historicals

Goonhammer Historicals: Warlord Games Plastic French Infantry for Bolt Action

Having proven their mettle in the heat of World War 1, the French infantrymen stood proud as an example of martial prowess. It would take less than 30 years for that pride to be tarnished and crushed underfoot as...

Goonhammer Historicals: Lenoon’s Year of the Ship

It's been two years since I got into Napoleonics. Two years of the Guard, of marching across Europe, of muskets, habite-vestes, bayonets and pom-poms. My Guard army is now my single largest collection of miniatures and - beyond a...

Victrix 12mm StuG & Pak 40 Review

I've been slowly assembling a German force for an upcoming Monte Cassino campaign using Victrix's lovely 12mm WW2 miniature line. This time I'm reviewing a couple new kits I've added to my force: the StuG III Ausf. G and...

Goonhammer Historicals: Getting Started With Flames of War

What is Flames of War? It’s Battlefront’s take on the company level second world war miniature wargame, at 15mm (or 1:100) scale, running on essentially the same core ruleset as their Team Yankee game (and ‘Nam, and Great War, and...

Goonhammer Historicals: Previewing the Lard America Events at AdeptiCon 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...

Goonhammer Historicals: How To Paint Everything – Horses

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...

Goonhammer Historicals End of Year Round Up 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...

Sails of Glory review

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...

Goonhammer Historicals: The Silver Bayonet Review

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...

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

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...