Warhammer 40k

Hammer of Math: Death Guard (10th Edition)

We take a look at the math behind several of the key abilities of the Death Guard, including their new Contagions.

Fury of the Swarm: The Final Two Missions

Fury of the Swarm is an experimental co-op mode for Warhammer 40,000, in which the players face off against a swarm of Tyranids following instinctive protocols. This week the final two missions of the Version 1 roster are added,...

Goonhammer Reviews: Objective Control Tabletop Game Aids

Recently we highlighted an ongoing kickstarter for game aids, Objective Ctrl. The high level description here is that they provide transparent game tools like objective markers, terrain footprints for GW layouts, and your standard handy measuring tool. Recently I...

Ruleshammer Terrain Guide – Woods

Welcome to Ruleshammer! This week we’re covering some of the most asked about 10th Edition Cover questions asked by you the readers, and our patrons on the Goonhammer Discord.  This Article number two in my series on 10th edition terrain...

Competitive Innovations in 10th: Shake it all About pt.2

Breathe the free air friends, 10th is a competitive game that involves (some) innovation! There's whole bunch of new builds and surprise outcomes to get into today, so let's dive in... Today, I'll be looking at: Torneo Nacional Warhammer 40k...

SRM’s Ongoing Imperium Review: Week 72

Imperium is a weekly hobby magazine from Hachette Partworks. In this 90-week series, our intrepid magazine-receiver will be reviewing each individual issue, its included models, and gaming materials. A Premium subscription was provided to Goonhammer for review purposes. Imperium's lore...

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2023, Part 16: Warzone Houston Prep

Welcome back, Dear Reader, to my ongoing chronicle of misadventures through competitive Warhammer 40,000. It's been a while since my last update! Last time around I had wrapped up my time at Tacoma, winning the Lieutenant's Bracket for a 6-2...

Competitive Innovations in 10th: Shake it all About pt.1

The Balance Dataslate is now fully operational, bringing us a novelty for 10th Edition - not a single Aeldari list winning a tournament. Big tick right out the gate there. The nefarious elves are far from harmless even in...

10th Edition Competitive Faction Focus: Thousand Sons (Updated 9/19/2023)

10th Edition is in full swing and with the Q3 2023 Dataslate behind us and some tournaments in the books it's time to look at the game's factions and how they shake out following the most recent changes to...

The Narrative Forge: 2023 Goonhammer Open Postmortem

It’s been about a month since we wrapped up the 2023 US Goonhammer Open and with the benefit of hindsight it’s time to look back at the Narrative event, discuss what worked, what didn’t, and what the plan is...