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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...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Lakes of Blood & Gladiator Gaming Teams

As promised, it's back to list reviews this week, with two events firing down under over the weekend, providing us poor, starved analysts the juicy information that we so crave. The Lakes of Blood event in New Zealand gives...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Ten Units to Watch

Unfortunately the long-feared quiet weekend has come to pass, with the otherwise indefatigable Australian and NZ scenes finally settling down for short rest. I do mean a short one - next weekend we've got a small GT in NZ...

Infinity Tactics: Timfinity II Tournament Report

Some times, everything lines up just right. Timfinity 2021 Part 2 was a tournament where I went 3-0, lost a single model across three games (and it was a remote, my actual team was fine), and didn't make a...