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Battle Reports

The Road to NOVA, Part 5: Ah, Shit

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - August 23, 2019

Ah, hell. I was really hoping I wouldn't be crunching this bad going into NOVA this year but a mix of work and uh, managing and creating content for Goonhammer has now left me scrambling to wrap everything up....

Army Showcase

Army Showcase: TheChirurgeon’s Night Lords

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - August 8, 2019

The painter: TheChirurgeon The Army: Night Lords Points: About 4,000 Collected: Started back in 1996, then added to in bits and pieces over the last 23 years The Past It all started here: Specifically, it started with this guy: I was maybe 8 years old when...

Gaming

Tournament Preview – Three Cool Lists From the London Open

James "One_Wing" Grover - August 8, 2019

A month on from the Bristol City Open, it's finally time for me to hit the tournament tables again this weekend at the London Open. I haven't been totally idle gaming-wise - I TOed an RTT for our local...

Events and Challenges

TheChirurgeon’s Road to NoVA, Part 5: Do Practice Games Against Greg Count?

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - July 29, 2019

Holy shit does time fly fast. We're now entering the final month before NoVA, where realistically my army has to be done by the 28th of August so I can drive down to DC to get my games in....

Gaming

We Have Such Sights to Show You: Slaanesh Tactics for 40k

Steel Mentor - July 19, 2019

Despite being one of the four cardinal Chaos Powers and Khorne's supposed rival in The Great Game, Slaanesh has felt like the neon-haired stepchild of the Chaos pantheon in recent years, even getting tossed into a sack and kidnapped...

Gaming

Unsung Heroes of the Apocalypse

Alfredo Ramirez - July 5, 2019

Units We Are Excited to Field In Warhammer 40,000: Apocalypse Introduction With the launch of Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team in the summer of 2018, Games Workshop changed the paradigm of 40K-adjacent games from their previous incarnations. No longer just a smaller...

Events and Challenges

TheChirurgeon’s Road to NoVA, Part 4: The Warmaster

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - July 2, 2019

78 Hours of hobby time left until NoVA. Last time I posted, I had finished up my Red Corsairs and the Spiky 17. And look, 78 hours is not a lot. But I'm not sweating it yet. In fact,...

Events and Challenges

Time for the Real Work: TheChirurgeon’s Road to NoVA, Part 3

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - June 17, 2019

Welcome back, dear reader! When we last left off, I was anxiously beginning to chart the hours remaining I had to hobby before NoVA. I ended up with a conservative figure of about 130 hours to work with. That...

Events and Challenges

130 Hours: TheChirurgeon’s Road to NoVA, Part 2

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - June 3, 2019

The 2019 NoVA Warhammer 40,000 Grand Tournament starts on Friday, August 30th. That means that between today - June 3rd - and the event, I have 87 days to have an army painted and ready to go. During that...

Gaming

The Big FAQ 3 and You

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - May 1, 2019

The Big FAQ 3 And You Making the Most of the Changes It's finally here! After almost a month of interminable waiting, Slaanesh announcements, and surveys, Games Workshop finally delivered its third major FAQ/Errata for Warhammer 40,000 and man did they...