Hammer of Math

Hammer of Math: Necromunda Custom Vehicles

This week's Hammer of Math takes a look at the custom vehicle rules from Book of the Outlands and examines the value of the generic options. Vehicles are the core component of the new Ash Wastes gameplay. With new levels...

Hammer of Math: Basics of Horus Heresy

This week's Hammer of Math takes a look at the rules behind the newly released edition of the Horus Heresy, and how things might be a bit different for a player used to 9th Edition. I've been playing Warhammer 40k...

Hammer of Math: Necromunda Ash Wastes Economics

In this week's Hammer of Math Primaris Kevin steps outside in the hopes of touching grass, but only finds an irradiated ash-choked hellscape where making money usually comes at the expense of killing someone else. With the Book of the...

Hammer of Math: Chaos Space Marines

Primaris Kevin is back! After taking a month off to welcome a new baby girl into the world, he's back with a look at some of rules and effects in the new Codex: Chaos Space Marines. First of all, I...

Hammer of Math 6/20/2022: The Nephilim CP Crunch

Welcome back, Dear Reader, to the ongoing Hammer of Math fill-in series while "Primaris" Kevin is on paternity leave. Over the weekend we reviewed the new War Zone: Nephilim GT rules, which completely shake up how army construction and...

Hammer of Math: Tournaments in Winning Position and Other Key Performance Stats, Explained

Hello again, Dear Reader! Primaris Kevin is once again out this week, taking some much-needed paternity leave to celebrate a new arrival. And that means you get me again, focusing on competitive play statistics. If you're a regular reader...

Hammer of Math: Secondary Objectives, May 2022

Hello, Dear Reader! Primaris Kevin is off again, having overexerted himself yesterday. That means this week you get me, doing A Thing with a bunch of meta stats. In case you missed it, we've been hard at work revamping...

Hammer of Math: Rending and Wards in AOS

This week's Hammer of Math looks at how the presence of Wards and Armour Saves changes the resiliency of units. The new Battletome: Nighthaunt has been released and with it come some very cool abilities for the ghostly boys (and...

Hammer of Math: Chaos Knight Harbingers of Dread

Following up on last week's analysis of loyalist Knights and their Armiger enhancements, this week's Hammer of Math embraces the Warp and checks out the abilities of the Chaos Knights. One of the coolest things that Games Workshop has done...

Hammer of Math: Imperial Knight Armiger Enhancements

This week Primaris Kevin looks at some of the math in the new Imperial Knights book, with a focus on Armiger weapons.