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A Jarl’s First Grand Tournament

Goonhammer Patron "Jarl" Ian Donovan recently attended the US Goonhammer Open in Bethesda Maryland, finishing 10th overall with a 4-2 record. This is his story. Alright, so here’s the tl;dr version: I flew down to DC, played 6 games with...

War in the Mortal Realms XVII: My First Age of Sigmar Event

I’ve been playing AoS since it first came out basically but had never actually gone to an event for it, despite having gone to multiple GT’s for 40k over the years this was my first for Age of Sigmar.  War...

PierreTheMime’s Tournament Report: Goonhammer Open GT 2021

As some of you may be aware, the folks at Goonhammer held an event recently: the Goonhammer Open. Determined to help out and slam some hams in person, I dusted off my recent Death Guard list and made the...

Boon’s Goonhammer Open US Tournament Report: In Search of a Belt

Life in the COVID era has meant change the world over, and while I’ve been fortunate to avoid the worst of COVID in my personal life, my waistline has not been so fortunate. As a rapidly approaching middle-age meets...

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2021, Part 6: The Goonhammer Open

Welcome back, dear reader, to another episode on my journey to near-respectability at competitive 40k. In my last article, I was doing some final prep for the Goonhammer Open, getting in practice games against Eldar and Grey Knights. Four...

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2021, Part 5: More Practice Games

Welcome back, Dear Reader, to my ongoing progress series that follows along with my journey to attend a slate of competitive events through the end of the 2021 season and get to a 3-digit spot on the ITC leaderboards....

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2021, Part 4: Prep for the Goonhammer US Open

Welcome back, Dear Reader, to my ongoing progress series that follows along with my journey to attend a slate of competitive events through the end of the 2021 season and get to a 3-digit spot on the ITC leaderboards....

Battle Report: Summer Slaughter GT

Summer Slaughter is a 98 person Major GT in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Held by the Basement Wargamers Club about an hour outside of Philadelphia, this 5 round tournament was scored based on W/L with the tie breaker being in-game victory...

Reivers & Rubricae: Kill Team Battle Report

This article was prepared using review copies of Kill Team Octarius and the Kill Team Compendium. I've been looking forward to the new Kill Team immensely - skirmish-scale miniatures games are where I cut my teeth on competitive wargaming, but...

Tournament Report – Ham Fam Gardenhammer with Nighthaunt

With Third Edition out in the wild it's time to start getting some games in, and Ellarr is so eager that he made the bold decision to trust the British weather for a mini gardenhammer tournament. Find out how...