Thousand Sons

War Zone Nachmund: Rift War – The Narrative Play & Crusade Rules Review

Lost in our less-than-enthusiastic review of the matched play rules in the new War Zone Nachmund: Rift War was our usual review of the Narrative play/Crusade rules. And it turns out there’s a lot of very interesting stuff in...

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2022, Part 11: The Seattle Open

Welcome back, Dear Reader, to my ongoing trudge through the year 2022 toward some measure of competitive decency. You may recall that my last update was only a week ago, in which I regaled everyone with my tales of...

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2022, Part 10: Fast Times at the Dallas Open

Welcome back, Dear Reader, to my ongoing (mis)adventures on the road to competitive respectability in the 2022 ITC season. In my previous article, I was wrapping up practice games and frantically painting for the Dallas Open. This time, I'm...

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2022, Part 9: Final Prep for the Dallas Open

Hello, Dear Reader, and welcome back to my ongoing blog series where I talk about my path through another year of Warhammer 40k. Last time I talked about taking my Thousand Sons to another RTT. That went alright, but...

2Q22 Post-Dataslate Faction Focus: Thousand Sons

Games Workshop dropped its Q2 Balance Dataslate for 40k in mid-April, dramatically changing a number of key factions. Astra Militarum, Marines and Sisters were buffed, Harlequins, T’au, and Custodes were nerfed, and some key game rules were changed. Now...

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2022, Part 8: The April Ettin RTT

Welcome back, Dear Reader! Two weeks ago I had a double-post week detailing my exploits at the March Asgard RTT, followed by a Crusade weekend with a bunch of the Goonhammer crew. The reason I powered out both of...

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2022, Part 7: Crusade Weekend

Welcome back, Dear Reader! It's only been a couple of days since my previous article on my progress through 2022, but I felt it was worth writing a quick update before this weekend, when I'll be going to the...

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2022, Part 6: The March Asgard RTT

Welcome back, Dear Reader, to my ongoing (mis)adventures in competitive 40k. While Adepticon moves forward in Chicago this weekend, I remain behind, typing up this recap from the previous weekend on a plane. So let's talk about the previous...

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2022, Part 5: Aeldari March Madness

Welcome back, Dear Reader, to my ongoing (mis)adventures in competitive 40k. In my last article I attended the February Asgard RTT and again went 2-1, losing my first game to Custodes. I finally brought my Thousand Sons to their...

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2022, Part 4: Another Asgard RTT

Welcome back, Dear Reader, to my ongoing (mis)adventures in competitive 40k. In my last article I attended the January RTT at Asgard and went 2-1. Then LVO happened, Nachmund came out, and everything shifted. Today I'm going to talk...