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 it instead! Order a print copy of this magazine in our store! Editorial: 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
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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! Order a print copy of this magazine in our store! Editorial: 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
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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! 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. Both
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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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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Order a print copy of this magazine in our store! Editorial: We’re back with the bagged free frames this month, and tied into the recent release of SPQR by Warlord Games, we are hoping that you find your new Caesarian Romans particularly
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Studio Tomahawk has raised the flag and fixed their bayonets with their Napoleonic supplement for Muskets & Tomahawks - Shakos & Bayonets. Fans of Tomahawk's previous supplements have an all-new one to sink their Napoleonic teeth into. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_cwsRGz8Z0&ab_channel=WargamesIllustrated The text below is a transcript of the video, for those who prefer to
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The Perrys (who you can read a new interview with in Wi400) have just released another plastic box set - this time it’s Austrian Napoleonic Hussars and, once built, they are some of the prettiest plastics we’ve seen. Their wow factor is aided by the visual flair inherent to the
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Hot on the heels of the release of Shakos and Bayonets, the Napoleonic Wars supplement for Musket and Tomahawks (M&T), comes the first release of the official figures for the game. Studio Tomahawk has teamed up with North Star to produce all of the official M&T figures, and the Shakos and
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As part of our 'change of scenery' here at Wargames Illustrated HQ, we have gone back to the future by getting hold of loads of 25/28mm painted buildings by Hovels - a well established UK model building manufacturer. In this vid we take you on a tour of our new
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Death in the Dark Continent is a set of rules for small scale battles set in sub-Saharan Africa in the late 19th century. What you have in your hands is the Lite version of the game - it contains all
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Ted Brown For the honour of the regiment two Zulu war skirmish scenarios Richard Marsh Into the void with workforce Tunisia, 1943, scenario Raymond Levesque Further exploits of Cochrane Napoleonic naval adventures Arthur Harman The storm of Cartagena Drake on the Spanish Main Peter Gilder A Sudan campaign, Part 5 The sands of the holiday centre are sodden red Nial
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Paul Carson looks at 'Antietam: An ACW wargame refight.' Roy Gunson rasps is marlin spike {l) and prepares for 'Cutting out the Chevretre.' A Napoleonic naval small action. Mike Haris considers 'Politics of campaigning.' Paul Carson (again!) and the Staines Wargamers offer a Zulu War scenario: 'Death or Dishonour.' Veteran wargamer Peter Gilder (was
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Hot out of the mould this week are some new releases for the Perry Miniatures metal range of Napoleonic Saxons and Prussians. This range will represent the Saxon army as it appeared between 1806 and 1809 before they adopted French style uniforms. First up is a pack of Grenadier command
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Released by Sally 4th, written by John R. “Buck” Surdu, and backed up by a wide range of new models by Old Glory, Wars of Ozz is a 120-page softback, full-colour rulebook for a new fantasy/historical(ish) wargame. https://youtu.be/p6TYtuscaXI The text below is a transcript of the video, for those who prefer to
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As we deal with the changes Lockdown has brought to the Wargames Illustrated office we’re digging out photographs of models we snapped but didn’t get around to featuring in 2020. So, these fine-looking Warlord Games Napoleonic Spanish Mounted Infantry Officers trot forth for their somewhat late time in the limelight! A
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We're back with part two of our Alan Perry Q&A. In part one Alan talked about the many models he made for this awesome board. In this part, we talk history and gaming, and get a tour of the troops. https://youtu.be/ILvwyEnkwKA
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Tied into Wargames Illustrated 395's theme of Hit the Beach, we had the pleasure of visiting Alan Perry, one half of Perry Miniatures. After exploring the miniatures and scenery in his gaming room, we got him mic'd up to talk in detail about his Aboukir Bay British Invasion of Egypt
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If you are holding a Wi direct subscriber or mail/web order copy of this month’s Wargames Illustrated then you have something exclusive in your hands - a twin-cover version of Wi395, featuring both US Marine landing and Japanese Imperial Army defending artwork, by Neil Roberts. Pretty cool, huh? If you have
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We recently had the pleasure of visiting Alan Perry's expansive home gaming room. In between filming coverage (which will be up to accompany an article coming in Wi 395) we grabbed some of his recent work and rushed it into our portable photo setup. First we have AW 206 Spanish
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