historicals

Goonhammer Historicals: SAGA Age Overview – Age of Crusades (Bonus 2024 FAQ Content!)

Your tabard hangs wet around your shoulders, heavy with sweat and blood. The final rays of sunlight can barely be seen, blocked out by the vast trees looming around you. The last of your brothers died in the ambush...

Goonhammer Historicals: Rating Every Change in Bolt Action 3rd Edition – Volume I

Today Alex & Zuul, veteran Bolt Action players, give us their hot takes on the brand new 3rd edition of Bolt Action. With nearly a decade of regular Bolt Action play, they of course have ~strong opinions~ about the...

Goonhammer Historicals Review: Turner Miniatures Blitzkrieg STLs

Earlier this year the Goonhammer Historicals team interviewed Henry Turner of Turner Miniatures, noted designer of STLs for a variety of different historical periods. Henry has been a busy lad since then and has just started a Kickstarter campaign...

Goonhammer Historicals: The Barons’ War Conquest Review

It’s time to strap on your kite shield, call up your mercenaries and unfurl the papal banner - there’s a half-wild land over the sea and only The Bastard can tame it! We’re moving from the 13th to the...

Goonhammer Historicals: Bandua Age of Vikings Terrain

With SAGA Summer in full swing, we've covered how to build, play and paint warbands. For everyone diving in to a new period - or if we've finally convinced you to pick up Historicals (welcome, it's great isnt it?)...

Variety is the Spice of SAGA: The Book of Battles

One of the great joys of historical wargaming is the huge potential variety of scenarios, both balanced and extremely not that present themselves. In this respect, the single scenario in the main SAGA rulebook is, shall we say, slightly...

Starting SAGA: Building a One Kit Anglo-Saxon Warband

Can you make a good Saga warband out of one box? Variance Hammer Eric picks up some Saxons and gets going!

Goonhammer Historicals: Sharp Practice Battle Report

A number of years ago at AdeptiCon we ran a Sharp Practice game with a half-dozen hobbyists painting units and bringing them to play. We put a ton of work into it and it came out great. I've been...

Goonhammer Historicals: Quar – Welcome to Alwyd

“It seems the Quar have always been at war…” -A Rhyfler’s Pocket-Book Maybe you’ve heard the name Quar spoken in hushed whispers by the most grizzled grognard “down at the club.” Maybe you’ve seen it pop up in Wargames Atlantic marketing...

Victrix Medieval Knights: The Goonhammer Historicals Review

Medieval Knights are a staple of historicals wargaming and it's a rare mini collector that hasn't at least thought about strapping on some plate and mail in order to mount a trusty steed, but plastic knights always leave a...