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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Gladiator Gaming and C. O. A. C. H Team Events

James "One_Wing" Grover - April 21, 2021

It's team event time once again readers - we've had one last weekend of calm on the singles front, but players down under haven't been idle, with two different team events going off. Spanning the whole weekend, the ever-growing...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Ratcon 2021 & Comic Quest GT

James "One_Wing" Grover - April 14, 2021

Results are rolling in once more, and this week we've got two events to look at - a major in Australia (featuring the debut of the Drukhari codex) and the top 8 pod of a special GT that's been...

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Competitive Innovations Editorial: Tier 4 Blues pt.1

James "One_Wing" Grover - April 7, 2021

After a big old burst of activity last week, things were pretty quiet on the event scene this weekend just past, leaving me (hopefully for one of the last times this year) with a blank text window in front...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Brisbane Open & West Australia Iron Man

James "One_Wing" Grover - March 31, 2021

So to answer the first question - yes I contemplated pulling out some second edition army lists and trying to do a bit for Goonhammer 96 week, but the idea of trying to wrap my head around the 2nd...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Equinox 40K

James "One_Wing" Grover - March 17, 2021

It's New Zealand's turn to shine once more, as the past weekend featured the 36-player Equinox 40K GT. Last time we headed over to a NZ GT Death Guard were absolutely dominant, taking three out of four of the...

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Competitive Innovations Incursion Special: Objective Secured First Blood

James "One_Wing" Grover - March 10, 2021

One of the less well explored parts of competitive 9th Edition is games played at the Incursion (1000pts) level. 2000pts play was overwhelmingly the norm in 8th Edition (where the community exploded in size), so it's no real surprise...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Lakes of Blood & Gladiator Gaming Teams

James "One_Wing" Grover - February 24, 2021

As promised, it's back to list reviews this week, with two events firing down under over the weekend, providing us poor, starved analysts the juicy information that we so crave. The Lakes of Blood event in New Zealand gives...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Ten Units to Watch

James "One_Wing" Grover - February 17, 2021

Unfortunately the long-feared quiet weekend has come to pass, with the otherwise indefatigable Australian and NZ scenes finally settling down for short rest. I do mean a short one - next weekend we've got a small GT in NZ...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Over the Top GT

James "One_Wing" Grover - February 10, 2021

The thunder from down under shows no signs of abating, and this week we're zooming in on New Zealand's north island to take a look at the results of the Over the Top GT. After a modest start last...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: LVNo Winner & Hobart GT

James "One_Wing" Grover - February 3, 2021

It's been a completely wild few weeks in Australia, but after two consecutive three day majors they've still managed to put a thirty player GT into the books for us to take a look at, this week put together...