Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! As we were putting the finishing touches to this issue of Wargames Illustrated we received the sad news of Bryan Ansell’s death. Bryan was a titan of the tabletop miniatures world, initially forming Asgard, then Citadel Miniatures in the 1970s.
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Oi, oi, what’s this? No freebie with Wi this month? Having spoilt you for three consecutive issues with frames of Napoleonic infantry, Epic Covenanters, and Valour & Fortitude rules, we’re taking a brief breather from all that generosity. As it’s the
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We’ve focused on bringing together our Pulp and Peninsular War themes recently. Each of those issues are just about done, waiting on their timelier regulars such as product reviews. Once those are added the magazines will get signed off and head to the printers. You can see some page previews
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There’s much excitement in the Wi world as we bring together our next issue and prepare to send it to be printed. Sometimes this is a last-minute scramble with new articles or products sneaking in but this issue’s theme - Revisited - means there’s not such an opportunity for newness. Various
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The June issue of Wargames Illustrated comes with a free ruleset: Never Mind the Boathooks. It’s the nautical neighbour of our successful medieval small battle rules Never Mind the Billhooks, but Boathooks is a stand-alone set of rules, supported by downloadable cards and tokens. Players take to the high seas in a
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We’ve made it our monthly mission to pull back the curtain and show off the goings-on at WiHQ; we’ve decided to make this edition of Insider Insight a multimedia spectacular to reveal more than mere words and photos could! The video below shows behind-the-scenes footage of the team putting tabletop setups
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We’re back with February’s edition of Insider Insight. Take your WiPrime exclusive monthly peep behind the Wargames Illustrated curtain at some of the exciting things ahead. WiDigital We gave you an advanced look at a new Billhooks leader for Bohemia in last month’s Insider Insight and promised there were figures for the
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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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With postal strikes meaning we couldn’t get any orders out of the door, and rail strikes meaning we couldn’t get any stock in the door, coupled with a fire alarm service meaning the lights in the office were out of action, we could cry, moan, and hope Netflix would give
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Want to paint up our latest Giants in Miniature release Harry Hotspur? Wi Painter Callum shows you how! Download the full PDF. [pdf-embedder url="https://ed025442.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Giants-in-Miniature-Painting-Harry-Hotspur.pdf" title="Giants in Miniature - Painting Harry Hotspur"]
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Somebody once said “It’s not what you know it’s who you know” and when that somebody you know is a very good and pro-active Game Designer they are certainly worth knowing! Andy Callan has been writing wargames rules since I was in short trousers. His 'Loose Files and American Scramble' rules
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We couldn't quite fit all of Steve Wood's Never Mind the Billhooks extras into Wi402. Thankfully there's space online to add it so we've got an extra page for Prime members to enjoy! Download the full PDF.
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In tribute to the author of Never Mind the Billhooks, for our latest Giants in Miniatures figure release we present Lord Callan; fearless (and made-up) fighting commander of the Wars of the Roses – the perfect frontman for your Billhooks army. Ben Macintyre of Brush Demon shows us how to
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Steve Wood provides an easy ‘wargames standard’ painting guide aimed at getting your forces battle ready for Never Mind the Billhooks in super-quick time. The following article should help you paint your retinue for Never Mind the Billhooks and hopefully give you some ideas regarding colour schemes. But first, a couple
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