Wargames Illustrated #455: November 2025

This month’s Observation Post includes fantasy figures for The Woods and Guards of Traitor’s Toll, Ancient naval battles with Thalassa, and plastic Gallows for Dead Man’s Hand.

Dom Sore returns with his new-release early alerts in this month’s Release Radar!

THEME: ASSASSINS AND TEMPLARS: LIES, LEGENDS, AND WARGAMES

Crusader-era historian, author, and wargamer Steve Tibble introduces us to the subject of this of this month’s theme and freebie rules.

ZERO HOUR BATTLE REPORT

Gripping Beast showcase their new early-20th-Century mass battle game with an action-packed trench assault during World War One.

THEME: ASSASSINS AND TEMPLARS: BATTLEFIELD ESSENTIALS

Need ideas for populating your Assassins and Templars tabletop with minis, flora, and architecture? This is the article for you!

PAINTING A RAGGED STAFF MINIS VETERAN

Mike Peters paints a figure (twice!) from a compact range of Wars of the Roses miniatures sold by Martin Brook, winner of our inaugural Hobby Heroes award in the 2024 Wargames Illustrated Readers’ Awards!

THEME: A CONVERSATION IN MYTH AND BLOOD

We talk to author Steve Tibble about his latest release, Assassins and Templars: A Battle in Myth and Blood, the book that inspired the game that’s free with this issue.

FROSTGRAVE BATTLE REPORT

WITowers hosts a four-player game of Frostgrave to celebrate the game’s tenth birthday! James reports on the action as magic erupts across the tabletop, and the Wizards seek out great riches.

THEME: ASSASSINS AND TEMPLARS SCENARIO: THE AMBASSADOR

Will the Templars make it to the safety of the nearby Inn with their important charge in this Assassins and Templars scenario?

THEME: ASSASSINS AND TEMPLARS PAINTING AND COLLECTING

Keen hobbyist Mike Peters explains how he painted the Retinues that grace the pages of his new ruleset.

ALTERNATE WORLD WAR TWO

Has Konflikt ’47’s release left you inspired, but wanting a differently skewed ‘What if?’ for WWII? James explores other weird possibilities with a Halloween-time ‘spooky’ focus!

BRYCHO’S CONSTELLATRON

Joseph A. McCullough presents the four-player Frostgrave scenario from this issue’s battle report.