Editor Dan embarks on a brave new journey of discovery, involving cardboard and clips. If you’re a 50+ wargamer like myself, you can possibly remember your first model house building project. Perhaps it was something constructed in the 1970s using balsa wood and a toxic (now banned) glue, or maybe the
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Mortem et Gloriam’s 15mm Hundred Years' War French Army starter pack delivers on its promise. It provides all you need to build a nicely balanced French army from the middle period of the Hundred Years' War. The figures are nicely proportioned and crisply cast with very little flash. They are compatible
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Born out of a love for the period and a desire to game the larger battles of the Baronial Wars of 13th Century England, this latest release of 10mm medieval Knights, Militia and Archers follows a couple of successful Kickstarter campaigns and sees a move away from just Kickstarting their
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Having trouble viewing the 3D magazine? View and download the magazine instead. Order a print copy of this magazine in our store! Editorial: This month we are going micro mini with our theme, that doesn’t mean we are going “all 2mm” on you, but rather our ‘Billhooks Redux’ theme consists of just two articles.
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Triguard Miniatures are a New Zealand based company producing 40mm miniatures covering the American War of Independence, Medieval Europe, and the French Indian War, the latter of which we're examining. Triguard's French Indian War range is quite extensive and worth taking a look at if you are considering playing out skirmish
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Studio Miniatures have added a large number of 28mm Monty Python and the Holy Grail models to their Medieval Mayhem range of late. We're looking at just a few of them. MM03-Sir Bors & Squire The first minis under our movie microscope is the double pack of Sir Bors and his squire.
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As the co-founder and the first Grand Master of the Knights Templar, Hugues de Payens along with Bernard of Clairvaux created the Latin Rule, the code of behavior for the infamous Order. If you want to learn more about de Payens and his mission worldwide, make sure you check out Wi400.
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In the March 2021 issue of Wargames Illustrated magazine (Wi399) readers were treated to a great read about the use of heraldry on medieval figures and some great photos of figures. We're sure most readers were thinking “wouldn’t it be great if I could see these figures from all angles”, well hey presto!
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Order a print copy of this magazine here! Editorial: A smorgasbord of delights! Why would you pick a theme for the magazine when you can include 15 different articles drawn from the whole of human history and across the whole broad wargaming spectrum? Well, because it gives direction to the magazine, focus
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Order a print copy of this magazine (with free frames) here! Prime members can claim a free frame of Greek Hoplites here! Editorial: I sincerely hope that your monthly copy of Wargames Illustrated magazine whisks you away from the stresses and strains of a Coronavirus ravaged world and into your miniature ‘happy place’ for
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The Barons’ War is a new rulebook written by Andy Hobday and published by Warhost. https://youtu.be/sn4DKfQRGGo The text below is a transcript of the video, for those who prefer to read rather than watch. In build, it’s almost pocket sized (if you’ve got large pockets) and tightly bound with a softback cover. This
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Mention monks to Wargames Illustrated’s first Editor Duncan and he’ll tell you “there’s no more versatile a mini to put in your collection!” Well, we’ve paraphrased that. What he’ll actually do is eruditely extol the virtues of them, over the course of several pints, until any counter-debate you might throw his
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Sounding a bit like a 90s death metal band; Kromlech of Warszawa, Poland produce the ‘Official Terrain Series’ for Osprey’s fantasy skirmish game Frostgrave. They currently have a dozen suitably gloomy looking buildings in their MDF range and have recently added a few sets of resin scatter terrain. If you like
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Doing interviews, writing features, editing and laying out contributions, taking photos, discussing themes, working out Giants in Miniature releases - Wargames Illustrated work keeps us busy! It also means that we get a lot of stuff done that we then have to keep secret for a long time - months,
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We're asking you to place your votes on the Wargames Illustrated Awards 2020 - a chance to reward the fantastic folks in the wargames industry after their work through a challenging and unusual year. The final category is The Best Wargames Illustrated Article of 2020. Editor Dan and Project Manager James
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3,000 years is a long time! Any book trying to map the armies and warfare of such a wide period is showing a level of boldness that is to be admired. That's what this Dadi & Piombo published book attempts to do in this softcover, spiral bound, 66 pages expansion
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We’re taking a look at a new Lion Rampant book, in the instantly recognisable blue gaming book cover of Osprey Games … wait … no … What devilry is this red cover? … and from the University of Edinburgh? Have we entered another reality? Has 2020 decided to throw a
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Fresh from Winterdyne’s 3D printers are a varied collection of 28mm accessories, to add detail to any 1890s to 1940s (with perhaps a little further wiggle room if you’re so inclined) games, dioramas or bases. We took our first look at Winterdyne’s 3D printed terrain last week with a 15mm Medieval
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Something a bit different here - a highly detailed 15mm Medieval Home from Winterdyne Commission Modeling - part of their 3D printed scenery range. That's right, we're living in the future, folks! This model has been 'grown' from scratch on the print bed of a 3D printer, layer-by-layer, piece-by-piece, to create
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For those of you who are still resisting the temptation to refight some Wars of the Roses action using your free Never Mind the Billhooks rules from last month’s magazine, you will hopefully be further tempted by a ‘Billhooks’ scenario which nestles amongst this month’s ‘Last Battles’ theme. The Battle of
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It’s not often we unbox boardgames here on Wargames Illustrated TV, but we are going to take a look at Britannia by Plastic Soldier Company for two reasons: 1). it’s by PSC who are in the main and Wargames company. 2). It’s really, really good, oh and it’s about war. https://youtu.be/u2hi4gONK8c Below
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Regular Wargames Illustrated ‘How To …’er Paul Davies has a terrain building guide that is exclusive to you, our lovely Prime subscribers. This great article covers his build of a medieval bridge and quayside in 12mm with visually stunning end results. The techniques used (and templates that are also available
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Four years on from its original release, Gripping Beast bring us Swordpoint Second Edition, a softcover, 56-page, full-colour revision of their 28mm large scale ancient and medieval battle game. https://youtu.be/01QbbB8z_p8 The below text is a transcript of the video, for those who prefer to read rather than to listen. The book starts with
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EDITORIAL Following several months delay caused by Coronavirus, it is with great pride that we present our free ruleset, Never Mind the Billhooks with this issue of Wargames Illustrated magazine. A fast-paced small battle/large skirmish game, ‘Billhooks’ first came to my attention when friends of the magazine Andy Callan (who first wrote
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Never Mind the Billhooks is a forthcoming set of wargames rules for fighting fun small battles during the Wars of the Roses. Ahead of next week’s WiPrime release of Billhooks (which in turn is ahead of the printed release at the end of the month!) we’re giving you the change to
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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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Lurkio Figures are a new-ish 15mm manufacture fronted by the author of popular ancients rules; Mortem et Gloriam (MeG). Unsurprisingly Lurkio produce a range of figures for the ancient period, although they do also have Nine Years War and Victorian Sci-fi miniatures in their catalogue. Recently released and received for review
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Mortem et Gloriam (MeG) is an increasingly popular set of wargames rules which aims to cover the ancient period from Biblical times through to late medieval. Author, Simon Hall, was a big fan of the various iterations of the DBM rules and was involved in writing their successor, Field of
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We've pulled this video from the archives for your viewing pleasure. Guest contributor Arthur Wells-Lee provides us with a Napoleonic variant of Osprey’s Lion Rampant rules, followed by WI Editor Dan’s exploration, (courtesy of the Perrys) as to whether it actually works! This video and photographs originally accompanied an article published in
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BITE-SIZE BANTER We’re back with more of your lockdown observations, tips, projects and general Bite-size banter. Let’s take a look at what your fellow wargamers have been up to over the last week ... WARGAMING IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS For this week’s WittoC we are joined by Rich Clarke of Too Fat
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