the tabletop and on the painting table. We’ve got cav at Waterloo, in the First and Second World Wars, across America and in medieval Europe. https://youtu.be/dxfwu2TIslU
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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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Who doesn’t love a good cavalry change? Whether it’s pounding the earth with your Scots Greys as they charge forward in a Black Powder Waterloo game, sweeping around the flank with your Seleucid cataphracts in Swordpoint, or performing a reverse twist and musket discharge whilst standing on the back of
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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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Conquest Games have an increasingly useful range of plastic and metal miniatures. Alongside generic warriors on foot and mounted, there are heroes or outlaws who hide in the forests themselves. The most recent impeding release are Medieval Knights, plastic multipose figures and their mounts who can be assembled using a number
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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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Fireforge Games produce some characterful plastic knights, with both foot and mounted sets for Templar and Teutonic themed forces. They’ve now added some resin shields for some of the different Orders to enable gamers to directly link their troops to a particular faction. The different shields and the related factions may
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The Mongol Art of War Timothy May Pen and Sword Military, 2007 reprinted 2017 Reviewed by Dom Sore The Art of War conjures up many things when you see or hear the phrase and can have more than one meaning. In The Mongol Art of War Timothy May examines the Mongol war machine as
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Gripping Beast continue to expand their range for the SAGA Dark Age and Crescent and Cross skirmish games. Their latest offerings are more Priests, Pagan, Celtic Christian and Christian. Interestingly, these are all mounted on horses, enabling them to move more quickly across the battlefield and accompany mounted troops into
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Eureka Miniatures of Australia, plus the US offshoot, have an ever-expanding number of ranges which cover pre-history all the way down to the modern day, via fantasy, steampunk and science fiction. We picked out a number of the most recent packs to show the breadth of what they have on
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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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Due to be released in April of this year, these upcoming plastic miniatures represent something fairly unique, medieval era Scandinavian Infantry suitable to represent a number of different nations. Some of the heads on the sprue give clues to the heritage of these miniatures, as does aspects of the weaponry and
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This article also appears in the February issue of Wargames Illustrated In October 2016 The First Annual Walter Scott Roundtable on the Middle Ages and Popular Culture: Gaming With History was held in Edinburgh, Scotland. We asked the organizer Professor Gianluca Raccagni to tell us what the event was all about,
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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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https://youtu.be/pj4dN0ZW1vs Note: The text below is the transcript of our unboxing video (for those who would rather read than listen). We’ve had a whole bundle of releases sent our way from Partizan Press, ranging from how to design skirmish wargames to the 2017 annual. So, without further ado, let’s dive into the
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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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Fireforge Games continue to expand on their already impressive range of medieval plastics with this latest set of 24 models - ‘Medieval Arches’. Each sprue contains enough bodies and arms to make eight soldiers, with 13 different heads to choose from, so you can pick and choose what heads to use/keep
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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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https://youtu.be/oPZ3gXPC6n0 (Note: The text below is the transcript of our Flipthrough video (for those who would rather read than listen). This latest offering from Osprey Wargames is written by Dan Mersey and Michael Leck. Firmly in the mold of Dan Mersey’s previous Osprey rules - Lion Rampant - the action has moved from
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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: BEFORE THEY WERE FAMOUS Our lead article considers the draw of using future ‘big names’ in our games and how we can aim to replicate their developing skills on the tabletop. HORSE AND MUSKET BLITZKRIEG Horse and Musket The first of a three part series on the Great Northern War. Barry Hilton presents
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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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Free Figures! A look at this year’s give-away show figures from Wargames Illustrated (one of which is seen down there on the left!) Waterloo Obsession In our lead article for this month’s theme, Gary Kitching discusses how he, along with many other wargamers, became obsessed with ‘The Battle’. The Reich’s Last Stand The Battlefront
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