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Tournament Report: The Tokyo Tactical Reborn

Goonhammer Staff - August 21, 2020

We've previously talked with David Moss about the state of 40k gaming in Tokyo and their postponed Tokyo Tactical event. In today's tournament report, special guest author David Moss is back to talk about how the event Dice, dudes and...

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9th Edition Rulebook and Field Manual FAQ: The Goonhammer Hot Take

James "One_Wing" Grover - August 11, 2020

A new week brings with it some exciting updates to 40K - after several weeks of eager anticipation since launch, the FAQ for the 9th Edition rulebook is here, along with some fixes to points values from Chapter Approved....

Gaming

Goonhammer Hot Take: The Big Power Levels Update

Goonhammer Staff - August 10, 2020

It’s August 10th and as promised, Games Workshop updated the Warhammer 40,000 app (well, the Android version anyways) and published a PDF with new PL values for all of the game’s units. While normally competitive games use points instead...

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Reports from the Front: Space Wolves

Jon-kil - August 7, 2020

The Northern Front Open series finished up on Sunday with Myself taking Maximum Effort and going 3-0 on day 1, and taking a meme list for the day 2 RTT and finishing 2-1 for 3rd place. Day 2 saw...

Gaming

Getting Started: Competitive Magic

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - July 28, 2020

This is Part Four of our "Getting Started: Magic the Gathering" series. You can find parts 1-3 here: Getting Started, Commander, and Arena. In this article we're going to discuss how you can take the next step in paper Magic, moving from...

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9th Edition Faction Focus: Harlequins

Chase "Gunum" Garber - July 28, 2020

9th edition is on the way, and with it a whole raft of changes to the factions of Warhammer 40,000. With the Munitorum Field Manual out in the wild and the Faction FAQs released, now’s a good time to start taking a...

Gaming

The Grand Tournament 2020 Mission Pack: The Goonhammer Review

James "One_Wing" Grover - July 25, 2020

After a whirlwind month of news, reveals and reviews, the community is pretty close to having a picture (at least a theoretical one) of what competitive 9th edition is going to look like. We've gone through the core rules,...

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9th Edition Faction Focus: Space Wolves

Jon-kil - July 18, 2020

9th edition is on the way, and with it a whole raft of changes to the factions of Warhammer 40,000. With the Munitorum Field Manual out in the wild and the Faction FAQs released, now’s a good time to start taking a...

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9th Edition Faction Focus: Tyranids

PierreTheMime - July 17, 2020

9th edition is on the way, and with it a whole raft of changes to the factions of Warhammer 40,000. With the Munitorum Field Manual out in the wild and the Faction FAQs released, now’s a good time to start taking a...

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9th Edition Faction Focus: Adeptus Mechanicus

Cyle "Naramyth" Thompson - July 16, 2020

9th edition is on the way, and with it a whole raft of changes to the factions of Warhammer 40,000. With the Munitorum Field Manual out in the wild and the Faction FAQs released, now’s a good time to start taking a...