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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Machine Superiority

James "One_Wing" Grover - July 21, 2021

No more quiet weeks, it would appear. For the second week running we've got five events to cover, and another blowout this weekend coming up, which sees both the Lone Star Open and the first weekend in the UK...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Skitarii Super Sunday

James "One_Wing" Grover - July 14, 2021

It's a short introduction from me today - we've had another blowout weekend with five GT+ events to cover, and there's lots to talk about, so after one quick note we're going to dive straight in. That quick note is...

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The 2021 Big 40k FAQs Hot Take: Chaos Edition

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - June 2, 2021

Games Workshop dropped an absolute bombshell of an update today, with FAQs for the majority of factions, tons of clarifications, and big adjustments to everything from core rules to key faction abilities. There’s a ton to sift through but...

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Goonhammer FAQ Hot Take: Chaos Factions Points Updates, January 2021

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - January 7, 2021

GW released a bombshell of new FAQs today, covering updates to the GT missions, points updates, and rules clarifications and errata. And as always, we’ve got you covered with the rundown of what’s changed and what it means for...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Four by Four pt.2

James "One_Wing" Grover - November 19, 2020

This past weekend was both a bumper one on the competitive scene but also probably one of the last big weekends for a while as more countries lock down again, so thisweek's Competitive Innovations was split in two so...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Västerås Autumn Bash

James "One_Wing" Grover - November 4, 2020

It's been a wild, wild weekend in many ways, with the updated Forge World Compendium and two new Marine Supplements previewed, guaranteeing we've got further metagame shakeups to come in the next few weeks. Some competitive Forge World staples...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Codexes Catch On

James "One_Wing" Grover - October 28, 2020

Welcome once again, seekers of list-based novelty. This weekend's event profile looks pretty similar to last week's - a couple of small GTs, and a large number of RTTs. With the new books still at least moderately warm off...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: European Bonanza

James "One_Wing" Grover - October 8, 2020

All the hot Space Marine and Necron details are now out in the wild, FAQs are flying thick and fast and across the world the creative juices are flowing as players try to work out how best to achieve...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Brisbane GT

James "One_Wing" Grover - September 23, 2020

From within the terrible Panopticon we recently had installed in the Goonhammer offices we have once more cast our gazes far and wide to continue bringing you week-by-week updates on the exciting new builds players are trying out in...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Invasion GT

James "One_Wing" Grover - September 16, 2020

Strap in kids, this is going to be a good one! As promised last week and thanks to a handy tip-off from a reader, this week we're looking at the top lists from Norway's Invasion GT, which at 58 players...