Imperial Fists

Editorial: Why the Imperial Fists FAQ sucks

Monday's FAQ change to the Imperial Fists particularly bothers me, and while I didn't want to editorialize overmuch in our hot take, I don't want it to slide by un-commented on. It has some serious balance implications, but that's...

October 2020 FAQ Update Review – Imperial Fists

In advance of the upcoming release of Codex: Space Marines and as promised, Games Workshop dropped a massive FAQ update on us today (remember when we said fifteen books needed FAQs? Turns out it was more). There's a lot...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Brisbane GT

From within the terrible Panopticon we recently had installed in the Goonhammer offices we have once more cast our gazes far and wide to continue bringing you week-by-week updates on the exciting new builds players are trying out in...

Battle Bros: Chapter XI: Intellectual Bankruptcy

Pavlichenko’s face fell as he heard the order. “Perhaps I was not clear, Chapter Master Rostov. Long-range pict recorders of the moon’s surface indicate the presence of -” “Yes, yes,” dismissed Rostov with a wave of his hand, “Iron Warriors,...

How to Paint Everything: Indomitus Space Marines

In our How to Paint Everything series, we take a look at different armies of the Warhammer universe, examine their history and heraldry, and look at several different methods for painting them. With the recent release of the Indomitus boxed...

The Horus Heresy – Legion Overview – The Imperial Fists

The Space Marine Legions of the First Founding make up the core factions and conflict of the Horus Heresy. In our eighth article we delve into the background and rules for the Praetorians of Terra, Dorn’s chosen sons, the...

Goonhammer Hobby Round-up: March 2020

This month's edition of the Goonhammer hobby round-up is stuffed full of painting from the team. It's been a productive time now that we're all huddled inside our homes avoiding the gaze of the Great God Co'vid, and so...

Hammer of Math: Gravitic Multiplication

This week's topic comes from our own Scott Horras "Heresy" who enjoys competitive play and is also Good At 40K, which something I absolutely cannot say regarding myself. With the recent Iron Hands nerf causing a massive shift in...

Hammer of Math: Big Game Hunter

We've spent a lot of time discussing how hard it is to kill things like Grey Knight Paladins or Iron Hands Leviathans protected by Cogitated Martyrdom, but one thing we haven't done is examine the discussion from the offensive...

Hear Me Out, Rob: Big Yellow Tank Part 2

There’s more to 40k than just grinding out endless RTTs and rolling on endless Maelstrom tables for wacky results. In Hear Me Out, Goonhammer authors explore building offbeat lists and playing with new concepts, and put those concepts to the...