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 MARK’S LITTLE SOLDIERS
Callum grabs some of Mark Copplestone’s latest creations and varies up his painting techniques on these neo-retro figures.

“WITH MAN’S BLOOD PAINT THE GROUND GULES!”
Mike Peters adds unique character to his award-winning Never Mind the Billhooks army with some custom morale markers.

THEME:
PULP! Q&A
As a part of our Twisted History theme, we talk to Marco Arnaudo about his forthcoming Osprey skirmish game Pulp! He discusses his game’s development, mechanics, and the benefits and challenges of gaming in the pulp genre.

PAINTING TEMPLARS WITH WARM WHITES AND BOLD FREEHAND
Callum paints speedy, worriless white with the help of ‘dirty glazes’ and uses the spare time he saves to add punchy freehand shield designs.

THEME:
OLD DOG: NEW TRICKS
Twisting 1980s history to create a Cold War gone hot is a popular pastime for wargames. Here David Bickley talks us through the trials and tribulations of gathering forces together for a ‘what if?’ British Army of the Rhine versus the Soviet Army battle.

MUCKING ABOUT NEAR MUKDEN
Glenn Clarke heads to the ‘back of beyond’ and finds a new setting to game with his Japanese WWII army.

CLUB FOCUS:
THE FRIENDS OF GENERAL HAIG
A tour of some of the games being played at a recent gathering of The Friends of General Haig – the affectionate name for the Worcester Wargames Club.

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:
VALOUR & FORTITUDE JERVIS JOHNSON Q&A
We chat with game design legend Jervis Johnson who has dived back into historical gaming since his retirement from Games Workshop last year and created the Valour & Fortitude Napoleonic rules.

PSEUDO-NOSTALGIA WITH MARK’S LITTLE SOLDIERS
Wi’s James asks sculpting legend Mark Copplestone about his changing wargaming tastes, how his new inter-war range finds beauty in simplicity, the progress being made with the Mark’s Little Soldiers wargame, and what the heck ‘pseudo-nostalgia’ means!

THEME:
THE BATTLE FOR WURZEN
Jervis Johnson shows off his new (and free with this issue) Valour & Fortitude rules with a custom scenario that featured in his own V&F campaign.

NORTH AFRICA PAINTING PART TWO: A SECOND PASS
Last issue, Callum painted North Africa-themed Bolt Action figures in half an hour; this time around, he paints the same models for an additional half an hour, using different painting approaches to elevate their look.

THEME:
THE BATTLE FOR WURZEN PLAYTHROUGH
In this pictorial battle report, an assemblage of wargaming’s elite come together to contest the Battle for Wurzen. With terrain and miniatures from Alan Perry’s magnificent personal collection.

02 HUNDRED HOURS BATTLE REPORT
02 Hundred Hours designer Graham Davey visited WiHQ to play this new game. His British SAS attackers took on James’ German defenders in a WWII Sabotage mission fought under the cover of darkness.

THEME:
VALOUR & FORTITUDE. ARMY LISTS, FATE TABLES, AND SPECIAL RULES
Jervis Johnson presents sheets for French and Prussian Napoleonic armies which will serve you well in any gaming that takes place during the War of the Sixth Coalition, the Hundred Days Campaign, and beyond.

PANTILE PAINTING
James quickly builds, textures, and paints Charlie Foxtrot’s Pantile House 7 to join Wi’s desert terrain collection.

BRITCON 2022
After a two-year hiatus, the British Historical Games Society returned with their prestige event, Britcon 2022. The show had moved from Manchester University to Nottingham Trent University, so Wargames Illustrated took a shorter than usual trip to check out the new venue and chat with organiser Tim Porter.

A SLUMBERING DRAGON NO MORE
The Wargames Illustrated team looks at new releases from Wargames Atlantic and Partizan Press and wonders if they might inspire more players to bring the often overlooked Boxer Uprising, Eight Power War, and other Chinese battles to their workbenches, tabletops, club games, and campaigns.

WHITERUN GUARD
Wi’s Painter Callum completes a group of Whiterun Guard, ready to defend Dragonsreach in the Skyrim Civil War, highlighting techniques that can be used on loads of different fantasy and historical figures.

INSIDER INTERVIEW:
EUREKA MINIATURES
Aramiha Harwood looks at Eureka Miniatures, who have made it through Melbourne’s lockdown times and recently celebrated their 30th anniversary.