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This month’s exciting update features nine different articles, downloads and extra photos to supplement the content of Wargames Illustrated issue 307.

Wargames Illustrated presents The HISTORICON™ Painting Competition

As wargamers, we all love to see fantastic wargaming tables and beautiful wargaming armies, but we also love to look at wonderfully painted toy soldiers for hours on end. Over recent years, the constantly increasing priority workload of the Hobby University team at HISTORICON™ has meant that the painting competition has not been able to receive the attention it deserves. Wargames Illustrated presents The HISTORICON™ Painting Competition...

Wargames Illustrated Issue 307 The theme for this month's issue of Wargames Illustrated is Gettysburg. It also includes a wide range of other articles that are sure to provide inspiration for any wargamer. Wargames Illustrated Issue 307...

The First Day At Gettysburg In only our second issue under Battlefront Miniatures ownership (WI261) we turned our fledgling theme idea towards the road to Gettysburg. American Civil War authority Neil Smith penned this article about the conflict on the first day of the iconic battle, including a scenario suitable for 6-15mm. The First Day At Gettysburg...

Remain At All Hazard In WI261, Brad Pflugh provided us with an article and scenario on the ordeal of the 9th Massachusetts Battery on the second day of fighting. Caught in the Peach Orchard, the 9th Mass were required to retreat by prolonge, until they could fall back no further. Remain At All Hazard...

Gettysburg, 1863: Devil’s Den & Little Round Top Bonus Photos After playing two lengthy games on such a great gaming table (WI307), we were always going to have too many shots to illustrate our battle reports. In advance of next issue’s article on how David Marshall of TM Terrain built the table itself, here are some more photos of wargaming action. Gettysburg, 1863: Devil’s Den & Little Round Top Bonus Photos...

Dead Man’s Hand: Bonus Photos Whilst playing through our game of Dead Man’s Hand (from Great Escape Games) for WI307, we managed to snap a lot of photos of the gun-slinging, Wild West action. Obviously not all of them made it into the magazine, here are the ones that didn’t. Dead Man’s Hand: Bonus Photos...

A Savage & Romantic War: Spain 1833-40 In 1994 and 1995, we published a series of six incredibly well-researched articles by Conrad Cairns on the Carlist War. Nick Buxey presented the group’s work in our A Badass War! article in WI307. We thought you’d like to see all the articles from Conrad Cairns, so here they are. A Savage & Romantic War: Spain 1833-40...

PAW 2013 Show Report Our roving reporter, Paul Davies, stuck his head in and looked around at the Plymouth Association of Wargamers annual show earlier this year. Unfortunately we were unable to shoehorn his report into the magazine, but we wanted to ensure you saw it before the memories faded. PAW 2013 Show Report...

Reviews: May 2013 Our regular, monthly round-up of what's new on the hobby scene. Reviews: May 2013...

Osprey New Releases: May 2013 We take a look at the new releases from Osprey Publishing for May 2013. Osprey New Releases: May 2013...

Wargames Illustrated Miniatures Over the past year or so we have released three groups of vignettes for our Wargames Illustrated Exclusive Moments in History range. Our latest wave to hit the streets included: WIM12 Washington and the Continental Army Standard... WIM13 Conference at Yalta... WIM14 The Death of Nelson... WIM15 Black Hawk Down...   Of course the previous 11 vignettes are still available as well via the online store. Moments in History Miniatures...

Wargames Illustrated Subscription Deals If your local gaming store is does not have Wargames Illustrated in stock ask them to get in touch with their Battlefront Miniatures sales person for stocking information. Alternatively you can subscribe via our online store and get your copy delivered straight to your letterbox. If you choose to subscribe we have sound outstanding offers that you can take advantage of. Choose from the following offers: WISUB43 WI 12 Month Subscription with TWO extra issues... WISUB44 WI 24 Month Subscription with FOUR extra issues...

Wargames Illustrated Slipcases are HERE! The Wargames Illustrated Slipcases are now instock and available for purchase. These slipcases are printed in high quality, sturdy stock and are designed to accommodate up to twelve (post WI260) issues of WI. WISLIP - WI Slipcase...

Additional Web Content Over the past few months we have received so many great articles that it has been a struggle to fit them all in the magazine. To help accommodate these we have increased the page count of the magazine, and in some cases we have been able to move some of the content around. Now we are adding an extra avenue for you to check out these great articles – via the website.

Wargames Illustrated Issue 306... Ia Drang Valley Collection... Tropic Lightning Collection... Martinique, 1809: Bonus Photos... Borodino Worldwide: Bonus Photos... Armoured Cars: Bonus Photos and Manufacturers Listing... Reviews: April 2013...

Osprey New Releases: April 2013...  Wargames Illustrated Issue 305... The Battle Of Hastings: The History... Bloody Borders... MADFest! 2012... A Design Before Its Time: Plans for Leonardo’s Tank... Reviews: March 2013... Osprey New Releases: March 2013...

Wargames Illustrated Issue 304...  Modelling North American Woodland Indian Details... It Was Terrible Confusion... Mons, 1914 - Part Two: Bonus Photos... Russian Graffiti... Fall In! 2012: Bonus Photos... Osprey New Releases: February 2013...

Feel free to get in touch as we would love to hear your feedback at contributors@wargamesillustrated.net ~ The Team at Wargames Illustrated.