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Hear Me Out, Chase: Night Lords

Look it's not some secret that Chaos Space marines are extremely my jam. Luckily, with the release of Psychic Awakening II: Faith and Fury, the Chaos Space Marine forces have been re-armed with lots of great new rules to help...

Hammer of Math: I’ve Run Out of T’au P’uns

Welcome back, statheads! This week we’re finishing up our T’au c’hat series by looking at a question that was repeatedly asked by non-Tau players over the last two articles: When shooting at a Riptide, should you target the battlesuit...

Chapter Approved 2019 Balance Changes – The Goonhammer Review

With the release of Chapter Approved 2019 comes Games Workshop’s annual points review of Warhammer 40,000. And while previous years have seen only changes published in the Chapter Approved Book, this year we’re getting our own standalone book with...

Horus Heresy Hot Take: The Legion Sabre Strike Tank

In Goonhammer Hot Takes, we do quick-pass reviews and reactions to new releases, rules, and events. In today's Hot Take, we're covering the the newest addition to the Space Marine Legion armoury - the rapid, manoeuvrable, (adorable) Sabre Strike...

Start Competing: The Charge and Fight Phases

Note: This Article was written for the 8th edition of Warhammer 40,000 and has yet to be updated. While many things may still work, the rules have changed fundamentally in 9th. As such, we recommend that you proceed with...

Kill Team Specialists, Part 3: Comms, Leader, Veteran, and Scout

Welcome back to our weekly Kill Team Tactics series! This week, we’re continuing our multi-part series covering Specialisms in Kill Team. We’ll be talking about how to evaluate and choose them, and which ones are worth paying points for...

Psychic Awakening II: Faith and Fury Review, Part 4: The Lore

Faith & Fury is Book 2 in the Psychic Awakening story, and it comes packed with rules for various factions. We've covered the Adeptus Astartes, the Black Templar, and the Forces of Chaos already, so if you've missed that coverage be...

Hammer of Math: Riptide Arithmetic

Last week we looked over a few considerations for T'au forces including the efficacy of Drones and Saviour Protocols, what scenarios it was preferable to use the Automated Targeting System, which weapon was preferable for the XV88 Broadside, and...

Codex: Sisters of Battle – The Goonhammer Review

It's been more than a year since the Sisters of Battle were first announced at the 2018 Adepticon preview seminar but this holiday season we're finally getting the release of Codex: Sisters of Battle alongside some new plastic model...

Quantifying Naramyth: A Method of Unit Evaluation (Or: A Love Letter to the Skorpius Chassis)

As he prepares to head to Renegade this weekend, Cyle "Naramyth" Thompson paused to reflect on how he builds lists and evaluates units, and decided to write up some words detailing the method to his madness. Fundamentally there are two...