Wargames Illustrated (affectionately known as Wi) is the world’s leading and best-selling magazine dedicated to the hobby of miniature wargaming.

Each month Wi features news, views, reviews, and over 100 pages of articles relating to the noble hobby of miniature wargaming – the pursuit of collecting, painting, and gaming with miniature figurines (known variously as figures, miniatures, figs, minis, or toy soldiers).

This Month's Issue Features:

• OBSERVATION POST – The Silver Bayonet visits Canada, there’s a roundup of releases from the Other Partizan, and mounted Bloody Miniatures in this month’s reviews.
• RELEASE RADAR – Dom Sore’s fired up his festive radar to search out the latest wargaming releases.
• QUICK FIRE – Short, quick-read posts from WI readers about their hobby projects, notes, news, and observations.
• THEME: GUERRILLAS IN THE MIDST – Editor Dan joins Ron Ringrose and his Essex Gamester chums for a Peninsular War mega-game.
• PAINTING WARS OF THE ROSES ARMOUR – Paul Mackay suggests some effective and relatively simple ways to add interest to your rank-and-file and character figures in armour.
• THEME: ZARAGOZA BESIEGED – As part of our Peninsular War theme James shares how he modified Valour & Fortitude to play the first siege of Zaragoza.
• OLD ROUGH AND READY MEETS OLD FUSS AND FEATHERS – Nick Buxey revisits passions of his wargaming past and explores the Mexican-American War of 1846–48.
• THEME: PAINTING PENINSULAR VETERANS – Matt Parkes paints two opposing units of Peninsular veterans in a grizzled, battle-weary, disarrayed style that can also be applied to this month’s free plastic frames.
• RETURN TO ARABIAN NIGHTMARES – Dr Gianluca Raccagni reveals more colourful heroes, villains, and adventures from the pages of Arabian mythology.
• IS IT UP TO SCRATCH? – Gary Faulkner considers scratch building and how 2023 offers all kinds of new options to the home hobbyist.
• THE OTHER PARTIZAN – Over a thousand of gamers and collectors headed to Newark Showgrounds for the second Partizan of 2023. Team WI was there to report on some truly spectacular tables and armies.
• STARTING WITH STARGRAVE – Paul J. Carney shares his Stargrave hobby experiences.
• WHERE DID YOU GET THAT HAT? – Wargames Illustrated Editor Dan shares his latest Editor’s Exploits – his quest to bring a unique Iron Age warrior back from the grave, in miniature.
• A FIGURE COLLECTION TRANSFORMED – Editor Dan shares his enthusiasm for the background and setting in new Osprey game A War Transformed.
• THINGS FROM THE BASEMENT – Dave Taylor interviews Joerg Bender about his terrain company, his hobby passions, and gets him to share some model making tips.