reviews

Goonhammer Historicals: Pickett’s Charge Review

In our continuing series on the American Civil War, this week sees the Goonhammer Historicals team bringing you a review of the "Pickett's Charge" wargame rule set from Reisswitz Press. Released in 2016, Pickett's Charge is the brainchild of veteran...

The Medium: Neither Rare Nor Well-Done

Apologies to Ernie Kovacs for stealing his joke, but our subject this week didn't deserve a new one. There are good games, there are bad games, and then there are games like The Medium. Up until now, I’ve had the...

Codex: Dark Angels Round-up

The new 9th edition Codex: Dark Angels is out today and in case you missed any of our coverage of the new book and it's contents, or are just looking for help on your Dark Angels list, we've got...

A Review of Magic: The Gathering’s Kaldheim Expansion, Part 3 of 3: Lands, Artifacts, and Final Thoughts

With the imminent release of the new Kaldheim set, B Phillip York and FromTheShire are reviewing the avalanche of new cards sweeping downhill into all formats. Note that as our typical coverage is focused on Commander, we'll be primarily...

A Review of Magic: The Gathering’s Kaldheim Expansion, Part 2 of 3: Multicolor and Double-Faced

With the imminent release of the new Kaldheim set, B Phillip York and FromTheShire are reviewing the avalanche of new cards sweeping downhill into all formats. Note that as our typical coverage is focused on Commander, we'll be primarily...

A Review of Magic: The Gathering’s Kaldheim Expansion, Part 1 of 2: WUBRG

With the imminent release of the new Kaldheim set, Phillip York and FromTheShire are reviewing the avalanche of new cards sweeping downhill into all formats. Note that as our typical coverage is focused on Commander, we'll be primarily examining...

9th Edition Codex Death Guard: The Goonhammer Review

It’s been a long road to get here but Death Guard players can finally rejoice and enjoy the long-awaited gifts of Grandfather Nurgle because Codex: Death Guard is nearly upon us! Games Workshop have been teasing us with some...

White Dwarf 460 Review – Index Astartes: Emperor’s Spears

White Dwarf 460 hits the streets today and in a similar vein to other recent White Dwarf releases, it's got new rules for 40k Matched Play. Specifically, they're introducing rules for a third Space Marines chapter this year, giving...

Miniature Review: Vikings by Victrix Miniatures

This week in the Goonhammer Historicals series, we continue our focus on the Viking Era with a look at Victrix Limited's offering of plastic Vikings in 28mm scale. Disclaimer: I paid for these minis with my own money, and Victrix...

Ys VIII: The Lacrimosa of Dana — Pure JRPG Comfort Food

Some games are just comfort food; for me, those are JRPGs. “JRPG” actually used to be something of a real genre with real rules for awhile there, not because the Japanese developers of roleplaying games only made one kind of...