historicals

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...

Start Collecting: Napoleonics Part 1

So you've seen the movie and now you know with absolute certainty where Napoleon went wrong. You can, and will, do better. It's time to get into real wargaming. Welcome to Napoleonics. This article is part of our Getting Started:...

Autumn 2023 Historical 3D Printing Roundup

I'm back just in time for Black Friday with a new horde of excellent models for historical 3D printing enthusiasts. There are a ton of excellent kickstarters and sales happening here in the Fall of 2023 so get your...

Goonhammer Historicals: Landsknecht army showcase

In this army showcase I want to take you on a virtual brain tour of one of the most interesting periods of time, which incidentally has an absolute amount of drip. And how I accidentally tripped into it. You...

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...