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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Check out some new releases from Wargames Illustrated and other companies in 360 degrees! What we can’t present to you in the magazine is a view of figures from all angles … but have no fear, thanks to this video you can check out assorted models from Wi426, June's issue, as
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Following the success of Never Mind the Billhooks Deluxe, Author Andy Callan went ahead and designed its 'nautical neighbour': Never Mind the Boathooks. A 16-page full-colour light-hearted card and dice-driven game of skirmish combat on the seas. In this video, Andy reveals all about the new standalone naval game. https://youtu.be/NrVcyY6B8-0
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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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At Salute 50, Editor Dan interviewed David Marshall of TMTerrain - the designer of the Never Mind the Billhooks Deluxe boards and elevated terrain pieces from our demo game. Don’t miss out on the rest of our video coverage of the show by checking out our dedicated Salute 50 playlist. https://youtu.be/pGZ9S3C65rY
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Check out some new releases from Wargames Illustrated and other companies in 360 degrees! What we can’t present to you in the magazine is a view of figures from all angles … but have no fear, thanks to this video you can check out assorted models from Wi425, May's issue, as
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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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Salute 2023 is creeping up on us and we've been preparing our Never Mind the Billhooks Deluxe Demo Game board. See the setup and the finished layout in this video! https://youtu.be/VcHc_Vxk85Q
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After many hours designing, testing, and labouring away behind the scenes we here at Wi are ecstatic to announce that Never Mind the Billhooks now has its own website for newcomers and veterans alike! Check out the website by clicking the image above or the following link: www.nevermindthebillhooks.com.
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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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A bonus for WiPrime Members: Richard Lloyd, Captain Blood, provides all you need to know for creating action-packed movement trays for Never Mind the Billhooks. Download the full PDF.
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Wi Editor Dan sits down with Andy Callan to talk about Never Mind the Billhooks' humble beginnings, the workings of the game's core rules, the various Theatres, and more! https://youtu.be/-R5GIVhw2dE
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With the release of Never Mind the Billhooks Deluxe, we sat down with Author Andy Callan to guide us through the seven new Theatres featured in the rulebook. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOz8WFdB7gA&list=PLn7lk0MRdW_x5GLN8Q3fx8UfM2az6vSue&ab_channel=WargamesIllustrated
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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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Never Mind the Billhooks Deluxe is available now! Pick up your rulebook, cards, tokens, and more all from our web store. https://youtu.be/tVJHBIUer8Q
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We show off our latest Giants in Miniature: Harry Hotspur, before Callum shows you how to paint excellent plate armour. https://youtu.be/mvQOH22kf1g
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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.
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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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Our WiPrime members can read this preview piece ahead of its publication in our next issue. Pete Brown introduces this month's theme, taking us on a wargamers' tour of our animal friends in military service and how they are employed in our games. Download the full PDF.
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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 here https://www.wargamesillustrated.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Fun-with-Arrows.pdf
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Project Manager James talks through some of his recent hobby activity - Billhooks barricades and a scenery piece based around our latest Giants in Miniature release. https://youtu.be/FJQJQy1F_Xs
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We have created a video playlist to help you get to grips with the basics of Never Mind the Billhooks. This 10 part series includes Q&A will the rules writer Andy Callan and includes deminstrartions on setting up, playing through a game of Billhooks and much more. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn7lk0MRdW_zxY3TxaogCSiaMiy61N0yZ Join the Billhooks community
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One hundred points is considered "about right" for a game of Never Mind the Billhooks, so we thought we would pictorially show you what that looked like. So the photo below of Pete Harris's splendid army (as featured in the Billhooks rulebook). All Perry Mins, and exactly 100 points.
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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 totally made up) fighting commander of the Wars of the Roses – the perfect frontman for your Billhooks army. Ben Macintyre of Brush Demon show us
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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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