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Magic the Gathering Commander Focus: Mr. Torture Throws Pain (The Lord of Pain)

Core Games FromTheShire - January 16, 2025

This Commander deck leans heavily into the Rakdos Punisher archetype, turning your opponents taking game actions into damage before doubling up that damage and bringing the game to a swift conclusion.

How to Paint Everything: Star Wars Shatterpoint This is Some Rescue Squad Pack

Hobby Jefferson Powers - January 16, 2025

Jefferson Powers takes a look at how to paint the crazy kids from the Death Star escape in A New Hope in HTPE: This Is Some Rescue for Star Wars Shatterpoint.

Necromunday: Gangs of the Underhive – Venators (January 2025 Update)

Goonhammer manofwaaagh - January 16, 2025

The free Apocrypha Necromunda supplements returned with a bang this week, delivering a much-needed overhaul to the Venators. Due to this being a full-blown gang overhaul, we’ve written a separate article instead of just updating our Apocrypha roundup.

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2025, Part 3: Flyblown Host Against New Astra Militarum

Battle Reports Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - January 16, 2025

The Road Through 2025 continues for TheChirurgeon! This week he tests Flyblown Host Death Guard against new Combined Arms guard and paints some terrain.

Barons’ War Outremer: Building a Retinue

Core Games Aaron "Lenoon" Bowen - January 16, 2025

Barons' War retinues can be built in loads of ways - Lenoon takes inspiration from the Usama ibn Munqidh's Book of Contemplation for this Islamic force

Warhammer The Old World – January FAQ 2025

The Old World Liam_Jordan - January 15, 2025

January has seen the newest installment of the FAQs for Warhammer the Old World; Liam_Jordan runs through and highlight the key amendments which have been made.

Warhammer Underworlds: Objective Counterplay

Warhammer Underworlds Jake Bennington - January 15, 2025

Today in Starting Hex: A cheat sheet of impactful objectives your opponent might be playing so you can keep them in mind during Warhammer Underworlds games.

Mikey Mouse Club #48 – Lorcana’s Main Character!

Lorcana MB1975 - January 15, 2025

For some reason, I got to thinking, “Who is Lorcana’s main character?” and that led to quite a lot of internal and external debate as to who should be feted with such a title.

Goonhammer Hot Take: The January 15, 2025 Balance and Errata Updates

Columns Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones and Liam "Corrode" Royle - January 15, 2025

A number of updates dropped today - some small and some pretty big - and we've got the rundown of everything that changed and what it means. Spoiler: Daemons got a big buff.

BattleTech: Mech Overview Fire Falcon

Battletech Liberty - January 15, 2025

Battletech Mech Overview returns with another Clan mech, this week the light Fire Falcon. Can this little 25 tonner hold its own?

[40k] Competitive Innovations in 10th: Excessive Krumpin’ pt.1

40K Competitive Innovations James "One_Wing" Grover - January 15, 2025

Welcome to Competitive Innovations, our weekly feature for a number of game lines across the tabletop wargame space. Each week our army list and...

CYRAC: LVO 2025, The World’s Largest Kill Team Event

Kill Team canyourollacrit - January 15, 2025

John from Can You Roll a Crit? is back covering the Las Vegas Open 2025 for Kill Team!

Detachment Focus: Dread Talons (Updated January 14, 2025)

Columns Lowest of Men and Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - January 14, 2025

We take a deep look at the Dread Talons Detachment - the rules behind it, and how to make it work in games.

Games Industry News Roundup- January 14th, 2025

Industry News Steel Mentor - January 14, 2025

That’s why every week, we round up five of the biggest stories in the gaming sphere from the past week in the Games Industry News Roundup.

Turn Order: Star Schlock – The Goonhammer Review

Miniature Reviews Jefferson Powers - January 14, 2025

Have you ever wondered what might happen if the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise beamed down to the Planet of the Apes? Well, wonder no more. Star Schlock is here with the tools to help you answer that question for yourself!

Running My First Kings of War Tournament

Goonhammer Cytoplasm - January 14, 2025

When it looked like my area needed one more Kings of War event to round out the year, I decided to step in and organise a one-day event at a local hobby shop.

Codex Astra Militarum 10th Edition: The Crusade Rules Review

Columns Beanith and Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - January 14, 2025

We take a look at the Crusade rules from the new tenth edition release of Codex: Astra Militarum - how do they stack up and what do you need to know about them?

How to Paint Everything: Marvel Crisis Protocol – Red Guardian

Crisis Protocol brushwizard - January 14, 2025

Nikolai Krylenko, the Red Guardian, Russia's answer to Captain America is the focus of today's How to Paint Everything for Marvel Crisis Protocol.

Conquest Hundred Kingdoms Rework – The Goonhammer Review

Goonhammer Robert Cantrell - January 14, 2025

Last Thursday Para Bellum released their extremely long-awaited Hundred Kingdoms rework. We take a look at it today.

Detachment Focus: Renegade Raiders (Updated January 13, 2025)

Columns Mike Pestilens and Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - January 13, 2025

We take a deep look at the Renegade Raiders Detachment from Codex: Chaos Space Marines, and look at what may be the strongest Detachment in the game.

Blood Bowl: The Marquis’ Road to Athel Loren – Nuffle’s Scuffle

Blood Bowl marquis_of_peaches - January 13, 2025

The Marquis of Peaches is rounding out his Year of the Elves with one final Blood Bowl event.

Hammer of Math: 10th Edition Codex Astra Militarum Odds and Ends

Columns Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - January 13, 2025

We take a look at some common Stats questions from the new tenth edition Codex: Astra Militarum.

Making Medieval Terrain: A Village in the East Part 1

Core Games Aaron "Lenoon" Bowen - January 13, 2025

2025 kicks off a major terrain making project for Goonhammer Historicals in Western Egypt

Detachment Focus: Pactbound Zealots (Updated January 13, 2025)

Columns Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - January 13, 2025

We take a deep dive into the Pactbound Zealots Detachment, talk about how it changed from the Slaves to Darkness, and how to play with it.

Content We Liked: 12th January, 2025

Content We Liked Steel Mentor - January 12, 2025

Handsome Blobs, Halloween Lions and The Average American Car on this Week's Content We Liked.

Codex: Astra Militarum 10th Edition – The Goonhammer Review

Competitive Play Scott Horras "Heresy", Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones and Andrew Corban - January 11, 2025

Astra Militarum players have been waiting impatiently for their Codex to drop new ways to play the army since the start of tenth. The...

Model Review: Astra Militarum Death Korps of Krieg Army Box

Goonhammer Scott Horras "Heresy", May "Rockfish" Herrington and NotThatHenryC - January 11, 2025

The long-awaited Death Korps of Krieg Army Box has finally arrived! This box is a perfect way to round out an existing Death Korps collection, and our experts take a look at what's inside.

Detachment Focus: Hammer of the Emperor

Columns Scott Horras "Heresy" and Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - January 11, 2025

We take a look at the vehicle-heavy Hammer of the Emperor Detachment, with a deep dive into its rules and how it'll play.

Detachment Focus: Combined Arms

Columns Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones and Scott Horras "Heresy" - January 11, 2025

We take a deep dive into the Combined Arms Detachment from the new Codex: Astra Militarum, looking at its rules and how it plays on the table.

Detachment Focus: Mechanised Assault

Columns Andrew Corban and Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - January 11, 2025

We take a deep dive into the new Mechanised Assault Detachment from Codex: Astra Militarum - its rules, how it plays, and how it affects you.

Detachment Focus: Recon Element

Columns James "One_Wing" Grover, Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones and Scott Horras "Heresy" - January 11, 2025

We take a deep dive into the new Recon Element Detachment from Codex: Astra Militarum - what's in it, how it works, and how it will play.

Detachment Focus: Siege Regiment

Columns Andrew Corban and Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - January 11, 2025

We take a deep dive into the Siege Regiment Detachment, looking at its rules, how it plays, and what it means for your games.

Detachment Focus: Chaos Cult (Updated January 10, 2025)

Columns Chase "Gunum" Garber and Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - January 10, 2025

We take a deep dive into the Chaos Cults Detachment from the 10th Edition release of Codex: Chaos Space Marines and talk about how we might make it work (for a price).

SRM’s Ongoing Stormbringer Review: Week 55

Age of Sigmar SRM - January 10, 2025

It's a new week in a new year and you know what that means: a new fugue state to enter and a new column to write! Let's see what the Stormbringer is bringing us this time.

Darkoath by Chris Thursten – The Goonhammer Review

Age of Sigmar Saelfe - January 10, 2025

Saelfe reviews Darkoath, by Chris Thursten, which carries on the story of the Brand Oathsworn tribe introduced during the final book of the Dawnbringers series.

The Goonhammer Game of the Year List, 2024

Goonhammer Jonathan Bernhardt - January 10, 2025

With 2024 fully in the books, it's time to look back on what everyone sitting around the Goonhammer office thought of the year in video games, and what they thought the Game of the Year was.