Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it is with great pleasure that we would like to announce the winners of the 2018 Wargames Illustrated awards. Over the last couple of months, our readers, Facebook followers and wargamers from around the globe (1,060 in total) have been voting in nine different categories
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Cruel Seas is an A4, perfect bound softback rulebook, printed on 108 pages of high quality paper stock. Released by Warlord Games, this is a World War Two Naval battle game which focuses upon the smaller ships of the war, fighting around the coastlines of the world. Cruel Seas has been
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In this unboxing we are going to take a look at the contents of the soon to be released Strike Fast, Strike Hard! Starter Set for Cruel Seas – the new World War Two naval battle game from Warlord Games. https://youtu.be/TOGfH9WzuS8 The new Cruel Seas World War II naval battle game puts
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Beyond Rome to the Alps – Across the Arno and Gothic Line 1944-1945 Johnathan Bracken Pen & Sword, 2018 Reviewed by Dom Sore Often when we think about the Italian Campaign we get up to Monte Cassino and the liberation of Rome and then stop. Even the liberation of Rome was overshadowed by some
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Snipers at War – An Equipment and Operations History John Walter Greenhill Books 2017 Reviewed by Dom Sore Snipers are a strange bunch, sitting hidden for hours at a time, patiently waiting for that one opportunity to shoot before moving on to the next hide. Through history they have been revered and reviled, feared
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Italian Naval Camouflage of World War II Marco Ghiglino Seaforth Publishing 2018 Reviewed by John Laing The Germans of World War II were the very worst of allies. It is in large measure due to their vilification of the Italian war effort that we receive such a bad impression of the qualities of the
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Images of War – SS Specialist Units in Combat Bob Carruthers Pen & Sword Military Reviewed by Images of War – SS Specialist Units in combat is the next book in this excellent series by Pen & Sword which covers military subjects ranging from the Crimean War to the Cold War and beyond,
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Plastic Soldier Company Metals have added yet more miniatures to both their 6 and 20mm ranges. These are intended to represent the 8th Army and Afrika Korps forces which fought in North Africa during the early part of World War Two. The 20mm figures have a great sense of character with
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Previously known for creating 28mm Fantasy figures, Battlezone Miniatures have moved in a new and exciting direction. Offering Soviet troops and support in 20mm means they have entered the lucrative World War Two market, with some new approaches of their own. Currently, their vehicles feature three versions of the BT fast
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Elladan are a Germany figure and terrain manufacturer, amongst their offerings they produce a great range of Dark Age, Medieval, World War Two and Modern buildings . One of their most recent releases is this excellent Dark Age Living Hall, which arrives as a kit in a large box. https://youtu.be/vF_QIm3_4Uk The kit
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Heer46 are still working on their excellent Fallschrimjager figures, with more to come soon. However, they have managed to release a resin version of the Ansaldo 149/40 Model 1935 heavy field gun. Produced by Italy and used during World War Two, only a few were made as a replacement for the
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For this weeks Freebie Friday all Prime members have the chance to win this Terrain Crate from Mantic Games! You can watch our unboxing of this product here Don’t forget - Freebie Friday is a twice monthly giveaway - if you’re WIPrime, you’re in! To find out more about the additional benefits
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Battlefront has added more terrain to the Flames of War 15mm World War Two range with these three pre-painted resin pieces, which could be said to be able to show different stages of the same brick built factory. https://youtu.be/UP5D9kSkM9Q The first box, entitled Brick Factory, contains three resin pieces, a Factory Ground
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Thanks to our friends at Asmodee, we have a complete Star Wars: Legion starter set to give away to one lucky Primetime member. See our review for more details. And don’t forget, if you’re Prime, you’re in! Don’t forget - Freebie Friday is a twice monthly giveaway - if you’re WIPrime, you’re
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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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Escaping Occupied Europe Hylke Faber, Pieter Stolk Pen & Sword History Reviewed by Jack Perry ‘’Escaping Occupied Europe’’ is the fascinating, often humorous (and very candid) tale of one Dutch student’s odyssey across a Europe under nazi-occupation as he, like many of his fellow resistance members escaped certain death
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Hitler's Brandenburgers: The third Reich's Elite Special Forces Lawrence Paterson Greenhill Books, 2018 Reviewed by Kevin Rolco Among Second World War miniature wargamers all around the world German elite units in general and the infamous Brandenburgers in particular are very popular subjects. Yet comprehensive English language unit histories are scarce. Therefore, Lawrence Paterson´s new
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Perry Miniatures have added a 1/56th scale resin and metal kit to their World War Two range. The Italian Lancia 90/53 Gun Truck is a unique support weapon available to the Axis forces. The Lancia 90/53 is a 90mm gun on the back of a Lancia truck. Originally designed for use
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This week, our Prime members have the chance to win two forces for the campaign in the Western Desert during World War Two. We have a box of plastic multipose 8th Army and a box of Afrika Korps for one luckiy winner, and don’t forget, if you’re Prime, you’re in! And
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Warlord Games can always be relied upon to take a theatre of World War Two and offer as many infantry and support options as possible. One of their latest releases for use with the Bolt Action rules is this squad of Fallschirmjager. This squad box consists of 10 metal figures, with
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The upcoming release of the new Campaign: Battle of France supplement for Bolt Action offers 128 pages of scenarios and more for gaming Early World War Two in France and Belgium during the Summer of 1940. This is a softback book, providing special rules, amendments and suitable army lists for
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4Ground are expanding their product range once more, adding the first in a series of 28mm scale building themed around the Far and South East Asia, and . And they need YOUR help… https://youtu.be/_YfdeyLRAbM The ‘Nanhai Trading Post’ represents a typical structure found in the Far East or South East Asia, this
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Pendraken Miniatures have released a whole host of miniatures for the Korean War of the 1950’s. They’ve decided to ‘go large’ on the number of packs, providing all you need to get started in replicating the battles in 10mm. There are 128 packs in the initial release, which cover infantry, command
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I always get a bit nervy when our theme content doesn’t include the wargaming ‘big three’ of Ancients, Napoleonics and World War Two, and in truth we could have crowbarred articles on all of these subjects into our ‘Bush Wars’ theme, but we decided to embrace the eclectic in the
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Every now and again, a club or gaming group needs something, to unite the members, promote a new game system or just to use forgotten parts of our figure collections. Recently, Sub-Editor Wayne ran a campaign at his club bringing a set of rules and an old gaming supplement together
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Thanks to our friends over at Warlord Games, This weeks Freebie Friday is there latest British 8th Army Starter Set of which you can see our unboxing here! Get ready to build and battle across North Africa with the British 8th Army starter army box set! And don’t forget, if you’re Prime,
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Thanks to our friends at Mantic Games, this week we have there Dungeon Depths Terrain Crate to give away to one lucky Prime member, You can see our unboxing of this product here. And don’t forget, if you’re Prime, you’re in! Don’t forget - Freebie Friday is a twice monthly giveaway -
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Dust 1947 is the official line of gaming and collectible miniatures from the mind of the incomparable Paolo Parente, head of the continually innovative Dust Studios team. This time around, we’re taking a look at two types of infantry models available in what could be termed ‘heroic 28mm’ but are
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Who doesn’t like campaign wargaming? What’s not to like about playing through a series of linked battles and adding in entertaining additional elements to your games, like logistics, character development and herding cats (i.e. your fellow wargamers!). In our theme for this issue we have asked Alan Perry (Perry Miniatures), Joe
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The Forgotten VCs. The Victoria Crosses of the War in the Far East During WW2 Brian Best Frontline Books, 2018 Reviewed by Neil Smith In The Forgotten VCs. The Victoria Crosses of the War in the Far East During WW2, Brian Best takes his readers deep into the jungles of southeast Asia to tell
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