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Hammer of Math: The > Good

"Primaris" Kevin Genson - February 10, 2020

In this week’s Hammer of Math we delve into the greatest question of 40K; has any faction featured in Psychic Awakening been screwed as much as Drukhari? The answer is no. With that out of the way we'll take...

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Psychic Awakening: The Greater Good Review – Astra Militarum/Imperial Guard

Liam "Corrode" Royle - February 8, 2020

Back in early 8th edition, which feels shrouded in the mists of time but was in fact only 3 years ago, the Astra Militarum codex was released to great wailing and gnashing of teeth. Guard, you see, had broken...

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Hear Me Out, Rob: Big Yellow Tank

Jack Hunter - January 9, 2020

There’s more to 40k than just grinding out endless RTTs and rolling on endless Maelstrom tables for wacky results. In Hear Me Out, Goonhammer authors explore building offbeat lists and playing with new concepts, and put those concepts to...

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Kill Team Annual Review, Part 2: Imperial Factions (except Sisters)

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - December 13, 2019

Hello again and welcome back, readers! If you're just joining us, we kicked off our review of the 2019 Kill Team Annual last time with a look at the core contents of the book and a look at the...

Gaming

Chapter Approved 2019 Balance Changes – The Goonhammer Review

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - November 30, 2019

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...

Battle Reports

Tournament Preview – Three Cool Lists from the Element Games Grand Slam

James "One_Wing" Grover - November 20, 2019

The saga continues tournament fans - this weekend we find out if lightning can strike twice and I can manage another respectable run with what was supposed to be a silly meme list, or if reality is going to...

Battle Reports

Tournament Report – Blood and Glory 2019

James "One_Wing" Grover - November 6, 2019

In last week's preview I promised you an exciting chronicle of the consequences of making extremely silly decisions regarding Wraithknights and here at Goonhammer we don't let our readers down. I held my nerve and my largest robot son...

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Hammer of Math: Diet Smite (Imperial Edition)

"Primaris" Kevin Genson - October 14, 2019

In last week's Hammer of Math, Kevin Genson went through the probability of successfully manifesting psyker powers under various conditions and also discussed the efficacy of the universally known Smite power. This week the psyker shenanigans continue with a...

Battle Reports

Making Friends and Purging Heretics: Going 2-1 at the Bel Air Games RTT

Scott Horras "Heresy" - September 17, 2019

Introduction Hola my dudes and dudettes, Scott Horras "Heresy" here with my debut Goonhammer article. Today I've got a hot and spicy 2-1 RTT performance recap for you all to be marginally disappointed with. Oh yeah, I make my memes...

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How to Paint Everything: Steel Legion Skull Masks

Daniel "Skails" Rodenberg - July 31, 2019

This is a step by step run through of how I am painting skull masks on my steel legion models. These are representing guardsmen from the Ministorum cemetery world of Certus Minor. Skull masks would also be a good...