Chris Peers tweaks his own rules and creates a Death in the Dark Continent supplement that covers the exciting possibilities found in China during the Boxer Rebellion. Download the full PDF. [pdf-embedder url="https://ed025442.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Wi423-Extra-The-Boxer-Rebellion-A-Death-in-the-Dark-Continent-supplement.pdf" title="Wi423 Extra - The Boxer Rebellion - A Death in the Dark Continent supplement"]
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Take a tour through the Vault and read some classic Wi articles. “Ok, ok, settle down and bring it in everyone. That’s it … gather closer my brave time travel recruits and listen up! Today’s a big day, you’re about to head out on your first field trip; we’re going into
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We’re back with February’s edition of Insider Insight. Take your WiPrime exclusive monthly peep behind the Wargames Illustrated curtain at some of the exciting things ahead. WiDigital We gave you an advanced look at a new Billhooks leader for Bohemia in last month’s Insider Insight and promised there were figures for the
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It's a bit of a cliché that Medieval naval battles were just like land battles at sea, but what if you take a successful set of medieval land battle rules and set them afloat, does it work? That’s what rules writer Andy Callan did with Never Mind the Billhooks. If you
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The ELEGOO Mercury X wash machine is an invaluable piece of kit, speeding up the vital cleaning stage of the process, but these machines can suffer from a fairly common problem; one that we encountered on ours straight away. Turning it on and setting a time worked just fine but as
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Take a tour through the Vault and read some classic Wi articles. The new year is now enough underway that we have to stop calling it the new year... instead, why not head into the Vault and focus on some of the stuff from old years instead? Wargames Illustrated Wi006 - February
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Wargames Illustrated’s Office Manager Ian has become Wi's 3D printing champion over the last few months. You can read about the start of his 3D printing adventures in Wi422 where he presents an introduction to this exciting new technology. If you’re eager to get started, then you’ll need some kit. Ian's
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Welcome to Insider Insight, a monthly behind-the-scenes peek at what the Wargames Illustrated team is up to. This new feature, exclusively available to our WiPrime Members, is a chance to highlight some of the exciting things we are working on for future issues of the magazine as well as some of
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In my office here at Wi Mansions I have a glass display cabinet which houses my favouritest painted miniatures. Suffice to say, none of them have been painted by me; the work which features more than anyone else is by Brushman Matt Parkes. I’ve known Matt since about 2008 when we
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We talked to Daniel Molina, Thalassa’s digital sculptor and the man behind the STLs available in this month’s WiDigital selection, to find out more about his work. Wargames Illustrated: What’s the appeal of sculpting the Thalassa range? Daniel Molina: I feel a bit like a naval engineer of that period. Digital 3D
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Take a tour through the Vault and read some classic Wi articles. We've ground our way through the previous year's struggles and emerged into the greener pastures of hope and potential that they call 2023. Hurrah! The yearly reset, along with the downtime that the Christmas holidays provide, tends to give our
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Read the first painting guide for Thalassa where Callum France shows how to get a quality finish through simple but cunning techniques for your first trireme. Download the full PDF. [pdf-embedder url="https://ed025442.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Wi421-Extra-Painting-your-first-trireme.pdf" title="Wi421 Extra - Painting your first trireme"]
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Take a tour through the Vault and read some classic Wi articles. I'm writing this month's From the Vault at the end of a very busy week. Every December the Wargames Illustrated team has to push to get the next issue of the magazine ready well ahead of our usual sign-off
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With postal strikes meaning we couldn’t get any orders out of the door, and rail strikes meaning we couldn’t get any stock in the door, coupled with a fire alarm service meaning the lights in the office were out of action, we could cry, moan, and hope Netflix would give
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These plans should be used alongside the Wi420 How To ... article; they will assist you in building an Old West mine. Download the Old West plans.
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Take a tour through the Vault and read some classic Wi articles. Wargames Illustrated 361 - November 2017 Five years ago Wi's theme explored cavalry but the issue started with Observation Post - our ongoing monthly column that takes a look at new releases... or in this case old releases! It's interesting
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The survey for the 2022 Wargames Illustrated Awards has just gone live... But before you rush over to vote for your favourite companies, games, shows, and more, you should also consider the best Wi articles of 2022. Editor Dan and I (Project Manager James) have picked a selection of 24 options
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Editor Dan gets behind the wheel with friends Nick North Star and Alan and Michael Perry. What sights did they behold on their 1.5k mile road trip? “How about turning Tactica 2022 into a Road Trip?” said I to friends and Tactica regulars Alan and Michael Perry. Having later recruited our
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September is coming to a close; what better way to finish up the month than taking a look in the Vault and enjoying some vintage Wi goodies? Wargames Illustrated 359 - September 2017 Did Mark's Little Soldiers catch your eye in our latest issue? Can you see some pulp potential? This issue
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Editor Dan ponders how the GW generation of game designers resonates with the Wi audience. I’ve never actually played War Games by Donald Feather (first published 1962), or any rules by George Gush, Tony Bath, Charles Grant et al. I have got, and read, several books by those authors, but have
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We've got the orders of battle and some extra photos to accompany Wi417's 'The Battle of Trautenau' article. AUSTRIA X Armeecorps Commander - Feldmarschalllieutenant (FML) Baron Gablenz Assistant - Generalmajor (GM) Baron Koller Chief of Staff - Oberst Baron Bourguignon Chief of Artillery - Oberst Eisler Brigade Oberst Mondl - 12th Jaegerbataillon,
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It’s August, it’s cooling down enough in the UK for us to brave trips into the Wi basement where our gaming table lives (so too do many terrible things that we can’t mention here), and we’ve got a gaming theme to this month’s From the Vault, inspired by the new
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July is drawing to a close and after working through a UK meltdown it’s quite a relief to settle down, look back at some old issues of Wargames Illustrated, and imagine the cooler times they were written in! Wargames Illustrated 297 - July 2012 Travel back a decade through the time machine
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Want to paint up our latest Giants in Miniature release Harry Hotspur? Wi Painter Callum shows you how! Download the full PDF. [pdf-embedder url="https://ed025442.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Giants-in-Miniature-Painting-Harry-Hotspur.pdf" title="Giants in Miniature - Painting Harry Hotspur"]
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“Why don’t you publish more articles about 6mm gaming?” was the predictable first question I was asked in my capacity as one of the panel at the Joy of Six event which took place in Sheffield, England, in early July. It was a fair question and one I knew was coming
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Another Partizan, another record-breaking number of attendees; over 1,100 wargamers and hobbyists pushed through the gates of the Newark Showground for the May 2022 show. They were treated to the high-quality collection of demo and participation games we have come to expect from this stalwart of the UK show circuit. Now,
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Paul Davies heads to Legionary 2022 to report on various gaming tables he spotted at the event. Download the full PDF. [pdf-embedder url="https://ed025442.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Legionary-2022-Show-Report.pdf" title="Legionary 2022 Show Report"]
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It's June's From the Vault; we look back at past issues of Wargames Illustrated and suggest interesting, odd, and visually appealing articles that are worth a second look. Wargames Illustrated 356 – June 2017 Five years ago Wargames Illustrated focused on Death in the Dark Continent (DitDC) - a game that explores
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These plans should be used alongside the Wi414 How To ... article; they will assist you in building a post mill suitable for various periods. Download the post mill plans.
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Sweeping in at the last minute we've got May’s From the Vault; we look back at past issues of Wargames Illustrated and suggest interesting, odd, and visually appealing articles that are worth a second look. Wargames Illustrated 355 – May 2017 Five years ago our theme brought the colour, drama, and centuries
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