competitive play

Start Competing: Ultramarines Tactics

The poster boys of the Space Marine faction and potentially all of Warhammer 40,000, the Ultramarines have had a long journey from having their own Codex representing all of the "generic" chapters in 2nd edition to being an afterthought...

Start Competing: White Scars Tactics

Though a first founding legion, it took White Scars a long time to get real recognition in Warhammer 40k. They didn't get proper rules until the Index Astartes article series in 3rd edition started handing out rules to each...

The December 2020 Meta Review

Each month, we take a look back at the month that was, looking at gaming data and trends from the past month to identify how 40k is changing and how it affects the way armies play on the table....

Start Competing: Practice, Part 2 – How to Get the Most Out of Your Practice Games

Welcome back, wargamers. In our previous article on practice, we talked about preparing for your first tournaments and putting in the time and effort to ensure that you can confidently take your first steps and start competing at events....

Competitive Innovations in 9th Bonus: Gladiator Gaming Teams Event

Well, I did say it would be back if something interesting happened! While pretty much the entire rest of the world has been plunged into a renewed lockdown, Australia and New Zealand have been able to just keep trucking...

Infinity Faction Focus: Neoterran Capitaline Army (NCA)

The venerable Neoterran Capitaline Army is one of the oldest sectorials in Infinity and it feels like it. The design space for NCA is fundamentally basic in a way that no other faction in Infinity is. There are no...

Goonhammer Competitive Tier List November 2020

That's right kids, it's back! Two months ago I put together a tier list, ranking where I felt the various factions stood on the eve of the release of the first set of 9th Edition codexes and comparing them...

Start Competing 40k: Practice, Part 1 – Prepping for your first tournaments

In our Start Competing series, we look at the basics of competitive play for different games, and talk about how to take your game to the next level. Today we're talking about how to start playing at tournaments, and...

Mayhem in the Midwest: Mid-Mo Maelstrom GT Tournament Report

Over the weekend I had the pleasure of attending the third annual Mid-Mo Maelstrom in Ashland, Missouri. Hosted by Ben Spears and the Forgeworld Columbia crew – the event was a well-attended and controlled (COVID) 50-person GT. Perhaps the...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Four by Four pt.2

This past weekend was both a bumper one on the competitive scene but also probably one of the last big weekends for a while as more countries lock down again, so thisweek's Competitive Innovations was split in two so...