A bonus for WiPrime Members: read Observation Post ahead of its publication in Wargames Illustrated and see what we think of some of the latest wargaming releases. Download the full PDF.
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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! It was great to feel the buzz at the Partizan Wargames Show in Newark, Nottinghamshire recently. So enthused were we by the excitement of the crowds and the quality of the demo games on offer we struggled to contain our
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Painter Callum and Project Manager James unbox Rubicon Models' incredibly detailed USMC Marines and Viet Cong Fighters box sets. https://youtu.be/T44QShU2sZk
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Little did we know, when we choose Turning Points as our theme for this issue, that Wargames Illustrated would be facing a turning of its own. At the end of May 2021, just as we went to print with the
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Games Designer Daniel Mersey has at least six Osprey Games titles under his belt, including several in the very popular ‘… Rampant’ series. But, like many a well know author, Dan cut his teeth writing for Wargames Illustrated, years before he made a career out of it; check out the
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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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You can’t go wrong wargaming with a bunch of mohawk sporting US paratroopers known as the ‘Filthy 13’ or indeed a group of armed British citizen militia known as ‘Dad’s Army’, both (very different!) sets of warriors featured in this month’s ‘Infamous Sections’ theme, along with Popski’s Private Army -
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Hello, hello what’s all this? No bagged magazine this month? No plastic frame of figures? Decals instead! If you are missing your free plastic figure fix please turn to the news on page 4 to be reassured you will be getting another hit before too long. In the meantime, why
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Toy Soldiers of Fortune In our lead article for this month’s theme, Pete Brown charts the growth of mercenary units and provides some gaming advice. Up country Mike Haught presents a guide to the Brown Water Navy of the Vietnam War - the focus of the latest releases for Flames Of War. I’m a
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Whatever Happened to 20mm Moderns? Having asked this question, Sub-Editor Wayne Bollands enlists the assistance of the LeicesterPhat Cats Gaming Club for a day of Modern gaming at WIHQ in a quest to answer it. The Soviet Barbarossa Surprise As a precursor to the upcoming release of Barbarossa, Wayne Turner of
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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 lament for an empire After suffering through the disastrous 1812 campaign in Russia, Napoleon had struggled to bring his Grand Armée back up to strength. Despite his army’s lack of experience and horses, Napoleon’s enemies still did not underestimate his ability in the field. It took until October 1813 before
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The Devil’s Den One hundred and fifty years after the events that took place near a small town in Pennsylvania turned Gettysburg into one of the most famous battlefields in the world, we refight a section of that battle; theFight for the Devil’s Den. Games designer (Foundry’s Bull Run to
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Third tour Battlefront games designer Phil Yates talks us through Tour Of Duty’s “escalation” from a Flames Of War side project to a fully-fledged game and a core part of Battlefront’s range Martinique, 1809 - the battle Following on from last month’s ‘set up’ article (WI305), we return to the Caribbean, and present
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1066, Hastings We begin our theme content with a battle report on Hastings - Touchstone for the Conquest. Paul Kerrison of Kallistra and friends gathered around a 12' wargames table and played out a 10mm refi ght ofthe battle, with the Saxons attempting to change the course of history and
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Bloody treachery on the fields of England We kick off our Wars of the Roses theme with an introduction to gaming the confl ict by rules writer Simon MacDowall. He takes us through raising armies, troops types, organisation and more. All accompanied by Neil Smith’s brief history of the wars. Shine
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De Bellis Horribilis World War I rules à la DBA David Manley ‘Stand to!’ 1994 Games at the Carton-le-Willows show. Photo Feature Strandhögg A small Viking raid scenario. D.K. Hunt Men against Fruit A pre-Featherstonian skirmish game suitable for Xmas (when you should have plenty of terrain available!) Paddy Griffith Long-haired Rebels. The Taiping Army, 1851-66. Part 2: Dress & Weapons Ian Heath Exit Horatio
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Caesar’s reconnaissance to Britain Ian Cheshire Picture Reviews Staff Photographer Tarutinsky: or flight to the rear Arthur Harman The Battle of Winchester, 1862 David Snowden A New Approach to Wargaming P.E Bold & B.Paine Computer Campaigning Ray Lucas Behold the Good and Peaceful Ian Knight Vietnam - Umpire’s background Alan Hamilton Palm Sunday, 1461 Geoff Brown Simplifying Moral Ray Lucas Rules Review Alan Hamilton Operation Sea Lion, Part II A.R tucker A North Italian
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Scenarios Richard Brooke Zulu Warrior Skirmish Jim Wallman The Wall that Stopped an Army - ACW battle Peter Clowes The Night belongs to Charlie. Vietnam convoy ambush. Alan Hamilton Decision Games III Roger Underwood Will God forgive me?’ - An unusual Crimean War Scenario Rod Robinson ‘ The Italian ‘Conquest’ of
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! ‘The Staff Photographer’ Picture Reviews Reflections of Firepower in the Franco-Prussian War Peter Dennis Evaluation of Weapons & Tactics of the ACW Steve Grethe 1499 - A Renaissance Mini-Campaign Brian Cameron A Wargamer’s guide to the Vendéan War Guy Halsall Napalm, cluster Bombs and Fuel Air Explosions in Vietnam Jim Webster An
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