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Goonhammer Historicals: Naval Wargaming With Ironclads in the American Civil War

Michael O "Mugginns" - September 22, 2022

As historicals go, I love a lot of stuff, but I have some lanes that I like to stay in. I love anything in the black powder period (in my opinion, from French and Indian War to sometime after...

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Goonhammer Historicals Roundtable: Running the Perfect Demo Game

Michael O "Mugginns" - September 8, 2022

Lenoon: Proliferation of scales, rule sets, styles of play, eras and everything else means that more than anyone else in mini gaming, Historicals players need to run good Demo Games. With a new Napoleonics campaign coming up in my...

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Soldiers of Napoleon: The Goonhammer Review

Aaron "Lenoon" Bowen - June 9, 2022

Soldiers of Napoleon is a 2022 miniatures wargame by designer Warwick Kinrade and Artorus Games designed to emulate battles of the Napoleonic Wars. Unlike many other games in this genre it is a genuine attempt to portray, in a...

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Goonhammer Historicals: Warhammer Ancient Battles – English Civil War

Aaron "Lenoon" Bowen - April 7, 2022

Welcome to Goonhammer ‘02! We’re taking a look back to 20 years ago and some of the key releases of 2002. Today we're getting historical, looking back into the history of historicals to review a strange 02 release: Warhammer...

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Goonhammer Historicals: Mugginns’ Road to AdeptiCon

Michael O "Mugginns" - March 23, 2022

AdeptiCon week is here. I'm driving down Wednesday from the Mitten state to partake in the best week of gaming and I might not have to do any hotel painting. I might not even have to spray Dullcote on...

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Lenoon’s Road to Austerlitz Part 4: Bred, Fed, Le(a)d and Read

Aaron "Lenoon" Bowen - February 24, 2022

Across the board stands an immaculate line of French Infantry. Sixty grizzled veterans of the Chasseurs a Pied glower at you, readying muskets and arranging their spectacular facial hair. Thirty impetuous, blooded veterans of the Turin Velites stand poised...

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Goonhammer Historicals: Force Selection Round Table

Aaron "Lenoon" Bowen - February 11, 2022

Welcome to Historical Roundtables, our regular column where the Goonhammer Historicals team gets together to talk over a particular aspect of historical wargaming. They’ll share their insights, recommendations and warnings about the best way to engage with the hobby....

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Lenoon’s Road to Austerlitz, Part 3: Discipline in French is Discipline

Aaron "Lenoon" Bowen - February 3, 2022

We left off last time with me careering around the early stages of building and researching a Napoleonic army, with 62 poorly painted Guardsmen and one fairly well painted Guardswoman and a vague impression of post-revolutionary French history to...

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How to Paint Everything: English Civil War

Aaron "Lenoon" Bowen - December 23, 2021

In this week’s Goonhammer Historicals we take a look at how to paint some of the most iconic uniforms of the English Civil War. When we think about what the English Civil War looked liked, it's usually more-or-less identical sides,...

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Goonhammer Historicals: English Civil War Books, TV, and Movies

Aaron "Lenoon" Bowen - December 16, 2021

If you’re looking for some inspiration for getting into the Civil War and building your forces or starting a campaign with friends, we’ve got a few recommendations to check out. I realised, being the filthy Brit that I am, that...