Chain of Command

Goonhammer Historicals: Playing a Chain of Command Campaign Part 6: Attack on Brigade HQ

This week we continue our play-through of the “Totensonntag” Pint-Sized Campaign for Chain of Command. Previous episodes can be found here: Part 1: Introduction to “Totensonntag” Part 2: Let the Battle Begin! Part 3: A Delaying Action Part 4: Flank Attack! Part 5: The...

Goonhammer Historicals: Lard America at HistoriCon 2023

HistoriCon, an annual convention put on by HMGS, just happened last week in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It is one of three yearly cons - the one that happens in the summer. I took the opportunity to attend this year because...

Goonhammer Historicals: Playing a Chain of Command Campaign Part 5: The Fortunes of War

This week we continue our play-through of the “Totensonntag” Pint-Sized Campaign for Chain of Command. Previous episodes can be found here: Part 1: Introduction to “Totensonntag” Part 2: Let the Battle Begin! Part 3: A Delaying Action Part 4: Flank Attack! In the previous...

Goonhammer Historicals: Wargames Atlantic French Infantry (1916-1940) Review

This week the Goonhammer Historicals crew turned their (somewhat) expert eyes to the French Infantry (1916-1940) plastic kit. This is a versatile kit with a lot of options, so along with a review of the models we’ll take a...

Goonhammer Historicals: Playing a Chain of Command Campaign Part 4: Flank Attack!

This week we continue our play-through of the “Totensonntag” Pint-Sized Campaign for Chain of Command. Previous episodes can be found here: Part 1: Introduction to “Totensonntag” Part 2: Let the Battle Begin! Part 3: A Delaying Action The previous scenario saw the German...

Goonhammer Historicals: Playing a Chain of Command Campaign Part 3: A Delaying Action

This week we continue our play-through of the "Totensonntag" Pint-Sized Campaign for Chain of Command. Previous episodes can be found here: Part 1: Introduction to "Totensonntag" Part 2: Let the Battle Begin! Last time, we played through the opening scenario of the...

Goonhammer Historicals: Playing a Chain of Command Campaign Part 2: Let the Battle Begin!

The next in our ongoing series for the Totensonntag Pint-Sized Campaign for Chain of Command, this week we'll play through the first scenario and talk about some of the campaign's asymmetries and how those are captured on the tabletop. Last...

Goonhammer Historicals: Playing a Chain of Command “Pint-Sized Campaign” Part 1: Intro to “Totensonntag”

We here on the Goonhammer Historicals team natter on constantly about how much we love Too Fat Lardies games in general, and I have opined many times in the past about just how much I like Chain of Command...

Goonhammer Historicals: Mugginns’ Days Out At AdeptiCon – Sharp Practice, Chain of Command, Lard America, Bolt Action!

As most wargamers will know, AdeptiCon 2023 took place last week / weekend and it was a great time. Over 6,500 gamers played in 735 events - it certainly felt like the biggest ever, with the parking lot full...

Goonhammer Historicals: The Economics of Printing Rulebooks

Wargames Twitter is a great place to get inspiration, news, and new techniques to use - but it's also a fascinating place to find opinion from leaders in the industry. Recently Richard Clarke of TooFatLardies was opining about printing...