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Goonhammer Roundtable: The LVO 2025 GW Reveals

Age of Sigmar Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones, Kevin Fowler, Greg Chiasson, Peter "The Falcon" Colosimo, Kevin Stillman, Matthew 'chimp' Ward, Colin Ward and Rich "Cronch" Nutter - January 18, 2025

We take a look at everything revealed on Games Workshop's reveal stream at the 2025 Las Vegas Open and talk about what we like, what we don't, and what it means for this year's releases.

[40k] Competitive Innovations in 10th: Excessive Krumpin’ pt.3

40K Competitive Innovations James "One_Wing" Grover - January 18, 2025

Aggro is on the menu in part 3 of Competitive Innovations.

Horus Heresy: Solar Auxilia Valdor Tank Destroyer – The Goonhammer Review

Core Games jellymuppet - January 18, 2025

You’re here to hear about the Valdor Tank Hunter. It’s a nice tank for the Solar Auxilia, a variation of the trusty Malcador tank.

Horus Heresy: Boreas-Pattern Deredeo Dreadnought – The Goonhammer Review

Horus Heresy Soggy - January 18, 2025

Soggy checks out the latest plastic dreadnought release for Horus Heresy.

Horus Heresy: Malcador Infernus – The Goonhammer Review

Goonhammer NotThatHenryC - January 18, 2025

This week we are getting three new kits for the Solar Auxilia. I've always liked the Malcador Infernus so I'm grateful that Games Workshop...

Horus Heresy: Arvus Lighter – The Goonhammer Review

Core Games Aaron "Lenoon" Bowen - January 18, 2025

Can you hear it? The ride of the valkyries, played on kazoo? The Arvus is here for a fleeting minute before being shot down by bolter fire

Skaventide by Gary Kloster – The Goonhammer Review

Age of Sigmar Saelfe - January 17, 2025

The novel Skaventide by Gary Kloster launches the line into 4th edition, accompanying the likewise-named starter box; Saelfe reviews it for us today.

Century of the Vampire: Nosferatu (2024)

Reviews Jonathan Bernhardt - January 17, 2025

Welcome to the Century of the Vampire, a new weekly feature where Goonhammer managing editor Jonathan Bernhardt watches some piece of vampire media, probably...

Player Profiles: The Goonhammer Authors at LVO 2025

Competitive Play Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - January 17, 2025

Want to know who to watch at LVO 2025? We interview and profile several key players at LVO from the Goonhammer writers pool.

SRM’s Ongoing Stormbringer Review: Week 56

Age of Sigmar SRM - January 17, 2025

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...

[40k] Competitive Innovations in 10th: Excessive Krumpin’ pt.2

40K Competitive Innovations Lowest of Men - January 17, 2025

Taktikal and less taktical Waaaghs are fully unleashed in part 2 of Competitive Innovations.

Danger Room Tactics: Marvel Crisis Protocol: The Blob & Pyro

Crisis Protocol In The Danger Room - January 16, 2025

How do the Blob and Pyro, two mutant foes of the X-Men, translate into Marvel Crisis Protocol?

Magic the Gathering Commander Focus: Mr. Torture Throws Pain (The Lord of Pain)

Core Games FromTheShire - January 16, 2025

This Commander deck leans heavily into the Rakdos Punisher archetype, turning your opponents taking game actions into damage before doubling up that damage and bringing the game to a swift conclusion.

How to Paint Everything: Star Wars Shatterpoint This is Some Rescue Squad Pack

Hobby Jefferson Powers - January 16, 2025

Jefferson Powers takes a look at how to paint the crazy kids from the Death Star escape in A New Hope in HTPE: This Is Some Rescue for Star Wars Shatterpoint.

Necromunday: Gangs of the Underhive – Venators (January 2025 Update)

Goonhammer manofwaaagh - January 16, 2025

The free Apocrypha Necromunda supplements returned with a bang this week, delivering a much-needed overhaul to the Venators. Due to this being a full-blown gang overhaul, we’ve written a separate article instead of just updating our Apocrypha roundup.

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2025, Part 3: Flyblown Host Against New Astra Militarum

Battle Reports Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - January 16, 2025

The Road Through 2025 continues for TheChirurgeon! This week he tests Flyblown Host Death Guard against new Combined Arms guard and paints some terrain.

Barons’ War Outremer: Building a Retinue

Core Games Aaron "Lenoon" Bowen - January 16, 2025

Barons' War retinues can be built in loads of ways - Lenoon takes inspiration from the Usama ibn Munqidh's Book of Contemplation for this Islamic force

Warhammer The Old World – January FAQ 2025

The Old World Liam_Jordan - January 15, 2025

January has seen the newest installment of the FAQs for Warhammer the Old World; Liam_Jordan runs through and highlight the key amendments which have been made.

Warhammer Underworlds: Objective Counterplay

Warhammer Underworlds Jake Bennington - January 15, 2025

Today in Starting Hex: A cheat sheet of impactful objectives your opponent might be playing so you can keep them in mind during Warhammer Underworlds games.

Mikey Mouse Club #48 – Lorcana’s Main Character!

Lorcana MB1975 - January 15, 2025

For some reason, I got to thinking, “Who is Lorcana’s main character?” and that led to quite a lot of internal and external debate as to who should be feted with such a title.

Goonhammer Hot Take: The January 15, 2025 Balance and Errata Updates

Columns Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones and Liam "Corrode" Royle - January 15, 2025

A number of updates dropped today - some small and some pretty big - and we've got the rundown of everything that changed and what it means. Spoiler: Daemons got a big buff.

BattleTech: Mech Overview Fire Falcon

Battletech Liberty - January 15, 2025

Battletech Mech Overview returns with another Clan mech, this week the light Fire Falcon. Can this little 25 tonner hold its own?

[40k] Competitive Innovations in 10th: Excessive Krumpin’ pt.1

40K Competitive Innovations James "One_Wing" Grover - January 15, 2025

Welcome to Competitive Innovations, our weekly feature for a number of game lines across the tabletop wargame space. Each week our army list and...

CYRAC: LVO 2025, The World’s Largest Kill Team Event

Kill Team canyourollacrit - January 15, 2025

John from Can You Roll a Crit? is back covering the Las Vegas Open 2025 for Kill Team!

Detachment Focus: Dread Talons (Updated January 14, 2025)

Columns Lowest of Men and Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - January 14, 2025

We take a deep look at the Dread Talons Detachment - the rules behind it, and how to make it work in games.

Games Industry News Roundup- January 14th, 2025

Industry News Steel Mentor - January 14, 2025

That’s why every week, we round up five of the biggest stories in the gaming sphere from the past week in the Games Industry News Roundup.

Turn Order: Star Schlock – The Goonhammer Review

Miniature Reviews Jefferson Powers - January 14, 2025

Have you ever wondered what might happen if the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise beamed down to the Planet of the Apes? Well, wonder no more. Star Schlock is here with the tools to help you answer that question for yourself!

Running My First Kings of War Tournament

Goonhammer Cytoplasm - January 14, 2025

When it looked like my area needed one more Kings of War event to round out the year, I decided to step in and organise a one-day event at a local hobby shop.

Codex Astra Militarum 10th Edition: The Crusade Rules Review

Columns Beanith and Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - January 14, 2025

We take a look at the Crusade rules from the new tenth edition release of Codex: Astra Militarum - how do they stack up and what do you need to know about them?

How to Paint Everything: Marvel Crisis Protocol – Red Guardian

Crisis Protocol brushwizard - January 14, 2025

Nikolai Krylenko, the Red Guardian, Russia's answer to Captain America is the focus of today's How to Paint Everything for Marvel Crisis Protocol.

Conquest Hundred Kingdoms Rework – The Goonhammer Review

Goonhammer Robert Cantrell - January 14, 2025

Last Thursday Para Bellum released their extremely long-awaited Hundred Kingdoms rework. We take a look at it today.

Detachment Focus: Renegade Raiders (Updated January 13, 2025)

Columns Mike Pestilens and Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - January 13, 2025

We take a deep look at the Renegade Raiders Detachment from Codex: Chaos Space Marines, and look at what may be the strongest Detachment in the game.

Blood Bowl: The Marquis’ Road to Athel Loren – Nuffle’s Scuffle

Blood Bowl marquis_of_peaches - January 13, 2025

The Marquis of Peaches is rounding out his Year of the Elves with one final Blood Bowl event.

Hammer of Math: 10th Edition Codex Astra Militarum Odds and Ends

Columns Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - January 13, 2025

We take a look at some common Stats questions from the new tenth edition Codex: Astra Militarum.

Making Medieval Terrain: A Village in the East Part 1

Core Games Aaron "Lenoon" Bowen - January 13, 2025

2025 kicks off a major terrain making project for Goonhammer Historicals in Western Egypt

Detachment Focus: Pactbound Zealots (Updated January 13, 2025)

Columns Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - January 13, 2025

We take a deep dive into the Pactbound Zealots Detachment, talk about how it changed from the Slaves to Darkness, and how to play with it.