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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...

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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...

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

Laurence "HardyRoach" Phillips - 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...

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The Soviet Women’s Rifle Brigade – Army Showcase and History

Laurence "HardyRoach" Phillips - December 15, 2022

It’s time for something a little different than our regularly scheduled content, a historicals project showcase. This week we’ve got HardyRoach showing off his 28mm Soviet women’s platoon and running down some of the history behind it. As a historicals...

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Goonhammer Historicals: Deployment and Jump Off Points Showcase

Michael O "Mugginns" - October 13, 2022

Used in many Historicals games, deployment points are a way to show where your force will enter the table - but beyond chits and chips and markers, there's a whole range of cool conversions, scatter terrain and scenery you could be using.

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Goonhammer Historicals Roundtable: Running the Perfect Demo Game

Michael O "Mugginns" - September 8, 2022

Lenoon: Proliferation of scales, rule sets, styles of play, eras and everything else means that more than anyone else in mini gaming, Historicals players need to run good Demo Games. With a new Napoleonics campaign coming up in my...

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0200 Hours: German Sentries Model Review

Aaron "Lenoon" Bowen - July 28, 2022

Grey for Now Games' newly released 0200 Hours is a stealthy wargame of fast paced action, recreating commando raids from WW2 movies, comics, and actual history with a sneak-em-up styling and tension cranking mechanics. While your intrepid commandos are...