{"product_id":"wargames-illustrated-wi413-may-2022-edition","title":"Wargames Illustrated WI413 May 2022 Edition","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eQUICK FIRE!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA few short, sharp shots from your fellow hobbyists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOBSERVATION POST\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOur look at new and upcoming releases in the wargames world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRELEASE RADAR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDom Sore mans the radar and searches for some less obvious hobby releases.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFULL PAPER JACKET\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNeil Smith takes a look at wargaming relevant books you need to know about.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTHEME: SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF BRONZE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfter considering the different angles of our Combined Operations theme, Colonel (Retired) Bill Gray looks at combined operations in Western antiquity. The first article in this two-parter takes in the Sea Peoples and their adversaries, the Egyptians.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHAMMERHEAD PAINTING COMPETITION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor the fourth year in succession Wargames Illustrated ran the Hammerhead 2022 painting competition, supported by Kalistra. Here you will find photos of the winners for your delectation and dissection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTHEME: A WILD GAMBLE: OPERATION LÉA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKarim Van Overmeire looks at Operation Léa in the First Indochina War. In examining the French attempt to bring armour, paradrops, and riverine operations together, we can learn about some of the challenges of combined operations in a war without fronts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTRANSFORMING READY-MADE DUNGEONS INTO TABLETOP RUINS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWargames Illustrated’s in-house terrain tinkerer Marc trains his tools on a plastic dungeon set from Dungeons and Lasers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTHEME: COMBINED ARMS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRiver Horse designers Alessio Cavatore and Jack Caesar talk to Wargames Illustrated about their new WWII campaign game, Combined Arms, created for Warlord Games.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTHEME: BEOWULF AND MOONSUND\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJim Graham explores two World War Two combined operations to seize a group of Estonian islands: Operation Beowulf and the Moonsund Landing Operation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePAINTING CARNEVALE LESSER UGDRU\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBen Porter talks reference material, mood boards, and brushwork, then applies paint to some Lovecraft looking sub-aquatic beasties from the fantasy skirmish game Carnevale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTHEME: THE BATTLE OF BLACKPOOL SANDS, 1404\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA story of (and scenario for) medieval-era combined operations going badly wrong, by Andy Callan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTRAVEL SIZED 28s: WIGLAF MINIATURES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDaniel Mersey has shifted from game design to miniature design with his new Wiglaf range. 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