40k

TheChirurgeon’s Road to NoVA, Part 1: Planning a Spiky 17

Hi everyone. I'm Robert "TheChirugeon" Jones and this is the first of several posts chronicling my road to NoVA 2019. If you missed the big intro rollout to this series, you can find the overview by clicking this link,...

INTRODUCING: The Road to NoVA!

It's May and as of this writing we've officially got just 15 weeks before the NoVA Open Tabletop Convention kicks off on Labor Day Weekend. With the Big FAQ 3 and the relevant errata finally out, the Goonhammer crew...

The Big FAQ 3 and You

The Big FAQ 3 And You Making the Most of the Changes   It's finally here! After almost a month of interminable waiting, Slaanesh announcements, and surveys, Games Workshop finally delivered its third major FAQ/Errata for Warhammer 40,000 and man did they...

The Filthy Xenos General’s Field Guide to Assassins

Introduction So people are pretty interested in learning about Imperial Assassins huh? Last week we went over strategies and guidelines for how to pick the right Assassin for your matchups when using “Operative Requisition Sanctioned” to bring one in at the...

Getting Better at Warhammer 40,000: Upping Your Game

So you’ve Brushed up on the basics, lovingly painted all of your little plastic mans, and studied your probability basics. You’ve got a few games under your belt, and you’re ready to take the next step. Maybe not play...

The Imperial General’s Field Guide to Assassins

The Imperial General’s Field Guide to Assassins If you like playing 40k competitively, it likely hasn’t escaped your notice that something sinister has been stirring in the shadows... Index Assassins has been out since the start of March, and those...

Chaos Space Marines and Vigilus Ablaze – The Goonhammer Review – Part 2 (Army Options)

Intro Welcome back to all Chaos Lords, those tempted by the newly ascendant Dark Powers and the various Imperial lapdogs and Xenos scum wondering what on earth they're going to be facing down across the table once people have had...

Chaos Space Marines and Vigilus Ablaze – The Goonhammer Review – Part 1 (Units)

Intro Welcome, Chaos fans, to a very exciting weekend indeed. Not only is there a new and improved Chaos Space Marine Codex, containing all of the new toys from Shadowspear and a few more tweaks besides, the second part of...

The Astradus Campaign: Starting the Campaign

Welcome back, everyone! In my previous article, I wrote about the rules and mechanics of the campaign and how we created custom warmasters for players to use. This time I'm going to talk about setting everything up for the...

Coda’s 2019 and 2017 Chapter Challenge Astartes

Without further ado: "During M42, The Custiam Capitis or The Head Guard in low gothic, chapter operated not as a cohesive whole but rather small detachments of ten to twenty Astartes. These detachments were sent by Roboute Guilliman himself to...