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Chapter Approved: Arks of Omen – The Goonhammer Review

It’s a whole new season in the 41st Millenium - we’re leaving the ruins of Warzone Nephilim behind and confronting the chaotic new battlefields unleashed by the Arks of Omen. We’ve got a new mission pack, carrying with it...

Chapter Approved: Arks of Omen Review – Xenos

We’ve had the forces of the Imperium and Chaos - now everyone else. Perhaps unsurprisingly given how many armies the definition spans, Xenos have had a mixed time of it in Nephilim, some factions thriving thanks to powerful rules...

Chapter Approved: Arks of Omen Review – Chaos

Chaos have been running rampant in Warzone Nephilim, with all their Codexes seeing a reasonable amount of success, and the Thousand Sons/Tzeentch Daemons combo being the dominant build in the latter stages of the metagame. The arrival of Arks...

Chapter Approved: Arks of Omen Review – Imperium (non-Space Marines)

The forces of the Imperium have had a mixed time in Nephilim, ranging from the pretty strong (Adepta Sororitas) all the way through to the worst faction outside of Marines (Adeptus Mechanicus). Arks of Omen looks to have leveled...

Chapter Approved: Arks of Omen Review – Space Marines

Space Marines have been languishing near the bottom of the competitive rankings in the Nephilim, with only Blood Angels really having the chops to consistently punch their way up the tables, so in that context Marine players are probably...

Chapter Approved: War Zone Nephilim – The Goonhammer Review

When Games Workshop released the War Zone: Nachmund GT pack in January 2022, they were releasing the first book of their new season-based approach to competitive 40k. While Nachmund only made some minor tweaks to secondary objectives, it made...

Goonhammer Reviews: Chapter Approved 2003

Welcome back to the final article of GOONHAMMER '02, where we look back at the games that defined the year and our favorite games during the year. Today we're looking at Chapter Approved 2003, one of the final releases...

GT2020 Tournament Pack: The Incursion Missions

As well as updated points and some 2000pts Strike Force missions aimed at competitive play, Chapter Approved 2020 brings us something new - a dedicated set of Incursion (1000pts) missions designed for competitive play. One of the drives for...

The 9th Edition Munitorum Field Manual Points Review

Just last week we were sitting around the Goonhammer offices, debating how we were possibly going to evaluate all of these factions and their roles in the new edition without any points. Based on rumors and information we'd seen...

The Goonhammer Hot Take: Ritual of the Damned and Chapter Approved 2019 FAQs

In Goonhammer Hot Takes, we do quick-pass reviews and reactions to new releases, rules, and events. In today’s Hot Take, we’re covering the the new FAQs for Ritual of the Damned and Chapter Approved 2019. In what is becoming a...