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How to Base Everything: Historicals

Evie "Lupe" Moriarty - September 3, 2020

In today's Goonhammer Historicals Marc "Ilor" Renouf talks us through the sometimes complicated world of basing for historicals, with some "helpful" interjections from Edwin "Lupe" Moriarty. Here at Goonhammer Historicals it is our fervent hope that we’ve piqued your interest...

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Goonhammer Historicals: Test of Honour – Samurai Skirmish in the grim darkness of about 500 years ago….

Thundercloud - August 20, 2020

Test of Honour is a Samurai skirmish game pitched at 5-20 models set in Sengoku era Japan, the golden age of samurai warfare. It is not a mass battle game, but more akin to a samurai movie game. You can...

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Getting Started: Feudal Japan

Evie "Lupe" Moriarty - August 13, 2020

Today in Goonhammer Historicals we look at gaming in Feudal Japan, a time of warring clans and factions with an iconic aesthetic. Historical highlights For hundreds of years Japan had been ruled by the Shogun, a military lord who controlled...

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Hobby Projects: Roman Era Settlements

Evie "Lupe" Moriarty - August 6, 2020

In today's article Goonhammer Historicals dives into the topic of settlements in the Roman world and how to represent them on the tabletop. Settlements in the era of Ancient Rome took many forms - cultures were diverse even within a...

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Goonhammer Historicals Review: Infamy Infamy

Evie "Lupe" Moriarty - July 23, 2020

As we continue with our first month of Goonhammer Historicals and our trip through the wars of Ancient Rome, Lupe reviews Infamy Infamy, the new Ancients ruleset from Too Fat Lardies. Let's get this out of the way: Infamy Infamy...

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Getting Started: Ancient Rome

Evie "Lupe" Moriarty - July 16, 2020

Goonhammer Historicals is our new 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 Ancient Rome, from the Punic...

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Goonhammer Historicals: Chain of Command Review

Evie "Lupe" Moriarty - May 14, 2020

Once more into the breach we go today, to fill it up with our glorious World War 2 narrative gaming experiences. We're taking a look at Chain of Command, a historical wargame developed and published by Too Fat Lardies. The...

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Goonhammer Historicals: SAGA review

Evie "Lupe" Moriarty - March 14, 2020

We're diving back through the mists of time today, to talk about SAGA 2nd Edition, a wargame from Studio Tomahawk, and exclusively distributed in English by Gripping Beast. It's probably best known for the Viking Age setting that it...