Ye Old Ruleshammer: Armour Value and Plague of Rust

Welcome back to yet another instalment of Ruleshammer for Warhammer The Old World. In today's segment we're taking a look at what armour values are, how they're modified, when you use which one, and some strange interactions.  What Is Armour Value? In short, a model's armour value is the save that it gets to make protecting it from attacks. This is determined by the armour worn by the model or more simply by a value shown on a model's profile; the...

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Warhammer 40K

Hammer of Math: Orky Extra-[HAZARDOUS] Weapons

This week's Hammer of Math succumbs to the temptation and pushes The Button on Test with the new Ork Codex. April brings about many changes. Spring has arrived in full force, the days get longer, Maryland gives us a brief respite before plunging into Swamp-Ass Summer, and Games Workshop has released two new Tenth Edition army books. This week we're going to positive and look at the risks associated with the Dread Mob Detachment in Codex: Orks. While my army is so old it doesn't even have legal bases...

Age of Sigmar

Age of Sigmar Fourth Edition Explained – April 22th

Age of Sigmar fourth edition will be here sooner than you think, and until then, every week Andrew "Marchettus" Brennen will be summarizing, categorizing, and interpreting all the little bits and pieces of information that come out before the new edition itself drops. The Models It seems like we're getting a kit a week for now and "Model Monday" leaves us with a slower roll out compared to other recent editions. The next really big official Games Workshop event is going to be the US Open in Dallas and it will...

Columns

Outlaws of Thunder Junction Review, Part 4 of 4: The Big Score Cards

Magic’s newest expansion takes us to the newly introduced plane of Thunder Junction for a rootin’ tootin’ treasure huntin’ time. A new set means new cards, and we're wrapping up our review with the Big Score cards from the set.  Last time we covered the monocolor cards, and this time as usual we won't be looking at everything, and we'll be doing this primarily but not exclusively with an eye for Commander play.   Ancient Cornucopia Marcy: A potentially scary card for decks that use many colors, but even a combo of 3 colors might be enough to get decent value out of this....

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Hobby

SRM’s Ongoing Stormbringer Review: Week 21

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. Listen, we all know fourth edition is coming soon, but can we hang out in third for a minute longer? It's a shame these partworks magazines keep starting 2/3 through an edition and ending months after the game...

SRM’s Ongoing Stormbringer Review: Week 21

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. Listen, we all know fourth edition is coming soon, but can we hang out in third for a minute longer? It's a shame these partworks magazines keep starting 2/3 through an edition and ending months after the game...

Gaming