Marvel Crisis Protocol: Choosing an Affiliation

With over 20 affiliations and counting, getting started in Marvel Crisis Protocol can be a daunting task. Even for a seasoned player, with so much available it can be tough to decide where to go next. This article will aim to break down some approaches on how you can choose an affiliation as well as a brief overview of their strengths and weaknesses. It's worth noting that the game is relatively well balanced so your choice of affiliation will mostly...

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Warhammer 40K

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2024, Part 10: Testing New Death Guard Lists

TheChirurgeon runs through two more practice games with his Death Guard against Chaos Space Marines, prepping for an RTT this weekend.

Age of Sigmar

Competitive Innovations in the Mortal Realms: Good News for Those Who Love the Charge Phase

Another slow week, reader. We got two small GTs, one in Maryland and one in Wisconsin. The Really Really Good GT 32-player, 5-round Grand Tournament in Westminster, MD, United States on May 04 2024. All the lists for this event can be found in Best Coast Pairings. The Showdown Mission - Every Step is Forward Nate Trentanelli - Nighthaunt: Army Faction: Nighthaunt - Army Subfaction: The Emerald Host - Grand Strategy: Fright or Flight - Triumphs: Bloodthirsty LEADER 1 x Guardian of Souls (150)* - Chill Blade - Artefacts: Midnight Tome - Spells: Hoarfrost 1 x Krulghast Cruciator (160)* 1 x Lady Olynder (270)* - Spells:...

Columns

Commander Focus: Bolas, the Ravager – The Spectre of Defeat

The Specter of Defeat is a tri-color Grixis resource management deck built around dropping specters and forcing discards from your opponents hands, then both rewarding yourself for their lack of hand and discards and punishing them. It's sure to make you super popular at any table, as people love having their pet cards removed from their hands. Nicol Bolas is like, the archenemy. Except for the Eldrazi. And except for the Phyrexians. They're dead though, or something, like a building fell on your favorite character. And the Eldrazi are locked up playing with toddlers shapes, or trapped in a moon,...

Magic the Gathering

Hobby

Hobby 102: Working with Transfers and Decals

Over the years the Goonhammer crew have put together a vast and expansive library of painting guides. Appropriately titled “How to Paint Everything” we’ve got schemes and recipes for hundreds of models. They all, however, assume you know the difference between wet blending and glazing or what the hell “zenithal” means. Welcome to Hobby 102. This series will lay the groundwork to teach you the fundamentals and best practices to make your models shine.  The Hobby 102 series is sponsored by The Army Painter. Transfers and decals fall in the center of a Venn diagram. On one side we have scale modelers;...

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2024, Part 10: Testing New Death Guard Lists

TheChirurgeon runs through two more practice games with his Death Guard against Chaos Space Marines, prepping for an RTT this weekend.

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