I do like an umpired game and I’m particularly keen when I'm unfamiliar with the rules but the umpire is a walking, talking, 3D version of the rulebook. That meant I was already keen when friend of the magazine Pete Brown offered to umpire a game based on a battle
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A little hobby bonus PDF on basing Epic Battles: Waterloo figures. This article features Wi Painter Marc showing you how to knock up your own bases in no time at all! Download the PDF. [pdf-embedder url="https://ed025442.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Basing-your-Napoleonic-Infantry.pdf" title="Basing your Napoleonic Infantry"]red earth on either side of no man's land.]
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It was quite flattering to discover that one of our readers had been to nine different stores in the Staffordshire, Cheshire, and Birmingham areas of England to try and get hold of a copy of the April issue of Wargames Illustrated magazine. On the flip side, it wasn’t so good
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April rolled around quickly, didn’t it? This is a month that is always clearly timestamped in our old issues by the presence of pre-Salute adverts and build-up. With Salute cancelled this year it makes April a slightly melancholy time for those in the UK wargaming scene but with a hint
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The 40th anniversary of the Falklands War is less than a month away and we’ve been looking back at previous issues in the Wi archive that feature articles about that conflict. We’re working on something new to commemorate the Falklands War; that article will appear in an issue a little later
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Somebody once said “It’s not what you know it’s who you know” and when that somebody you know is a very good and pro-active Game Designer they are certainly worth knowing! Andy Callan has been writing wargames rules since I was in short trousers. His 'Loose Files and American Scramble' rules
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Gee Walsh takes his first foray into Epic scale Napoleonics and shares the painting approach he used on this month’s free French Infantry frame. Download the full PDF.
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“I thought this would be sacrilege!” said Andy Callan. He was referring to the fact we were about to play a wargame using unpainted figures, and feature them in the pages of Wargames Illustrated. He had a fair point because I can’t remember the last time we did such a
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With the release of Wi408, our covermount gave you the option of some Black Powder: Epic Battles Waterloo British or French Napoleonic Heavy Cavalry figures. In the magazine, Marc guided you through painting the British. Now, he's guiding you through the French. Download the full PDF.
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The board The game in action!
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It’s that time of the year again when we ask Wargames Illustrated readers to get their thinking caps on and cast a vote for their favourite Miniature Manufacturer, New Rules, Wargames Article, and more in the ‘Wargames Illustrated 2021 Awards’. Here Editor Dan talks a bit about the awards process. Compiling
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Did you miss out on part one of Callum France's Building Breezehome article from Wi406? Have no fear, we've got you covered with the first eight pages of the impressive build! Part two can be found in Wi407. Download the full PDF. https://www.wargamesillustrated.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Building-Breezehome.pdf
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“Oh good, great. I didn’t think you were here, or I thought I’d missed you. Quick, come over here. Come and look at this!” That was the unexpectedly enthusiastic greeting I was met with when I bumped into Paul Sully at the recent Partizan Wargames Show in Newark. Paul, the proprietor
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We take our monthly dive into the Vault and blow the virtual dust off some of the articles of yesteryear. Rulesets in the Vault! Before we get into the back issues, we want to draw your attention to a recent addition to the Vault. Our webby chap Joe has been adding various
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In this Editor's Exploits, Dan pulls back the curtain on the trials and tribulations of getting a monthly magazine printed exactly how we want it (or in Wi406's case, exactly how we didn't want it)! Dan: The conversation a few months ago went something like this: Printer rep: I’m afraid the cost
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In Wi406 James Morris suggests going Greek in your gaming. Here we expand on the miniatures shown in the article, all from James' collection! We got some extra details from James about some of his models. Follow his suggestions and you could create epic action like this (above) on the tabletop! Cyclopes These
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Want to paint up our latest Giants in Miniature release Dante? Marc, our in-house painter shows you how! Download the full PDF. https://www.wargamesillustrated.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Painting-Dante-.pdf
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On page 66 of Wi406, Callum France delivered a guide on how to build Breezehome, the iconic Whiterun house from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. We took an arrow to the knee before we could give you the templates to go along with the guide. Thanks to the glory of the
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Marc knocks together a Franco-Prussian War railway embankment, with a fitted track. We needed some raised embankments to decorate the gaming board for Bill Gray's Blut und Eisen article in Wi406. I got the track and train elements as MDF kits from Sarissa, which made life easier, but I needed
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Whilst packing away, after leading my miniature warriors to an inglorious defeat on the tabletop last Wednesday evening, it occurred to me that the two wargames I have recently played have probably been as contrasting as they can be. The former was a ten-player Black Powder game, taking place on a
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Want to paint up our latest Giants in Miniature release? Ben Macintyre shows you how! Download the full PDF. https://www.wargamesillustrated.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Painting-Takeda-Shingen.pdf
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In our latest issue, Colonel (Retired) Bill Gray returned to the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein to ponder a ‘what if’ that was mere hours away from happening. We couldn't fit the orbats into the print issue so we've included them online for you to access should you want to
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Sometimes you don’t choose a wargaming period; it chooses you. Via a small contribution to the latest issue of the Wargames Illustrated magazine (Wi405) I wrote about my appreciation of the author Thomas Hardy and how his book The Trumpet-Major provided some interesting background material for wargames based around Napoleon’s
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The Wargames Illustrated team dig through the Vault to bring you some latest issue tie-ins. The theme of the next magazine (September 2021, Wi405) is ‘What if?’, it’s a subject we have visited, re-visited, then visited again numerous times over the years in Wi, leaving us, or rather you, with an
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Editor Dan talks about sorting his way through boxes of fine figures and fond memories in this Editor’s Exploits. Dan: When we lost my good friend, mentor and Wargames Illustrated founder Duncan Macfarlane earlier this year, I inherited his personal collection of Wargames figures. Duncan’s miniature mountain is made up of
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We've got a treat for Prime members with an expansion to an article from Wi404. Bob Giglio examined Samori Ture’s resistance in Western Sudan in his colonial article for the issue, but what of the French expansion in Sudan? Well, we didn't have space for it but have no fear,
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Wi's new in-house painter Marc premieres his first guide for going about painting great looking shields, using Victrix's new Norman Infantry as his canvas. It features freehand pattern tips, reference guides, accurate battle damage, and of course, what paints he used! Download the full PDF. Enjoy!
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Games Designer Daniel Mersey has at least six Osprey Games titles under his belt, including several in the very popular ‘… Rampant’ series. But, like many a well know author, Dan cut his teeth writing for Wargames Illustrated, years before he made a career out of it; check out the
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The Wargames Illustrated team dig through the Vault to find exciting articles from previous issues. 400+ issues is a feast too great for anyone to tackle with ease, even the greatest of gaming gluttons, yet that's what you can find in The Vault. Where on earth should you start browsing in
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In Wi403 Pete Brown presented a short campaign for the French Foreign Legion in the North African desert and we have an online extra to add to your gaming options. Below is a downloadable extra page that we couldn't fit into the issue itself. It presents alternate movements for Abd El
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