Having trouble viewing the flipbook ruleset? View and download it instead! Never Mind the Billhooks: Here’s the Ruckus, better known as Ruckus, is a Medieval skirmish game of narrative-heavy tabletop battles. It is inspired and influenced by Andy Callan’s ruleset, Never Mind the Billhooks (Billhooks), but while there are key similarities it is not a direct expansion to Andy’s Game. Ruckus allows players to step into the shoes of a Captain and take charge of a small retinue of warriors, leading them through gritty, granular, tactically challenging, story-driven, and fun-laden skirmish encounter ..read more

We’re back from Salute and the Wi team is busy putting together our post-show articles and videos, which will cover the impressive gaming tables and beautiful painting competition winners. Pre- and post-Salute is always a busy time for us and Joe, the trooper that he is, got down to video editing as soon as he got home. He’s brought together over an hour of interviews and footage of splendid tabletops to share in the coming weeks on our YouTube channel. The first video is already up for your delectation so make sure to check that out! Grabbing goodies While we wandered the huge ExCel hall, whi ..read more

If you were to stand directly in front of the Wargames Illustrated stand at Salute on Saturday, then sidle two yards to the right, before then shimmying four meters to the left, you would have seen a living breathing timeline of Europe’s largest wargames show. To the right of our stand were the old boys of the South-East Scotland Wargames Club, presenting a large Napoleonic demo game. To the left of our stand where the bright young things of Rogue Hobbies, selling 3D printed resin models which they market (in part) via their YouTube channel. For me, this year’s Salute felt like the fulcrum of ..read more

Heading to Salute 51 and want to get awesome deals/freebies as a WiPrime Member? Make sure you take a screenshot of this page or print the below card to show us on the day! If you are seeing this message after signing in as a WiPrime Member, Please refresh your browser. This page is only viewable to WiPrime Members, If you are already a Member, please log in, If you are not, then what are you waiting for? Find out more at the following page ..read more

A bonus for WiPrime Members: we are joined by author Mike Bradford to guide us through a detailed look at the Achtung Panzer! starter set. If you are seeing this message after signing in as a WiPrime Member, Please refresh your browser. This page is only viewable to WiPrime Members, If you are already a Member, please log in, If you are not, then what are you waiting for? Find out more at the following page ..read more

A bonus for WiPrime Members: Never Mind the Billhooks Here’s the 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. If you are seeing this message after signing in as a WiPrime Member, Please refresh your browser. This page is only viewable to WiPrime Members, If you are already a Member, please log in, If you are not, then what are you waiting for? Find out more at the following page ..read more

Helion & Company – Victory or Death: A Wargamers Guide to the American Revolution 1775-1782 review Helion’s latest release in their Wargames series is written by David C Bonk and focuses on the American Revolution. The first chapter provides a Strategic Overview that begins with the causes of the war, before moving on to provide a detailed year-by-year account of the campaign. This section is clear and well-written, and the full-colour maps included are very useful in keeping track of the evolving situation. The next chapter covers the oft-neglected campaign in the West Indies. The bulk of ..read more

Wargames Atlantic – Afghan Cavalry review Arriving like a bolt from the blue (in their method of attack and their unexpected appearance through the Wi letterbox), Wargames Atlantic (WA)’s Afghan Cavalry is here. This new set includes two different frames – riders and light horse – with four of each packed into the box, allowing twelve dramatic mounted figures to be built. These skilled riders are a welcome addition to WA’s Imperial Conquests range, and match up well with the Afghan Warriors set they released a few years ago. As with that set, these riders are focused on the action against the ..read more

Modiphius Entertainment – Fallout: Factions Raiders review The last time we reviewed Modiphius Entertainment figures it was their plastic Brotherhood of Steel, in heavy armour. We were impressed with the three high-detail, high-quality, hard plastic figures in the set, and how they perfectly replicated the look of the Fallout video game world, but noted their rather steep price tag could put off all but the most devoted fans. This time, three new sets have arrived: they’re still high-detail, high-quality, hard plastic productions, but the tone is very different. So is the number in each box: t ..read more

Osprey Games – The Silver Bayonet: Egypt – Shadow of the Sphinx review If you’re paying attention to this, you’re probably already a fan of The Silver Bayonet, so we’re going to skip over getting into detail on the entirety of the book. You know what to expect from the chapters already, as they follow the same format and order here as in previous releases from the series. Instead, we’re going to take a deeper look at the meat and bones (quite a lot of bones!) of this expansion: the new recruits, the extra monsters, and the new rules. That’s not to say that the new campaign isn’t worth talking ..read more