Competitive Innovations

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Magnificent Seven

This week I'm on holiday, but the march of 40K never stops, and there's plenty going on in the competitive scene. With that in mind, my cunning compromise between me getting a proper break and not letting this column...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Slamtastic Summer pt.2

As promised yesterday we are back, bringing you even more list review content from a blockbuster weekend. Unfortunately, scheduling issues have stopped JONK being able to join in, but Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones has stepped up to join me once more,...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Slamtastic Summer pt.1

We've had some big weekends of gaming this year, but none quite so spectacular as this. The inaugural GW roadshow pitched up in Orlando, luring just shy of 200 players into the back yard of the Art of War...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Waaagh on the Horizon

This week in the Goonhammer offices we've been busily trying to work on our various writing tics and bad habits, and in that spirit I'm going to have to think of a way to open these other than "another...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Look Who’s Outside Again

Another weekend that feels like a transition from one metagame reality to another - not least because I finally got to go to an in-person event for the first time since February 2020. The AdMech FAQ landed last week, and while...

Competitive Innovations in 3.0: The 2021 Lone Star Open Age of Sigmar Championships

We're back this week with another look at the winning lists from the week that was. We've only got one GT to cover this week, last weekend's Lone Star Open event, a five-round even featuring 62 players. It's still...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Big Summer Blowout pt.2

More tournaments, more content - that's the deal. To help make good on that, today James "Boon" Kelling is joining me to cover the lists from the Renegade Summer Meltdown GT, where many of his team were in attendance, while I'll...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Big Summer Blowout pt.1

The UK scene has fully re-opened and the US scene is going from strength to strength, and those two factors have combines to give us what I believe is our single biggest weekend of events since this column started. Obviously...

Competitive Innovations in the Mortal Realms: Saga of the Flame Court GT & Circle City Clash

In Competitive Innovations, we take a regular look at the top lists from major events from the past weekend, figure out what makes them tick, and talk about what these lists mean for the developing meta. This past weekend...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Machine Superiority

No more quiet weeks, it would appear. For the second week running we've got five events to cover, and another blowout this weekend coming up, which sees both the Lone Star Open and the first weekend in the UK...