blood angels

Gifted by the Blood – The Lore of Codex Supplement: Blood Angels

The armies and factions of Warhammer 40,000 are all brutal and impressive in their own ways. As new books release, we dive into the lore presented in each, and how it shapes the fictional universe we love and make...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Lakes of Blood & Gladiator Gaming Teams

As promised, it's back to list reviews this week, with two events firing down under over the weekend, providing us poor, starved analysts the juicy information that we so crave. The Lakes of Blood event in New Zealand gives...

Start Competing: Flesh Tearers

The Flesh Tearers are a Blood Angels successor, famous - or infamous - throughout the galaxy for their savagery in battle. All of the Sons of Sanguinius bear the twin curses of the Flaw - the Red Thirst and...

Start Competing: Blood Angels Updated!

The Sons of Sanguinius have come roaring out of 8th edition and into the brave new world of 9th edition, where they have become a Codex Supplement, gaining access to a whole raft of new Space Marine units and...

Book Review: The Devastation of Baal, by Guy Haley

SPOILER ALERT: This review contains significant spoilers for The Devastation of Baal. If you'd rather go unspoiled, don't read this review. If you're here because you want to know if it's worth reading, then the answer is yes, definitely,...

Goonhammer FAQ Hot Take: Space Marines Factions Points Updates, January 2021

GW released a bombshell of new FAQs today, covering updates to the GT missions, points updates, and rules clarifications and errata. And as always, we’ve got you covered with the rundown of what’s changed and what it means for...

Your Army Sucks 2k21 Preview, Part 1: The Imperium

It’s a whole new year, and your army is likely to see some changes. Goonhammer is here to help, with an unbiased preview of every army, how it plays, and what to expect. We’ll be covering each codex with...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Chaos Reigns 2020

As the rest of the world has shut down, Australia has dutifully stepped into Sweden's role of providing us with a steady trickle of competitive events to pore over. Both this past weekend and the one coming up feature...

Crusade Focus: Codex Supplement: Blood Angels

Welcome back, Narrative Players! Codex Supplement: Blood Angels is releasing this weekend and if you happened to read our review of the rules last week, you’d have noticed that we teased an upcoming Crusade Rules review - we’ll be...

Hammer of Math: Death Company vs Wulfen

This week's Hammer of Math takes a look at the special, melee-oriented genetically flawed murder units from the Blood Angels and Space Wolves.  Both the Blood Angels and Space Wolves have unique units that reflect the flaws in each Chapter's...