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Competitive Innovations Special: Archon Skari Recaps WTC 2022

The World Team Championships returned and concluded three weeks ago, with Team Australia taking home the gold. For their part, Team USA put up an admirable fight, finishing 4th after a loss to Team Poland in the final rounds....

Dominaria United Review, Part 2 of 4: The Multicolor Cards

Magic's newest expansion has us journeying to what many consider the home of Magic, Dominaria, to see familiar faces and pick up old plot threads. A new set means new cards to examine, and in this article we'll talk...

Start Competing: Warhammer 40,000 Team Tournaments

The World Team Championships ended last month and before we kick off our recaps of the event from some of the world's top players, we thought it would be good to run through what team tournaments are in 40k,...

Madness of Malifaux Part One: Damian Ravencroft and Witness

Last October, Wyrd shook up the Malifaux meta with the release of Malifaux Burns.  With 54 new Masters and more than 30 new non-masters, almost all of which could be taken cross-faction, players' options exploded - and the metagame...

Goonhammer Reviews: Kill Team Into the Dark and the 2022 Kill Team Annual

This weekend we get a massive dose of Kill Team goodness, as preorders go live for two major Kill Team releases: The 2022 Kill Team Annual, which has rules for all of the teams published in White Dwarf over the past...

The Nashcon Age of Sigmar GT: A Mid-Table Review

Nashcon 2022 was one of the most fun and incredibly well-designed tournaments I have had the pleasure to take part in. The consensus from many first-time attendees that I talked to was that the two-list format, something that Nashcon...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Hive Noon pt.2

Imagine I put the gif of Adam Driver screaming "more. MORE" here. There is more. Today we'll cover: Roll For Damage GT (major) Trashtics GT Power 9 Games Friendly Local GT THERE IS ONLY WAR - Gamers Guild Grand Tournament 2022...

Start Competing: 9th Dark Angels Tactics – Updated September 3, 2022

This page now references an out of date edition of the game. For Start Competing: Dark Angels in 10th edition and onwards, please click here. Place yourself into a period of the before time. Before things like "Competitive" or "Transhuman"...

Goonhammer at the NOVA OPEN

The NOVA Open tabletop wargaming convention returned to DC this weekend after a two-year hiatus and we're hype as hell to see it return. With events for every game system and type of play, there's a ton of fun...

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2022, Part 17: Slinging Ultramarines at an RTT

Welcome back, Dear Reader, to the ongoing journal of my hobby and competitive progress in 2022. Last time I talked about prepping for the Goonhammer Open and playing a couple of practice games. That event went well, but I...