Road to NoVA

SRM’s Roundabout to NOVA 2023: Sweaty [Competitive] and Sweaty [Very Warm]

Hello again, I guess it really hasn't been too long since I wrote one of these, has it? For the uninitiated, this is like a Road To... series of articles, but all at once, with a joke name only...

NoVa Open 2022: Contemptor Kevin’s Recap (featuring Salsa)

Hello folks! We are about a week or so after the end of NoVa 2022, and I've been having lots of thoughts on how to best contextualize one of the greatest convention experiences of my life. Running at full...

NOVA Champion Jack Harpster Recaps the Event

We've finally reached the finale of our coverage of the NOVA 2022 event and we're going out with a bang. This week we're joined by current #1 in the ITC player Jack Harpster from The Art of War, who...

Maybe This Time I’ll Do Damage: Malifaux at the NoVa Open, Part II

Welcome back, Mali-folks.  Last time we discussed Team Danger Planet’s trip to the Malifaux Masters Invitational, the claiming of the top spot by Haku, and my own bitter defeat at the hands of popedarpa.  Plus: Karaoke, Root and Azul. ...

SRM’s Roundabout to NOVA: Probably Too Much Warhammer

Goonhammer oldheads might remember that approximately 30 years ago, back in 2019, I contributed to our first Road to NOVA series. If you don't remember, I can't hardly blame you; I am simply a warham who is compelled to...

Good God, How Many Black Jokers Does This Deck Have? Malifaux at the NoVa Open

Washington DC is a tiny city tucked into a river delta between sprawling, sunny Virginia and proud old Maryland. This obscure little burg is quiet most of the year, coming alive for one weekend every September for the event...

Beanith’s Road to… NoVA?: Building a Death Guard Finale?

Picture this scenario if you will, dear reader, which may or may not have happened on a typical Thursday afternoon last week. Rob: Why are you in that hammock and why are the Goonhammer Offices full of sand? Beanith: Sipping from...

Mentor’s Road Past NoVA: Y’all were just dying to know.

Long time no see right? After dropping a paragraph in the initial Road to NoVA I kinda dropped off the face of the world. I'm sure you're all dying to know if I managed to grind through the massive...

ANAmal.net’s Road to NoVA, Part 7: Standing Around Yelling

I just drove back from NoVA, and boy are my legs tired. That's not even a joke, I'm just old as hell and my legs and back hurt, plus I can't talk anymore on account of screaming all day...

ANAmal.net’s Road To Nova, Part 6: Debaser

6.1 Born Under Punches "eat shit last-minute paint-havers" - me, in better times First, let's look at progress. I made a condensed version of my army list, so I don't have to print 10 copies of ButtScribe cards to hand out during...