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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...

Start Competing: Drukhari updated!

It was well past time for this one - Start Competing: Dark Eldar/Drukhari Tactics has been updated to reflect the current 9th edition codex! We've broken down the swathe of options available to the Dark Kin, ready for you...

Commander Focus: Syr Gwyn, the Night Rider

Credit: Lie Setiawan, Wizards of the Coast I sort of identify as an Azorius player; or a blue player, generally. Long ago, when Extended had a deck that was essentially 32 counterspells, thieving magpie, morphling, and faerie conclaves, that's what...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Global Waaaagh pt.2

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,...

Kings of War: The Road to ConVic 2021 Part Two

Hey all! A few weeks ago we wrote an article chronicling Cytoplasm’s road to ConVic, a larger Kings of War tournament in Melbourne, Australia.  We had hoped to have this article be a tournament wrap up. Unfortunately, COVID-19 (delta...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Global Waaaagh pt.1

OK, so the new bit here is that seemingly every other week I need to introduce this column with "it's the biggest week yet for Competitive Innovations" because it is, again. This week we've got ten events from around the...

Community Spotlight: Building Dreams Amidst the Corn

Credit: Goatboy On April 21st, 1989 Joseph Jefferson “Shoeless Joe” Jackson famously asked local farmer Ray Kinsella if he was in heaven. “No.” Ray replied, “It’s Iowaaagh.” Ray built it, and in the end, the people did come, his pain...

Battle Report: A Deed Worthy of Legend: 5-0 performance at IWTS Open

Hello internet, it's JONK again. This time I am here to talk with you about the GT I just organized, ran and competed in on August 21st and 22nd in Brandon, Manitoba.  After the last series of articles I...

The August 2021 40k Meta Review

Welcome back, dear reader! We’re back after another month that saw the (semi) release of Codex: Orks and a large number of big tournaments, and we’ve got a ton of data to look at as we head into September....

A Player’s Guide to Agents of Vect

The Agents of Vect Stratagem has long been one of the more potent weapons in the Drukhari arsenal, throwing off an opponent’s plan and causing them to rethink key strategies.  In this most recent iteration, the Agents of Vect Stratagem...