Bolt Action

Goonhammer Historicals: Bolt Action’s Forgotten, Misunderstood, and Ignored Rules

As far as wargaming rulesets go, Bolt Action is not a particularly difficult one to pick up and learn. With only two editions, it has not seen the regular parade of new editions, re-writes, and meta shifts that Games...

Bolt Action: Popping the Cork with Early War French

Introduction When our Bolt Action Tsar asked me to write this article, my immediate reaction was to say yes. I love the French Army for Bolt Action. They have some real cons when it comes to being an army, which...

Goonhammer Historicals: Warlord Games Plastic French Infantry for Bolt Action

Having proven their mettle in the heat of World War 1, the French infantrymen stood proud as an example of martial prowess. It would take less than 30 years for that pride to be tarnished and crushed underfoot as...

Goonhammer Historicals: Getting Started in Bolt Action: Japanese Army Beginners Guide

Why Play Japanese? Choosing which army to collect in Bolt Action can be a difficult prospect. There are the Americans with their airstrikes and fire-and-maneuver tactics, the Germans with their MG42’s and bespoke armored behemoths, or the British with their...

Goonhammer Historicals: Campaign : Case Blue – A Bolt Action Review

Campaign: Case Blue is the newest campaign book for Bolt Action from Warlord Games. Taking a swift jump in time back from the allied invasion of Italy, it is set during the infamous Fall Blau. This makes this campaign a...

Goonhammer Historicals – Tanksgiving 2023

It's Tanksgiving, everygoon. We choose to celebrate this year by showing off some of the coolest, wonkiest, weirdest, sweetest tanks we've read about, seen, or used in a wargame. Grab those Tanksgiving Pants (the ones with the motor oil...

Goonhammer Historicals: Warlord Games Panzer 2 Ausf. A/B/C Review

Keen eyed customers of FLGS this month might have noticed the return of some old familiar kits to the shelves. And indeed, Warlord games has rereleased quite a few of their old resin tanks for the retail market. Among...

Goonhammer Historicals: Campaign Italy: Tough Gut – A Bolt Action Review

Campaign Italy: Tough Gut is the second supplement for Bolt Action from Warlord Games focusing on the allied thrust into mainland Europe via the Italian peninsula. It follows its sister book, Campaign Italy: Soft Underbelly. The book is split...

Goonhammer Historicals: Bolt Action Alpini Review

This August has been an Italian-focused month for Warlord Games, seeing them release both the new Italian Alpini Mountain Troops and a new campaign book focusing on the second half of the Italian Campaign, titled Tough Gut (review coming...

Goonhammer Historicals: Victrix T34

Last week I reviewed the Victrix 12mm/1:144 Soviet Infantry, and this week it's the turn of the stalwart workhorse of the Red Army - the T34. Before diving in, we’d like to thank Victrix for sending these over for review. There's...