Wargames Illustrated WI437 May 2024 Edition

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 wargamers.

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

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.