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Lenoon’s Road to Austerlitz, Part 2: Grenadier? I ‘ardly know ier!

Aaron "Lenoon" Bowen - January 20, 2022

Epaulettes. They're a thing you put on your shoulders when in a uniform that makes your shoulders look wider. They have a fringe, and a flat bit, and lots of details if you're doing it right. They attach to...

Historicals

Goonhammer Historicals – Lard America at AdeptiCon Hosting a Sharp Practice Open Event

Michael O "Mugginns" - January 16, 2022

This week Mugginns previews the event he’s running at AdeptiCon 2022 - Most Contemptible Cowardly Dogs, a French and Indian War Sharp Practice Open Event. Many historical wargamers are very aware of the idea of a Participation Game - where...

Historicals

Goonhammer Historicals: Asymmetric Conflict in Wargaming

Marc "Ilor" Renouf - January 13, 2022

This week Marc "Ilor" Renouf takes us on a look at asymmetric conflict and how to better represent it in tabletop wargaming. Asymmetric warfare is the term given to conflicts in which one participant has a clear advantage over the...

Historicals

Lenoon’s Road to Austerlitz, Part 1: Some Corsican Guy

Aaron "Lenoon" Bowen - January 6, 2022

Surprisingly, for someone with a love for Historicals gaming, and far too many abandoned projects in more or less every game goonhammer covers, I've never picked up Napoleonics. There's a good few reasons for this - the whole period...

Historicals

The Goonhammer Roundtable: State of Historicals in 2021

Michael O "Mugginns" - December 30, 2021

It's that time of year again - award shows, clip compilations, mascara-dripping fake-crying historical evangelists begging for your dollars to sponsor a grog with a lead pile the size of the Arc de Triomphe. Join our Goon roundtable for...

Historicals

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,...

Historicals

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...

Getting Started

Getting Started: The English Civil War

Aaron "Lenoon" Bowen - December 9, 2021

Goonhammer Historicals is our series looking at the incredibly diverse world of historical wargaming – different scales, different eras, different rulesets. Today in Goonhammer Historicals we look at getting started with gaming in the English Civil War. The English Civil...

Historicals

Goonhammer Historicals: Basing Musket Era Troops for Sharp Practice / Black Powder

Michael O "Mugginns" - December 2, 2021

One of the key decisions when you’re doing a musket era game is how you’ll base your troops. Many of the wars we’re re-fighting were fought by massed troops – 50,000, 100,000, 150,000 men on the field. Regiments were...

Historicals

Goonhammer Historicals Review: Bag the Hun

Marc "Ilor" Renouf - July 2, 2021

This week the Goonhammer Historicals team takes a look at one of the lesser-known gems from the Too Fat Lardies catalog: Bag the Hun! Now in its second edition, Bag the Hun is a game of aerial combat set during...