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Stat Check Episode 35 – Maybe Violence is the Answer ft. John Lennon from Art of War

Innes, Anthony, and Nathan are joined by Art of War's John Lennon to discuss the meta. Check out Episode 33 of Stat Check on Libsyn or wherever you download podcasts. For more great shows, check out the Goonhammer Media Network.

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Guns and Goffs pt.1

It would appear that Guard players as a whole think they've sneaked under GW's winrate radar for long enough, because it's another big week for them - but Arks is still throwing curveballs at us. This week it's the...

Scenarios in Conquest: How Para Bellum Shapes the Metagame

As with most wargames, Conquest is played using a scenario that sets the conditions of victory and shapes how players interact. Conquest’s core rulebook includes a series of scenarios for new players, but the meat of the game’s scenario...

Goonhammer Reviews the Armies of Vashtorr

Vashtorr the Arkifane releases this weekend along with Arks of Omen: Vashtorr and Wrath of the Soul-Forge King. And while Vashtorr's datasheet has been released online, and we love the model, you may have seen that we're not particularly...

X and 1: Episode 3 – How to Run a GT – A Parent’s Guide

Stat Check's X and 1 is a show dedicated to players who are looking to be as successful as they can be given limited time - players who are also parents, busy professionals, folks with limited time on their...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Start Wearing Purple pt.2

Due to ongoing Genestealer Cult activities and the instability unleashed by flagrant misuse of democracy, we've got a few changes of plans today - but from the point of view of our beloved readers they're all good. Life got...

Stat Check Episode 34 – They Came From the Land Down Under

Check out Episode 33 of Stat Check on Libsyn or wherever you download podcasts. Adam Camilleri makes a special appearance to chew out all the Dark Angels players. The team discuss the meta, whether the game is balanced, and take...

Competitive Innovations in the Mortal Realms – Falling into Darkness

Greetings realm-watchers and welcome back to another edition of CI! Two tournaments this week, both offering up some different lists than we've seen over the past few weeks and reassure us that it's not all about some High Elves...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Start Wearing Purple pt.1

It's another massive week of 40K, and this time the sinister/heroic (delete as applicable) forces of the Genestealer Cults are making a big splash. While it's not quite as busy as last week, a couple of the team have offered...

Hammer of Math: Win Rates are great data points to look at. They’re definitely not enough.

This week we've got a very special Hammer of Math, with Stat Check's Cliff Thomas filling in for Primaris Kevin. Cliff is talking about win rates and how they're not necessarily the final data point to look at when...