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Boarding Actions 10th Edition Compendium Review: Imperium Factions

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - August 10, 2024

Rather than try and cover every Detachment in the upcoming 10th edition Boarding Actions Compendium in a single article, we've broken the review of the book's detachments down into the game's three broad superfactions: Imperium, Chaos, and Xenos. In...

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Competitive Innovations in 10th: Night of the Living Deathwing pt.1

James "One_Wing" Grover - July 31, 2024

Deathwing Knights. They're pretty good again, it turns out. Dark Angels seem to have muscled on in and deposed Blood Angels as the Marines to beat, with their unique units now providing them with an ultra-potent all-rounder package. Other...

Books

Goonhammer Reads Science Fiction: Only Getting Better

Aaron "Lenoon" Bowen - July 27, 2024

The long trans-atlantic nightmare of Reaganothatcherite Economics is over. The Long Grey Man has fallen. There's a not-actually-new way of doing things in town and it's pretending, quite successfully, to look nothing like the old way at all. Noel...

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Competitive Innovations in 10th: Pariah Powers Up pt.2

James "One_Wing" Grover - July 19, 2024

Part 2, and plenty more healthy variety to consider - we've even got an AdMech showdown that isn't Skitarii Hunter Cohort. Wonders may never cease. It's Lowest of Men in charge today, covering: TGX Warhammer 40,000 Event I Gt Ciudad de Avila ...

Battle Reports

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2024, Part 20: Final Prep for Tacoma

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - July 18, 2024

This week TheChirurgeon does his final practice game and frantic hobby prep for the GW US Open in Tacoma, painting up Thousand Sons and making last-minute list adjustments.

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Competitive Innovations in 10th: Pariah Powers Up pt.1

James "One_Wing" Grover - July 17, 2024

The Pariah metagame continues to take shape this week, and we've got a bizarrely top-heavy suite of events to provide some additional date - lots of majors, barely any GTs. In terms of what's out there, Blood Angels look like the...

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Competitive Innovations in 10th: Pariah Parade pt.3

James "One_Wing" Grover - July 5, 2024

Lowest of Men: Sorry this one is coming in a little bit late folks - there was an election in the UK overnight that caught my attention. Anyway! On with this round up of games, featuring some of the dying...

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Competitive Innovations in 10th: Pariah Parade pt.2

James "One_Wing" Grover - July 4, 2024

There's a whole lot more to talk about today so I'm going to keep this intro short. As you can imagine, my mind is already whirling away trying to draw some early conclusions as to what's good in Pariah,...

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Competitive Innovations in 10th: It’s All Over Bar Da Krumpin’ pt.2

James "One_Wing" Grover - June 28, 2024

We're back for part 2, this time with Lowest of Men in the hot seat looking at: ITA 40K SINGLES GT 2024 Laughing Dragon Grand Tournament The Route 66 40k Grand Tournament Slaanesh Summer Slam Ironman GT Luxembourg Open 40k...

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Competitive Innovations in 10th: It’s All Over Bar Da Krumpin’ pt.1

James "One_Wing" Grover - June 26, 2024

With Pariah Nexus packs now landing on doorsteps around the globe, I'm hoping this is Leviathan's true final outing, and that next week we'll have hot news from the Pariah Nexus to share. Because of that, and because Shadow...