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Goonhammer Historicals: Books, TV, and Movies to help you get started with American Civil War gaming

Michael O "Mugginns" - March 11, 2021

If you're looking for some inspiration for getting into the Civil War and building your forces or starting a campaign with friends, we've got a few recommendations to check out. Mugginns' Recommendations Glory Released in 1989 just before the height of renewed...

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How to Paint Everything: ACW Confederates

Marc "Ilor" Renouf - March 4, 2021

In today's installment, the Goonhammer Historicals team continues our focus on the American Civil War, this time with some tips and tricks for painting Confederate infantry. Disclaimer: The American Civil War was about slavery. All of the contemporary writings, even the...

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Goonhammer Historicals: Ironclads by Scary Biscuit Studios Review

Michael O "Mugginns" - February 25, 2021

What is it? Ironclads is a 25 page ruleset that lets you re-fight riverine and ocean battles from the American Civil War using wood hulled ships, ironclads, tinclads, cottonclads, and forts. You can use just one ship or an entire...

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Goonhammer Historicals: Pickett’s Charge Review

Marc "Ilor" Renouf - February 18, 2021

In our continuing series on the American Civil War, this week sees the Goonhammer Historicals team bringing you a review of the "Pickett's Charge" wargame rule set from Reisswitz Press. Released in 2016, Pickett's Charge is the brainchild of veteran...

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Goonhammer Historicals – Getting Started: The American Civil War

Marc "Ilor" Renouf - February 12, 2021

In today’s installment of Goonhammer Historicals, we’ll be kicking off our series on the American Civil War. The four years of fighting between the Union and the Confederacy is a defining period in American history, so we’ll look at...

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Miniature Review: Vikings by Victrix Miniatures

Marc "Ilor" Renouf - January 14, 2021

This week in the Goonhammer Historicals series, we continue our focus on the Viking Era with a look at Victrix Limited's offering of plastic Vikings in 28mm scale. Disclaimer: I paid for these minis with my own money, and Victrix...

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How To Paint Everything: WW2 North Africa Vehicles

Marc "Ilor" Renouf - December 3, 2020

In today's installment of Goonhammer Historicals, we continue our focus on the North African campaign. For this article, Marc "Ilor" Renouf describes his methods for painting vehicles for tabletop battles fought in this forbidding and oft-overlooked theater of the...

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Getting Started: WW2 North Africa

Marc "Ilor" Renouf - November 27, 2020

Goonhammer Historicals is our series looking at the incredibly diverse world of historical wargaming – different scales, different eras, different rulesets. Today in Goonhammer Historicals Marc "Ilor" Renouf takes a look at getting started with World War 2 gaming...

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The Goonhammer Round Table: Historical Portrayals in Wargaming

Evie "Lupe" Moriarty - November 12, 2020

Since we're diving into the Second World War this month, the Goonhammer Historicals crew decided that it was high time we had a bit of a chat about some of the more troubling elements in historical wargaming. Portraying real...

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Goonhammer Historicals: What a Tanker Review

Marc "Ilor" Renouf - November 5, 2020

Goonhammer Historicals is our series looking at the incredibly diverse world of historical wargaming – different scales, different eras, different rulesets. In honor of our current Eastern Front focus - where some of the largest tank battles of the...