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Goonhammer Historicals: The Marquis’ Road from Moscow, Part 2

Welcome back to my Road from Moscow, chasing the Corsican Fiend and his dwindling army away from the heart of Russia. Last time out, I chose an army and a theme: the Imperial Russian Army of the Great Patriotic...

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...

Goonhammer Historicals: Victrix Chasseurs a Cheval Review

The Chasseurs a Cheval of the Imperial Guard. A title that made enemies quiver, quartermasters shudder, cavalrymen tremble and husbands frown, all across Europe. The flashiest of the flash, the very epitome of Napoleonic style and finesse. Now, finally,...

Sails of Glory review

April - 1805 Napoleon Is Master Of Europe Only The British Fleet Stands Before Him Oceans Are Now Battlefields If miniature wargaming is a niche, naval wargaming is a niche within a niche. This is actually a bit surprising, considering you only need...

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 Historicals: Et Sans Resultat! Russia: Rossiyskaya Imperiya Pehotniy Korpus Force Pack Review

The Napoleonic Wars were some of the first instances of the idea of “Total War”, where an entire nation's industrial, financial and social willpower is bent toward supporting actions on the battlefield. It saw battles on a massive scale...

Goonhammer Historicals: Victrix French Artillery

For all that Napoleonic miniature sculptors love devoting time and energy to the flamboyant cavalry, the real hero of the battlefield - the "beautiful daughters" of the Big Napoleon Himself - are the guns. There's something quintessentially Napoleonic about...