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North East Open Tournament Analysis

Good news - big changes in the metagame means that it's exciting to write about tournament results again! Last week we previewed the North East Open, a 100-player major happening in the UK with a formidible roster of players...

Road to LVO: Editor Showdown Battle Report!

As I mentioned in my end of year roundup, in just a few weeks I'm heading out to Vegas on my first international tournament adventure. Other than writing retrospectives I mostly took the Christmas week off doing 40K stuff,...

Start Competing: This Game is Actually Not Bullshit – Playing From Behind and Hanging On When You Are Ahead

Let's start in media res: Imagine you are staring down an Iron Hands gunline. You have the bottom of the turn and have eaten some real damage without punching back as hard as you could have. Maybe your target...

Glory Hunting – Passive vs Active Glory, with Duke Crakmarrow!

Glory Hunting is a semi-regular series aimed at helping you play Warhammer Underworlds! Check out our previous coverage here. The Grymwatch are a brutal band of feral ghouls inhabiting Beastgrave in search of honor food, glory food, and redemption meat....

Blood of Champion: An Interview with Richard Siegler, Champion of the Atlanta Pro Tabletop Open

The Atlanta Pro Tabletop Open wrapped up on Sunday night and after nine rounds of knock-down, drag-out, white-knuckle dice rolling, a champion was crowned. Goonhammer sat down with tournament champion, one of the top 40k players in the ITC,...

Tournament Analysis – Alliance Open & Element Grand Slam

Welcome back readers. This week we're going to do something a little different. Over the last two weeks I've written previews for two ITC majors happening in Europe, the Alliance Open and the Element Games Grand Slam (Eggs). Normally after...

Tournament Preview – Three Cool Lists from the Element Games Grand Slam

The saga continues tournament fans - this weekend we find out if lightning can strike twice and I can manage another respectable run with what was supposed to be a silly meme list, or if reality is going to...

Start Competing: 40K Deployment Tactics – Surviving Turn Zero

Most tournament games of 40K play out over six turns, but not all of them are created equal. In turn one both players' armies are going to be at their theoretically most powerful - completely undamaged for the player...

Warlord Wednesdays: Warhound Focus – Adeptus Titanicus Tactics

Welcome back to Goonhammer’s series for aspiring Titan Principes. We here at Goonhammer’s own Collegia Titanica know that Adeptus Titanicus can seem intimidating to players unfamiliar with its particular quirks, but this series aims to equip you with everything...

Glory Hunting – Warhammer Underworlds Deck Building 101

If you've missed our previous coverage on Warhammer Underworlds, check out an overview on why you should be playing it and our review of Beastgrave, the new Starter Set. Warhammer Underworlds is unique among Games Workshop's other offerings - and...