napoleonics

Ghoulhammer Historicals: The Silver Bayonet – The Ghost of Skillicorn Mini-Campaign

Today in Historicals, we keep the spooky mood going a little while longer with a solo Silver Bayonet campaign inspired by Sharpe and the Bones of Albion supplement.

Goonhammer Historicals: The Marquis’ Road from Moscow, Part 3

In which the author is distracted by a bundle of plastic and papers, returns to Russia, and tries to get a project back on track.

Goonhammer Hextoricals: Napoleon’s Eagles

Today in Hextoricals, Lenoon finds out it's harder to take over Europe that it looks in Avalon Digital's Napoleon's Eagles.

Goonhammer Historicals: The Forlorn Hope – A Historical LARP Event Report

Today HardyRoach, recently a crew member at The Forlorn Hope LARP, talks about LARP in general and The Forlorn Hope in particular for Historicals.

How to Paint Everything: Napoleonic French Artillery (1813-15)

Time to bring up the dogs of war, the heavy guns, and get them on the table! We're looking at how to paint the Napoleonic Army, 1813-15.

The Silver Bayonet: Scenarios – The Beast of Gevaudan 

As part of our ongoing series on The Silver Bayonet, we’ve decided to merge our passion for historical oddities, artefacts and wargaming and write some scenarios based on historical ‘fact,’ using the brilliant rules and world of that game...

The Marquis’ Road from Moscow, Part 1: A Journey of a Thousand Kilometers Begins with a Single Step

In which our author crosses the metaphorical Neman and begins his inevitable slide towards madness, grognardhood, and shouting "steady... fire!" at 28mm toy soldiers.

Goonhammer Historicals: Warlord Games Black Seas Review

This article is part of Goonhammer's Year of the Ship. You can see the other articles in this series here. With our reading done, it's time to crack into actually playing some Napoleonic naval action. We're going to start off...

Goonhammer Historicals: Getting Started With The Silver Bayonet

Gather your powder, bedrolls, and salt shot and get ready to fight unbelievable gothic horrors in the Napoleonic Wars - it's time to get started with The Silver Bayonet! This article is intended for those brand new to wargaming,...

Goonhammer Historicals: Lenoon’s Year of the Ship

It's been two years since I got into Napoleonics. Two years of the Guard, of marching across Europe, of muskets, habite-vestes, bayonets and pom-poms. My Guard army is now my single largest collection of miniatures and - beyond a...