competitive play

Chapter Approved: Arks of Omen Review – Chaos

Chaos have been running rampant in Warzone Nephilim, with all their Codexes seeing a reasonable amount of success, and the Thousand Sons/Tzeentch Daemons combo being the dominant build in the latter stages of the metagame. The arrival of Arks...

Chapter Approved: Arks of Omen Review – Imperium (non-Space Marines)

The forces of the Imperium have had a mixed time in Nephilim, ranging from the pretty strong (Adepta Sororitas) all the way through to the worst faction outside of Marines (Adeptus Mechanicus). Arks of Omen looks to have leveled...

Chapter Approved: Arks of Omen Review – Space Marines

Space Marines have been languishing near the bottom of the competitive rankings in the Nephilim, with only Blood Angels really having the chops to consistently punch their way up the tables, so in that context Marine players are probably...

Marchettus’ Year in Review, Age of Sigmar Style

I made it through this year, like every year since 2019, because of the love and encouragement of my partner. True love is taking time from your real award-winning art to make funky little tokens that match the scareshields...

Competitive Innovations Editorial: Asking the Right Questions

It's the Christmas holidays and no events are happening, which means that for one glorious week I am freed from the eternal tyranny of the monster column I have created (good), but also need to think of something to...

Start Competing: Creations of Bile Updated!

We’re currently doing a big inventory and update on our Start Competing series, and today we’ve updated the article for the Creations of Bile, roided-up madmen who traded their souls (and bodies) to Fabius Bile for power. This finishes...

Madness of Malifaux Part 4: Kastore and the Returned Keyword

Welcome back, Mali-folks!  This is Part 4 in our Madness of Malifaux keyword review.  We've already covered Damian Ravencroft and the Witness keyword, the Clampetts and the Angler keyword (sort of - we'll be coming back to those guys),...

Start Competing: Alpha Legion Updated!

We’re currently doing a big inventory and update on our Start Competing series, and today we’ve updated the article for Alpha Legion, who are the masters of covert ops and subterfuge among the traitor legions. Stay tuned as we...

The Q4 2022 Kill Team Balance Dataslate Review

It's a Christmas(?) miracle! No sooner had we finished writing up our review of the new FAQs than Santa (or Father Christmas, or Professor Xmas, or whoever brings presents where you are) decided to swing by and deliver to...

Start Competing: Red Corsairs Updated!

We’re currently doing a big inventory and update on our Start Competing series, and today we’ve updated the article for Red Corsairs. This replaces the "Renegade Chapters" article we previously had, which featured the other chapters listed in Vigilus...