9th edition

Ruleshammer Q&A: October 22nd 2020

Question 1 - Eradicators Double Shoot on Death near Ancient Hello! I have a question about how the Astartes Banner rule interacts with the Eradicators' Total Obliteration ability. The former states that the slain "model" can shoot as if it...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Northern Front and New Books

The past weekend was another relatively quiet one on the scene in terms of big events, with just a single GT to look at, but smaller events are still churning on and with new books just having come out...

Codex Necrons: Competitive Roundtable

With Codex Necrons out in the wild, we've assembled a trio of tournament players to give you their take on how it's going to perform in a competitive setting. Let's find out what they think! In case you missed...

Ruleshammer Q&A: October 15th 2020

After what must be days since I last had to talk about them, here’s another Ruleshammer that is at least 50% Transports related. Question 1 - Monoliths as a Transport   The new Eternity Gate has changed a few things in the...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Lite Edition

Whether through coincidence or TOs not wanting to schedule events on the day new books landed, the past weekend was a pretty quiet one on the tournament scene and I've not found any two day events to report on....

The Space Marine and Necron Codexes are out today!

Today is the 10th of October, an exciting day for 40k as the first two codexes of 9th edition are finally released - one each for Space Marines and Necrons! We were lucky enough to get preview copies of the...

Competing with Genestealer Cults in 9th – An Interview with Bilbo Göransson

Having been one of the game's top armies for an extended period in 8th, it's no secret that Genestealer Cults have found themselves facing something of an uphill struggle in 9th Edition's competitive scene, and are a rare sight...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: European Bonanza

All the hot Space Marine and Necron details are now out in the wild, FAQs are flying thick and fast and across the world the creative juices are flowing as players try to work out how best to achieve...

October 2020 FAQ Update Review – Adeptus Mechanicus

In advance of the upcoming release of Codex: Space Marines and as promised, Games Workshop dropped a massive FAQ update on us yesterday (remember when we said fifteen books needed FAQs? Turns out it was more). There’s a lot...

Editorial: Why the Imperial Fists FAQ sucks

Monday's FAQ change to the Imperial Fists particularly bothers me, and while I didn't want to editorialize overmuch in our hot take, I don't want it to slide by un-commented on. It has some serious balance implications, but that's...