You can leave your Tigers, IS2's and Pershings behind; its Early-war time! The team at Battlefront are about to release Blitzkrieg, the first book in their Early-war series and to celebrate this month’s WI is packed with articles including a series looking at Rommel's exploits. We also take a look at the New Zealand Northern War of 1845-46, the Battle of Marathon and much, much more. On the site we take a look at a "What-If" 1986 scenario where the Soviet Union turns up the heat on the Cold War and invades West Germany, we take a look at how you get 3000 figures on a tabletop with a companion article to The Battle of Sabis (in WI 274), we visit Legionary 2010 in the UK, and finally we have all our usual product reviews. contributors@wargamesillustrated.net

Wargames Illustrated Issue 274 Coming to stores in July is Wargames Illustrated issue 274; this issue’s theme is Blitzkrieg. It also includes a wide range of other articles that are sure to provide inspiration for any wargamer. Wargames Illustrated Issue 274…

Fulda Gap: The Bear Strikes In the spring of 1986 the Politbureau of the Soviet Union was forced to face some unpalatable facts. A fifth successive poor harvest, coupled with declining imports of grain, had led to food riots in several major cities. Stocks of fuel oil were at an all-time low and services and utilities were reporting imminent shortages and interruptions. Fulda Gap: The Bear Strikes...

The Battle of Sabis - Part Two In WI 274 we printed an article about the huge, center-piece game co-ordinated by Dean Emmerson for the very first Huzzah! convention held in Portland, Maine, USA. In this companion artticle we can read the thoughts of Dean as he speaks with Howard Whitehouse about how best to adapt Howard’s Clash of Iron rules to the enormous battle (over 3,000 miniatures) on the tabletop. The Battle of Sabis - Part Two...

Reviews - July 2010 This months reviews include the Black Powder ruleset by Warlord Games, the books Bloodline: The Origins and Development of the Regular Formations of the British Army, Red Crown & Dragon: 53rd Welsh Division in North-West Europe 1944-1945 and The Complete Victoria Cross. In addition to the WWI in the East 28mm miniature range by Woodbine Designs/Gripping Beast. Reviews - July 2010...

Legionary 2010 Saturday May 1st, at the Exeter Corn Exchange was the date and venue for Legionary 2010, hosted by Rygas Roughnecks and the Exmouth Wargames Society who offered a selection of games and were supported by several dedicated and supportive traders. Legionary 2010...

Wargames Illustrated Miniatures Following on from the success of our Wargames Illustrated Exclusive range of ‘Ia Drang (Vietnam)’ figures; this month sees the release of more unique Wargames Illustrated figures in the form of our Moments in History collection. Moments in History Miniatures Series 1... Moments in History Miniatures Series 2... Series 2 in now available via the online store: WIM07 Battle of Little Bighorn... WIM08 Montezuma and Cortez... WIM09 Caesar and Vercingetorix... WIM10 Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro... WIM11 Napoleon at Rest...

New Subscription Deals for July If your local gaming store is does not have Wargames Illustrated in stock ask them to get in touch with their Battlefront Miniatures sales person for stocking information. Alternatively you can subscribe via our online store and get your copy delivered straight to your letterbox. WISUB32 - 12 Month Subscription & 2 'Moments in History' mini-vignettes WISUB33 - 12 Month Subscription & 6 'Moments in History' mini-vignettes

Battle of Ia Drang Check out the Battle of Ia Drang articles and downloadable PDF versions of the Battle of Ia Drang resources as featured in Wargames Illustrated Issue 266. We have also added Contact. Contact. Yellow One Down, taken from issue 267. The Battle of Ia Drang... Refighting the Battle of Ia Drang with Flames Of War... The Ia Drang Battlefield... Ia Drang Colour Guide... Total War: Ia Drang... Contact. Contact. Yellow One Down... Ia Drang Design Notes...

Additional Web Content Over the past few months we have received so many great articles that it has been a struggle to fit them all in the magazine. To help accommodate these we have increased the page count of the magazine, and in some cases we have been able to move some of the content around. Now we are adding an extra avenue for you to check out these great articles – via the website.

Missionary Ridge... The Battle of Leipzig Revisited... How To Make Fences... The Perfect Battle - The First Sikh War and the Battle of Aliwal... The Black Brunswickers... The Battle of Leipzig... Adepticon 2010...  Early Roman Conversions... Windmills... Reviews - May 2010...

Latest Releases From Osprey Publishing... The Battle of Brunanburh... Warfare 2009 Show Report... How To Make Southeast Asian Building - Part Two... Wilkinson's Campaign Against the Slavers - Scenario Cards... PAW 2010... Crusade 2010... Cold Wars 2010...

Reviews - April 2010... Reviews - March 2010... Painting Transparent Huey Rotors... The First Crusade - A Chronological History... The Last Battle of Antioch, 28 June, 1098 - A Wargame Scenario... Latest Releases From Osprey Publishing... The Hobby University at Cold Wars...

Wargames Illustrated Vietnam Miniatures Over the past few weeks we have had numerous enquiries from stores and customers about the WI Vietnam range, and whether or not this will be an ongoing product range. In response to these questions we are going to complete one last production run to make sure that any customers that want to purchase these figures get a chance to do so. Retailers will have one final opportunity to place orders on behalf of their customers so make sure you visit your local gaming store or the WI Online Store as soon as possible to make sure you don’t miss out.

Available from the Online Store In our online store we also have all the miniatures required to replay your own Battle of Ia Drang including a 1/100 Huey ‘Slick’ Troopship and Huey ‘Hog” Gunship. WINV01 Huey 'Slick' Helicopters (x3) WINV02 US Company HQ (Air Mobile) WINV03 US Rifle Platoon (Air Mobile) WINV04 PAVN Battalion HQ WINV05 PAVN Infantry Platoon WINV06 PAVN Weapons Platoon WINV07 PAVN Anti-Air Platoon WINV08 Huey 'Hog' Gunship (x1) WINV09 Huey 'Slick' Helicopter (x1) WINV10 Huey Decal Sheet (x1) WINV11 Wound Markers (x12) WINV12 7th Cav Token Set WINV13 PAVN Token Set WINV15 US Army Deal WINV16 PAVN Army Deal

We have also created a section in the Flames of War Forum for people to discuss Ia Drang, so please head on over to find out what other people are up to If you have not already registered on the Flames of War website or the WI Online Store, you will need to do so to access the forums, but don’t worry, it does not take long! Ia Drang Forum...

Feel free to get in touch as we would love to hear your feedback. Wargames Illustrated Team.