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Goonhammer Historicals: Previewing the Lard America Events at AdeptiCon 2024

Michael O "Mugginns" - January 4, 2024

Held annually for decades now, AdeptiCon is the granddaddy of all wargaming conventions in the US of A. As the granddaddy, it's appropriate and fair that it is now developing a massive historical gaming contingent, complete with it's own...

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Goonhammer Historicals: How To Paint Everything – Horses

Marc "Ilor" Renouf - January 1, 2024

If you play historical wargames of pretty much any period, eventually you will be confronted with the fact that you need to paint some cavalry. From the early Ancients period to even as late as the Second World War...

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Goonhammer Historicals End of Year Round Up 2023

Aaron "Lenoon" Bowen - December 28, 2023

So passes 2023! If you’ve been following along at home (and if not why not) you’ll have noticed it’s been an exceptional year for Goonhammer Historicals. We’ve delved into new periods, different games, outlined our philosophy, gone real weird...

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Sails of Glory review

Jackie Daytona - December 25, 2023

April - 1805 Napoleon Is Master Of Europe Only The British Fleet Stands Before Him Oceans Are Now Battlefields If miniature wargaming is a niche, naval wargaming is a niche within a niche. This is actually a bit surprising, considering you only need...

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Goonhammer Historicals: The Silver Bayonet Review

Michael O "Mugginns" - December 21, 2023

So you’ve seen the movie and now you know with absolute certainty where Napoleon went wrong. You can, and will, do better. It’s time to get into real wargaming. Welcome to Napoleonics. This article is part of our Getting Started: Napoleonics guide. As...

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Goonhammer’s Non-GW Miniature of the Year 2023 – Staff Picks

Bair - December 19, 2023

As we near the end of 2023 your timelines and social media accounts become bombarded by all sorts of "looking back on the year" posts and far too many Spotify Wrapped screenshots. Games Workshop does their yearly vote for...

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Goonhammer Historicals – World of Tanks (The Tabletop Game!) Review

Michael "Enzo" DiCianna - December 18, 2023

Time for everyone to grab their tread grease and hearing protection, because we’re talking big tanks in a little game. This review was completed with a free copy of The World of Tanks Miniatures Game provided to us by Gale Force 9. The...

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Goonhammer Historicals: Victrix Sd.Kfz. 234/2 Puma Review

May "Rockfish" Herrington - December 14, 2023

If you’ve seen any of our content about Victrix stuff then I expect that most of what I am going to say of this kit isn’t new but it’s always worth repeating, as it's just that good. I genuinely...

Historicals

Palaeo Diet: Eat or be Eaten

Jackie Daytona - December 11, 2023

So, you want to play historicals do you? Maybe count a few buttons? Feel like doing some research by digging through several layers of dirt? Palaeo Diet: Eat or be Eaten checks that box when you stretch the definition...

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How to Paint Everything: Napoleonic Spanish

Michael O "Mugginns" - December 7, 2023

So you've seen the movie and now you know with absolute certainty where Napoleon went wrong. You can, and will, do better. It's time to get into real wargaming. Welcome to Napoleonics. This article is part of our Getting Started:...