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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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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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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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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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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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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We’re back from Salute and the Wi team is busy putting together our post-show articles and videos, which will cover the impressive gaming tables and beautiful painting competition winners. Pre- and post-Salute is always a busy time for us and Joe, the trooper that he is, got down to video editing
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If you were to stand directly in front of the Wargames Illustrated stand at Salute on Saturday, then sidle two yards to the right, before then shimmying four meters to the left, you would have seen a living breathing timeline of Europe’s largest wargames show. To the right of our stand
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As this Insider Insight goes online, the freebie ruleset that will come with May’s issue of Wargames Illustrated - Ruckus - is getting its final layout done before it heads to the printers. I’ve worked closely with Mike Peters, the ruleset’s author, over several visits to Wi Tower and it’s been
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Something’s gone wrong - the entries in the Wi/Hammerhead Painting Competition weren’t supposed to be this good! When we first teamed up with the organisers of the Hammerhead Wargames Show back in 2018, we collectively decided we wanted to run a painting comp in which anyone coming to the show could
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You’ve probably already noticed the first of our new WiPrime Collections in the Vault. These leather-bound tomes (digital PDFs if you’re the less romantic type) are a new addition, packed with themed articles that will make browsing your favourite subjects a pleasure. The first Collection covers the Crusades and since its
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Do you like the cover artwork for our April magazine (see below)? I do, but then I would, because I commissioned it, and it's by one of my favourite artists working in the hobby: Neil Roberts. Neil has been knocking out cover illustrations for us since October 2017, and we’ve managed
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James previews some of the new STL files we’re preparing for WiPrime Members and looks ahead to some magazine content we’re working on. We’re getting fresh WiDigital models sculpted right now, after taking a break over the holidays and reassessing the direction this part of our WiPrime offering should take. Assorted
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What’s a fair cross-section of the wargaming world? How about 2,046 Wargames Illustrated readers? That was the total number of votes we received for our 2023 Wargames Illustrated Readers’ Awards and, while I say 2,046 Wi readers, the reality is that quite a few of those voters probably don’t flip through
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The new year is ushering in a new style for From the Vault. James talks about what's ahead for our monthly WiPrime exclusive article. We're working towards a better WiPrime offering this year and, once we're a little further into 2024, we should have an all-singing, all-dancing, new Member offering. This
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As we prepare for 2024 we’re busy emailing our regular contributors with a list of planned themes. This preparation ensures that our best writers have a chance to pen fascinating pieces that are suited to their interests and matched to each issue’s overall focus. At the same time, we’re also
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Take a tour through the Vault and read some classic Wi articles. Wargames Illustrated 374 - December 2018 In an unusual and fascinating theme, this issue focuses on one man, and it's not one of the 'greats' either. Step aside, Napoleon! Decry your greatness, Alexander! Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart
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November is reaching its end, the days have well and truly darkened, and there’s less than a month left until Wi Tower gets locked up so we can head off for our festive break. I’m excited to have some time to rest and recuperate ahead of me but at Wargames
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Take a tour through the Vault and read some classic Wi articles. Wargames Illustrated 373 - November 2018 We begin our journey through the Vault with a jump to five years ago and an issue with one of Artist Neil Roberts' favourite bits of cover artwork that he's done for us. This
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We look ahead to 2024 and work out upcoming themes in this month's Insider Insight While the last couple of months of 2023 approach we at Wi Tower are already thinking ahead to 2024. It's time to work out our themes and decide on the magazine schedule for next year so
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Take a tour through the Vault and read some classic Wi articles. Wargames Illustrated 372 - October 2018 This issue's theme sends readers through The Ten Years War in Cuba, The American-Philippino War, The Third Ashanti War, The Malayan Emergency, and The Second Chimurenga. While these might not be the most played
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We’ve focused on bringing together our Pulp and Peninsular War themes recently. Each of those issues are just about done, waiting on their timelier regulars such as product reviews. Once those are added the magazines will get signed off and head to the printers. You can see some page previews
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Take a tour through the Vault and read some classic Wi articles. Wargames Illustrated 371 - September 2018 The pleasures that can be found through running or participating in wargaming campaigns more than make up for the efforts required to get them done properly. As the UK weather turns grim and gloomy
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We’ve encountered a good problem whilst sorting out the content for recent issues of Wargames Illustrated - it’s tough to fit everything we’ve got into each issue! There are some great submissions from contributors ready to go but they keep on getting pushed back due to new releases or more
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Take a tour through the Vault and read some classic Wi articles. Wargames Illustrated 310 - August 2013 We rewind a decade to check out an issue themed around Atila the Hun. The Hun are introduced broadly by Matthew Bennet then Roy Boss takes a focused look at their tactics and both
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