competitive play

Community Spotlight: Wargame Rankings and the Warhammer 40k Top-20 Players

Disclosure: the author of this article is a committee member of the Wargame Rankings organization. Fresh on the scene in Warhammer-related content creation is the new Wargame Rankings, an independent, community-driven organization that seeks to assess the top competitors...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: From Warp and Tomb

It's a big one this week, and we've got some exciting builds to look at, so we're pretty much going to jump straight in. Things continue to look pretty positive, with strong showings from lots of factions and some...

Age of Sigmar Tournament Report: A Proper Fisting At Southern Fried Open

The Second Annual Southern Friend Open ("SFO") was a two-day event held at the Southern Friend Gaming Expo ("SFGE").  SFGE is an annual event filled with board games, card games, D&D, Pathfinder, and all sorts of assorted nerd stuff...

GongHammer Down Under: My First 40k Event in four and a half years

Back in the heady and relatively optimistic days of January 2018, I attended my first multi-day Warhammer 40,000 event - Cancon, a gathering of several hundred of Australia’s finest nerds and hosting, among other events, the world’s largest Age...

Malifaux Burns Part 6: The Bayou

Gremlins don't care much for human business.  Humans are always up to some sort of foolishness.  Fiery hombre fluttering around in the sky?  Sounds like a human to me.  The Bayou is cool and wet, so you'd think that...

The 2022 US Goonhammer Open Player Packs

Hello there, Dear Reader! Many of you have asked us "where the hell is the player pack for the GHO US?" and we're happy to tell you that it is finally ready! Whether you're in the GT or the...

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2022, Part 14: GHO and LSO Prep

Hello again, Dear Reader! Time has been slipping away from me quite rapidly these days, reducing my ability to follow up on my previous article in a timely fashion. In my last outing, I attended the June Asgard RTT,...

Nephilim Faction Focus: Necrons

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: Nephilim Team Special

It cannot be held back forever - Teams Week returns, Nephilim-style! Both the US and UK saw large team events taking place this past weekend (the ATC and Northern Warlords teams respectively) and because of how many players were drawn...

Malifaux Hot Take: Gaining Grounds 3

Surprise! Rise and Grind, Let's Gain That Ground Gaining Grounds is Malifaux's equivalent to War Zone: Whatever - a tournament pack with missions, objectives and rules tweaks for competitive play.  Wyrd updates Gaining Grounds annually; typically it launches in spring alongside...