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Goonhammer Historicals: Victrix 12mm Sherman Variants Review

Edwin "Lupe" Moriarty - October 9, 2023

This time on Goonhammer Historicals Lupe takes another look at the extensive 12mm World War 2 line from Victrix, this time looking at the humble Sherman tank, a mainstay of the war. I make no secret that I've been a...

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

Edwin "Lupe" Moriarty - October 2, 2023

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...

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Goonhammer Historicals: Campaign Italy: Tough Gut – A Bolt Action Review

Daniel "Zuul the Cat" Rucker - September 4, 2023

Campaign Italy: Tough Gut is the second supplement for Bolt Action from Warlord Games focusing on the allied thrust into mainland Europe via the Italian peninsula. It follows its sister book, Campaign Italy: Soft Underbelly. The book is split...

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Goonhammer Historicals: Victrix 12mm Fallschirmjäger

Edwin "Lupe" Moriarty - August 17, 2023

This week the Goonhammer Historicals crew turn their attention to the latest small-scale infantry kit from Victrix. Historical Background As the Second World War raged on, Nazi high command became every more fractured. Fascism is, inherently, a factional and inefficient form...

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Goonhammer Historicals: Bolt Action Alpini Review

Daniel "Zuul the Cat" Rucker - August 14, 2023

This August has been an Italian-focused month for Warlord Games, seeing them release both the new Italian Alpini Mountain Troops and a new campaign book focusing on the second half of the Italian Campaign, titled Tough Gut (review coming...

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Goonhammer Historicals: Victrix Soviet Infantry

Aaron "Lenoon" Bowen - August 3, 2023

Victrix Miniatures are well known for their 28mm output - we've covered many of their Medieval, Roman and Napoleonic sets before - but in recent years they've expanded out to a new, exciting range of 12mm WW2 sets. With...

Historicals

WW2 Company Commander App Review

Alexander Smith - July 24, 2023

WW2 Company Commander is an upcoming augmented reality wargaming app being produced by Digital Wargaming in partnership with Victrix Limited. The app contains a complete rule system and handles all dice rolling, measuring, and score keeping digitally. The app appears...

Historicals

Goonhammer Historicals: Wargames Atlantic French Infantry (1916-1940) Review

HardyRoach - July 3, 2023

This week the Goonhammer Historicals crew turned their (somewhat) expert eyes to the French Infantry (1916-1940) plastic kit. This is a versatile kit with a lot of options, so along with a review of the models we’ll take a...

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Undaunted: North Africa is a Fresh Evolution of a Fantastic System

Raf Cordero - April 11, 2023

World War II games are a dime a dozen. So are deck building games. And yet the Undaunted series by David Thompson and Trevor Benjamin breathes new life into both genres. Undaunted: North Africa is the follow up to the original Normandy and...

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Goonhammer Historicals: Rating the Army Special Rules in Bolt Action

Michael O "Mugginns" - March 6, 2023

Alex: I suppose if you come into historical gaming via Warhammer the idea of different armies having unique special rules wouldn't raise an eyebrow, but when you stop and think about it, it is kind of odd. Humans are...