Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! The original version of Never Mind the Billhooks (published in Wargames Illustrated 393, September 2020) was a set of rules for wargaming smaller battles in the Wars of the Roses. It had always seemed to me that it would be
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! I’ll begin this month’s editorial with a brief FAQ: no, you don’t need Never Mind the Billhooks to play Never Mind the Matchlocks, it’s a completely self-contained ruleset. Matchlocks is ideal for bringing small armies of around 150 figures per
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These rules for Napoleonic amphibious assaults were devised by V&F author Jervis Johnson for a Battle of Aboukir Bay game featuring British amphibious landings, played at The 'Other' Partizan wargames show in 2024. They can be adapted for any similar amphibious landing action. Deployment The British infantry start the game in the
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A bonus for WiPrime Members: James Morris shares his scaled-down adventures in the siege of Troy, and offers some compelling arguments for venturing into the world of 6mm gaming.
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A bonus for WiPrime Members: Rick Priestley, ace Game Designer, and the champion of silly article titles, provides an insight into designing Warlord's new Scipio Battle Game.
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Welcome to the first compendium to the Valour & Fortitude rules. It was just over a year ago that we published the second edition of Valour & Fortitude in Wargames Illustrated. In the last twelve months we’ve added numerous new
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Valour & Fortitude was first given away free with the October 2022 issue of Wargames Illustrated. We followed that up in October 2023 with the second edition of V&F - free with Wi430. So, it would make sense to follow
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Our 2023 Revisited magazine theme proved to be so popular we have decided to revisit it again with this month’s issue! The premise of Revisited is that: we ask several of our regular contributors to return to subjects or projects
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This year, Britcon 2024 introduced the 'Wi Room' to showcase three captivating games of Valour & Fortitude on the first day of the event; see some of the best shots in this web post. Be sure to pick up a copy and read all about the event in the upcoming October
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! For this month’s Vietnam War theme we intentionally sidestep a history lesson on the conflict and instead focus on several different hobby projects and wargaming ideas. From the skies above, to below ground, our five theme articles take in transport
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook collection? View and download it instead! The amount of hobby content that’s been published in the pages of Wargames Illustrated over the years is, frankly, staggering. In my search for articles, I picked out enough to fill PDFs many times over (hence this being part one
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Mike Peters visited the Wargames Illustrated office this week with a fine collection of his figures to take photos for some Ruckus expansions. He worked with James on rules for Mounted Retinues and new Dramatis Personae and did some testing in the Wi gaming room. Some of the action is shown
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! The advent of Warlord Games’ Hail Caesar Epic Battles has sent us into Ancients adulation here at Wi Towers. Naturally, we were very keen to get the new Epic scale (that’s roughly 15mm to me and you) models to you
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! The Thompson submachine gun, Mosin-Nagant rifle, pikes, and chariots are the eclectic mix of instruments of war that were chosen by our contributors to feature in this month’s Weapons theme, along with an article in which we chat to game
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook ruleset? View and download it instead! Never Mind the Billhooks: Here's the Ruckus, better known as Ruckus, is a Medieval skirmish game of narrative-heavy tabletop battles. It is inspired and influenced by Andy Callan's ruleset, Never Mind the Billhooks (Billhooks), but while there are key similarities
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Let’s get ready to Ruckus!! We have already provided you with a couple of teasers for Never Mind the Billhooks - Here’s the Ruckus, with Designer’s Notes in Wi433 (January) and battle reports in Wi434 (February), now it’s time for the
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! I’m writing this editorial from a position of ignorance. Currently (early March 2024) I have got everything crossed that a container ship transporting, amongst other things, several thousand plastic frames of Special Ops figures, will be docking at Portsmouth, England,
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The Hammerhead Painting Competition, sponsored and run by Wargames Illustrated, was a fantastic time this year. There were 100 great entries and the standard was higher than previous years. There will be an article with the full story and the winners of all ten categories in Wi437 for all to see,
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! The brush is mightier than the dice in this issue of Wargames Illustrated as we run with our theme of ‘Hobby’. We don’t restrict our hobby desk activities to brushwork; sponges, glues, Styrofoam, MDF, and many more tools and materials
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook collection? View and download it instead! Welcome to the first PDF in our new WiPrime Collections series. In each of these online omnibuses, available exclusively to WiPrime Members, we bring together themed articles from the Wargames Illustrated archive for your reading pleasure and referencing ease. This month
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! As we were putting the finishing touches to this issue of Wargames Illustrated we received the sad news of Bryan Ansell’s death. Bryan was a titan of the tabletop miniatures world, initially forming Asgard, then Citadel Miniatures in the 1970s.
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After tallying the votes from over 2,000 submissions we're ready to announce the winners of the Wargames Illustrated Readers' Awards 2023. This article summarises the top three from each category and we'll have a full report on the winners in Wi435. Best Wargames Rules Burrows and Badgers Chain of Command Bolt Action Best
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We're sponsoring the Hammerhead Painting Competition again in 2024! Here are the details you'll need to enter. The basics There's no entry fee and up to one entry can be submitted to each category. Entries must be your own work. Each entry must be accompanied by an entry form. There will
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Oi, oi, what’s this? No freebie with Wi this month? Having spoilt you for three consecutive issues with frames of Napoleonic infantry, Epic Covenanters, and Valour & Fortitude rules, we’re taking a brief breather from all that generosity. As it’s the
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Check out this extended online-exclusive version of Wi432's 'The Other Partizan' article.
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! We’re going mini with this month’s theme, in two senses of the word. A mini trio of articles focused on the Napoleonic Peninsular War, 1807 - 1814, and some free minis are being given away with the magazine*. You will
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Enjoy 'The Cult of Dracula' article from November's issue? Download the following cards to print off and play with!
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We were so impressed with Messrs Andrews and Imrie’s American Civil War demo table at Partizan 2023, that we insisted they give us an in-depth tour of the board, sharing some details on how they brought it together along the way.
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Hurray for free stuff! And here’s some of it right now with your latest issue of Wargames Illustrated magazine. The Scottish Covenanters played a key role in the English Civil Wars, and now their 15mm(ish) plastic decedents can do the
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Welcome to the 2nd edition of the Valour & Fortitude (or V&F for short) rules. I have received a lot of fantastic feedback about Valour & Fortitude since its first publication in 2022, from players quite literally all over the
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