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How to Paint Everthing: Be’lakor

Daniel "Skails" Rodenberg - October 13, 2021

In our How to Paint Everything series we look at how to paint well, everything, talking about different assembly methods, techniques, and colors used. In today's How to Paint Everything, we're covering a Warhammer 40,000 and Age of Sigmar...

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TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2021, Part 10: The GW New Orleans Open, Part 2 (of 2)

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - October 7, 2021

Welcome back, Dear Reader! Yesterday I covered the first four games of my experiences at the Games Workshop Open Grand Tournament in New Orleans. When we last left off, a rough game with some terrain misplays had left me...

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TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2021, Part 9: The GW New Orleans Open, Part 1 (of 2)

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - October 6, 2021

This is it, Dear Reader! After several more weeks of meandering posts talking about my practice games and hemming and hawing about daemon princes and bloat-drones and chaos lords, it was finally time to Put up or Shut up...

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Start Competing: Black Legion Tactics (Updated 12/12/2022)

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - September 29, 2021

This is a companion article to our larger Start Competing: Chaos Space Marines article. In this article, we're looking specifically at the Black Legion traitor legion, examining their rules, units, and tactics and strategies for using them. The poster boys...

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TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2021, Part 7: Painting and Testing a New List

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - September 22, 2021

Welcome back, dear reader, to another episode on my journey to near-respectability at competitive 40k. In my last article, I talked about my experiences going 3-3 at the US Goonhammer Open, the struggles I was having on hammer-and-anvil deployment...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: The Warp Stirs pt.1

James "One_Wing" Grover - September 22, 2021

A new challenger approaches. As foretold by our expert statistical prognosticars, this weekend saw Grey Knights hit the metagame in a big way, with a couple of event wins (including a major) and plenty of other decent showings. Their...

Hammer of Math

Hammer of Math: Pacts, Powers, and Spawndom

"Primaris" Kevin Genson - September 20, 2021

This week's Hammer of Math ignores the Edict of Nikea and taps into the warp to examine the powers and pacts of the Thousand Sons, as well as the inevitable outcome of those who dabble in them. For most armies...

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The Goonhammer FAQ Hot Take – Codex: Thousand Sons

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - September 17, 2021

Games Workshop released two more FAQs this week, this time covering Thousand Sons and Grey Knights in a surprisingly timely fashion. There's a surprising amount to cover here for such a small codex so let's dive right in. Your opponent...

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

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - September 10, 2021

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...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Global Waaaagh pt.2

James "One_Wing" Grover - September 2, 2021

We're back for part two of this week's column, today covering: The North and South GT The FactoruM GT The Saltier Classic The War on the Shore GT The Kent GT If you're looking for any of the following events,...