Adeptus Astartes

Kill Team 2024 Review: Angels of Death

We take a deep dive into the rules for the new Angels of Death Kill Team in Kill Team 2024, and look at how they'll play.

Kill Team 2024 Review: Scout Squad

We take a deep dive into the rules for Scout Squads in Kill Team 2024 and talk about how they'll play in the new edition.

How to Paint Marines – Rockfish’s Salamanders

I've kinda lost track of how many times I have iterated upon my salamanders scheme, it's probably close to ten times by now. As such this is purely a snapshot in time, just like the various times I've done...

Hammer of Math: Terminators vs Aggressors

This week's Hammer of Math makes a comparison between two of the Big Boys of Space Marine forces: Terminators and Aggressors. When Warhammer 40k first came out, the Terminator was the iconic heavy infantry. 2nd Edition featured them having a...

Hammer of Math: Space Marines in the New Meta (January 2023)

This week's Hammer of Math takes a look at the effect of the changes in the new Balance Dataslate, Munitorium Field Manual, and Arks of Omen on Space Marines. What a week. For those who don't obsess over every detail of...

Space Marines for Everyone: A Look at the New Strike Force Boxes

Games Workshop just announced that to bring in the New Year they will have four new Space Marine Battleforce boxes to go with the Imperial Fists and Raven Guard options that were released last month. Are any of them...

Army Showcase: Charlie’s Ultramarines Successors

Finishing your own army is core to the Warhammer 40,000 hobby. In our Army Showcase series, Goonhammer contributors take a look at the armies we’ve been collecting for years, and the new ones we’ve just finished – what drew us to...

Hammer of Math: Space Marine Heavy Smashers

This week's Hammer of Math takes a fresh look at some of the heavy hitters of the Space Marine army, and how they've changed in 9th edition. The concept of the Smash Captain is a simple one. Take a Space...

Kill Team Tactics: Space Marines / Adeptus Astartes

It's been almost a year and a half since our last Space Marines tactics article for Kill Team and thanks to Pariah Nexus, quite a bit has changed. Marines have the benefit of being the Kill Team faction with...

Hammer of Math: Transhuman Physiology and Gene-Wrought Might

This week's Hammer of Math takes a deep dive into the optimal strategy for applying Transhuman Physiology and Gene-Wrought Might courtesy of a reader question. If you would like a question answered in this series, please use this form...