Competitive Innovations

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Many Magnificent Majors pt.2

Welcome back to part two of this week's column. Today we'll be looking at the results from: Malmö Wargaming Weekend V Stud or Snotling Lots of GTs If you're looking for...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Silver Surge

As readers of Monday's Meta Review might have noticed, there's a new sheriff in town. The heavy gatling psilencer is kind of like a six-shooter, and Grey Knights are definitely some flavour of law enforcement, so we're going with that. For...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Three Apiece

Apologies for the late column - hit some blockers early in the week, and we'll be back to the regular Wednesday slot next time around! It's been another busy weekend in the 40K world, with six events (including three majors)...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: NOLA Nailbiter

Barely a week goes by without the big supermajor alarm I have haphazardly installed in my living room going off, and this week it's been triggered by the second iteration of the GW roadshow, bringing over 150 players to...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: London Goes Big

A new record has been set for the largest 9th Edition singles event so far, with around 570 players gathering at the London GT to throw down and crown a grand champion. I was there throwing down in the...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: The Warp Stirs pt.2

More events = more content. I can't imagine there will be many complaints. Today, we'll be covering: Matthammer FactoruM September GT Carnage - 'Ere We Go Again Ladz A bonus look at the Polish Team Championships If you're looking for the...

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

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...

Competitive Innovations Special: London GT & Invitational Predictions

Next weekend (24th-26th September) features the London GT, which is going to be one of (if not the) biggest 40K events of the year. Hundreds of players are going to duke it out in the main event, but prior to...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Supermajor Surprise

You would think that I would remember that there was an upcoming supermajor given that I was, at one point, booked for it (prior to potential COVID disruption to travel leading me to cancel) but apparently not. Well, there...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Goonhammerception

This week the answer to "were there any events?" is especially obvious for anyone paying attention to what we've been up to, because the inaugural Goonhammer Open US is now in the books, with the champion's belt (literally, that's...