Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! If you are holding a Wi direct subscriber or mail/web order copy of this month’s Wargames Illustrated then you have something exclusive in your hands - a twin-cover version of Wi395, featuring both US Marine landing and Japanese Imperial Army defending artwork, by Neil Roberts. Pretty cool, huh? If you have a shop-bought copy of the magazine, you will be looking at a ‘classic’ cover and will be wondering what you are missing out on. Check out the pic below to see. Our twin-cover celebrates this month’s theme of ‘Hit the Beach’ which coincides with the release of two World War Two supplements focused on the war in the Pacific (from Bolt Action and Battlegroup) as well as this month’s freebie of a Bolt Action US Marine frame. Although World War Two in the Pacific gets generous coverage in this magazine (including a Frame Focus article in which we show you something innovative you can do with your freebie figures) we also feature beach-hitting action from less obvious periods: Dark Ages, Horse and Musket and Napoleonic. It’s perhaps also worth pointing out that as various Covid related lockdowns continue to ebb and flow around the globe we continue to serve you up more than your usual share of model making articles, in an effort to keep you hobby focused when meeting up across the tabletop with your regular gaming opponents may not be possible. Happy reading. Dan Falconbridge Editor and Owner QUICK FIRE! Our readers ‘take aim and fire’ in posts about their current hobby projects. OBSERVATION POST From the Dark Ages to World War III, we look at some recent releases in the wargaming world. FULL PAPER JACKET Your monthly book preview column. THEME: IN AT THE DEEP END - INTRODUCING ‘HIT THE BEACH’ Regular contributor and amphibious enthusiast Pete Brown introduces this month’s ‘Hit the Beach’ theme, taking a deep dive into the ocean of wargaming possibilities. DESIGNER’S NOTES: LION RAMPANT: THE CRUSADER STATES Co-author of the new Lion Rampant expansion supplement The Crusader States Dr Gianluca Raccagni gives us his Designer’s Notes on the latest edition to the Rampant stable. THEME: INVASION SUSSEX! Games Designer Dan Mersey introduces us to some early Saxon battles that begin with beach-hitting action on the south coast of England. BILLHOOKS FIELD DEFENCES AND STAKES This month model-making maestro James is making field defences and stakes, adding flexibility and defensive potential to his Never Mind the Billhooks army. THEME: WHAT A CORKER! MARLBOROUGH’S IRISH INVASION, 1690 Barry Hilton provides the words and (glorious!) pictures for this ‘Hit the Beach’ article in which John Chrurchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough leads his forces into
