napoleonics

The Silver Bayonet: Scenarios – The Beast of GevaudanĀ 

As part of our ongoing series on The Silver Bayonet, weā€™ve decided to merge our passion for historical oddities, artefacts and wargaming and write some scenarios based on historical ā€˜fact,ā€™ using the brilliant rules and world of that game...

The Marquis’ Road from Moscow, Part 1: A Journey of a Thousand Kilometers Begins with a Single Step

In which our author crosses the metaphorical Neman and begins his inevitable slide towards madness, grognardhood, and shouting "steady... fire!" at 28mm toy soldiers.

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...

Goonhammer Historicals: Getting Started With The Silver Bayonet

Gather your powder, bedrolls, and salt shot and get ready to fight unbelievable gothic horrors in the Napoleonic Wars - it's time to get started with The Silver Bayonet! This article is intended for those brand new to wargaming,...

Goonhammer Historicals: Lenoon’s Year of the Ship

It's been two years since I got into Napoleonics. Two years of the Guard, of marching across Europe, of muskets, habite-vestes, bayonets and pom-poms. My Guard army is now my single largest collection of miniatures and - beyond a...

How to Paint Everything: Napoleonic British Rifles

If you're reading this there's a pretty good chance you have read or watched Sharpe. No doubt you want to put our roguish hero on the table along with his iconic green-jacketed riflemen buddies. Here's a guide to get...

Goonhammer Historicals: How To Paint Everything – Horses

If you play historical wargames of pretty much any period, eventually you will be confronted with the fact that you need to paint some cavalry. From the early Ancients period to even as late as the Second World War...

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...

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:...

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, NapoleonicsĀ areĀ historical gaming. Though World...