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Start Competing: Harlequins Tactics

Are you ready to get down with the clown? Then welcome to Start Competing: Harlequins! In this article, we’ll cover the ways you can get the best out of the servants of the Laughing God, and show that you’re...

Lock, Stock, & Two Loaded Dice: Dealing With Cheating

Disclaimer: I am neither a behavioral economist nor psychologist. As such I refer to established experts in their field and cite their works where appropriate in discussing theories of dishonesty. Cheater. Possibly the most serious accusation someone can level at...

Understanding the NOVA Tournament Format: A Primer

Unlike almost all of our editorial team, I'm sadly not going to be able to make the NOVA Open, as I have a prior commitment. With that in mind, I hadn't really looked at the NOVA mission pack, other...

Narrative Forge: Creating and Basing Terrain

The Warhammer 40,000 universe is a massive place, and the "Narrative Forge" hobby articles encourage thinking outside the box (literally) when putting models together. They aim to make hobbyists comfortable growing beyond imitating the models they see in their...

Necromunday: How to Play Necromunda (We Promise It’s Worth It)

The 40k universe stretches well beyond the war-torn battlefields of distant planets. In Necromunda, violent gangs clash in the tunnels and sewers of the planet's largest hive city. Continuing this week, Dan “Sex Cannon” Boyd, Jules “Merton” O’Hare, and...

Codex Space Marines – The Goonhammer Review, Part 3 (Stratagems, Warlord Traits, and Tactics)

Part 1 (Army Traits) Part 2 (Units) Welcome back to everyone who's been running this marathon with us. If you've only just joined us, this is the third part of our bumper four-part review of the new Codex: Space Marines, where...

Codex Space Marines – The Goonhammer Review – Part 1 (Army & Faction Traits)

8th Edition has not, if we're honest, been a great time to be a Space Marine player. Until now. More than any other faction save Grey Knights, Marines have laboured for the last two years under the dreadful burden of having...

Start Competing: Adeptus Mechanicus Tactics

The Adeptus Mechanicus are the technological arm of the Imperium, building and maintaining the vast array of war machines that it depends on for wars.

Army Showcase: Andrew’s Adeptus Mechanicus

Finishing your own army is core to the Warhammer 40,000 hobby. Every Thursday in our Army Showcase series, Goonhammer contributors take a look at the armies we’ve been collecting for years, and the new ones we’ve just finished – what...

Tournament Report – The London Open – Part 1

Last week Wings brought you a preview of the London Open, discussing his army list, looking at some of the more interesting armies out in the field, and triggering some mild controversy regarding a certain Grav-Tank. Before the mighty...