competitive play

Start Competing: Crimson Fists Tactics

Despite being a successor, the Crimson Fists have been around since 40k's earliest days, and at various times have enjoyed being front-and-center in the game's lore, including stints on the cover of the Rogue Trader box art and the...

Start Competing: Black Templars Tactics

This page now references an out of date edition of the game. For Start Competing: Black Templars in 10th edition and onwards, please click here. A chapter embarked on a perpetual crusade for the Imperium, the Black Templars were formed...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: First Blood

Living anywhere other than Australia continues to look like more and more of a mistake, as they continue to enjoy sunshine, minimal Covid impact and actually getting to play tournament 40K. IĀ could take the low road and spend my...

Infinity Tactics: Cybersecurity

"I run a heavy infantry list and hacking is absolutely ruining me. What's the best way of countering enemy hacking?" I recently asked around for questions people would like answered for future mailbag articles, and this one caught my eye...

Start Competing: Imperial Fists Tactics

The Imperial Fists are the stalwart defenders of Terra, known for wearing yellow power armor and being really uptight. They've never had amazingĀ rules by any stretch, typically focusing on their renowned skill with bolters and their ability to win...

Start Competing: Raven Guard Tactics

The stealthy killers of the Raven Guard have always had their dedicated fans but have, rather appropriately, kept to the shadows for much of the history of 40K. That changed in a big way with the release of the...

Start Competing: Iron Hands Tactics

Once the terrifying bogeymen of late 8th edition, the Iron Hands haven't had bespoke rules very often but when they have, those rules have been at least pretty good, and sometimes - as was the case with the 8th...

Start Competing: Practice, Part 3 – Dealing with Success

Welcome back, wargamers. In our previous articles on practice, we talked about preparing for your first tournaments and followed that up with a look at how you can step up your game in practice to improve your game and...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Chaos Reigns 2020

As the rest of the world has shut down, Australia has dutifully stepped into Sweden's role of providing us with a steady trickle of competitive events to pore over. Both this past weekend and the one coming up feature...

Infinity Faction Focus: White Company

Over the years, I came to have a certain sense for Corvus Belli's sectorial design. There were some things that the designers of the game seemed to regard as fundamentally imbalanced and could never be allowed to see the...