Welcome to Competitive Innovations, our weekly feature for a number of game lines across the tabletop wargame space. Each week our army list and tactics experts canvass the top tournaments for their game of specialty, looking at the week’s top match-ups and how they played out on the tabletop to let you know what’s hot, what’s not, and what might be coming next as the competitive meta evolves year-round. Meta-that-was folks. Lap it up, and then move forwards into a horrifying blue dawn. Let's get into those lists! Today: Merry Slaaneshmass...

You always knew you were chosen-chosen.  Even when scratching around in the slave pits you felt the Horned One’s eyes on you. Great plans. Better things. Now look at you.  Ascendent.  Chosen for battle in your race’s finest hour. A long way from slaver-whips. Wave on wave of Skaven-kin surging towards lightning-flash beyond the greenish gloaming. Out of these countless thousands it is within you alone that the Great Horned Rat has embodied his power. But the fighting is away-away, at the far end of a sea of vermin.  Your Clawleader...

Howdy folks! We've recently forayed into the worlds of cheap, 2-cost mana rocks as well as the pricier 4-cost mana rocks. Today, we're looking at the big boys in the 5+ range. If you aren't familiar with what mana rocks are for or are in need of a quick refresher: Ramping is the term for spending your mana on sources of additional mana to use on later turns. Think of it like an investment; spend more mana now to have access to more later. Due to the nature of Commander being a multiplayer format where players have high starting life...

Stormbringer is a weekly hobby magazine from Hachette Partworks introducing players to Warhammer: Age of Sigmar. In this 80-week series, our intrepid magazine-receiver will be reviewing each individual issue, its included models, and gaming materials. A Premium US subscription was provided to Goonhammer for review purposes. If you want to follow along at home, US Customers can check out Stormbringer here. Wouldn't you know it, between all the 40k hubbub this Grotmas, we got some Age of Sigmar goodies too! Check out our review of the new Regiments of Renown, and see which ones are worth your time. I didn't...

Stormbringer is a weekly hobby magazine from Hachette Partworks introducing players to Warhammer: Age of Sigmar. In this 80-week series, our intrepid magazine-receiver will be reviewing each individual issue, its included models, and gaming materials. A Premium US subscription was provided to Goonhammer for review purposes. If you want to follow along at home, US Customers can check out Stormbringer here. Wouldn't you know it, between all the 40k hubbub this Grotmas, we got some Age of Sigmar goodies too! Check out our review of the new Regiments of Renown, and see which ones are worth your time. I didn't...