historicals

Goonhammer Historicals: The Silver Bayonet Review

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: Napoleonics guide. As...

Goonhammer’s Non-GW Miniature of the Year 2023 – Staff Picks

As we near the end of 2023 your timelines and social media accounts become bombarded by all sorts of "looking back on the year" posts and far too many Spotify Wrapped screenshots. Games Workshop does their yearly vote for...

Goonhammer Historicals – World of Tanks (The Tabletop Game!) Review

Time for everyone to grab their tread grease and hearing protection, because we’re talking big tanks in a little game. This review was completed with a free copy of The World of Tanks Miniatures Game provided to us by Gale Force 9. The...

Goonhammer Historicals: Victrix Sd.Kfz. 234/2 Puma Review

If you’ve seen any of our content about Victrix stuff then I expect that most of what I am going to say of this kit isn’t new but it’s always worth repeating, as it's just that good. I genuinely...

Palaeo Diet: Eat or be Eaten

So, you want to play historicals do you? Maybe count a few buttons? Feel like doing some research by digging through several layers of dirt? Palaeo Diet: Eat or be Eaten checks that box when you stretch the definition...

How to Paint Everything: Napoleonic Spanish

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: A War Transformed Review

A War Transformed: WWI on the Doggerland Front is a weird war, World War I game written by Frederick Silburn-Slater and published by Osprey Publishing. The rules seem to have dropped at an opportune moment, with both folk horror...

Getting Started: The Napoleonic Wars

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. For many historical gamers, Napoleonics are historical gaming. Though World...

Start Collecting Napoleonics Part 2: Small Scales

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: Napoleonics guide. In...

Goonhammer Historicals: Review of the Great Escape Games General Purpose Wagon

Dip your toes into the Historicals pond for long enough and at some point your battle-weary troops will beg you to offload their blankets, frypans, kettles, and tents into the divisional baggage. Ignore them for too long and they'll...