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Age of Sigmar 3.0 – Battle Tactics in GHB 2021

Today I'll be taking a look at each of the eight battle tactics available when playing Pitched Battles (the standard game format) in Age of Sigmar third edition. I'll be covering the quirks of each of them, as well...

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...

Catching Snowflakes: Foreign Company

Welcome back to Catching Snowflakes, our series of tactics articles covering the less popular or prolific factions of Infinity. In this week’s article we’re talking about Foreign Company. Ok, story time: Long-Stride worked furiously with his favorite stick, carving troughs into the...

Opinion: An Open Letter to the Competitive 40k Community

  Boon: Before digging too far in I want to acknowledge that these opinions are my own and not necessarily reflected universally by the larger Goonhammer team. Furthermore, the lens I view this game and its health is through the...

Magic 201: How to Improve at Magic: The Gathering in the Long Run

Ahoy Hoy, my name is David Inglis I am from the UK and have been playing MTG since Scars Of Mirrodin. So far, I have a World Magic Cup Top 4, some GP Day 2s and a bunch of...

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...

TheChirurgeon’s Road to… Well, Lots of Places

Welcome, Dear Reader, to the first in my ongoing hobby journal/tournament report series for the 2021 ITC season. Much like my fellow Goonhammer author Pendulin, now that events are back in full swing it feels like it's a good...

Catching Snowflakes: Qapu Khalpi

Welcome back to another installment of Chasing Snowflakes, where we discuss the coolest factions that your friends aren't Chad enough play. Factions that you should play (because they're awesome, you're awesome, and I want us to be friends so...

The Goonhammer Open USA – Tickets on Sale now!

On Wednesday we announced the Goonhammer Open USA. Today, tickets for the Narrative Crusade and the Grand Tournament are available via Eventbrite. You can look forward to: A 6-Round, 50 player grand tournament played on Vanguard Tactics Terrain. A...

The Goonhammer Open USA 2021

Hot on the heels of the Goonhammer Open UK, we are bringing the event across the pond! We’ll be hosting the first North American Goonhammer Open event on September 4th and 5th in Rockville, Maryland. This event will feature...