In this series of articles we take a deep dive into a specific detachment for a faction, covering the faction’s rules and upgrades and talking about how to build around that faction for competitive play. In this article, we’re covering the Canoptek Court Detachment for the Necrons. The Tenth Edition release of Codex: Necrons gives the faction access to five detachments, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. These can dramatically change how the army plays, as each one tends to push players to build in a different way. In...

"What are we gonna talk about? We know what we're going to talk about and then it just goes from there." - Claudio Castagnoli putting over attending in-person events. It felt like the result of a half-baked AI that was released without proper testing. All Elite Wrestling (AEW) wrestlers Kip Sabian and Claudio Castagnoli were going to livestream the first game of Age of Sigmar Spearhead. I watched the entire stream (multiple times at this point) and have some opinions on it. If you're reading this website you're likely familiar...

When you sit down to play a game of Magic: The Gathering, what's your favorite part? Casting big creature spells? Using powerful damaging abilities to wipe out the table in one fell swoop? Slowly chipping away at your foes by sacrificing your own pawns? Well, if you answered yes to any of those, you are WRONG. The best part of Magic is getting to make sure your friends don't even get to cast their spells as you laugh maniacally and twiddle your villain-mustache (fluffy white cat not required). Board control has always been a central part of Magic, but counterspells...

Stormbringer is a weekly hobby magazine from Hachette Partworks introducing players to Warhammer: Age of Sigmar. In this 80-week series, our intrepid magazine-receiver will be reviewing each individual issue, its included models, and gaming materials. A Premium US subscription was provided to Goonhammer for review purposes. If you want to follow along at home, US Customers can check out Stormbringer here. God why'd they have to go ahead and send along a gobbo last week? Now I'm wishing I was getting new goblins ever week. I'm fully fungusmaxxing and goblinpilled over here. The Narrative Materials We begin this week in the...

In this series of articles we take a deep dive into a specific detachment for a faction, covering the faction’s rules and upgrades and talking about how to build around that faction for competitive play. In this article, we’re covering the Canoptek Court Detachment for the Necrons. The Tenth Edition release of Codex: Necrons gives the faction access to five detachments, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. These can dramatically change how the army plays, as each one tends to push players to build in a different way. In this series we’re diving deep into each Detachment and talking...