An extra for WiPrime Members: What we couldn't fit into Wi429's article detailing Historicon 2023 you can find here. From the Battle of the Alamo to a Revolt in Austria, there are plenty more tables to see! Download the full PDF. [pdf-embedder url="https://ed025442.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Wi429-Extra-Historicon-2023-extended-Show-Report.pdf" title="Wi429 Extra - Historicon 2023 extended Show Report"]
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Editor Dan gets behind the wheel with friends Nick North Star and Alan and Michael Perry. What sights did they behold on their 1.5k mile road trip? “How about turning Tactica 2022 into a Road Trip?” said I to friends and Tactica regulars Alan and Michael Perry. Having later recruited our
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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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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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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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THEME: IF YOU CAN KEEP YOUR HEAD Neil Smith introduces our theme this month, using rules examples and moments from history to draw us into the world of the ‘blunder’. FIGURE SPOTLIGHT: WARLORD GAMES PLASTIC FALLSCHIRMJÄGER Phil Lewis looks at creating 28mm German Paratroopers for a range of different theatres. THEME: MAKING A GAME
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THEME: VENI, VIDI, VICI Veteran wargamer, rules writer and self confessed Caesarian Simon MacDowall introduces us to this month’s theme - Wargaming with Julius Caesar. RULES SHOWCASE: THE CHICAGO WAY We take up our ‘Chicago Typewriters’ and try to bring law to the lawless during the Prohibition era of 1920s America. THEME: WARGAMING PHARSALUS
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THEME: GREAT TANK BATTLES We kick off our theme content with a look at some of the great and the more obscure tank battles from the pages of history. GAMING THE EARLY FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY WARS Part one of a two parter on collecting armies for the early French Revolutionary War, circa the War
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What is Skirmish? Wargaming In our lead article for this month’s theme, Mike Blake offers a comprehensive overview of this popular style of gaming. Team Yankee An excerpt from the Team Yankee novel to whet the appetite of the Cold War Gone Hot gamer. The Skirmish Wargames Group Mike Blake is back to chart the
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Letter from a Rifleman Get your free British Riflemen straight into skirmish action at the Battle of North Point on the coast of Maryland, 1814. Painting your
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The Battle of Lule Brugas 1912 Back of Beyond Bob Black After the formation of the Balkan League a collision course was set between its members: Serbia, Montenegro,
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The Hussites Bob Black A wargaming angled background on this intriguing medieval sect. The Anglo-Irish War 1919 - 21 Andy Sykes A skirmish scenario set during the early days of the Anglo-Irish ‘troubles’. Ambush in the Snow Chris Peers This French and Indian Wars scenario is based on exploits detailed in The Journals of Robert Rogers. Salute 2008 Show, Gaming Another
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The Struggle for Hougoumont Waterloo Project Hougoumont - a new initiative to help save this famous farmhouse of the Waterloo battlefield. The Engagement at Kelly’s Ford ACW, American Civil War R.Neil Smith A small scale American Civil War scenario. A Struggle of Ants WW1, WWI, World War One Chris Peers A First World War trench raiding skirmish scenario for To The
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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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Historical Wargaming in Germany - Is there anybody out there? Show Frank Bauer and Frank Becker A look at the wargames scene in Germany and a report from one of the biggest shows - Hamburg Tactica. Flocking Plastic Modelling Paul Kerrison How do you get flock to stick to your plastic terrain? All will be revealed... The Road
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The Jungle is Neutral General Mike Blake Burma 1942-45. A Skirmish Wargames Group 54mm demo game using W.Britains plastic figures. The Road of Broken Spears - Part Two Pike and Shot Gary Hughs The Spanish campaign against the Aztecs. Following last month’s background information, this month we present rules for combat between the invading conquistadors and the
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The Whistle of Bullets Barry Hilton A small scale World War Two scenario. Two Thousand Years of Wargaming - The Battle of Eylau, 1807 Steve Lill The ninth in our twelve month series covering 2000 years of warfare. In this article we present a scenario for the Napoleonic The Battle of Eylau, 1807, Napoleon versus
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San Martin and the Chilean Campaign Colonial Dave Watson The South American Wars of Liberation, 1817 -1818 Where the Streets Have No Name - Part 1 WW2, WWII, World War Two Ian Wilson Simple skirmish rules for World War Two. Modelling Rossbach Horse and Musket Herb Gundt Herb talks us through a Seven Years War modelling project he has been working
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Lions and Leopards Medieval Chris Brown Scotland, England and the Wars of Independence 1296 - 1342. The Irish Guards at Vieux-Berquin WW1, WWI, World War One Chris Peers A First World War scenario inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s book - The Irish Guards in the Great War. Modelling Olympus Modelling Herb Gundt Herb talks us through a modelling project he has been
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Salute 07 Report Show Paul Davies Thirteen pages packed full of all the best games from this year’s Salute wargames show at ExCel in London. From the Shores of Tripoli Napoleonic John Pocock America takes on the Barbary Pirates in this scenario based on a 19th century adventure which saw the first overseas operation by the U.S.
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The Making of Mafeking Alan Perry To celebrate the centenary of Lord Baden- Powell’s book Scouting for Boys the BBC enlisted the help of the Perry twins to create a model of Mafeking; the Boer War township and battleground where the Boy Scout movement was born. This is the story of the
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Warhammer Historical Event October 2006 Show All the lowdown on the latest WAB event held at Warhammer World in Nottingham. Napoleonic Warmaster Part 3 Napoleonic Sam Peters Following on from our rules for converting Warhammer Historical’s Warmaster rules for the Napoleonic period (WI229-30); we present army lists for the British, Prussians, Russians and Austrians. Operation Castor Modern Rhys Cadle A
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Napoleonic Warmaster - Part 2 Sam Peters Converting Warhammer Historical’s Warmaster rules for the Napoleonic period. The Wagstaff Mission - Part 2 Richard Tyndall The British interventions in Northern Persia, the Caucasus and Southern Russia in the last year of World War One. This month we look at gaming the mission. The Perrys at Partizan Phil Hendry
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The Wagstaff Mission Richard Tyndall The British interventions in Nothern Persia, the Caucasus and Southern Russia in the last year of World War One. The Italian Invasion 568 – 575 Paul Leach Exploring the background and wargaming opportunities for the early Lombards in Italy. Napoleonic Warmaster Sam Peters Converting Warhammer Historical’s Warmaster rules for the Napoleonic period; part
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A Knight on the Tiles Pike and Shot, Napoleonic Bob Pollard Everything you need to know about using tiles in wargaming. Liegnitz - The Biter Bit Horse and Musket Ray Lucas A Prussian-Austrian Seven Years War clash in 1760. Inkerman Diorama Crimean War Brian Jones Brian shows us around his Crimean War museum display piece. Contre Les Viets Modern Adam O’Brien In this French Indo-China
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Until the Last Man Christian Bray We take a guided tour around the ‘Until the Last Man’ demo game presented by Les Chemins de Feu Club of Belgium. Parker’s Crossing - Battle of the Bulge Mark Davis and Glopp Loris A 'Battlefront: WWII' Scenario based around the events at Baraque de Fraiture during the Battle
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Piracy and Chivalry Anthony Clipsom French raids on the English Channel frontier during the Hundred Years War: Background information and scenario ideas. The Temple at Muong Bal Rhys Cadle A scenario for the French Indo-China War, Tonkin, 1952. Marlburian Art of War - Part 1 Dave Watson Adaptation of the Warhammer ECW Rules for warfare in the age
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The Battle of Ramillies, 300 Years On Horse and Musket Ralph Weaver At the beginning of the year 1706 the Duke of Marlborough conceived an audacious plan to march an army south to assist the Austrians, under Prince Eugene, not to Bavaria as he had done in 1704, but over the Alps to
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Sideshow in Africa Chris Peers The ‘Equatorials’ in Turkanaland, 1918. Gaming the East African campaign of World War One. The Black Brunswicks of the Napoleonic War Dr Gavin Hughes A guide to Duke Friedrich Wilhelm’s Brunswick Corps, Napoleon most burning and unremitting adversary. Hopton Heath Dave Bickley Battle guide and scenario for this small scale English Civil War
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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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