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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Back in 1970, Charles Grant wrote and had published Battle - Practical Wargaming, one of the first guides to tabletop wargaming exclusively for World War Two. This new 2017 edition contains six chapters that were never previously published, plus new material by Charlie M Grant, the original author’s grandson and
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Once again, it’s FREEBIE FRIDAY! All our Wargames Illustrated Prime members will be automatically entered into a prize draw to win this week’s items. Looking for a rumble? Up for grabs this week is the new Street Wars NYC rulebook from Funky Skull Games, complete with cards for two Starter Gangs,
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When it came to choosing the theme for this month’s issue we had two clear contenders to choose from; 1) The Thirty Years War - to commemorate 500 years since the beginning of this tumultuous European conflict. 2) Air War - to tie-in with the release of the Battle of
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Once again, it’s FREEBIE FRIDAY! All our Wargames Illustrated Prime members will be automatically entered into a prize draw to win this week’s items. This week’s giveaway prize comes from Demented Games of Australia. Twisted is a Victorian era VSF/Steampunk game with a twist, with factions vying to protect or enslave the
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Once again, it’s FREEBIE FRIDAY! All our Wargames Illustrated Prime members will be automatically entered into a prize draw to win this week’s items. This week’s Prime Giveaway is three Konflikt ’47 boxed sets courtesy of Warlord Games.We have a British Churchill Meteor tank, a US M3A2 Pondskater Scout Walker and
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It’s always interesting to peruse the new characters that have been released in Thomas ‘Stoessi’ Stoesser’s range of World War Two character figures, when we're at Tactica, and Thomas actually treated us to a few sneak peeks of pre-releases, including Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Vandervoort (as played by John Wayne from
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tssAOTqVJxk&t OBSERVATION POST Our latest look at what’s new and upcoming in the world of wargaming. THEME: AMBUSH! Pete Brown shares some ideas for replicating the military art of ambush in our tabletop battles. SAGA 2 – ITERATION OR NEW GAME? Dom Sore takes a close look at the new rulebook and discusses what’s changed or
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We made our now annual journey to the excellent Vapnartak show in York, England on February 4th, one of the first big shows of the year and a great introduction to another hobby year. Among all the amazing games being played and traders selling a host of products, we picked
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Once again, it’s FREEBIE FRIDAY! All our Wargames Illustrated Prime members will be automatically entered into a prize draw to win this week’s items. This week’s giveaway is courtesy of Plastic Soldier Company and consists of ten 15mm tank kits suitable for a whole number of post-WW2 armies. Don’t forget - Freebie
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The new Blood Red Skies – Battle of Britain boxed game from Warlord Games covers action from July to October 1940. Although it contains everything needed to play BRS in this perio, Warlord are releasing a number of expansions that not only add to the action but also widen the
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Any Allied force created for use with World War Two rules needs Sherman tanks. And to combat those Shermans, German forces need anti-tank guns. Luckily, the recent Rubicon model kit releases have you covered on both counts. The first kit we’re looking at is the M4 Sherman, which has the option
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Mark Sims of Crusader Miniatures has added something a little different to his World War Two German range. Rather than focus upon smocks and the Late War era, he has chosen to produce Early War Heer infantry in greatcoats. There are seven packs in total, with each pack consisting of four
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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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Offensive Miniatures have expanded their range of World War Two figures to include these Defenders of the Reich, those called upon to defend Berlin and possibly other German towns and cities towards the end of the war. The samples sent for review are from the Volksturm 1 and 3 packs. Most
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The extremely popular Bolt Action rules from Warlord and Osprey Games are constantly being supported with theatre and campaign supplements based upon some of the main events in World War Two. This time around, it’s the turn of Operation Market Garden, the Allied plan to capture the bridges across the
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Under Fire Miniatures is a small company who offers a great deal to the gamer. The 20mm ranges cover a number of periods, from the Spanish Civil War and World War Two to the 1980’s in the Lebanon and into the wars of the 1990s and 2000’s. The 28mm range
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The Jungle Survival Pocket Manual By Alan Jeffreys Casemate Publishing - www.casematepublishing.co.uk Reviewed by Neil Smith Modern war is seldom fought in green and pleasant valleys. Rather, soldiers trudge through wet mud, hot sand, and thick, steaming jungles. It doesn’t help that along with all the other hazards, these environments contained enemies with lethal
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Russia’s Last Gasp, The Eastern Front 1916 - 17 By Prit Buttar Osprey Publishing 2016 Reviewed by Jim Graham “Russia’s Last Gasp, The Eastern Front 1916 - 17” by Prit Buttar is a considerable book, running to 472 pages, and follows on from the author’s previous Great War books “Collision of Empires, the war
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Fighters Over The Aegean 1943-1944 By Brian Cull, 2017 Fonthill 2014 Reviewed by James Morris Fighters Over The Aegean 1943-1944 is a detailed account of the RAF’s attempts supporting some – for me – previously unknown operations in the eastern Mediterranean. Once again, the story is told with a strong emphasis on first-hand accounts
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Blenheims Over Greece And Crete 1940-1941 By Brian Cull, 2017 Fonthill 2014 Reviewed by James Morris Knowing of my current World War Two Crete project, sub-editor Wayne passed a couple of related books my way. Both by Brian Cull, these are very readable accounts of some of the lesser-known aviation activity in the Mediterranean
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The theme of the current issue (WI362, December) of Wargames Illustrated is - The Machine Gun. We present five articles on this revolutionary weapon, in battle and on the tabletop. We’ve got the machine gun in the Great War, the Gatling Gun, in the dogfight, in World War Two and
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Iron Fist Publishing produce some excellent supplements for their Battlegroup rules system that strike the balance between key historical facts and tabletop gameplay with great style. Designed with 20mm figures and models in mind, this new supplement focuses on Operation Market Garden, the Allied plan to use a combination of
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Warlord Games have added to their Winter War range of figures with something a little different for German forces. During World War Two, it became obvious that StuG assault guns could be vulnerable to infantry assault, especially as they were used on the frontline more and more often. To prevent this,
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Rubicon Models have come up with a kit that allows gamers with a German force to field an important development in the growth of anti-tank weapons. The PaK 36 anti-tank gun was initially designed as a horse-drawn, lightweight weapon. However, as the German army became more motorized, it was re-designed
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Rubicon Models have produced a really useful plastic kit that I didn’t really know I needed until I saw it! The Canadian Military Pattern truck which was produced in huge numbers in Canada during World War Two. The truck was used by virtually every nation that formed part of the
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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it is with great pleasure that I would like to announce the winners of the 2017 Wargames Illustrated awards. Over the last couple of months, our readers, Facebook followers and wargamers from around the globe have been voting in nine different categories for their wargaming
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We took the time to visit this wonderfully laid back wargames show in Reading, UK recently. Whilst we were there, we discovered a host of new products from a variety of companies that would encourage many a gamer to part with their cash. https://youtu.be/DscDD7DdCyY 1st Corps 1st Corps continue to add even more
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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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Artizan Designs produce a range of different miniatures for World War Two, under the auspices of North Star. As most of the main combatant nations are more than adequately covered, the company is able to offer some of the more diverse troop types. The latest offering is a pack of ten
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