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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...

Hillbilly Cyborg Yacht Club RTT: A Naramyth Trip Report

Introduction I'm back! This past weekend was a regularly scheduled Two Rivers RTT held at Parallax Games in Bismark, ND. The field wound up being the largest yet for our RTTs at 18 people. Thankfully their gaming space is pretty...

Video Game Retrospective: Dawn of War (2004)

This is where it all began: the original Dawn of War. Okay, technically it began with Warhammer 40K: Fire Warrior, but Fire Warrior, a first-person shooter where you played as a T’au commando, was a weird game whose reach...

Necromunday: Your Move, Creep! Initial Impressions of the Palanite Enforcers

  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. Starting this week, Dan “Sex Cannon” Boyd and Jules “Merton” O’Hare...

How to Paint Everything: Ynnari, Part 2 – Yvraine

  In our How to Paint Everything series, we take a look at different armies of the Warhammer universe, examine their history and heraldry, and look at several different methods for painting them. This week, we're kicking off a three-part series...