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What a megamix of topics weve got for you in Wargames Illustrated this month!

Every so often we break with our theme tradition and go with what, in-house, we call a smorgasbord of articles. This approach means we get to take in the widest possible sweep of what our hobby can offer.

We begin our feature articles in North Africa, with a look at the Desert Raid expansion to 02 Hundred Hours the World War Two night raiding game. Over the next 80 pages, we take you on a journey from Alessia in ancient Gaul, to the recent Historicon convention in Pennsylvania, via 1066, the English Civil War, terrain building, fantastical Greek triremes, and more. As I say, a real smorgasbord of subjects.

I hope you enjoy this months tasty topics.

Dan FaulconbridgeEditor and Owner

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OBSERVATION POSTThis months venture into the land of new releases tours some new WWI options in plastic and printed resin, a book for the same conflict, and more.

RELEASE RADARDom Sores here to show off the more esoteric new releases in the wargaming world.

QUICK FIREShort, quick-read posts from Wi readers about their hobby projects, notes, news, and observations.

DESERT RAIDS IN THE DARK02 Hundred Hours next expansion Desert Raid takes the game to previously unexplored territory with night raids in the desert. James interviews the games designer, Grey for Nows owner Graham Davey, to find out all about it.

ALESIA: CAESARS GREATEST VICTORYA photo-heavy look at a Swordpoint game featuring an impressive model of the Alesia siegeworks.

HOW DID I MISSTEST OF HONOURJames takes on Test of Honours designer Graham Davey in his semi-regular How did I miss series.

A VERY FIERCE AND HOT DISPUTE PART ONEThe man behind Bloody Miniatures, Richard Lloyd, presents the first part of a two-part article about a little-knownEnglish Civil War battle he has extensively researched.

1066 AND ALL THATJim Graham looks at how we can wargame the battles of 11th-Century England.

TALKING MINIATURESWargames Illustrated Editor Dan takes a trip across town to chat with Robin Dews and John Stallard about their new book, Talking Miniatures or how the Lincoln Model Railway and Wargaming Society changed the world.

TOUGH GUTDom Sore dissects the new Bolt Action Campaign book.

SCRATCH-BUILDING TERRAIN FOR THE DOOMEDIn the final part of Ana Polanaks The Doomed trilogy, she makes some fantastic hand-crafted terrain, suitable for many games or genres.

PATRON CLASS TRIREMESRicard Fortun revisits Thalassas ancient naval battles with rules for a new ship class that brings the divine powers to the tabletop.

COMMUNAL CONSTRUCTIONCollin Farrant tells the tale of a collaborative project to build a Salute gaming board recreating the attack on the US Embassy in Saigon during the Vietnam War.

HISTORICON 2023Our man in Pennsylvania, Dave Taylor, joins the throng at Historicon, and reports from this massive US convention.