Getting Started

Introduction to Infinity

It cost three hundred billion dollars to take this door. Sandra ‘Scipio’ Moralez was the speartip of the greatest organizational principle created by humanity. Ten thousand researchers on three planets funneled their collective brilliance into steel, tessium and nanoweaves. Skyscrapers...

Getting Started: Blades of Khorne

Do you hate ranged and think that is cowardice? Do you think magic is dumb and meant for nerds that need a good beat down? Did you play Doom Eternal and need a way to unleash that pent up...

Getting Started: Magic’s Modern Format, Part 1 – A Primer

Modern was created in the summer of 2011 as an eternal format that had a starting point later than the Limited Edition Alpha and Beta sets from 1993. At nearly 14,000 cards and counting, Modern is the largest eternal...

Necromunday: The Mini-Munda Campaign

Scummers, last week we debuted Mini-Munda, a quick and dirty system for jumping into Skirmish games of Necromunda as brand-new players. Today, we’ll be taking the concept a step further with an equally accessible home-brewed Campaign system! As any grizzled...

Getting Started: Feudal Japan

Today in Goonhammer Historicals we look at gaming in Feudal Japan, a time of warring clans and factions with an iconic aesthetic. Historical highlights For hundreds of years Japan had been ruled by the Shogun, a military lord who controlled...

Necromunday Presents: Mini-Munda

Scummers, it’s clear that those of us on the Necromunda beat for Goonhammer are passionate about our favorite little RPG-esque skirmish game. But not every tabletop gamer is! In this edition of Necromunday, we are going to put forth...

Getting Started: Competitive Magic

This is Part Four of our "Getting Started: Magic the Gathering" series. You can find parts 1-3 here: Getting Started, Commander, and Arena. In this article we're going to discuss how you can take the next step in paper Magic, moving from...

Getting Started with Magic: the Gathering Arena

Welcome to part two of our Getting Started series for Magic: The Gathering! Yesterday we covered the basics of getting started with paper Magic on the tabletop (click here if you missed that one and one to know more),...

Getting Started: Magic the Gathering

So you’ve played a few games and enjoyed them, and decided that you want to take the plunge with Magic: The Gathering. Good choice! Magic is one of our favorite games, with dozens of game variants, tons of wonderful...

Getting Started: Cities of Sigmar

At Goonhammer we’ve devoted a lot of words to talking about how to compete and take your game to the next level. In “Getting Started,” we look at how to get started with an army – the basics you...