competitive play

Contemptor Kevin’s Road to the West 3: Bon Tempes, Beignets, and Bad Listbuilding PART 1

Last time around Contemptor Kevin's Road to the West saw him doing some last-minute preparation for the Games Workshop US Open event in New Orleans. This week he's talking about his experiences at the event itself, including his games. A....

Measuring Up the Competition: A Review of the ITC Scoring System

The COVID pandemic is far from over but as hot spots have become increasingly regionalized, countries and communities are returning to a semblance of normality, including the competitive Warhammer 40k community. One thing that has been lost in the...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Silver Surge

As readers of Monday's Meta Review might have noticed, there's a new sheriff in town. The heavy gatling psilencer is kind of like a six-shooter, and Grey Knights are definitely some flavour of law enforcement, so we're going with that. For...

Infinity – ITS Season 13 Hot Takes

Corvus Belli has released the Infinity Tournament System (ITS) rules for Season 13. Goonhammer's crack team of Infinity Tactical Operators were directed to provide an expert opinion on what exactly this means for the state of play for Infinity...

John Lennon talks about playing with the new Black Templars Codex

John: Gather, Neophytes, as I dive into the most sacred tome of 9th edition. After years of waiting the Black Templars finally have their own standalone codex, and it’s a good time for the faithful to stock up on...

Commander Focus: The Rubaiyat of oh my Tayam!

Tayam, Luminous Enigma is kind of a strange card. He cares about counters, not particular counters. A lot of cards will have you remove counters, but typically they are counters associated with the creature itself, and the most common...

The Corroad Goes Ever On and On: LGT RTT and Cadian Catastrophe

Last time out I had just played in the FactoruM July GT and was looking to get another event in and some more practice for LGT. As it happened I neither got another tournament in the books nor did I...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Three Apiece

Apologies for the late column - hit some blockers early in the week, and we'll be back to the regular Wednesday slot next time around! It's been another busy weekend in the 40K world, with six events (including three majors)...

Tournament Organization: An Explainer on Tournament Structuring

In recent months there have been a fair number of discussions on how tournaments should be organized and run to best reflect the competitive environment they seek to achieve. While there is no true solution to all situations, in...

Commander Focus: Anowon, Feeling a Bit Rouge-ish.

Yes, thank you I know how to spell. But that's the point of a rogue deck. I tricked you into correcting my spelling. You fell into my cunning plan of, well proving something or other. Rogues are a nifty subtype...