historicals

Goonhammer Historicals: What a Tanker Review

Goonhammer Historicals is our series looking at the incredibly diverse world of historical wargaming – different scales, different eras, different rulesets. In honor of our current Eastern Front focus - where some of the largest tank battles of the...

WW2 On the Eastern Front: The Slovak Fast Division

One of the coolest parts of WW2 gaming is how many different armies, regiments, countries, etc. took part in the fighting. Britain and France had so many different colonial forces. Germany had many different allies (many of them unwilling)....

Miniature Review: Victrix Games Ausf G Panther

Goonhammer Historicals is our weekly column taking a look at the varied world of historical wargaming. This week, Lupe reviews a new small-scale tank kit from Victrix. Victrix is a firm favourite for hard plastic historical miniatures at Goonhammer, and...

Historicals Review – Victrix Guard Lancers

There were three regiments of Guard Lancers, the Polish Lancers (1st and 3rd Regiments being Old Guard and Young Guard) and the Red (2nd Regiment Dutch-French) Lancers. The Polish Lancers had an almost legendary reputation in combat and were undefeated...

How to Paint Everything: Napoleonic British

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:...

Goonhammer Historicals: Sharp Practice Review

Released in 2016, Sharp Practice (version 2) is a wargaming ruleset for large skirmishes in the black powder time period. This includes anything from the French and Indian War to the American Civil War, but realistically could be used...

Miniature Review: Elite Companies French Infantry 1807-14 by Perry Miniatures

In our Miniature Review series, we look at the wide world of tiny soldiers for cool stuff to share with all of you. This week, SRM is reviewing the Elite Companies French Infantry 1807-14 by Perry Miniatures. Disclaimer: The miniatures...

How to Base Everything: Historicals

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...

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

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...

Getting Started: Feudal Japan

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...