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Boon’s Road to LVO

James "Boon" Kelling - January 27, 2023

Well dear reader, it’s nearly the end of the road on another year in the ITC. LVO looms tall and with the curtain falling on the season it’s time to look back at the year past and see how...

Competitive Play

Stop Competing: Display Boards at Competitive Events

James "Boon" Kelling - January 21, 2023

One of the core elements of Warhammer 40,000 is the aesthetic that goes with the game and its models – the lore, the narrative feel, the artistry in all its forms. Your paint scheme, your basing, and the little...

Competitive Play

Arks of Omen Faction Focus: Asuryani (Craftworlds Eldar)

James "Boon" Kelling - January 16, 2023

With a new batch of rules updates comes the need to revisit the strategies and tactics of each faction. Today Goonhammer's elves expert James "Boon" Kelling is talking about the changes to the Asuryani, better known as Craftworlds Eldar. Welcome...

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Arks of Omen Faction Focus: Harlequins

James "Boon" Kelling - January 9, 2023

With a new batch of rules updates comes the need to revisit the strategies and tactics of each faction. This week we're kicking off our series of Arks of Omen Faction Focus articles by looking at Harlequins, who were...

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Psychic Awakening: Harlequins – The Goonhammer Review

James "One_Wing" Grover - May 18, 2020

In these release-starved times us poor, beleaguered competitive players are starved for our regular diet of new rules, and the drip-feed of Psychic Awakening side-content in White Dwarf has been one of the few ways to get them, with...

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Three Cool Lists from the Fargo Two Rivers Open GT

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - March 5, 2020

Welcome back list review fans. James "One_Wing" Grover isn't the only one that can do these (though he's almost certainly better at it). Now that we're finally getting into the full swing of the 2020 ITC season, it's time...

Competitive Play

Goonhammer Roundtable: The New ITC Rules

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - February 18, 2020

Late last week the 40k competitive scene was introduced to a massive change with the publication of the new and updated 2020 ITC Champions Missions, which essentially define the competitive landscape for most of the year's major events. Although...

Interview

An Interview with the LVO Judges

James "Boon" Kelling - February 4, 2020

James "Boon" Kelling sits down with the LVO 2020 judges to talk about the event and their philosophy behind making calls for 40k.

Gaming

Meta Analysis: The LVO 40k Championship

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - January 30, 2020

Last week, we took a deep look at the meta prior to LVO, analyzing the faction breakdowns so far, looking at key lists, and making predictions about how the event would shake out. Now that the games have been...

Events and Challenges

The Road to LVO: End of the Road

James "Boon" Kelling - January 23, 2020

This is the end, beautiful friend. This is the end, my only friend, the end. I didn't think I'd finish, honestly. But here we are on the eve of LVO and the army is complete. Since the last update I've had...