Wargames Illustrated n°428 (août 2023)

OBSERVATION POST

Plenty of varied new hobby releases to take a look at this month, including Test of Honour: Takeda’s Court and Stargrave: Scavengers.

RELEASE RADAR

What projects have your fellow WI readers been up to recently?

QUICK FIRE

Dom Sore’s quick fire look at new releases that have piqued his interest.

LOOSE FILES AND AMERICAN SCRAMBLE

Wargaming Battles of the American War of Independence by Andy Callan.

RETURNING TO OLD FAVOURITES

Assorted Wi contributors and luminaries look back at memorable moments in their wargaming history.

BIGGIN’ IT UP, BY SHRINKING IT DOWN!

Pete Brown and Jerry Richardson update us on their planned refight of the Battle of Aughrim and how they dealt with the size of the battlefield.

FASHODA SHOWDOWN

Nick Buxey, inspired by a piece he wrote in 2020, presents a ‘what if?’ scenario for Death in the Dark Continent and our Revisited theme.

CITADEL TO PERRY MINIS, VIA FOUNDRY

We caught up with Alan and Michael Perry and chatted about their early historical figures and assessed the progress they’ve made since their early days at Citadel and Wargames Foundry.

MAKING ACACIA TREES

Matt Parkes creates showpiece and gaming level versions of Africa’s thorny Acacia trees with their iconic umbrella canopies.

GO AGAIN, SIR!

Barry Hilton makes the case for more cavalry on the tabletop.

THANE TOSTIG

Daniel Mersey’s quest for Thane Tostig: delving back into retro wargames.

MAORI PA IN THE EARLY NEW ZEALAND WARS

Australian wargamer Mark Piper revisits the early New Zealand Wars and offers Muskets and Tomahawks scenarios along with special rules for fighting in Māori Pā.