It’s 1870 and the American Civil War isn’t over, it has also taken a rather dramatic twist in that the North has laid waste to the South using chemical weapons and the Confederate States have responded by using Necromancy to raise their dead and retaliate! Artizan Designs’ Grim Prairie Tales (GPT)
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Stronghold Terrain have a great ‘supporting cast’ of figure ranges for a number of popular games, including the excellent Dead Man’s Hand Wild West gunfight game. However, one of their largest ranges is intended for use with the SAGA rules, most notably the Dark Age and Age of Magic universes.
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Buy this in Print Do you like this month’s cover mount freebie? (Prime members can find theirs here) We figured that even if you are not into naval wargaming you would like to ‘have a play’ with the great new 1/700th scale ship models designed by Warlord Games for their forthcoming
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Buy this in Print There is something particularly evocative about warfare on the frontiers. It’s easy to conjure up images of fighting on the great plains or mountain passes on the fringes of empire. In this issue of Wargames Illustrated we explore some of the wargaming potential offered by Frontier Wars,
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Knuckleduster Miniatures consistently produce some of the most characterful Wild west era miniatures on the market. Some of these focus upon the more historical, whilst others blend fact and fiction to produce something special. The new Linguine Western Faction follows the latter approach. This boxed set contains six iconic, cinematic western
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In the great pantheon of gaming rules, it is inevitable that we’ll miss out on a few. However, Fistful of Lead by Wiley Games looks like one of those we should learn about and share. Starting life as a set of gunfight rules for the Old West about 18 years
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Warcradle Studios continues to release more miniature options for their top selling Wild West Exodus game system. One of the latest boxed set releases is the Death From Above Posse Set. This consists of 4 winged Spirits, taken from Native American mythology and intended for use alongside Warrior Nation factions. Shown
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Buy this in Print We do hope you are enjoying your free plastic frames every month, this offer is set to continue throughout 2019 (and hopefully beyond). This month’s offering is quite special, the Crimean War Russians bagged with this issue have only just been released by Warlord Games, so this
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Flying Frog Productions continue to produce core sets and expansions for their Shadows of Brimstone game setting. Set in a Wild West where ancient horrors have emerged to threaten the town of Brimstone and the wider world, players must work together to push back the creatures who would seek to
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Blackwater Gulch is a 96 page hardback book, from Gangfight! Game Studio. Subtitled a ‘Western Horror Skirmish Game’, the rules and miniatures are themed around a Wild West town that lingers next to a nexus point for evil, a gateway to hell. https://youtu.be/funbQX9dh_o The first 13 pages of the book focus upon
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Gunfighter’s Ball is a 96 page hardback book, authored by the fantastically named Forrest Harris and Brian Jubilation Martin. Designed to simulate the ‘up close and personal’ nature of the gunfights of the Old West, the rules focus upon both the ‘real’ and ‘Hollywood’ versions, and complement the excellent miniatures
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FROM THE EDITOR This month we commemorate one hundred years since the end of World War One, perhaps the most poignant time for those alive now to reflect on the loss of life during a previous generation. This November also hosts another commemoration or more correctly celebration in the form of
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Known for the excellence of their Wild West range, Knuckleduster Miniatures have added a touch of the ‘Weird’ to the Wildness with some recent releases. The ‘Orc Amigos’ blister consists of three tough looking Western types, whom just happen to be Orcs in the classic fantasy style. One wears a long
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To the shores of Tripoli… and then back again. It only struck me when I sat down to write this editorial that our theme for this month, America at War, takes us from the famous US Marine action near Tripoli in 1804 (subject of the Marine Corps Hymn), via the
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Our friends at Warcradle Studios sent us a bumper bundle of box sets for their Wild West Exodus game, an ever-expanding range of figures and scenery for a sci-fi Steampunk background that is full of deadly adventure. The boxed sets sent our way represent factions or Posses from a number of
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North Star and Artizan Designs create a range of Weird and ‘Historical’ Wild West miniatures. Some of the latest additions either directly support the new Forbidden Power supplement for the Dracula’s America range or may be used for both the ‘strange’ and the ‘straight’ version of the core rules or
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The popular Dracula’s America: Shadows of the West rules from Osprey Games continue to move forward, with the latest rulebook and supplement Forbidden Power bringing the current narrative to an end. New Posses, new powers and a few new bestiarys, all suitably weird and wonderful. https://youtu.be/YnVPdmq9HvM The book is to the usual
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The Salute Wargames Show is the biggest in the world and with attendees numbering over 9,000 it has become an annual launchpad for new product releases for several of the companies that attend. Wargames Illustrated reporters spent the day stalking the hall at Excel in London A) taking photographs and reporting
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OBSERVATION POST Our latest look at what’s new and upcoming in the world of wargaming. THEME: ALL THE HEROES Neil Smith introduces us to this month’s theme with a brief introduction to the history of battle honours. THE WARGAMES ILLUSTRATED AWARDS We present our inaugural annual awards to the companies and individuals who you voted
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North Star Miniatures continues to add to the Dracula's America range with the Plains Tribe Skinwalker Posse. These are exclusively Native Americans, modeled upon the Sioux. In the Dracula's America supernatural setting, these are the main opponents of the Crossroads Cult. The Dracula’s America: Shadows of the West rulebook has at
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Is there a creeping Hollywoodization in wargaming? Or has it always been there? Should we rail against it? Or embrace it? These are some of the questions, and loads more besides, we contemplate in the theme articles for this issue of Wargames Illustrated. Our hobby is a broad church and can
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Warcradle Studios has created a second edition of these Steampunk / Weird Wild West rules. As part of the re-launch, they have produced a starter set entitled Gunfight at Red Oak. The boxed set comes with everything you need to play, including self-assembly plastic models that are around 32mm in
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OBSERVATION POST Our latest look at what’s new and upcoming in the world of wargaming. THEME: A LITTLE GATLING MUSIC Mike Bradford discusses the history of this iconic early machine gun and how it may be used during tabletop encounters. RULES SHOWCASE: FROSTGRAVE – GHOST ARCHIPELAGO We venture forth on an adventure to the Lost
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Great Escape Games continue to offer some of the most ‘cinematic’ heroes for the Wild and Weird West genres. Two of the latest offerings are designed for use with their core Wild West game and its offshoot, the Curse of Dead Man’s Hand . The first set consists of seven miniatures
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OBSERVATION POST We take a look at what’s new and upcoming in the world of wargaming. THEME: BIG MEN ON BIG HORSES One of our friendly neighbourhood Napoleonic era buffs takes a wargamer’s eye view of the heavy cavalry at Waterloo. THE FLOATING HULK Joe McCullough provides an exclusive solo scenario for use with his
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GEG continue to release new figures for their horror variant of Dead Man’s Hand - The Curse of Dead Man’s Hand. This new blister pack contains three ‘Cursed' figures (AKA Wild West Zombies). We have a female child, woman and an unfortunate fellow who has had half his body ripped off
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Mike Owen of Artizan Designs has created his own take upon the Weird Wild West. He’s added a Victorian Science Fiction element, blended with facets of the supernatural and practitioners of the Dark Arts. The premise is that the Union, using chemical weapons and firebombs, laid waste to the Confederate States
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OBSERVATION POST Spoilt for choice, we take a look at a selection of the myriad of products that are new or upcoming. THEME: GUNS, GALS AND GREEN GRIPPING HANDS Just what is pulp and where can we leap upon this careering mine wagon of a genre? Howard Whitehouse steps into the limelight to
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An upcoming set of rules from Osprey Games, The Shadows of the West is the first in the Dracula’s America series. The basic premise is an alternate timeline where Dracula and his minions have taken control of the USA just after the Civil War. Consequently, life in the Union is
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Something wicked is stirring in the Wild West. In the current issue of Wargames Illustrated we play through the latest scoursebook for gun slinging skirmish game Dead Man’s Hand.
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