competitive play

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Equinox 40K

It's New Zealand's turn to shine once more, as the past weekend featured the 36-player Equinox 40K GT. Last time we headed over to a NZ GT Death Guard were absolutely dominant, taking three out of four of the...

Competitive Innovations Incursion Special: Objective Secured First Blood

One of the less well explored parts of competitive 9th Edition is games played at the Incursion (1000pts) level. 2000pts play was overwhelmingly the norm in 8th Edition (where the community exploded in size), so it's no real surprise...

Unit Roles in 9th Edition – Attrition

This article is part of our series looking at Unit Roles in 9th Edition. If you've just arrived, you might want to go check out the Introduction, which talks through what this series is about and how it's going...

Unit Roles in 9th Edition – Elimination

This article is part of our series looking at Unit Roles in 9th Edition. If you've just arrived, you might want to go check out the Introduction, which talks through what this series is about and how it's going...

Unit Roles in 9th Edition – Brawlers

This article is part of our series looking at Unit Roles in 9th Edition. If you've just arrived, you might want to go check out the Introduction, which talks through what this series is about and how it's going...

Start Competing: Unit Roles in 9th Edition – Introduction

We now have more than 6 months of 9th Edition play and coverage under our belts, and it's clear that it is a substantially different beast to 8th Edition. The changes to the Core Rules and significant differences in...

Unit Roles in 9th Edition – Position Holders

This article is part of our series looking at Unit Roles in 9th Edition. If you've just arrived, you might want to go check out the Introduction, which talks through what this series is about and how it's going...

Kill Team Pariah Nexus Review, Part 3: The Factions and New Datasheets

In addition to new rules and new models, the new Kill Team Pariah Nexus book also lists out rules for more than a dozen models, adding new units and completely updating the Space Marines Kill Team range while doing…...

Kill Team Pariah Nexus Review, Part 2: The Rules

One of the more surprising revelations from the Games Workshop previews in late 2020 was that we’d be seeing a new Kill Team release early this year. After more than a year without new Kill Team content - basically...

9th Edition’s New BETA Maelstrom of War Missions: A Review (with Battle Reports)

White Dwarf 461 surprised the hell out of us by reintroducing Maelstrom of War missions for 9th edition, albeit in beta format. The Maelstrom rules have always been somewhat divisive; they were first introduced in 7th edition and later...