Adeptus Astartes

Hammer of Math: Space Marines in the New Meta (January 2023)

This week's Hammer of Math takes a look at the effect of the changes in the new Balance Dataslate, Munitorium Field Manual, and Arks of Omen on Space Marines. What a week. For those who don't obsess over every detail of...

Space Marines for Everyone: A Look at the New Strike Force Boxes

Games Workshop just announced that to bring in the New Year they will have four new Space Marine Battleforce boxes to go with the Imperial Fists and Raven Guard options that were released last month. Are any of them...

Army Showcase: Charlie’s Ultramarines Successors

Finishing your own army is core to the Warhammer 40,000 hobby. In our Army Showcase series, Goonhammer contributors take a look at the armies we’ve been collecting for years, and the new ones we’ve just finished – what drew us to...

Hammer of Math: Space Marine Heavy Smashers

This week's Hammer of Math takes a fresh look at some of the heavy hitters of the Space Marine army, and how they've changed in 9th edition. The concept of the Smash Captain is a simple one. Take a Space...

Kill Team Tactics: Space Marines / Adeptus Astartes

It's been almost a year and a half since our last Space Marines tactics article for Kill Team and thanks to Pariah Nexus, quite a bit has changed. Marines have the benefit of being the Kill Team faction with...

Hammer of Math: Transhuman Physiology and Gene-Wrought Might

This week's Hammer of Math takes a deep dive into the optimal strategy for applying Transhuman Physiology and Gene-Wrought Might courtesy of a reader question. If you would like a question answered in this series, please use this form...

Start Competing: Space Marines Tactics

Space Marines are the iconic faction of Warhammer 40,000. The very origins of the setting lie with the Space Marines, beginning with the C100 release which existed prior to Rogue Trader, and then the iconic RTB01 Imperial Space Marines...

Hammer of Math: Eradicators

If there's one thing that's been talked about since the revelation of 9th edition and Codex: Space Marines in particular, it's the immense potential of the Eradicator. Already a standout from the Indomitus box, Codex: Space Marines takes things...

Hammer of Math: Expedited Martyrdom

This week's Hammer of Math takes a look at the narrative side of 40K and examines some of the numbers behind the Crusade system and getting your Astartes interred in a Dreadnought as quickly as possible. I'll freely admit; as...

Hammer of Math: Space Marine Codex Preview

On Saturday Games Workshop revealed a lot of upcoming information about the new Necron and Space Marine codex, and for the Astartes there was a considerable amount of information that we can actually analyze and process. The reveal was...