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Goonhammer Historicals: Quar – Welcome to Alwyd

“It seems the Quar have always been at war…” -A Rhyfler’s Pocket-Book Maybe you’ve heard the name Quar spoken in hushed whispers by the most grizzled grognard “down at the club.” Maybe you’ve seen it pop up in Wargames Atlantic marketing...

Goonhammer Historicals: Baccus 6mm Great War French

The Great War has been something of a passing interest for me since I took a course on it in college. I needed to fill out my general education requirements and wanted a history class, but the wehraboos had...

Goonhammer Historicals: 1918 Ruleset Author Interview

Summer 2024 marks the 110th anniversary of the cataclysmic events that led to World War I. Despite being one of the most pivotal events of the 20th century, WWI has not achieved nearly as much representation on the tabletop...

Goonhammer Historicals: The Great War – A Collector’s Guide to 28mm

Starting a new period brings with it a confusing plethora of questions on the miniatures themselves - who makes appropriate models? Which range has the most dynamic figures? The best pose variety? The best price-point? Are there any plastic kits? What 3d print options are currently available? What figures mix well together? And so on.  Well, we've done the hard work for you. This article is a run down of the existing model ranges for infantry and cavalry figures in 28mm scale suitable for WW1, and scale comparison pics for those ranges that we own here at Goonhammer towers

Goonhammer Historicals : WWI 6mm-20mm Miniature Range Index

Summer 2024 marks the 110th anniversary of the cataclysmic events that led to World War I. Despite being one of the most pivotal events of the 20th century, WWI has not achieved nearly as much representation on the tabletop...

Goonhammer Historicals: World War I – Guns of August Directory

Summer 2024 marks the 110th anniversary of the cataclysmic events that led to World War I. Despite being one of the most pivotal events of the 20th century, WWI has not achieved nearly as much representation on the tabletop...

Goonhammer Historicals: Chain of Command – Great War Author Interview

Summer 2024 marks the 110th anniversary of the cataclysmic events that led to World War I. Despite being one of the most pivotal events of the 20th century, WWI has not achieved nearly as much representation on the tabletop...

Goonhammer Reads: The First World War

Summer 2024 marks the 110th anniversary of the cataclysmic events that led to World War I. Despite being one of the most pivotal events of the 20th century, WWI has not achieved nearly as much representation on the tabletop...

Goonhammer Historicals: Wargames Atlantic WW1 British Review

We're gearing up our coverage of First World War wargames in the Goonhammer Historicals Star Fort, whether that's discussing why it's a less popular war to game, looking at Weird War One, and the first of the plastic kits...

Goonhammer Historicals: The War No-one Wargames

No, it's not the Maori wars; that’s actually surprisingly popular and well-supported.   Or the Emu wars; again, small but surprisingly well-supported.  Or even the Boer War (bigger, but quite poorly-supported - you're getting closer though).  No, it's the big one, the great...