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Tournament Report – Blood and Glory 2019

In last week's preview I promised you an exciting chronicle of the consequences of making extremely silly decisions regarding Wraithknights and here at Goonhammer we don't let our readers down. I held my nerve and my largest robot son...

The Horus Heresy – An Introduction

This series is intended to assist newcomers to the Horus Heresy gaming supplement, talking through the armies, tactics, how to build a force and where to get the miniatures and rules from. Later articles will consider each of the...

Hammer of Math: Diet Smite (Xenos Edition)

After taking a break to discuss Pointy-Eared Exarchs and Flying Warrior Monks with Oversized Hammers, this week Hammer of Math returns to the domain of the mind to discuss the Smite power. This article is a continuation of our...

Meta Update: October Results and the SoCal Open

Welcome to Goonhammer's inaugural monthly meta analysis! In our new series we'll take a look at the performance of varying factions within the competitive scene during the month prior and attempt to draw conclusions, prognosticate, and wildly speculate on...

How to Paint Everything: How to Make a Simple Wet Palette

In our How to Paint Everything series, we typically take a look at different armies of the Warhammer universe, examine their history and heraldry, and look at several different methods for painting them. But good painting starts with good tools, and...

Gunum Presents: Hear me out, Wings! Birds of Goon.

Flying on the Wings of Victory Hello everyone! Still-not-first ITC Dark Angels Gunum here, bringing you another write-up on trying to come up with my own powerful Dark Angel meta, one unit at a time. This time with a special...

Tournament Preview – Three Cool Lists from Blood and Glory

As the dark season continues to extend its icy tendrils across my rainy island home, tournament season continues in full swing, and this weekend I'll be heading up to Derby for Blood and Glory. This was one of my...

How to Paint Everything: Graffiti

In Goonhammer's How to Paint Everything series, we take a look at how to paint, well... everything. This week, Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones is talking about graffiti -- its history, how to paint it, and how you can add realism...

Astartes Genealogy Online: Goonhammer Successors

In this series we look at a couple of space marine chapters that share a common theme. In today's article we are going to cast our net towards the Goonhammer successors featured in the HTPE article. If you have...

Hammer of Math: Smash Captain THUNDERDOME

We take a break from space elves and mental gymnastics to focus on something everyone can appreciate; gene-crafted superhuman warriors smashing things with heavy objects. With the release of the Salamanders and Imperial Fists supplements, we've (theoretically) reached a...