Wargames Illustrated  |  Wi456 December 2025
“Christmas comes but once a year, and when it comes, it brings good cheer!”
This year, that cheer comes in the form of a wargames scenario for an attack on Santa’s Grotto, and its dogged defence by Mr and Mrs Claus, their elves, and action hero Major Lee Minors!
If you would like to partake in a spot of festive gaming, check out our 7TV The Night the Snow Turned Red scenario on page 18! It features everything you would (and wouldn’t) expect from a cracking Christmas skirmish wargame.
Elsewhere in the magazine, purists will be pleased to find a heavy dose of history in the articles that take in Black Powder’s upcoming Crimean War supplement, the Italian invasion of Abyssinia, a new scenario for Assassins and Templars, a large-scale recreation of Waterloo, an exceptionally detailed Arnhem 1944 board, and much more.
Pour yourself a glass of eggnog, grab a mince pie, and sit back in your easy chair with Wargames Illustrated – your wargaming winter warmer (or passionfruit prosecco, mango tart, patio lounger, and summer cooler, respectively, for our antipodean friends).
Happy reading, rolling, Christmas, and New Year!
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Wargames Illustrated Wi456 December 2025.