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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This new plastic Napoleonic box set from Perry Miniatures was due to be released at Salute 2020, but we all know what happened there, so this latest offering - Austrian Napoleonic Cavalry 1798 - 1815 designed by Alan Perry, was pushed back slightly and came out early June. https://youtu.be/9rfeIPZqsXo Inside the instantly
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With the release of this latest set in their Napoleonic Wars range Victrix declared “We think this is one of our greatest sets to date, the detail is superb and the figures are packed with animation and character.” And indeed they are both highly detailed and characterful. Let’s take a
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Dom Sore gives us a locked-down wargamers eye view of the new(ish) Muskets and Tomahawks Second Edition Rules. Muskets and Tomahawks was not a game I bought into the first-time round; it arrived on the scene just before I returned to wargaming. It also seemed to centre round the French and
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Review by Pete Brown. As the proud owner of a Dark Age Irish army and currently in the process of collecting more warbands to refight the classic Irish battle of Clontarf, I was particularly pleased to see this new box of multi-pose plastic miniatures drop through my letterbox for review. The
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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 In this episode of WittoC we hear from author and gaming grandee Rick
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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 We continue our series by hearing from the man who is the League
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The modus operandi of Trent Miniatures is 28mm figures for the 1790s. Their ranges include: The French Revolutionary Wars (1796 – 1800), Internal France, Otterman Empire and… musicians. We have some new samples from all of those ranges for you to look at. First up (seen below) are a some Austrian
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It’s time we paid tribute to that staple of the wargame - the charge. Whether on foot in command of 15,000 Confederates trying to finally get to those damn Yankees, or riding to glory with the Scots Greys whilst re-fighting Waterloo, the charge is often the watershed moment in both real
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Steve Barber Models is a company with a swathe of different ranges. Many of these deal with the less obvious aspects of certain periods or fulfil niches that other companies fail to fill. We have examples here of three packs from two different ranges. The first pack is NB1, British Napoleonic
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The theme for this issue is Soldiers on Campaign - and not - Soldiers, on Campaign. A subtle difference which means that rather than focusing on the wargame campaigns the soldiers are on, we are focusing on the soldiers that are on those campaigns. Simple! And if that’s about as
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Wargames Atlantic are rapidly becoming one of the most innovative manufacturers of multi-part plastic figures on the market. One of their ranges is titled Death Fields and is designed to represent the use of soldiers kidnapped from Earth over the years who fight in a battlefield arena for the pleasure
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As we barrel towards Christmas, it’s good to know that Perry Miniatures have managed to release the perfect gift for those who enjoy gaming with their French Napoleonic armies. The new French Napoleonic Infantry Battalion 1807 – 14 and Elite Companies French Infantry 1807 – 14 are boxes of hard
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Hagen Miniatures is a company based in Germany which offers an eclectic range of miniatures across pretty much every figure size you can think of. Whether its ACW Ironlads, Napoleonic shipping or spacecraft of the far future, Hagen Miniatures have a really useful selection of ‘naval’ vessels that would suit a
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Setting the Scene Volume 2, subtitled Creating a Wargames Layout for the Mediterranean, is fundamentally a series of wargaming terrain building projects. These are all presented in a stage by stage format, with full instructions and plenty of photographic support. A 148-page, full colour softback book, this is a book
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Bataille Empire is a set of wargaming rules covering the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, catering for a wide variety of figure sizes. The rulebook itself is a 256-page softback and aims to both inform as well as provide ‘historical’ wargaming rules. https://youtu.be/HlLLIFGI3Po The introduction details the main aims of the book, being
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Although published a few years ago, it’s worth mentioning this set of rules, which takes a somewhat different approach to the zombie apocalypse. Taking its cue from the world explored in the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies novel and movie, Jane Austen: Zombie Killer is a 48-page, A5 softback rulebook
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The fourth in a series of wargaming guides from Crowood Press, the Creating a Napoleonic Wargames Army 1809 – 1815 book serves as a very comprehensive guide to starting out in the Napoleonic Period and provides access to a number of possibilities. This is a 159-page softcover book that is
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Buy this in Print Do you like this month’s cover mount freebie? (Prime members can find theirs here) We figured that even if you are not into naval wargaming you would like to ‘have a play’ with the great new 1/700th scale ship models designed by Warlord Games for their forthcoming
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Eagle Figures are diversifying their Napoleonic Era ranges to include Grenadiers for the Austrian Empire. Received for review are examples of 6 single figures from the range, A40 Austrian Grenadier March Attack, A41 Austrian Grenadier Officer sword raised, A42 Austrian Grenadier Officer, pointing, A43 Austrian Grenadier Ensign, A44 Austrian Grenadier Drummer
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The following is a scenario designed to allow the interested gamer to refight this battle using the Two Fat Lardies’ Sharp Practice! Rules The Two Fat Lardies’ Sharp Practice! rules will work very well as they use interesting game mechanics to represent critical variable factors in play pertinent to this scenario.
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Pendraken Miniatures have added more packs to their 10mm 1809 Napoleonic range. The packs chosen for review are command packs for the period. We’re reviewing three of the available packs – The Duchy of Warsaw, Wurtemburgers and Saxons. Each pack contains five figures in the same ratio, one mounted officer, one
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The First Campaign Victory of the Great War: South Africa, manoeuvre warfare, the Afrikaner Rebellion and the German South West Africa Campaign 1914-1915. Antonio Garcia Helion Books Reviewed by Jim Graham The First Campaign Victory of the Great War by Antonio Garcia is published by Helion, and has 208 pages including index and
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The Napoleonic Ottoman Army Uniforms, Tactics and Organization C. Flaherty Partizan Press Reviewed by There is very little written material available in English about the Ottoman Army during the Napoleonic period and hence this new work by Chris Flaherty is very welcome. The book is an A4 size hardback book that runs to 180
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Frederick Whirlpool VC Alan Leek Pen & Sword, 2019 Reviewed by Neil Smith Frederick Whirlpool welcomed his obscurity in late 19th Century Australia, indeed he worked at it and even assumed a false name to guarantee his anonymity. His success might have been assured except for two things; he won Australia’s first Victoria Cross,
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