Death Guard

Competitive Innovations in 9th: The Elves Strike Back Pt.1

Another week in Nephilim, and another very diverse set of top performing armies to talk about. Plenty of the Nephilim superstars and some old favourites are on show, but a glance at the results also shows the first big...

Getting Started: Death Guard

At Goonhammer we’ve devoted a lot of words to talking about how to compete and take your game to the next level. In “Getting Started,” we look at how to get started with an army – the basics you...

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...

Nephilim Faction Focus: Death Guard

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...

Local Boys Made Good: Greg and Norman, Triumphant

We’re back from the most important event to happen this past weekend and boy do we have stories to tell. It’s got everything; losing, big lunches, Gundams, and a special surprise (or not really a surprise if you read...

2Q22 Post-Dataslate Faction Focus: Death Guard

Games Workshop dropped its Q2 Balance Dataslate for 40k in mid-April, dramatically changing a number of key factions. Astra Miliatrum, Marines and Sisters were buffed, Harlequins, T’au, and Custodes were nerfed, and some key game rules were changed. Now...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: The Curtain Falls

This week's edition of Competitive Innovations is going to be relatively brief - we only had three events this weekend due to it being Easter, and two of those were pre-Balance Dataslate and Tyranid Codex, and were dominated by armies...

The Horus Heresy: The Battle of Perditus, Dark Angels Order of the Broken Claws and Death Guard Mortus Poisoners

The Tuchulcha is one of the most important narrative macguffins in the Warhammer 40,000/Horus Heresy setting, being key to the abilities and actions of the Dark Angels in both the Heresy and 40K timelines. Claimed by the First Legion...

Warzone Nachmund Faction Focus: Death Guard

The first competitive season for 40k has arrived, with War Zone: Nachmund giving us new points, missions, secondary objectives, and rules to contemplate. These rules represent a major shake-up for competitive 40k and to help you make sense of...

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2022, Part 2: January in Asgard

Welcome back, Dear Reader, to my ongoing (mis)adventures in competitive 40k. In my last article I talked about hobby progress and getting in some practice games, and found myself crawling back to Death Guard after swearing them off. They're...