Show reports present an interesting opportunity for magazine content, especially when the magazine is called Wargames Illustrated. We are lucky* to have the twice-annual Partizan shows on our doorstep, which always present at least half a dozen great-looking demo tables. Naturally, we always attend the show and round up the games
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While pacing The Other Partizan last Sunday, doing my best to pick a path between the crowds of attendees, I realised I’m getting to know too many people in the wargaming world! It’s one of those good problems, of course - my job allows me to mix with talented game
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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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North Star - Muskets & Tomahawks Germans review We examine the new Hessians from North Star. North Star are expanding their Muskets & Tomahawks range further, with four packs that will allow you to build a compact collection of characterful Hessians, ready to support the British in the American War of Independence. There’s
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Mad Dogs, Mughals & Marathas review Ian Cluskey casts his expert eye over this in-depth tome. Who could fail to be drawn to the saga of a crumbling, once-mighty Mughal Empire, that had long cast a tall shadow over the emerging European states, now gambling its economic and military resources to survive? The
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Flags of War - Border Wars Miniatures review Steve Wood reviews some fine figures from Flags of War. Having already recruited some of Flags of War’s (FoW) Fighting Irish for my late-medieval collection, I was keen to review some of the latest releases from the same manufacturer. Like the Irish, these new
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I don’t really get excited by new technology, however, the modern magazine editor would be a fool to bury their head in the sand and pretend there isn’t a world of publishing outside of printed paper. They would also be out of business. At Wargames Illustrated we already embrace Facebook, YouTube,
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The end of the year may be a few festive and spooky holidays away, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t already thinking about it here at Wargames Illustrated. In this Insider Insight I’ll touch on some of our 2025 plans. Every new year brings new themes for our magazine and, while
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Caliver Books - No Dachi No Dice review Read our review of No Dachi No Dice and see if it gets you enthused for some Sengoku period wargaming. No Dachi No Dice’s release is perfectly timed for anyone who has just purchased a few boxes of Wargames Atlantic’s new 10mm plastic Samurai
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Athena Miniatures - Wars of the Roses Vignettes review Read about Athena's Wars of the Roses vignettes, including (but not limited to), knights, a surgeon, drunken soldiers, ruffians, farmers, and more. We all like a vignette or two on the tabletop, and Athena Miniatures have provided us with several new options for
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Modiphius - Fallout: Factions 'Battle for Nuka-World' Starter Set review Is this set all you need to get gaming in the post-apocalypse? Find out in our thorough review! A lot of different Starter Sets make their way to Wi Towers and, while they’re often a good-value entry into a new or existing
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BelloLudi - assorted rules review We review a collection of rulesets by BelloLudi that are designed for beginner wargamers and those who have a few feathers in their cap. BelloLudi, who hail from the Netherlands, produce a selection of rulesets designed for folks who have never encountered tabletop battles before, as much
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Earlier this month, at the Britcon wargames show, I was lucky enough to have a sneaky, behind closed doors chat with Sarissa’s Steve Cumming about a new project his company have been working on. It’s a hefty new range of full-colour fantasy terrain that will be released over the next
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Test cricket is very different from Twenty-Twenty cricket, 3x3 basketball is very different from that played in the NBA, and tournament wargaming is very different from how I like to play my wargames. That latter fact was underlined recently at Britcon, one of the UK's largest tabletop tournament gaming conventions,
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Wargames Atlantic - Assorted plastics review Wargames Atlantic (WA) delivers some new options for fantasy and sci-fi armies this month, ready to bolster your forces in various existing games, and some Bronze Age options if you like to keep your gaming grounded in history. Werewolves The Werewolves set contains 20 multi-part plastic miniatures
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Battlefront Miniatures - M48 Patton and World War III: Team Yankee Infantry review We take a look at Battlefront's M48 Patton kit that balances complexity, realism, and a small amount of parts. A lot of the recent big releases from Battlefront have been fun starter sets, offering quick pick-up-and-play games, and providing
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How we laughed, as I trampled the princess to death. Not me, personally, I hasten to add; my miniature Ashigaru, who, in their haste to save the centrepiece of our Hail Caesar Samurai game, had accidentally crushed her to death in a failed charge. This was the ‘hilarious’ conclusion to a
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It may be summer here in the UK, but I’m already writing and editing articles for our December issue. We don’t exactly go for a Christmas theme in the magazine (partly because there are loads of holidays over this period; why focus on just one?) but it looks like we
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North Star - Frostgrave Cultists II review The temperature in Felstad may be rather chilly, but the North Star figure forges are still running at high temperature. We take a look at their Cultists II plastic set. The North Star plastic production juggernaut rolls on and this time it’s pumping out new
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Sarissa Precision - World War Europe 15mm review We review a range of new 15mm MDF from Sarissa and James constructs a ruined townhouse. 15mm is a scale that is extremely well suited to mixing the practicalities of gaming with the dramatic sweep of a terrain-heavy board. The only real downside is
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Ark Royal Miniatures by Warfare Miniatures - World War One 1/4800th scale ships review Warfare Miniatures go big on going small with the substantial release of their Ark Royal 1/4800 scale World War One naval range. With an initial glut of over 60 packs, Warfare Miniatures are providing gamers with the entire
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Joseph A. McCullough - Deathship One review We review the new mixed history vs aliens survival game from the creator of Frostgrave, Stargrave, and The Silver Bayonet. Deathship One is a game that was originally published in Blaster volume 4 (a game anthology ‘fanzine’ created by Joe and other notable game designers)
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I’m writing this month’s Insider Insight after spending the day going through the test version of our redesigned Wargames Illustrated website with designer Joe. He’s been chipping away at this new and improved site for months and the end is in sight (which I think Joe is happier about than
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Fenris Games - Assorted Animals review While traversing the traders at this May’s Partizan, we bumped into Fenris Games’ co-owner - Ian Brumby - and left with an armful of animalistic miniatures to review. Fenris Games produces extremely high-quality resin casts, a method that shows off the detail of their diverse sculpts
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Brickskrieg - Tanks, infantry, and rules review Brickskrieg offer an intriguing fusion of ‘LEGO’ and wargaming, with a growing range of ‘build-it-yourself WWII sets available. Their packs take inspiration from the many LEGO ‘My Own Creations’ (MOCs) that fans on the internet build and distribute, and Brickskrieg has packaged their own
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Strategies Games Lab - Close Quarter Battle assortment review Close Quarter Battle is a game of modern, cinematic combat, with operatives heading off around the world on secret missions to take down drug cartels and other criminals. Such a game calls for action movie-inspired, larger-than-life miniatures, and Strategies Games Lab are
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Dave Taylor Miniatures - The Art of... Volumes 7 to 9 review Wi alumni Dave Taylor has taken his hobby knowledge and layout talents to a different realm over the last few years, showcasing the skills of incredible miniature painters in his The Art Of… series. This collection of coffee-table books
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Last Sunday’s excellent Partizan wargames show is still a fresh, exciting, inspiring, and happy memory. After repeatedly circling the show, with cameras and microphones in hand, doing our best to document the very best games on offer, Dan and I rapidly transcribed our interviews at the start of this week
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One of the great pleasures of being the Editor-come-Photographer for Wargames Illustrated is the opportunity to go ‘on location’ and photograph readers' figure collections. Not only do I get to see the ‘toys out on the table’ I also get to see the behind-the-scenes conditions in which gamers store their
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