retrospective

Conquest 2023 roundtable retrospective: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

No game is perfect (at least until Goonhammer creates one), but Conquest: the Last Argument of Kings has come pretty close in 2023. Join our intrepid authors as we discuss the epic highs and lows that only a tabletop...

Cronch’s 2023 Year in Review

Cronch's 2023 Year in Review looks back at a year of Age of Sigmar and Middle Earth.

Bair’s 2023 Year in Review: 500 Minis Painted

So I left last year's review with "427 models built and painted in 2022. Not something I’m going to try and match or even top in the coming year..." and here I am having topped it instead. Oops? And...

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...

King Arthur: Knight’s Tale Review

The short version of the review is: It’s good. It’s medieval XCOM that doesn’t fuck it up. For a lot of you, that’ll be all the recommendation you need. What I’m interested in discussing here is ambition. In 2009, Hungarian studio...

The Squats – The Story of Thicness

With GW’s announcement that Squats are returning, it felt like a good time to have a detailed look at the history of Squats, or Space Dwarves, in 40k. The Squats are a faction with a very weird and spotty...

Goonhammer Reviews: Chapter Approved 2003

Welcome back to the final article of GOONHAMMER '02, where we look back at the games that defined the year and our favorite games during the year. Today we're looking at Chapter Approved 2003, one of the final releases...

Goonhammer Reviews: Warcraft III

Welcome back to GOONHAMMER '02, where we look back at the games and media that we loved 20 years ago. Today Thanqol is talking about Warcraft III, which released in 2002 and would go on to change the face...

Pendulin’s 2021 Hobby Year in Review

Twenty twenty-one, what a year. Gone in a flash, it feels like just yesterday that I was locked inside my home with the world collapsing around me. Granted I'm still locked inside, toiling away from home in the dumbest...

SRM’s 2021 in Review

You know Rob's Road Through 2021 posts? This is like a year of those, all at once. I caught you smoking a cigarette, and by gum I'm going to make you smoke the whole pack. Not to open this...