T.C. Stephen becomes the third author to add to the world of The Silver Bayonet, taking readers to early 19th Century Calabria in his new expansion for Joe McCullough’s Gothic-horror Napoleonic skirmish game.
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Continuing their mission to blend weird retro aesthetics, cinematic gaming mechanics, and a smidgen of history, Crooked Dice have released Beneath the Mountains of Madness. As with many of Crooked Dice’s releases, this one started as a Kickstarter; with that crowdf...
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 tab...
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 ...
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 talen...
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 Sneak Peek I’ll touch on some of our 2025 plans.
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 r...
Test cricket is very different from Twenty-Twenty cricket, 3×3 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 t...
Welcome to our first behind-the-scenes report since Joe launched our shiny, easier-to-use, redesigned Wargames Illustrated website. In this monthly...
What better gift for the wargamer in your life (or for you!) than a treat from the Wargames Illustrated webstore? We dispatch all orders within 24 hou...
If you’re a fan of anything Billhooks or Ruckus related, of The Barons’ War (for which these figures are primarily designed), or of the other g...
You could easily argue that the shambling undead are a much-overused trope, and one that has more than ‘outlived’ its welcome in recent years. ...
It’s been some time since the release of WA’s rather splendid Conquistadors box set, but suddenly, another set has trotted onto the scene ̵...
What seems like a very odd name for a set is inspired by the connection to Pete ‘the Wargamer’ Harrison, who designed the contents. Pete can of...