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Hammer of Math: Throwing Friends for Fun and Profit (Blood Bowl)

"Primaris" Kevin Genson - April 24, 2023

This week's Hammer of Math explores the intricacies of picking up a small teammate and throwing them as far as possible across the pitch in Blood Bowl. In Blood Bowl, the notion of the forward pass belies a significant amount...

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Hammer of Math: Critical Mechanics in 10th Edition

"Primaris" Kevin Genson - April 17, 2023

This week's Hammer of Math takes a look at some of the information that Warhammer Community has revealed about the upcoming changes in the 10th Edition of Warhammer 40,000. Over a decade ago, I was at Adepticon when Mack Martin...

Competitive Play

Hammer of Math: Arks of Omen Secondary Stats, Part 3

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - April 3, 2023

Last week we looked at the stats around secondary scoring for Chaos faction secondaries in Arks of Omen – you can find that article here. This week we’re going to go through the remaining Xenos faction secondaries and look...

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Hammer of Math: Arks of Omen Secondary Stats, Part 2

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - March 27, 2023

Last week we looked at the stats around secondary scoring for generic secondaries and Imperium faction secondaries in Arks of Omen - you can find that article here. This week we're going to go through the Chaos faction secondaries...

Competitive Play

Hammer of Math: Arks of Omen Secondary Objectives Stats, Part 1

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - March 20, 2023

We announced last week that we'd recently added data from Arks of Omen to 40kstats and with the wealth of new data - nearly 29 thousand games' worth at the time of this writing - it felt like a good time...

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Hammer of Math: I’m not mad at Vashtorr, just disappointed.

"Primaris" Kevin Genson - March 13, 2023

This week's Hammer of Math wonders what exactly happened with poor Vashtorr. Believe it or not, my full time job is not to write a weekly article for a gaming website. My area of expertise is engineering, which means that...

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Hammer of Math: Win Rates are great data points to look at. They’re definitely not enough.

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - March 7, 2023

This week we've got a very special Hammer of Math, with Stat Check's Cliff Thomas filling in for Primaris Kevin. Cliff is talking about win rates and how they're not necessarily the final data point to look at when...

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Hammer of Math: Brutalis Dreadnought and Desolation Squads

"Primaris" Kevin Genson - February 27, 2023

This week's Hammer of Math focuses on the new Datasheets provided in Strike Force Agastus. As far as I can tell, the minds behind Strike Force Agastus must be part Ork because they clearly believes that when it comes to...

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Hammer of Math: Stabbing Vehicles in Necromunda

"Primaris" Kevin Genson - February 20, 2023

This week's Hammer of Math brings a knife to a tank fight... and sees what happens when you use melee against vehicles in Necromunda. While I have covered vehicles fairly extensively over the last few months, one thing that I...

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Hammer of Math: Necromunda Mounts

"Primaris" Kevin Genson - February 13, 2023

This week's Hammer of Math heads back into the wastelands of Necromunda to take a look at the Mounted condition and the various options available. When you're out in the Ash Wastes of Necromunda, being on foot is a death...