Here are the build instructions for the Warlord Games - Black Seas: Third Rate Frigate model which comes free with copies of Wi425 in Tesco, Sainsbury’s, and Salute 50. Download the full PDF. [pdf-embedder url="https://ed025442.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Wi425-Extra-Warlord-Games-Black-Seas-Third-Rate-Assembly-Guide.pdf" title="Wi425 Extra - Warlord Games - Black Seas Third Rate Assembly Guide"]
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It's a bit of a cliché that Medieval naval battles were just like land battles at sea, but what if you take a successful set of medieval land battle rules and set them afloat, does it work? That’s what rules writer Andy Callan did with Never Mind the Billhooks. If you
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We talked to Daniel Molina, Thalassa’s digital sculptor and the man behind the STLs available in this month’s WiDigital selection, to find out more about his work. Wargames Illustrated: What’s the appeal of sculpting the Thalassa range? Daniel Molina: I feel a bit like a naval engineer of that period. Digital 3D
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Read the first painting guide for Thalassa where Callum France shows how to get a quality finish through simple but cunning techniques for your first trireme. Download the full PDF. [pdf-embedder url="https://ed025442.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Wi421-Extra-Painting-your-first-trireme.pdf" title="Wi421 Extra - Painting your first trireme"]
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Take a tour through the Vault and read some classic Wi articles. I'm writing this month's From the Vault at the end of a very busy week. Every December the Wargames Illustrated team has to push to get the next issue of the magazine ready well ahead of our usual sign-off
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! What a special treat we have for you lucky people this month! Bagged free with the printed issue of Wargames Illustrated magazine (and included as a PDF for WiPrime Members) we have a complete and exclusive set of wargames rules
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! The ‘best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men, gang aft agley’, as Rabbie Burns would have said if he had planned to include a free rules supplement in a wargames magazine and then several things conspired against him at the last
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Prussians, Prussians everywhere: on the new plastic frame from Perry Miniatures (page 50), invading England (page 60), fighting communism (page 78), and indeed lots of other locations thanks to our Prussia at War intro article on page 32. Most importantly,
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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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OBSERVATION POST Our latest gander at a range of products, including our ‘Spotted at…’ show feature. THEME: THE IRON DUKE How did Wellesley become Wellington and what can we do to simulate the man and his methods on the tabletop? DESIGNER’S NOTES: THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE The author of the latest Bolt Action Campaign
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THEME: STRIKE FAST, STRIKE HARD, GET OUT! An introduction to our theme, exploring the role of raids in history and looking at featuring these actions on the tabletop. THE SCALE OF THE GAME Some ideas on expanding the gaming possibilities of a number of Flames Of War related products. THEME: WOLF OF THE SEA Dash,
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Second Ypres, 1915 In our lead article for this month’s theme, Jim Graham demonstrates how warfare had begunto change by 1915, using the events around Ypres as a backdrop. Defending the Reich Wayne Turner discusses the fi ner points of the Nachtjäger Intelligence Handbook for Flames Of War and the new equipment
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Godwine’s Great Gamble Our multi-period theme content begins in the Dark Ages with some Saxon-on-Saxon longship raiding, pillaging and burning action, from the pen (or rather keyboard) of Early Medieval expert Dr. Ryan Lavelle. Welcome to the world of Dust In an alternative 1940s reality, alien technology fuels gigantic machines of war
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Wargaming the War of Spanish Succession This month’s theme author Simon MacDowall begins our journey into the War of Spanish Succession with this guide to everything you need to start gaming WoSS. Outfitting: ACW Command We continue our “Outfitting” series with the fourth instalment from Don Effinger & Mike Evans. This time
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The Eagle has Landed - Part Two Mike Blake Recreating Jack Higgins’ famous book (and film) on the tabletop. Battle for the Peach Orchard David Brown Scenario focusing on the action in ‘The Peach Orchard’ at Gettysburg on 2 July 1863. John Westwood’s Napoleonic Ship Collection Paul Davies A detailed look at an enviable collection of 1:1200 scale ships. Splice the Parrot - Part One Neil
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The Hill WW2, WWII, World War Two Richard Clarke A ‘run through’ of a typical I Ain’t Been Shot, Mum! game allowing gamers an insight into the ethos of the game and providing a greater understanding of the systems and mechanisms within the rules. Set in Normandy 1944. The Battle of Skalitz, 1866 Colonial Ralph Weaver In
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Kalavryai 1078 Medieval Paul Leach Two warring Byzantine armies meet is this scenario for W.A.B. - Byzantium: Beyond The Golden Gate. Photo Feature Colonial John Ray John Ray’s fantastic 18th Century collection. Operation Goodwood - Part Two WW2, WWII, World War Two John Lander The concluding look at this 1/35th scale game based on the post D-Day WWII British advance into
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The Sung Dynasty and Their Enemies - Part 1 Chris Peers A look at the Sung Dynasty Chinese, their conflicts and the enemies they faced. Woodland Longhouses Herb Gundt How to convert a Native American longhouse into a ‘council house’, and a ‘mission’. Indian Tribes of the Eastern Woodland Tim Greene Historical background and painting guide. Uncombined Operations - Part
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More Normans in Italy - Turning Point at Civitate Dark Age Paul Leach A second month of action for the Normans in Italy with a new scenario, Civitate 1053. Ascending Scales WW2, WWII, World War Two Barry Hilton A look at the array of scales in WWII wargaming. Uncombined Operations - Part 2 WW1, WWI, World War One Richard Wimpenny Second part
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Wargaming Korea Modern Rob Anderson The Korean War 1950 - 53, how to transfer the conflict onto the wargames table. The Normans in Italy - Part 1 Dark Age Paul Leach The first in a two part guide to wargaming the Anglo-Normans in Italy. Featuring; Monte Maggiore 1041, a Lombard revolt scenario. The Battle for the Pratzen Heights - Part
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‘Bloodybacks’ Rules for the American War of Independence Steve Jones Infantry for the B.E.F., 1914-15 Dr Gavin Hughes Battle for Mondement, 1914 An early WWI scenario for Contemptible Little Armies Mark Jones Size Does Matter Ground & Figure Scales Mark Plant Ships of the Armada Period A short illustrated guide Ken Fisher Seven Samurai A WAB scenario John Kersey Painting Competitions A competitor’s View Robert Cater Floating Castles A game of
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K.I.S.S Rommel ‘Keep it Simple Stupid’ WWII Western Desert Rules Norman Mackenzie The Dutch Army of William III Part IV: Allies & Generals Mark Allen Iron Ships & Wooden Heads Very Simple Naval Rules for the Big Gun Era Tim Grow Ancients Bridges! Ancients Spades! Ancients Poker! A cunning system to ‘unbalance’ one-off games Jim Long Fornovo 1495 Another DBR Scenario Ray Lucas Gabriel Mykaj’s
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The Age of Arthur, Part 7 Guy Halsall Beda Fomm A Rapid fire scenario Stewart Revell A view from the trenches Ray Lucas Renaissance Flags II Kevin Dallimore De Ballis Navalis Pre – Dreadnought rules Colin Standish In the Heart of Africa, Part 2 Chris Peers Mori Motonari, Part 2 Tim Cockrell Derby Wargames Club’s dark Age game Photo Feature Skirmishing Wild West Movies #5 Ian Barstow Dahomy, 1892 Steve Blease Conventions:
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Kampfgruppe Barenfanger A WWII Scenario for Rapid Fire Stuart Pearson Perfect Palms A date with hoosier horticulture Herb Gundt Air Power for AK47 An ass on for the popular modern Africa rules Chris Peers Great Ships Fast play rules for Naval wargames in the Restoration Period David Manley Adobe Architecture Gazza’s Master Builder classes continue Gary Chalk Renaissance Flags Imperial & Spanish flags in colour Kevin Dallimore Broadly
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“It was our first real fight” Yorktown & Williamsburg, April-May 1862 David Bickley Kurovitsy, 30th August 1941 Another small scale action on the Eastern Front Chris Peers “This foolish game” Simple rules for Anglo-French naval battles, 1867-1873 Chris Peers Skinning the cat The attack on Eben Emael, Part 3 Tim Price More Imitation Foreign Devils Other disciplined Chinese units of the Taiping era Ian
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The Capture of Bagamoyo German East Africa, 15 August 1915 Colin Rumford Debacle at Kalach A WWII Eastern Front scenario Peter P.H. Heath “Fire & Fury” Small Battles 4: Second Day at Luka John Watts The Rus – a thunderbolt from Heaven, Part Three Martin Jones De Ballis Navalis DBA Disciples (like ducks?) can now take to the water Neil Patterson Third Time Lucky ‘Invicta’
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Judging Wargame Demonstrations A points system to impose some uniformity Toyotomi & the Turtle-Ships The Japanese invasion of Korea, 1592. Affray! Small scale combat in the middle ages Medieval Skirmish Rules Painting the Wargames Horse Be slick with oils John Watts An Ancient Chinese Wargames Day 16th March 1991 The author enjoys incarceration in the Tower! Dreadnoughts Researching for computer program Background to designing a
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Spies In Campaigns "The day Mr Brown didn’t go off too town on the 8.21" An ‘Operation Sealion’ club demonstration game Ligny, the Last Victory Part 2: The Rival Armies The U.S- Mexican War of 1846 - 48 Part 2 Global Conflict by Land and Sea Part 4: Naval Warfare continued Red Sun Rising A Guide to the Armies of
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Tsushima Part 2: The Battle Bavarian Dragoons "The Great Brilliance: Military Campaigns of the Ming Dynasty" Part 1: The Rise and Fall of the Empire Bluejackets And Headhunters Rajah Brooke and The Pirates of Borneo 1841-1844 The Russian Civil War Part 2: Weapons, Equipment and Tactics Sweden Triumphant The Battle of Jankow: A Thirty Years War Scenario The Passage of
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The Battle of Medellin, 1809 Operation Sea-Lion: Myth or Reality? Part 3: Hitler's Decision The Battle of Prairie Grove, 1862 The Russian Civil War Part 1: An Introduction for thew Wargamer Kreta - A WWII Mini-campaign ‘Blood for the Drums’ Warfare in Ancient China, 700 - 400 BC Revolutionaries & Mutineers / Schuzball's Corner Wargaming the Siege of Acre, 1291 Tsushima Part
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