Announcing the 2024 US Goonhammer Open in Baltimore, Maryland

We are proud to announce the 2024 US Goonhammer Open! As with previous years, the GHO will be held in Maryland. Come join us on July 6th and 7th. Like a rolling stone, we are moving yet again! This time we have landed at the Sheraton Baltimore Washington Airport in Linthicum. You can get tickets for the event here. Access to the hotel room block here. This year we're bringing back some old favorites, as well as trying out some new game systems. Our...

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Warhammer 40K

UTC Weekend Recap and Preview: April 25

  The Unified Tournament Circuit is a regional circuit for Warhammer 40k and Age of Sigmar which covers the area between Virginia and Newfoundland. In case you missed our announcement, you can find it here. You can find the full calendar of UTC events here. Last Weekend’s Event A light sprinkling of AoS and 40k events this week. It seems everyone was busy playing Kill Team! Palladium Games April AoS RTT (Phoenixville, PA) For our AoS event of the week, we have an RTT out of Palladium Games. Rolf Ritchie took the event with his Disciples...

Age of Sigmar

UTC Weekend Recap and Preview: April 25

  The Unified Tournament Circuit is a regional circuit for Warhammer 40k and Age of Sigmar which covers the area between Virginia and Newfoundland. In case you missed our announcement, you can find it here. You can find the full calendar of UTC events here. Last Weekend’s Event A light sprinkling of AoS and 40k events this week. It seems everyone was busy playing Kill Team! Palladium Games April AoS RTT (Phoenixville, PA) For our AoS event of the week, we have an RTT out of Palladium Games. Rolf Ritchie took the event with his Disciples...

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Unstable Mutation: Grand Larceny Upgrade (Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander)

The Grand Larceny deck is one of 4 preconstructed Commander decks released alongside the Outlaws of Thunder Junction set. It's a Sultai (Black, Blue, and Green) color identity deck built around doing combat damage and stealing your opponents' stuff when you do so.   Upgrading the Deck Is this deck the most powerful, either out of the box or upgraded? No, not really. Is it still extremely solid and a hell of a lot of fun to play? You're damn right it is. Stealing your opponent's stuff is both hilarious for you and at least mildly infuriating for them, so a double...

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How to Paint Everything: Star Wars: Shatterpoint – Clone Force 99 Squad Pack

Star Wars: Shatterpoint, like most skirmish games, gives players the opportunity to post a variety of models and color schemes. It’s one of the things that is so attractive to me about skirmish level games these days. But with so many of the releases so far featuring clone troopers I was finding myself burnt out even with those. Then I got the opportunity to  shake things up a bit with the soon to be released Clone Force 99 Squad Pack, courtesy an early review copy from Atomic Mass Games. Yes, it’s still a bunch of clones in armor (plus Omega),...

Unstable Mutation: Grand Larceny Upgrade (Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander)

The Grand Larceny deck is one of 4 preconstructed Commander decks released alongside the Outlaws of Thunder Junction set. It's a Sultai (Black, Blue, and Green) color identity deck built around doing combat damage and stealing your opponents' stuff when you do so.   Upgrading the Deck Is this deck the most powerful, either out of the box or upgraded? No, not really. Is it still extremely solid and a hell of a lot of fun to play? You're damn right it is. Stealing your opponent's stuff is both hilarious for you and at least mildly infuriating for them, so a double...

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