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Conquest Feb 2024 Update: the Goonhammer Hot Take

As is their wont, Para Bellum INSIST on continuing to improve Conquest: the Last Argument of Kings and have just dropped a new rules update for the game. We talk about what changed and what it means. 

Conquest Sorcerer Kings Faction – The Goonhammer Hot Take

The Conquest: The Last Argument of Kings February 2024 update has arrived, bringing with it a slew of balance and rules updates, and an entirely new faction - the Sorcerer Kings. Inspired by Arabic, Turkic and Vedic mythologies, the Goonhammer...

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...

Q1 2024 Balance Dataslate & MFM – Rules Commentary – 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...

The Warhammer 40k Q1 2024 Balance Dataslate Review

A new season of Warhammer 40k is upon us! In addition to points updates, a comprehensive FAQ/errata document, a new detachment, and rules commentary, Games Workshop also updated the balance dataslate to incorporate a host of new changes. And...

The New Approved Ops 2023: Hazardous Areas

This week Games Workshop dropped a matched play update for the new Killzone Bheta-Decima terrain set. So we asked Ace to provide some thoughts on the new rules and what they mean for competitive play. Attention operators! Today we bring...

The Goonhammer Hot Take: 10th Edition Codex Necrons FAQ

Codex Necrons has had some time out in the wild, and it's now time for the traditional FAQ pass. Initial Codex FAQ passes tend to just focus on errataing things that are actually broken or unclear text wise, but this...

The Age of Sigmar Dec 2023 FAQ Hot Take

It’s that time again when Games Workshop drop a slew of FAQs for us to scratch our heads at. Overall these are pretty minor but mostly buffs or side-grades to the armies present. A lot of these changes are...

The December 2023 Horus Heresy FAQs Hot Take

Games Workshop surprised us with the release of a handful of new FAQs for the Horus Heresy this week, making a number of changes to the game. We're taking a look at those changes, what they mean, and how...

The Games Workshop 40k World Championships FAQ Hot Take

With the first ever World Championships of Warhammer fast approaching, Games Workshop has been working behind the scenes to prep for the event, briefing players, arranging brackets for the format (we’ll have more on that later this week), and,...