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Anglo-Zulu War
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WHAT IF?
Changing history on
the wargames table
Issue 405
september 2021
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VICTRIX NORMANS
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RAID ON FIERY CROSS
Covert action in the South China Sea
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wargames illustrated issue WI405 september 2021
from the editor
If you can play the guitar, music can become interactive. You are no longer just listening to
music, you’re taking part in it. If you play a wargame, you can make history interactive. You
are no longer just reading about it, you’re re-enacting it, and at the same time wargamers are
seeing and manipulating what might have been. Rarely do players choose to refight a carbon
copy of a battle, which means just about every wargame ever played is a ‘what if’, making
this month’s theme content very easy to compile, but tricky to introduce, beyond the obvious
“all games are ‘what if’s so away you go”.
OBERVATION POST ................... 14
We decided that for our introduction to ‘what if’ (see page 32), we would ask several
different gamers what ‘what if’s mean to them and how they go about choosing them and
turning them into gameable tabletop actions.
That introduction is accompanied by several articles with a ‘what if’ angle, taking you from
the streets of medieval Paris to the South China Sea in the 21st Century. We are also pleased
to present several excellent painting and modelling articles this month, covering big guns,
French Railway Stations, Normans, and this month’s freebie figures.
Happy reading and rolling.
Dan Falconbridge
Editor and Owner
WELCOME TO ‘WHAT IF’S ........ 32
Cover Artwork: Steampunk Redcoats by Neil Roberts.
Below: The Leper Terrorists of France. Turn to page 50 to see what that is all about!
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WAR RAILWAY STATION .......... 42
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contents
QUIcK FIRE! .......................................... 8
Your fellow wargamers tell us about their
recent hobby projects.
OBSERVATION POST ........................ 14
News and reviews of new miniatures,
models, and more.
RELEASE RADAR ................................. 24
In our new regular feature Dom Sore
tells us about the exciting new hobby
releases that have made a big blip on
his Release Radar!
FULL PAPER JACKET ......................... 28
What new book releases have piqued Neil
Smith’s interest this month?
theme:
WELCOME TO ‘WHAT IF’S ............... 32
Folks from the wargaming world throw
‘what if’ gaming randomicity your way!
BUILDING A FRANCO-PRUSSIAN
WAR RAILWAY STATION ................. 42
Tony Harwood brings half a century
of model making experience to the
pages of
Wi
with a build of Courcelles
railway station.
theme:
THE LEPER TERRORISTS
OF FRANCE ......................................... 50
Dr Steve Tibble introduces us to a tale
of medieval madness, moral panic, and
great ‘what if’ gaming potential set in
14th Century Paris.
PAINTING VICTRIX’S
NEW NORMAN INFANTRY ............ 56
This article inaugurates
Wargames
Illustrated’s
new in-house painter Marc.
Before his first ‘cuppa’ had even brewed,
we plonked some plastic Norman Infantry
on his desk and he created this handy
painting guide.
theme:
STORMING THE DANEVIRKE ........ 60
Colonel (Retired) Bill Gray returns to the
duchies of Schleswig and Holstein and
ponders a ‘what if’ that was mere hours
away from happening.
BLAM! BLAM! AARGH!
SNATCH! .............................................. 68
Did last issue’s free rules leave you
hungry for more grid gaming action?
Have no fear, Daniel Mersey is here,
with a new scenario for his game of
Blam! Blam! Aargh!
COVER mount FOCUS:
KITBASHING YOUR REDCOATS .... 72
We rummage through the bits box,
wield the scalpel, and apply some
green stuff and paint to this month’s
cover mounted figures.
theme:
“THE OUTRAGE AT JEDDO” .......... 78
Pete Brown presents an unusual samurai
skirmish game involving those sneakiest of
spies and assassins - the ninja!
ENTRENCHING A BIG GUN ........... 84
Barry Evans takes a Victoria Miniatures
artillery piece and adds an impressive
trench emplacement to create a vignette.
theme:
RAID ON FIERY CROSS ..................... 92
Bob Giglio and Dennis O’Toole put forth
a hypothetical raid on a Chinese military
facility in this modern ‘what if’ scenario.
THE LEPER TERRORISTS
OF FRANCE ....................................... 50
STORMING THE DANEVIRKE ..... 60
“THE OUTRAGE AT JEDDO” ....... 78
ENTRENCHING A BIG GUN ......... 84
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