Take a tour through the Vault and read some classic Wi articles. Wargames Illustrated 361 - November 2017 Five years ago Wi's theme explored cavalry but the issue started with Observation Post - our ongoing monthly column that takes a look at new releases... or in this case old releases! It's interesting
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! After a couple of months without a bagged gift we decided to hit you hard with a haul of possible freebie frames this month. Courtesy of our friends at Warlord Games you will have received one of four splendid sprues:
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Taking a look at the rulebook, figures, and casualty tokens, Editor Dan unboxes and reviews the Epic Battles: Waterloo - The Hundred Days bundle from Warlord Games. https://youtu.be/WD83sH7nFUs The text below is a transcript of the video, for those who prefer to read rather than watch. Here at Wi, we bought into the
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In this Miniature Monday episode, Marc divulges his inspiration, ideas, and process for creating a diorama for the Prussian Attack on Plancenoit during the Battle of Waterloo. https://youtu.be/ocCUh5bkQxQ
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A little hobby bonus PDF on basing Epic Battles: Waterloo figures. This article features Wi Painter Marc showing you how to knock up your own bases in no time at all! Download the PDF. red earth on either side of no man's land.]
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Marc and James detail the process behind creating Napoleon's infamous retreat from Moscow in the winter of 1812. https://youtu.be/XKO4L8WIh0U
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Our WiPrime members can read this preview piece ahead of its publication in our next issue. We visited Alan Perry to find out about Perry Miniatures' latest project; Napoleonic Prussian and Russian Dragoons and Jägers. Download the full PDF.
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Project Manager James and Painter Marc take an in-depth look at Warlord Games' latest release of their epic scale Napoleonic Prussians. https://youtu.be/1fYX7juAuyM
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Well, it finally got us! After holding out for over two years WiHQ was finally awash with the Coronavirus in March, with five out of six office staff scumming to various levels of infection. Production of this venerable organ, and
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“I thought this would be sacrilege!” said Andy Callan. He was referring to the fact we were about to play a wargame using unpainted figures, and feature them in the pages of Wargames Illustrated. He had a fair point because I can’t remember the last time we did such a
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Our Prime members can read this preview piece ahead of its publication in our next issue. Barry Hilton examines the show scene and asks where we find ourselves in a 'new normal' world of global wargaming and conventions. Download the full PDF. https://www.wargamesillustrated.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/409-Rude-Health.pdf
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Our Prime members can read this 14-page preview article ahead of its publication in our next issue. Follow the Wi team's adventures at Salute with interviews, new releases, trader reports, and a load of great looking gaming. Download the full PDF. https://www.wargamesillustrated.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2021-Salute-report.pdf
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With the release of Wi408, our covermount gave you the option of some Black Powder: Epic Battles Waterloo British or French Napoleonic Heavy Cavalry figures. In the magazine, Marc guided you through painting the British. Now, he's guiding you through the French. Download the full PDF. Enjoy. https://www.wargamesillustrated.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Painting-French-Dragoons.pdf
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Editor Dan and Project Manager James take you an extensive 35-minute tour of Osprey Games' new ruleset The Silver Bayonet! https://youtu.be/kc3Ne12JGlY
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Sometimes you don’t choose a wargaming period; it chooses you. Via a small contribution to the latest issue of the Wargames Illustrated magazine (Wi405) I wrote about my appreciation of the author Thomas Hardy and how his book The Trumpet-Major provided some interesting background material for wargames based around Napoleon’s
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The Wargames Illustrated team dig through the Vault to bring you some latest issue tie-ins. The theme of the next magazine (September 2021, Wi405) is ‘What if?’, it’s a subject we have visited, re-visited, then visited again numerous times over the years in Wi, leaving us, or rather you, with an
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download the PDF instead. One battle looms larger than any other in the psyche of the wargamer; Waterloo. Over the last 25 years, Wargames Illustrated has featured articles on this battle more than any other. More than any other battle Waterloo seems to fascinate
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Little did we know, when we choose Turning Points as our theme for this issue, that Wargames Illustrated would be facing a turning of its own. At the end of May 2021, just as we went to print with the
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Offensive Miniatures add to their Elite: Waffen SS range with this set of ten 28mm miniatures, armed with more anti-tank firepower than you can shake a Sherman at. It seems gamers have an insatiable appetite for the elites of the Third Reich - we get almost as many new lots of
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The Wargames Illustrated team dig through the Vault to find exciting articles from previous issues. 400+ issues is a feast too great for anyone to tackle with ease, even the greatest of gaming gluttons, yet that's what you can find in The Vault. Where on earth should you start browsing in
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Project Manager James talked to Mark Latham about Legends of the Old West in Wargames Illustrated 403 – here we have some WiPrime-exclusive extras for your enjoyment – some additional interview bits that we just couldn’t fit into the magazine. On the figures: Wargames Illustrated: Do you still have all your Old
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! French troops are never very far from the wargames table: whether that be Charlemagne's Frankish warriors, Napoleon's legions, the Poilus of the Western Front, and more. The martial prowess of the soldiers from the various regions that have come to
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The Wargames Illustrated team dig through The Vault to find exciting articles from previous issues. With over 400 issues in The Vault you might be at a loss for where to start browsing - there are literally thousands of articles available and that's rather overwhelming. Well, fear not, each month we
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Wargames Illustrated 403 was only sent to our printers yesterday so this advanced article is coming to you, our Prime Members, about as early as it is possible to get! Shadow of the Eagles' author Keith Flint penned an excellent Designer's Notes that not only showcases his new game but
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! 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. Both are an expansion on the Never Mind the Billhooks
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Project Manager James brings you the first part of his Hussar hobby guide, delving into building and painting the recently released figures from Perry Miniatures. A lot of amazing quality metal, resin, and plastic miniatures make their way through the Wargames Illustrated office; I'm often tempted to steal goodies to work
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There are roughly as many sets of rules for Napoleonics as there are players of Napoleonics, but that doesn’t stop the regular drop of new ones onto the Wi review table every month! Absolute Emperor, a new addition to Osprey’s blue book series, is an interesting offering from first-time wargame
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Taking clear inspiration from Sharpe, Wargames Atlantic's British Riflemen feature some likenesses that fans are sure to enjoy. But before we go down the foxhole of Sharpe nostalgia let's examine the box set more closely. Part of their Napoleon’s Wars range, these Riflemen are a generous set of 32 multi-part, hard
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Wargamers can be a bit sniffy about using 2D figures, often saying that they are not “real” miniatures. If you hold the belief that if it does not weigh a ton in lead and takes you a year to collect and paint then it’s not real wargaming. Well, please read
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First released in 2009, Lasalle took the Napoleonic wargames world by storm, winning a number of awards and finding a large and dedicated following across the globe. Now it has returned for its second edition, which, the author tells us, is not simply a tweaking of the system but a
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