Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! This month’s theme is Twisted History. But what exactly is twisted history, I hear you think? Well, it’s a phrase we’ve coined for wargaming anything with a historical base that ‘twists’ into something fantastical: fictional nations and conflicts in interwar Europe with Painting Mark’s Little Soldiers (page 60); dungeon crawling in the Napoleonic War in our Silver Bayonet campaign (page 32); pulp adventures in the 1930s with a Pulp! Q&A (page 68); peculiar paddleboats, or How to Convert a Steampunk Gunboat (page 48); and finally, the Cold War gone hot in Old Dog: New Tricks (page 80). We hope you enjoy twisting with us; but if you like your wargaming straight as a die, you will find plenty of untwisted history to enjoy, stretching from ancient to modern with several stops in between. I’ll end with a word on last month’s magazine, or more specifically the Wi-Johnson-Perry collaboration Valour & Fortitude - it has proved to be amazingly popular! If you missed out, fear not, because 1) We still have copies of Wi418 (including free V&F) for sale on the Wargames Illustrated website; 2) WiPrime members can download it at any time from The Vault; and 3) cheapskates can download it for free from the Perry Miniatures website. There is also a V&F Errata on the Perry and Wi websites so that you can keep abreast of all those annoying little mistakes we made. Dan Faulconbridge Owner and Editor QUICK FIRE! Modelling 'shorts' from your fellow wargamers. OBSERVATION POST Your monthly roundup of notable new releases in the hobby. RELEASE RADAR Dom Sore scans the interweb for quality and/or quirky new wargames products. FULL PAPER JACKET Neil Smith's look at forthcoming book releases worthy of wargamers' attention. THEME: SILVER BAYONET FINALE (PART ONE) James takes the players into an RPG-inspired freeform adventure for the climax of our Silver Bayonet campaign. The units put aside their enmities and head underground, facing unknown dangers as they search out the root of the mysterious Harvestmen's power. THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY PLATOON Paul Leach shares how he uses Japanese platoons in games of Bolt Action and Chain of Command and provides some house rules that add extra character. THEME: HOW TO... CONVERT A STEAMPUNK GUNBOAT Our regular ‘How to…’er Paul Davies joins in the Twisted History action by taking a TTCombat MDF Paddleboat and enhancing it with steampunk details, getting it ready for pulp gaming. BATTLE OF KHORRAMSHAHR 1980 Ian Taylor describes the making of his Iran-Iraq War 6mm table, rules modifications he made for easy play, and how games played out at The Joy of Six show earlier in 2022. THEME: PAINTING
