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Content We Liked: September 12, 2021

Although it’s a big internet out there, the Warhammer digital universe is pretty small and spread out. In Content We Liked, we take a look at the articles, videos, podcasts, and products that caught our eyes or were noteworthy during the...

Underworlds Warbands in Age of Sigmar: Stormcast Eternals and Orruk Warclans

Warhammer Underworlds is one of the best games Games Workshop has released to date, but the accompanying warbands haven’t always fared as well in Age of Sigmar, but it's always interesting to see how the designers try and tie...

Battletome: Orruk Warclans 3.0 – The Goonhammer Review

Pairing up with the Stormcast Eternals the Orruk Warclans book supplements the other half of the Dominion and Starter Set's Kruleboyz (along with the other two flavors of green). There's a lot to be excited about here, as Kruleboyz...

Battletome: Stormcast Eternals 3.0 – The Goonhammer Review

It’s finally here! After 2 months and a few delays we finally get our hands on the first battletomes of 3.0, thanks to Games Workshop sending us review copies. A lot of excitement has been brewing as new (and...

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2021, Part 6: The Goonhammer Open

Welcome back, dear reader, to another episode on my journey to near-respectability at competitive 40k. In my last article, I was doing some final prep for the Goonhammer Open, getting in practice games against Eldar and Grey Knights. Four...

The US Goonhammer Open Grand Tournament: Event Recap

If you believe the true measure of a Grand Tournament’s success is how well the elevators work, and we certainly do, then the GHO is the best 40k event ever run in the greater Washington DC area over a...

Hear Me Out, Gunum! – Episode 1 (September 10, 2021)

Hello dear readers, Gunum here bringing you a new column that has been demanded multiple times, often secretly and typically in hushed whispers, ever since we started doing all of our different list analyses here at Goonhammer. In this...

Nurgley Bois: Death Guard Tactics in Kill Team

Sometimes, you don't want to overwhelm your opponent with numbers, or with technological superiority, or with clever tactics and skillful deployment. Sometimes, like Rocky Balboa, you just want to show the other guy that no matter how much he's...

Commander Focus: Markov, Blood on the Cheap

Credit: Volkan Baga, Wizards of the Coast Okay, you want a deck you can build for a whopping $160 dollars, here you go. Eminence, in my October opinion, is a really underused mechanic. I understand the logic: Magic is largely supposed...

Game Design Discourse: Emotional Outcomes and Balance

In our Game Design Discourse series we join James M Hewitt from Needy Cat Games and our own Edwin "Lupe" Moriarty for chats about game design theory and practice. James worked for Games Workshop as part of the Citadel...