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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...

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...