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The Goonhammer Hot Take: The September 2023 40k Balance Dataslate – Chaos Factions

Liam "Corrode" Royle - September 7, 2023

The first balance dataslate of 40k's 10th edition comes screaming down from the Games Workshop Strike Cruiser and unloads a drop pod full of rules updates, accompanied by version 1.3 of the Munitorum Field Manual which incorporates a broad...

Competitive Play

Innes Wilson Talks Playing Death Guard at the Clan Wars Scottish GT

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - September 5, 2023

Innes Wilson is the captain of Team Scotland, a member of Stat Check, and one of the best 40k players in the world. He recently decided to show all of us up by taking Death Guard to an event...

Competitive Play

Competitive Innovations in 10th: Aeldari Annihilation

James "One_Wing" Grover - July 5, 2023

That's annihilation by Aeldari, not annihilation of Aeldari, to be clear. We're in week one of full 10th Edition, and let's be honest that it's a little bit of a false start, because late last week we received both the Leviathan Tournament Companion...

Battle Reports

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2023, Part 11: Rushing Through the Rest of KC to get to 10th

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - June 19, 2023

Welcome back, Dear Reader, to my ongoing series cataloging my competitive and hobby journey through 2023. Last time around I wrote about day 1 at the KC Open and some cool games we played. Since then everything released for 10th...

Competitive Play

The Goonhammer Review: The 10th Edition Munitorum Field Manual (Chaos)

MildNorman - June 16, 2023

So far we’ve seen the Chaos factions of 10th edition run the gamut from very strong (Thousand Sons) to pretty dire (Death Guard), but that’s only half the story - the point values of these units makes a huge...

Core Games

The Goonhammer Review: The 10th Edition Death Guard Index

Liam "Corrode" Royle - June 13, 2023

Death Guard first received a Codex in 8th edition when they became a standalone army for the first time. Since then they’ve carved out a niche for themselves as the durable but slow army, trudging across the field as...

Columns

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2023, Part 10: Fat Beardos and Skinny Weirdos (KC Open, Part 2)

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - June 13, 2023

Welcome back, Dear Reader, to my ongoing series cataloging my competitive and hobby journey through 2023. Last time around I wrote about getting to the KC Open and playing my stream game of 10th edition with Death Guard. This time...

Competitive Play

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2023, Part 9: Streaming 10th Edition at the KC Open

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - June 7, 2023

Welcome back, Dear Reader, to my ongoing series cataloging my competitive and hobby journey through 2023. Last time around I wrote about some of my prep for the KC Open. Over the next few days I'll be writing a...

Gaming

Start Competing: 9th Edition Death Guard Tactics (Updated May 13, 2023)

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - May 13, 2023

STOP - This page is out of date. You can find our updated guide to playing Death Guard in 10th edition here: Start Competing: Death Guard. Do you like being really, really hard to kill? Do you like to dish out...

Battle Reports

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2023, Part 7: Days 2 and 3 of Warhammer Fest

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - May 8, 2023

Welcome back, Dear Reader, to my ongoing attempts to chronicle my journey through 2023 in the same way I’ve covered the past two years. In my previous article, I covered the first day of Warhammer Fest 2023, and my...