Sengoku showdown
To set the scene for this month’s Samurai theme, Brook Kill takes a closer look at the three leaders that brought an end to medieval Japan’s “Warring States” period. As well as the exciting history, we present plenty of ideas for bringing these leaders to the tabletop.
Wargaming the Armies of Carthage
Following up on his well-received treatise on using the Romans on the wargames table, Paul Leach digs up loads of information on the greatest “empire that never was”, the quintessential Republican Roman enemy, the Carthaginians.
Painting your samurai
Brightly coloured Samurai warriors can seem daunting, but Jason Buyaki guides us through the best (and most straightforward) ways to get your Japanese army onto your gaming table.
Battery of the dead
Hungarian Assault Guns counterattack the Soviet invasion, in this Flames of War scenario.
Legends of the rising sun
With a gaming table based on the classic Kurosawa film Yojimbo, we knew Aaron Loomis was onto a good thing. Read more here about his Legends of The Rising Sun house rules.
The battle of Bussaco
General de Brigade Napoleonic rules author Dave Brown has supplied a great scenario to coincide with the release of the latest version of his rules – Bussaco 1810, which also happens to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the battle!
War stories
Barry Hilton took a trip across “the pond” to promote his rulesets at HISTORICON 2010. He spent four days in the trenches, running games, presenting seminars, and doing what all gamers love to do, talking about the state of wargaming.
Guns and guts
In this article we explore the secrets of the tank destroyers, not only to better understand their contributions during WWII, but also to get to the bottom of the logic behind the tank destroyer rules in Flames of War.
Colours show report
As usual a great turn out of games at this UK show. Lots of photos for you to enjoy.
Fleet of battle
We don’t publish rule sets very often so when we do they have to be good, and this set of rules for 1:200 scale naval combat is very good, just what you need for refighting sea battles in the Mediterranean 600 – 31BC
Great warriors: 1918 stormtrooper
Our Great Warriors series continues with a look at the German assault troops of World War One.
Medieval monster hunting
Give your medieval warriors some time off with a day’s hunting in the forests of 15th Century Poland. But beware – there maybe more than just deer and foxes hiding in the undergrowth
Scratchbuilding a 15mm Desert Village
Bob Murch returns to the pages of Wargames Illustrated with this great little piece on scratching together buildings for your very own North African village. spotlight: the phoenix
Gaming club
We follow the Phoenix Gaming Club as they prepare for their yearly outing to English Heritage’s Festival of History.