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Returning to competitive play, the covid saga

Hello again internet, I am taking a break from filling Competitive innovations with salt as Wing's stand-in and instead am here to discuss an experience many of us will have to deal with in the coming months: Showing up...

Army Showcase: PierreTheMime’s Death Guard

Finishing your own army is core to the Warhammer 40,000 hobby. 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 drew us to...

Adeptus Mechanicus FAQ – Hot Take

It happened again. Games Workshop released a book so busted that it needed a second FAQ. We covered the first iteration of changes, but GW is back on it. This new document doesn't address all of our concerns, but...

Ruleshammer 40k: Orks

This Ruleshammer article will cover the quirkz and odditiez to be found in Codex Orks! You can also find answerz to many more questionz in the Ruleshammer Compendium! Last Updated: 2022-02-10 Current Q&A Does Opportunist work whilst embarked in a Transport? This is...

The Chirurgeon’s Road Through 2021, Part 3: The Lone Star Open

Welcome back, Dear Reader, to the third part of my ongoing progress blog/tournament series for 2021. Last week I talked about some final prep and practice for the Lone Star Open. This week we'll talk about whether any of...

MEATWATCH: Coffee

It’s a complex world out there of animal products, and Goonhammer is here to help. Whether it’s ranking the staple animal-based proteins on the market, or when a new type of meat drops and shakes up the game, we’re...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Big Summer Blowout pt.2

More tournaments, more content - that's the deal. To help make good on that, today James "Boon" Kelling is joining me to cover the lists from the Renegade Summer Meltdown GT, where many of his team were in attendance, while I'll...

Improving at Magic: How to Prepare for an Event

If you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail. - Someone wise, probably Preparation is key to succeeding at most things in life. The problem is that preparing - doing your homework - is really boring. No one really likes doing...

Age of Sigmar 3.0 – Battle Tactics in GHB 2021

Today I'll be taking a look at each of the eight battle tactics available when playing Pitched Battles (the standard game format) in Age of Sigmar third edition. I'll be covering the quirks of each of them, as well...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Big Summer Blowout pt.1

The UK scene has fully re-opened and the US scene is going from strength to strength, and those two factors have combines to give us what I believe is our single biggest weekend of events since this column started. Obviously...