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Let’s get ready to Ruckus!!
We have already provided you with a couple of teasers for Never Mind the Billhooks – Here’s the Ruckus, with Designer’s Notes in Wi433 (January) and battle reports in Wi434 (February), now it’s time for the real deal! Your free medieval skirmish rules are here and we’re sure you are going to enjoy gaming some tabletop hack-and-slash as much as we have enjoyed developing them.
Praise for that development goes to the game’s dedicated designer Mike Peters and ruleset editor (Wi’s own) James. With the help of a dedicated group of playtesters, Mike has been able to transform his vague ideas on downsizing Never Mind the Billhooks into a stand-alone set of rules which borrows from its Billhooks big brother but can fight its own battles and hopefully win its army of fans.
Gather your band of warriors and lead them to glory (or at the very least – lead them on a raid to steal your opponent’s cattle!).
While there is more than enough to enjoy in your Ruckus supplement, there’s also plenty of interest inside this month’s mag, with cowboys, Panzers, Penda, cogs, elephants, and immaculate brushwork all vying for your attention.
Happy reading and rolling,
Dan Faulconbridge
Editor
OBSERVATION POST
This month’s reviews include some fantastic plastic, a wide selection of rulebooks, Egyptian gothic horror, and a Bloody great regiment.
RELEASE RADAR
Paul Matthews brings you some of his favourite new (and forthcoming) releases in the wargaming world, in the hope that your interest will be piqued by what he has to share.
QUICK FIRE
Explosions and the Reichstag feature in this month’s eclectic quick-read posts from your fellow wargames.
THEME:
CAUSING A RUCKUS
Ruckus author Mike Peters discusses the early stage of the game’s development and lets some of the pre-release players tell their Ruckus stories.
MELEE IN THE AGE OF PENDA
Game Designer Daniel Mersey turns to a 1970s Steve Jackson game to get help with skirmish rules for Seventh Century Anglo-Saxons.
UNBOXING:
DEAD MAN’S HAND REDUX
We are joined by Mark Wheatley of Great Escape Games as we lift the lid on their new incarnation of the popular Wild West gunfight game, Dead Man’s Hand.
HOWDAH YOU DO?
Nick Buxey revisits a painting passion that saw his miniatures first featured in the pages of Wargames Illustrated – elephants!
HAMMERHEAD 2024 PAINTING COMPETITION WINNERS GALLERY
Every year we sponsor the Hammerhead Painting Competition, and the standard just keeps on getting better. Here we present some of the wonderful winners in the Class of ’24.
FANATIC FABRICS
Wi Painter Matt Parkes grabs the Warpaints Fanatic baton and shows us how he used the paints to create some fetching fabrics to brighten up the Old West.
PIMP YOUR COG
The Wargames Illustrated team take their lead from MTV’s seminal vehicular enhancement show: Pimp My Ride, to construct an MDF model cog which we think you will all agree is fresh, ballin’, and even a bit tight.
FALLOUT FACTIONS: LAUNCH PARTY REPORT
James headed to Modiphius Entertainment’s Fallout: Factions launch party, in the heart of the Lead Belt, and took in the gaming and miniature-painting action.
UNBOXING:
ACHTUNG PANZER! BLOOD AND STEEL
We are joined by author Mike Bradford to guide us through a detailed look at the Achtung Panzer! starter set.
THEME:
BASE CURRENCY
Mike Peters gets down to base-ics and makes his Ruckus figures game-ready with magnetic coins and magnetised tokens.