The latest in a series of books, A Wargamer’s Guide to Making Tabletop Terrain: Tales of a Wargames Widow Vol. 2 may not be a title which slips off the tongue but functions as a useful guide for gamers. An 85-page softback book, each section outlines the process and materials
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In the great pantheon of gaming rules, it is inevitable that we’ll miss out on a few. However, Fistful of Lead by Wiley Games looks like one of those we should learn about and share. Starting life as a set of gunfight rules for the Old West about 18 years
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Attila the Hun: Arch Enemy of Rome Ian Hughes Pen & Sword Military, 2019 Reviewed by Matthew Hardwick Even today Attila the Hun occupies a unique place in the minds of modern Europeans. It is not Alaric the Goth, who actually sacked Rome, who is used as a synonym for barbarian hordes, or as
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Offensive Miniatures have a fantastic Near Future range that has been out for a while but is well worth a second look. The Rioters, Protesters and Police miniatures are pretty much the best on the market for those looking to add something extra to their tabletop. With such a wide selection
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In WI378, April 2019 we included an article in Wargames Illustrated in which regular contributor Pete Brown mused on the thorny issue of ‘taking offensive’ in our hobby. Incase you didn’t buy the magazine and see it (at which we take offence!) you will find the said article here. In WI379,
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Images of War – M1 Abrams Michael Green Pen and Sword Military 2019 Reviewed by Phillip Herbert This new offering from Pen & Swords excellent Images of War series of books focus’ on one of the most iconic main battle tanks of the last forty years the M1 Abrams. The book follows the same format
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Funky Skull Games have added more miniatures to their Street Wars NYC rules and background. After another successful Kickstarter campaign, The Mollies Gang is now available for sale. The Street Wars NYC background takes a partially fictionalised slice of life on the tough streets of 1970’s New York City. The city
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Bombshell Miniatures ran a successful Kickstarter campaign to re-launch their Counterblast pulp sci-fi rules in a second, enhanced edition. This 194-page, hardback book is packed with rules, background information and great artwork that not only re-introduces the game universe but does so with some style. https://youtu.be/QtChqv25Lwg The book begins with a useful
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The 1967 Aden Emergency was one of those ‘End of Empire’ wars in which many British troops served but is now largely overlooked. However, Eureka Miniatures have a range of figures for both sides in the conflict, and very nice they are too. The two packs we have for review represent
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German Destroyers Robert Brown Pen & Sword, 2019 Reviewed by Neil Smith It must be annoying when the pretty girls get all the attention. I am talking about battleships and aircraft carriers, of course, but it is the destroyers that seem to do all the work so that the sisters can go to the
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Osprey Games’ latest game is Ragnarok, which plunges players into a universe of Heavy Metal Combat In The Viking Age. This 208-page, hardback book provides rules to run a War Clan in a Viking era ‘End Times’, with the quest for godhood being the ultimate goal. This is also the
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Clash of Spears is a 101-page hardback book which contains rules for running skirmish battles with an ancient era focus. It is a self-published set of rules, that is not only very professionally produced but is also very ‘gamer friendly’. https://youtu.be/xN2bilWFizI The book begins with a useful introduction to the aims of
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Armies of the Late Roman Empire – AD 284-476 Gabriele Esposito Pen and Sword Military 2018 Reviewed by Bernd Biege Every once in a while a book comes along where I go “Wow!” – this is one of them. Mainly because of the splendid illustrations, scores of high quality colour photos of reenactors in
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North Korean Onslaught: UN stand at the Pusan Perimeter August - September 1950 Gerry van Tonder Pen & Sword Reviewed by Jim Graham North Korean Onslaught is the latest book in the Pen & Sword “Cold War 1945 - 1991” series, and is the second in their “Korean War” sub-series. Gerry van Tonder is
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Texicana: Before The Alamo is an 87-page softback book that is designed entirely with wargamers in mind, a refreshing change from those books which struggle to balance historical research with wargaming use. https://youtu.be/869u7_wSg2Q The book begins with a brief introduction before launching into a suitably abbreviated history of the first ‘war’ for
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Renedra are the ‘go to’ experts in the UK and Europe if you want high quality plastic moulding. They also produce some great products of their own, as shown by these Stone and Thatch and Wattle / Timber Out Buildings. Suitable for both Dark Ages and Medieval gaming, these are up
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Debris of War have a whole range of modern scatter terrain, stowage and decals that could be used in any modern, post apocalypse or even sci-fi gaming. Offered for review were a number of different packs of scatter terrain and some ideas on how to decorate your urban buildings. In addition to
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Mantic Games had some copies of the retail version of the new Hellboy The Board Game for sale at Salute 2019. Although the Kickstarter version on display contains much, much more (you lucky people!), this general release version is packed with plenty of gaming goodness. Based upon the comic book
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Towards the end of 2018, Militia Miniatures ran a Kickstarter campaign to fund 50 28mm sized ‘Bad Guys’ for their Modern Mercenaries to fight. These are now available for retail customers to buy. Received for review are two packs, one containing 5 miniatures and the other 1 character or leader type.
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The Mad Mullah & Operations in Darfur book the latest in a series of supplelemnts for the excellent Setting The East Ablaze rules system from Partizan Press. It is a 80-page softback book which contains a wealth of history, scenarios, army lists and more for two of the most obscure
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Bob Murch of Pulp Figures has teamed up with Crucible Crush to expand the Black Sun miniatures range. This is a ‘Weird War’ setting for Vietnam, where US and Vietcong become trapped in an alternate reality of Elder gods and an even more deadly jungle. Various figures are already available,
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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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Blackwater Gulch is a 96 page hardback book, from Gangfight! Game Studio. Subtitled a ‘Western Horror Skirmish Game’, the rules and miniatures are themed around a Wild West town that lingers next to a nexus point for evil, a gateway to hell. https://youtu.be/funbQX9dh_o The first 13 pages of the book focus upon
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This new Harbour Set from Debris of War is designed with 6mm (1/300th scale) figures in mind, although it could be pushed to work with 10mm or even 15mm. Formed from eight off-white resin sections, the harbour wall itself is 20mm wide and 15-20mm high, with a total length (when constructed)
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Galakta Games have come up with a different type of miniatures related boardgame which we thought you would be interested in taking at look at. In This War of Mine, players take on the role of civilians caught up in a conflict, using the resources they have to try and
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The Onna-Bugeishia were female warriors drawn from the Japanese nobility. They were trained in the use of weaponry (most commonly the naginata - a curved-bladed pole-arm) and were called upon to defend their communities and families in time of war, usually when male fighters were lacking. Dixon Miniatures have added a
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Crooked Dice have an ever-increasing range of miniatures to compliment the various games systems they produce. Between the boxed games 7TV: ‘Spy-Fi’, 7TV: Apocalypse and the upcoming 7TV: Pulp, the company already covers a host of genres and sub-genres, with no doubt more to come. The figures received for review
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Fougou Models produce a variety of resin buildings and other items, mostly focused upon the Dark Ages and Modern or Post Apocalyptic Shanty Towns. The items sent for review include this Dark Age Oratory Church, based upon the Oratory churches of the Celtic world but could work equally well in a
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Butlers’ Printed Models supplies 3D printed wargames models for wargames from ancient to WW2 to modern and beyond into the stars. Sent in for review were two different vehicles in two different scales. We have an M3 Stuart Light Tank from World War Two and an M2 Bradley IFV. The two
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Snipers at War – An Equipment and Operations History John Walter Greenhill Books 2017 Reviewed by Dom Sore Snipers are a strange bunch, sitting hidden for hours at a time, patiently waiting for that one opportunity to shoot before moving on to the next hide. Through history they have been revered and reviled, feared
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