Wargames Illustrated WI456 December 2025 Edition

OBSERVATION POST In this month’s OP we check out some great 10mm Samurai wargaming from Wargames Atlantic and a WWII Operation Bagration special from Battlefront. RELEASE RADAR Dom ‘Ebeneezer’ Sore steers clear of festive cheer and focuses on new gaming goodies! QUICK FIRE Short, quick-read posts from Wi readers about their hobby projects, notes, news, and observations. THE NIGHT THE SNOW TURNED RED Conor Dwyer and Karl Perrotton present a 7TV festive firefight at the North Pole! OUTRAGE AND RETRIBUTION A two-game scenario for Assassins and Templars: a group of Templars launch a surprise attack on an Assassin caravan, then meet the retaliation of the Assassins. THE OTHER PARTIZAN 2025 We report on just some of the many amazing games that featured at the second Partizan show of 2025. FIGHTING FEITH IN THE MUD Rubén Torregrosa shows us how he paints his wonderful-looking Heretic Troops for Trench Crusade. RECREATING WATERLOO: A WARGAMING JOURNEY Ken Jones presents a big battle he played on the 210th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo in Rome. ABYSSINIAN ABYSS Glenn Clarke approaches a less familiar area of Italian aggression around the Second World War. CHARLES SINGLETON’S FRENCH ITALIAN WARS ARMY 1522 Charles recently brought one of his fine collections of figures to WIHQ, and we seized the opportunity to capture images and details of the exquisite set. DESIGNER’S NOTES: INTO THE VALLEY Pete Brown, author of Warlord Games’ new Crimean War supplement for Black Powder, Into the Valley of Death, provides some thoughts on the project. PULP UP YOUR ACW GAMING James digs out his dad’s collection of historically dubious Civil War News cards and uses them to construct a pulpy American Civil War campaign system. OLD PIKEYS PRESENT... ARNHEM: 17 TO 26 SEPTEMBER 1944 James casts the spotlight on his favourite board from the Other Partizan, and looks at some of the history behind this epic WWII display.