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Goonhammer Historicals: Recreating History at Moore’s Creek Through Wargaming

Michael O "Mugginns" - June 30, 2022

A few years ago I went on a short vacation to visit my parents in North Carolina on the coast. At the time I had a four year old and a 1 year old so I wanted to get...

Game Design

Soldiers of Napoleon: Interview with Warwick Kinrade

Aaron "Lenoon" Bowen - June 23, 2022

Two weeks ago the Goonhammer Historicals team got our hands on Soldiers of Napoleon, a new mass battle Napoleonic ruleset from Artorus Games - you can check out the review here. This review was based on a preview copy...

Books

The Pikeman’s Lament, an Osprey Blue Book review

Jackie Daytona - June 16, 2022

Ah yes, the thirty years’ war, most popular of historical periods! Despite this being a relatively niche period to explore, it ticks a lot of boxes: defenestrations! Pike blocks! Flouncy shirts! 30 years of misery that can still be...

Events and Challenges

Lenoon’s Road to Austerlitz 7: it’s about what you do with it

Aaron "Lenoon" Bowen - June 2, 2022

I feel like most of these articles have followed the same basic pattern: Have idea Do idea Realise I was wrong about idea on some level But not this time! Well, not to the same extent anyway, because I really feel like I've...

Historicals

Goonhammer Historicals: ACW Confederates for Sharp Practice and Black Powder – the 4th Kentucky Regiment

Michael O "Mugginns" - May 26, 2022

You may have noticed Sharp Practice and musket-era wargaming dominating the Historicals section lately. Its fair to say its my personal favorite period to think about and research, and since there are some really accessible games to play, it...

Historicals

Bolt Action: Your next steps

Aaron "Lenoon" Bowen - May 19, 2022

So you've read Getting Started with Bolt Action. You checked out Bolt Action at Adepticon, then you salivated over gorgeous models in our reviews of Panthers and Stukas. How do you go from all that to a fully functioning Bolt...

Historicals

Goonhammer Historicals – Choose Your Own Sharp Practice

Michael O "Mugginns" - May 12, 2022

You may have read the recent retrospective review of the Sharpe series and thought to yourself “Self, I love this series of novels and movies and would literally die for Richard Sharpe in the dust at Talavera - how...

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Lenoon’s Road to Austerlitz 6: Geldings in the Name Of

Aaron "Lenoon" Bowen - May 5, 2022

Breaking News: Napoleon is Dead This urgent update interrupts your scheduled rambles about horses. As we go to press it is May 5th, 2022. Napoleon has been dead for 101 years and we would like to mark this solemn occasion...

Historicals

Series review: Sharpe

Thanqol Decadion - April 28, 2022

This week's guest article is written by Count Numbers! About two weeks ago I stopped being able to sleep. I could fall asleep fine, but I’d wake up every ninety minutes. Essentially I’ve just come out of about twelve days...

Game Design

Goonhammer Historicals: Activation Roundtable

Aaron "Lenoon" Bowen - April 21, 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....