historicals

The Best Year in Gaming: 1976 vs. 2003

Today we look at 1976 vs. 2003 to determine the best year in gaming.

The Best Year in Gaming: 2013

Last year’s stacked lineup of games for the Game Awards had us thinking: What was the best year in gaming? As part of our series on determining gaming’s best year, we’re putting together an article on each year, charting...

Goonhammer Historicals: The Maus that Roared – Introducing Clash of Steel

Wake up friendos; tank combat just got tankier. In the world of Clash of Steel, the new release from Gale Force Nine, it’s 1948 and The War has picked up where it left off - and there’s no room...

Goonhammer Historicals: Bolt Action’s Forgotten, Misunderstood, and Ignored Rules

As far as wargaming rulesets go, Bolt Action is not a particularly difficult one to pick up and learn. With only two editions, it has not seen the regular parade of new editions, re-writes, and meta shifts that Games...

Goonhammer Historicals: Creating a Silver Bayonet Unit From the Main Rulebook

One of the first things that any player wants to do when they start a new system or period is learn how to make a warband, army, battlegroup, etcetera. Gamers want to know how to plan their purchases and...

Goonhammer Historicals: Warlord Games Black Seas Review

This article is part of Goonhammer's Year of the Ship. You can see the other articles in this series here. With our reading done, it's time to crack into actually playing some Napoleonic naval action. We're going to start off...

Cold War Gone Hot: Getting Started with Soviets

привіт, Comrade, and congratulations on your promotion! The Cold War’s just warming up and there’s plenty for everyone! It’s time to gather up your hard-earned influence and fashion a nice little fighting force for the road trip to Berlin. The...

Goonhammer Reads: Master and Commander

This article is part of Goonhammer Historicals Year of the Ship - you can find the rest of the series here If we're going to play Napoleonic Naval Combat this year (and believe me, we are) then it's a good...

Bolt Action: Popping the Cork with Early War French

Introduction When our Bolt Action Tsar asked me to write this article, my immediate reaction was to say yes. I love the French Army for Bolt Action. They have some real cons when it comes to being an army, which...

Goonhammer Historicals: Victrix Norman Cavalry Miniatures Review

This week we take a look at another of Victrix Miniatures' ever-growing range of "Dark Age" miniatures, the Norman Cavalry set! There is something extremely cool and evocative about cavalry forces on the tabletop. Maybe it's all the books we've...