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Welcome to Wargames World 6. If you are wondering where the previous five issues are, then clearly you weren’t paying attention back in the late 1980s!
Wargames World 1 through 5 were produced in 1988 – 89 as sister publications to Wargames Illustrated magazine. The then editor of Wi, Duncan Macfarlane, had so much material he couldn’t contain it all in one mag, so decided to print two. Ultimately Wargames World had a pretty short run for its money, and issue five was the last, or it would have been had we not decided to breathe new life into WW as part of the celebrations for our milestone 400th issue of Wargames Illustrated.
Quite a few things have happened in the world since Wargames World was last published,
something that probably doesn’t stand out quite as much as the presidency of Nelson
Mandela or the attack on the Twin Towers, is the conception of the Portable Document
Format, or PDF. Whist it would have been great to be able to paper print Wargames World 6, both the cost and life under Lockdown made that idea an impossible dream, however PDF makes it entirely possible to produce a new version of WW and get it to all our readers for free – all we had to do was have about a dozen people working on the content for hours on end!
In format Wargames World is strikingly similar to Wargames Illustrated (if it’s not broke
– don’t fix it!) in concept WW6 is a continuation of the theme in Wi400. So expect to find
several celebratory or reflective articles that mark our 400th issue milestone.
We hope you enjoy the next 108 pages of gaming goodness, and who knows maybe we’ll
release Wargames World 7 sometime in the next 32 years!
QUICK FIRE!
Readers’ short, sharp wargames projects.
OBSERVATION POST
The latest books, miniatures, and terrain get examined.
NEIL’S GOT IT COVERED
Artist Neil Roberts discusses his ten favourite pieces of Wargames Illustrated cover art.
WHY WE WRITE
Pete Brown’s the prolific wordsmith behind many of our best articles through the years – who better to give advice on contributing to Wi?
PAINTING PERFECTION
James is the Wi team’s resident regular painter. Here he tells us the ten paints he couldn’t live without, then provides tips and techniques on how best to use them.
DESIGNERS’ DELIGHT
Favourite articles, picked by the folks who make sure the magazine always looks its best, the Wargames Illustrated designers (past and present).
RICHARD GARRETSON 15MM SHOWCASE
An expanded article – did Wi400’s look at Richard’s 15mm boards leave you hungry for more? Feast on the extras here, with bonus stuff we couldn’t fit into the print issue.
PAUL’S BEST BITS
Paul Davies has shown us How To … on many an occasion. In this article, we pick out ten favourites from his back catalogue and get some modelling tips from the man himself.
A LIFE IN GAMES
Pete Brown’s played more game systems than he’s had hot dinners, so we tasked him with picking just ten that he still holds dear.
MASS SKIRMISH Q&A
An expanded article – the designers behind Infamy, Infamy!, CLASH of Spears, and Never Mind the Billhooks talk mass skirmish games, including extra answers that we couldn’t fit into Wi400.
ARTICULATE ARTICLES
Our Johnny-come-lately project manager picks ten articles from the Vault that he holds in high regard.
ON SHOW
A tour of our favourite games from the many wargaming shows we’ve visited across the globe and through the years.
WARGAMING HAPPINESS
Long-time reader and contributor Daniel Mersey delves into the Wargames Illustrated archive and tells us his favourite rulesets from the earlier years of the magazine.
ICONIC ARMIES
Howard Whitehouse investigates the armies that defined wargaming at the dawn of time (the 1960s) and what changes have come about since then.
GAMING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS
We end the Wi400/WW6 celebrations with a look at wargaming’s most influential giants without whom none of this would be possible (… probably!).