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Goonhammer Open UK – 29/30th October, Horus Heresy Narrative

We are pleased to announce the Goonhammer Open UK will also feature a narrative Horus Heresy event. Stand with the Loyalists or join the Traitors in the Siege of Vandia. For those who fancy moving 10,000 years forward in the...

Ruleshammer Battle: Episode 5 – Tau VP and Death Guard Turn 1 Begins

Welcome to Ruleshammer! This week is the fifth "episode" of a series I'm calling Ruleshammer Battle. A step by step explanation of a small game of warhammer 40k. Remember the banner below will take you to the Ruleshammer 9th...

Kill Team Tactics: Tyranids

Do you fantasize about devouring whole worlds? When you watch Starship Troopers, do you root for the bugs? Have you ever felt that you'd look fetching in a set of chitinous plates, wielding venomous talons as you bound across...

Battle for Baldur’s Gate: Preconstructed Deck New Card Roundup

Magic's most recent expansion had us travel to Baldur's Gate on a grand adventure, and in addition to the set itself, we got the usual suite of companion preconstructed decks. We've covered the the decks individually, but this week...

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...

T’au Empire (Hunter Cadre) Kill Team Tactics

One year in we've seen several kill teams from the Compendium be replaced by teams in White Dwarf and other releases, though some Compendium teams are still out there and active. Among these are the Huntre Cadre, the T'au...

Unstable Mutation: Mind Flayarrrs

This was actually a fairly hard to write article for a strange reason - Mind Flayarrrs is a pretty good deck out of the box. Normally the game plan of the precons are just plain bad. It's some variant...

Goonhammer Open UK – 29/30th October 2022, 40K and Adeptus Titanicus

We are pleased to announce that Adeptus Titanicus will return to the upcoming Goonhammer Open UK. Stand with the Loyalists or join the Traitors in the Harrowing of Tyras III. For those who aren't a fan of ENGINE KILLS, the...

Ruleshammer 40k: Q&A – July 22nd 2022

Welcome to Ruleshammer! This week we’re covering some more questions submitted by you, the readers, and our patrons on the Goonhammer Discord. Remember the banner below will take you to the Ruleshammer 9th Edition Compedium, for all the questions I’ve...

Unstable Mutation: Draconic Dissent

In our Unstable Mutation series we look at the prerelease decks of various sets, talk about their contents, and talk about how to improve them taking them from an off-the-shelf disaster into something that's worth bringing to the table...