historicals

Cold War Gone Hot – Team Yankee First Steps

Hello yes I would like to do a Cold War Last time, we dipped our toes into WWIII: Team Yankee to answer the question: what if, violence? This week, we’re dipping our toes in to test the oil-slick waters. Daveydweeb...

Goonhammer Historicals: Our Favorite Historical Movies

The days are getting shorter and there’s nothing better to fuel the drive for a new project than watching some moving pictures. Luckily the goonhammer starfort is equipped with a state of the art Kinema, which even has speakers...

Cold War Gone Hot – Introducing WWIII: Team Yankee

Wake up, babe, new World War just dropped Welcome to World War III: Team Yankee, where the tanks are small and the battles are huge. It’s 1985, and quite a lot of people are about to share a significant emotional event....

Goonhammer Historicals: Victrix Loyd Carrier and 6pdr Review

Time comes for us all. In this case, it is demonstrated by the fact that I have been painting historicals off and on in the last couple of years, a pastime clearly only reserved for the oldest of our hobby....

Goonhammer Historicals: ESR Miniatures – French Review

We've been enjoying our experiences with Et Sans Resultat! Series 3 from the Wargaming Company over here at the Goonhammer Star Fort. Alongside the Core rulebook and 1812 Campaign book, the Wargaming Company have branched out into miniatures, with...

Goonhammer Historicals: Butterflies Pinned to a Board, or Why We Play the “Baddies”

A topic of recent conversation in the Historicals Hideout at Goonhammer HQ has been “when is it ok to play the baddies?” and moreover “why do you play the baddies?”. We’ve talked before about challenging and engaging with the...

Goonhammer Historicals: ESR Series 3 Master of the World: 1812 in Russia

So you've read our review of Et Sans Resultat, you've decided "hell yeah I want to be Napoleon" and now you're looking around for a risky, all-or-nothing ill-advised attempt to start a land war in Asia? You're in the...

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 Review: Et Sans Resultat! Series 3

We love Napoleonics. Who doesn't? Over here at the Goonhammer star fort, we usually play our Napoleonics in semi-skirmish settings, at most using a couple of battalions of foot and squadrons of cavalry. Perhaps you want something bigger. Something...

Goonhammer Historicals: Force Focus on the Virginia Regiment in the FIW for Sharp Practice

A few years ago at AdeptiCon we ran our first organized Sharp Practice game and I chose to center it around the Virginia Regiment. The provincial models from Galloping Major were beautiful so that made my choice easy. Why the...