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The Grand Tournament 2020 Mission Pack: The Goonhammer Review

James "One_Wing" Grover - July 25, 2020

After a whirlwind month of news, reveals and reviews, the community is pretty close to having a picture (at least a theoretical one) of what competitive 9th edition is going to look like. We've gone through the core rules,...

Competitive Play

9th Edition Faction Focus: Space Wolves

Jon-kil - July 18, 2020

9th edition is on the way, and with it a whole raft of changes to the factions of Warhammer 40,000. With the Munitorum Field Manual out in the wild and the Faction FAQs released, now’s a good time to start taking a...

Competitive Play

9th Edition Faction Focus: Tyranids

PierreTheMime - July 17, 2020

9th edition is on the way, and with it a whole raft of changes to the factions of Warhammer 40,000. With the Munitorum Field Manual out in the wild and the Faction FAQs released, now’s a good time to start taking a...

Competitive Play

9th Edition Faction Focus: Adeptus Mechanicus

Cyle "Naramyth" Thompson - July 16, 2020

9th edition is on the way, and with it a whole raft of changes to the factions of Warhammer 40,000. With the Munitorum Field Manual out in the wild and the Faction FAQs released, now’s a good time to start taking a...

Competitive Play

The 9th Edition Munitorum Field Manual Points Review

James "One_Wing" Grover - July 13, 2020

Just last week we were sitting around the Goonhammer offices, debating how we were possibly going to evaluate all of these factions and their roles in the new edition without any points. Based on rumors and information we'd seen...

Competitive Play

9th Edition Competitive Roundtable: The Try-Hard Perspective

James "Boon" Kelling - July 10, 2020

With the release of the 9th edition core rules we have asked some of our try-hard tournament-goers to wade into the conversation and comment on how the changes may impact the competitive game and how the meta will adjust...

Competitive Play

The State of 40k in Tokyo

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - July 5, 2020

We previously spoke to David Moss of the Tokyo Tactical Gaming group in our interview earlier this year, when they had planned a tournament circuit. That ended up being cancelled due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic, but as...

Age of Sigmar

Start Competing: Stormcast Eternals

silks - May 29, 2020

Do you like space marines but wish you could play them in a fantasy setting and with models that aren't all dudes? Do you really have a thing for gold armor? Do you just want to get the whole...

Battle Reports

Hear Me Out, Rob Part 2 – Elves vs Robots

James "One_Wing" Grover - April 13, 2020

Pump up the dramatic music (maybe that one song from Kill Bill) because it's time for the showdown! Last week I tried to convince a skeptical Rob that my new and improved Necron list had legs, and in particular...

Gaming

Start Competing: How to Assess an Opponent’s Army

James "One_Wing" Grover - April 10, 2020

There are many different aspects of strategy that contribute towards doing well at a game of 40K, many of which we've published articles about, but when you get right down to it your core goal as a player in...