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Start Competing: Orks Tactics

Start Competing: Orks Tactics Space Marines might be the poster boys, but Orks (and their fantasy Orc and Orruk counterparts) are the archetypal Warhammer faction - loud, violent, and enjoying themselves immensely. In Warhammer 40,000 Orks are everywhere in the...

The May 2024 T’au Empire Points and Errata Update Hot Take

We finally get points for 10th edition T'au. In the May 2024 T'au Empire Points and Errata Update Hot Take we look at what changed and what it means for T'au armies.

Detachment Focus: Traitoris Lance

In this series of articles we take a deep dive into a specific detachment for a faction, covering the faction’s rules and upgrades and talking about how to build around that faction for competitive play. In this article, we’re...

Conquest Tactics: Dealing with Aura of Death & Lethal Demise

Conquest offers its players many different tools for grappling with an enemy, including abilities like Aura of Death or Lethal Demise which inflict hits in response to activating or attacking while in contact with a regiment with these rules....

10th Edition Competitive Faction Focus: Chaos Knights

In this series we’ll talk about each faction, what they have to offer, how they play, and talk about a few list concepts to consider. You can find all the Faction Focuses that we’ve published here. We’re almost a year into...

Unit Focus: World Eaters Monsters and Vehicles (Updated May 6, 2024)

In this article series we’re taking a look at the vehicle options available to each faction, looking at what they can do on the table, and talking about when and how to field them. You can find our Competitive...

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2024, Part 9: Crusades and GT Testing

Welcome back, Dear Reader, to my ongoing log of personal, hobby, and competitive progress for Warhammer 40,000. Last time around I talked about my trip to England and my time at the Oxford GT. That was, on the whole, a rousing...

Warhammer 40K 10th Edition Competitive Faction Focus: Adepta Sororitas

On the heels of the latest dataslate, we’re updating (or finally getting around to) all of the faction focus articles for each army in Warhammer 40,000. In this series we’ll talk about each faction, what they have to offer,...

BattleTech: BV and The Code

Howdy and welcome back to BattleTech. Here at Goonhammer, we are huge fans of the Battle Value system for balancing games, as it usually does an alright job of balancing two dissimilar forces against each other. This isn't to...

Competitive Innovations in 10th: A Challenger Approaches pt.2

Me again. Did you know there was a whole tonne of Warhammer this past weekend? That includes one event (Warzone: Dice Goblin) which I shamefully failed to notice had used the Dataslate and new Ork/Custodes books, so well done...