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Eldfall Chronicles

Eldfall Chronicles: Interview With Freecompany’s Žiga and Tjaša

keewa -
We've been covering Eldfall Chronicles recently, a new fantasy tabletop skirmish game from Freecompany. If you missed our coverage you can find a review of the game here and a review of the models here. Today we're joined by...
Game Design

Flower Wars: Researching a Game

Aaron "Lenoon" Bowen -
We're really excited about what we're doing over here in the Goonhammer Historicals team with our Flower Wars project. It's an exciting thing, being involved in designing a brand new game. It's not one that I ever thought I'd...
A History of Miniature Violence

What Happened to… Gorkamorka? Part Two: The Hulk

Aaron "Lenoon" Bowen -
Gorkamorka lasted six months and nearly took GW down with it - what happened and why did some Orks messing about in the desert nearly crash a multinational company?
Game Design

The Flower Wars: Designing a Game

Edwin "Lupe" Moriarty -
Welcome to the first design update for the Goonhammer Historicals project where we develop a skirmish miniatures game set during the Flower Wars, the pre-Columbian semi-ritualised warfare between the Aztec peoples. Designing a new wargame is always a formidable task,...
Conquest

An Interview with Para Bellum Founder Stavros Halkias

Bair -
Welcome back to our series covering Conquest: The Last Argument of Kings. If you're new here then check out our first article overviewing what this game is here. Bair and Thanqol sat down this week with Stavros, the mind...
Game Design

Goonhammer Historicals: Scale Roundtable

Aaron "Lenoon" Bowen -
Welcome to Historical Roundtables, our regular column where the Goonhammer Historicals team gets together to talk over a particular aspect of historical wargaming. They’ll share their insights, recommendations and warnings about the best way to engage with the hobby....
Adeptus Titanicus

Designing the Goonhammer Open Narrative Event, Part 1: Setting the Stage

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones -
Last year we ran the first ever Goonhammer Open series of events, with a single 40k tournament in the UK and another in the US. We set our US event on Labor Day weekend, in large part to replace...
Game Design

Goonhammer Historicals: Activation Roundtable

Aaron "Lenoon" Bowen -
Welcome to Historical Roundtables, our regular column where the Goonhammer Historicals team gets together to talk over a particular aspect of historical wargaming. They’ll share their insights, recommendations and warnings about the best way to engage with the hobby....
Columns

Game Design Discourse: Randomness

Mike Bettle-Shaffer -
In our latest Game Design Discourse, Lupe and @James_M_Hewitt talk about randomness and the role it plays in games.
Game Design

Game Design Discourse: Emotional Outcomes and Balance

Edwin "Lupe" Moriarty -
In our Game Design Discourse series we join James M Hewitt from Needy Cat Games and our own Edwin "Lupe" Moriarty for chats about game design theory and practice. James worked for Games Workshop as part of the Citadel...
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