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Q1 2024 Balance Dataslate & MFM – Chaos – The Goonhammer Review

Today Games Workshop released a massive update for Warhammer 40,000 giving us a huge shake-up for competitive play. In addition to the balance dataslate for Q1 2024, we also saw the release of a new game-wide points update, rules/FAQ...

Competitive Innovations in 10th: The Dark Is Rising pt.1

Ancient foes continue to clash near the top of the metagame, as various Chaos forces attempt to execute a multi-pronged attack on Aeldari dominance. The Aeldari are still just about on top, but the gap is narrowing, especially as...

10th Edition Competitive Faction Focus: Chaos Daemons (Updated May 27, 2024)

We've had enough time to get to grips with the armies of 10th Edition, so over the next few weeks we're going to be publishing a competitive faction focus for each of them, showcasing what's been working for them...

Competitive Innovations in 10th: How Celestine Got Her Groove Back pt.2

The new slogan may as well be "so much Warhammer, all of the time" so we're going to get straight into it today - Lowest of Men is in charge, and will be covering: Kippers' Melee 2023 - 40k (major) ...

Competitive Innovations in 10th: Pumpkin Spice Melee pt.1

Not much of a slowdown from last weekend's massive events - we've got ten events for you this week, including four majors, and some encouraging novelty at the top. Are the Aeldari still here? Obviously, but we've got undefeated...

The Goonhammer Hot Take: The September 2023 40k Balance Dataslate – Chaos Factions

The first balance dataslate of 40k's 10th edition comes screaming down from the Games Workshop Strike Cruiser and unloads a drop pod full of rules updates, accompanied by version 1.3 of the Munitorum Field Manual which incorporates a broad...

Competitive Innovations in 10th: Wraithknights at the Warmaster pt.1

It's been another busy week in the 40K world, with hundreds of the world's best players gathering in Europe for the Warmaster GT, and a trio of healthily-sized majors alongside it. A certain gigantic robot has, admittedly, been somewhat...

Competitive Innovations in 10th: Stars and Springs

The Tenth Edition train is now fully barrelling down the track, as last week's Tacoma/Show me double header is followed up by another week with two massive events, this time the Lone Star Open and Palm Springs Open -...

Competitive Termination of 9th Edition: Dawn of 10th

9th Edition takes its final bow this week, and there's not going to be an encore because it's 10th time. Most events the past weekend ran with 9th, but a couple of intrepid TOs pushed forward into the glorious...

The Goonhammer Review: The 10th Edition Munitorum Field Manual (Chaos)

So far we’ve seen the Chaos factions of 10th edition run the gamut from very strong (Thousand Sons) to pretty dire (Death Guard), but that’s only half the story - the point values of these units makes a huge...