9th edition

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Varbergs GT

Welcome back to another week looking at the evolving landscape of 9th Edition's competitive metagame. With a few weeks of this behind us, some definite patterns are starting to emerge, and you can see some of my thoughts on...

Ruleshammer – Types of Move

Types of Move - Movement Phase These are the types of move for the Movement Phase, there are more in the Charge Phase and Fight Phase. General Movement Rules These rules set out the basics of movement, including which type of movement...

Ruleshammer – Transports

Transports Transports offer a variety of gameplay elements, primarily in the Movement and Shooting Phases. Embarking and Embarked Units If a unit makes a Normal Move, an Advance or it Falls Back, and every model in that unit ends that move within...

Ruleshammer Returns!

After a well-earned break following the initial tour through the 9th Edition rulebook, this week Ruleshammer is back, as Rob "Vrekais" Chilton brings you the first two of a new series of articles. With this series, Rob will be...

Start Competing: How Unit Roles Are Changing in 9th

Towards the end of 8th Edition I started drawing together some higher level strategy articles about how to evaluate armies - both your own and your opponent's - on the table. These represented an attempt to try and draw...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Hellstorm RTT Safari

For the first time in a few weeks we find ourselves without a new GT to talk about as the 9th Edition evolves, but that doesn't mean that the fiery coals of innovation aren't smouldering away across the world,...

Goonhammer Round Table: The 9th Edition Meta Analysis

We recently published a detailed analysis of the 9th edition meta and the potential impacts of going first, terrain, and round on player outcomes - if you missed it click here to give it a read. Today our Goonhammer...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Battle for Survival

9th Edition events continue to gently, carefully roll along, and that's giving us a drip feed of precious, precious data about what sort of armies are performing as people's familiarity with the edition increases. A few weeks ago we...

Tournament Report: The Tokyo Tactical Reborn

We've previously talked with David Moss about the state of 40k gaming in Tokyo and their postponed Tokyo Tactical event. In today's tournament report, special guest author David Moss is back to talk about how the eventĀ  Dice, dudes and...

Go First and Prosper: Looking at the 9th Edition Meta

The introduction of 9th edition has generated a lot of excitement and intrigue, much of which is represented in our Faction Focus article series. Additionally, we've discussed what we believe to be the competitive implications for both the new...