Goonhammer Historicals: Sharp Practice Battle Report

A number of years ago at AdeptiCon we ran a Sharp Practice game with a half-dozen hobbyists painting units and bringing them to play. We put a ton of work into it and it came out great. I've been sitting on this battle report for a bit and wanted to share! We ended up with six players, four who had painted something and two who were filling in and playing (and having a good time!). Dick painted ~20 French grenadiers,...

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Warhammer 40K

Goonhammer Open UK 2024: Spare Player Report

Welcome back to another installment of, "I played some 40k for the first time in a while as the spare player at Goonhammer Open," a title which was a bit too long but thought it had a certain ring to it. You can view the previous, and first, installation of this apparent series here where I played with the same exact models barring some substitutions. All about that below.  Earlier in September we ran the Goonhammer Open UK 2024 September event. We held a 40k GT and a Horus Heresy...

Age of Sigmar

SRM’s Ongoing Stormbringer Review: Week 41

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. If you read this article the day it drops, then understand that I am soon to be bodied in the High Desert Hammerfall AoS GT. Will I have played...

Columns

Magic: the Gathering Duskmourn Review, Part 1 of 4: The Mechanics

Magic's newest expansion takes us to the newly introduced plane of Duskmourn, a plane comprised entirely of a living haunted mansion that thrives on the fear of its denizens. A new set means new mechanics, and we've got some good ones. In this article we'll talk about the mechanics and offer some thoughts on what they mean for Commander and other formats and how they'll play. Duskmourn will release to Magic the Gathering Online on September 24, 2024, and to the tabletop on September 27.   Rooms Rooms are a new enchantment subtype that function somewhat similarly to existing split cards. Each half...

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Hobby

SRM’s Roundabout to the NOVA Open 2024: Wherein I, Like Icarus, Fly Too Close to the Sun

What Up I unfortunately wasn't able to write up a "Roundabout To..." article for my time at the Storm of Silence GT in Spokane, WA, back in May. With Goonhammer becoming a full time job and my UI/UX coursework ramping up significantly, I didn't have the time to write an additional novella about my experience there. In short: It fucking rocked and I'm adding it to my list of annual "must attend" events, even with the strain it'll add to my calendar. The most you'll likely see from that event is a writeup in a Competitive Innovations article and some...

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