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Competitive Innovations in the Mortal Realms: Who Needs Morathi?

A light week follows last weeks barrage of Tournaments, with just one week to discuss - it is Summer after all! Emerald City Open 2 Electric Boogaloo 41-player, 5-round Grand Tournament in Puyallup, Washington, US on August 27 2022. All the...

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2022, Part 16: The 2022 Goonhammer Open

Hello again, Dear Reader and welcome back to my ongoing journal though 2022. In my previous entry I talked about my experiences at the Lone Star Open GT and playing in those games. I pushed myself a little too...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: The Tyranid Is Somehow Still In Effect pt.2

Nearly there! Five more events to cover this week, just in time for a weekend to happen, and there to be more events. It's the circle of life. Today I'm joined by a special guest, Peter "The Falcon" Colosimo. Peter joined...

Tabletop Battles Update: August 25, 2022

We recently launched the public beta of the new Tabletop Battles app (formerly ITC Battles) - you can go and download the app by using one of the links below. If you've got a 40k tournament coming up this...

Competitive Innovations: Nephilim Mid-Season Review and Tier List

Warzone Nephilim is the most diverse and interesting period of Competitive Play we've seen so far in 9th Edition, with a wide range of factions putting in top performances, including some that have languished on the bottom tables up...

Malifaux Burns, Part 8: The Explorer’s Society

So it's come to this.  Almost a full year after Malifaux Burns was first released at Gencon, I've finished reviewing it.  Just in time for Madness of Malifaux!  Look for a column on Malifaux's next book soon.  For now,...

Infinity Tournament Report: The St Albans Smackdown August 2022

For the first time in many months, I had the opportunity to attend an in-person, rather than Tabletop Simulator, tournament last weekend. This was the latest iteration of the St Albans Smackdown, a very well run event held in...

Nephilim Faction Focus: James Kelling Talks Craftworld Eldar

Welcome to War Zone: Nephilim! There’s never been a shake-up this large during an edition of 40k, and in June Games Workshop dropped a new missions pack with all-new secondaries, changed how CP works in games, published new, all-digital...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Global Spectacular pt. 2

Warhammer. So much Warhammer. More Warhammer, all of the time. Things are good, is what we're saying. Picking up from where we left off on Wednesday, today we'll be looking at: Denver 40K Fight Club (Major) The Iowaaagh! Open (Major) Grand...

The August 2022 Codex Chaos Space Marines FAQ Hot Take

Another week, another FAQ from Games Workshop. This week we've got an update to Codex: Chaos Space Marines, shoring up some errors and filling a couple of gaps. There's not a lot here, but then the Codex itself is...