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Hammer of Math: Death Guard in War of the Spider

"Primaris" Kevin Genson - June 22, 2020

Psychic Awakening has started to near the end, with only Pariah left before we expect to see the release of 9th Edition. War of the Spider has been particularly well received thanks to a healthy injection of content for...

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Hammer of Math: Engine War Knights and AdMech

"Primaris" Kevin Genson - June 15, 2020

Engine War was packed full of content for Chaos Daemons, Adeptus Mechanicus, and both the smooth and spiky Knight factions. We covered the content that GW previewed and followed up with a look at the four flavors of Exalted...

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Hammer of Math: Engine War (Daemon Edition)

"Primaris" Kevin Genson - June 8, 2020

With Engine War out we decided it might be fun to take a look at Chaos Daemons and something for all four of the Chaos gods from the latest supplement of Psychic Awakening. This is a continuation of last...

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Hammer of Math: Engine War, Part I

"Primaris" Kevin Genson - June 1, 2020

With Engine War now available for pre-order we here at Goonhammer are extremely excited about all of the options the new rules open up for Chaos Daemons, Imperial Knights, Chaos Knights, and the Adeptus Mechanicus. Unfortunately we're in the...

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Hammer of Math: Xenos Purging and You

"Primaris" Kevin Genson - May 25, 2020

Last week we covered Harlequins and some of the options from their White Dwarf article and this week we're going to apply the same treatment to the Deathwatch. While Deathwatch may not have received any unique content, the addition...

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Hammer of Math: Get Down With the Clown

"Primaris" Kevin Genson - May 18, 2020

This week's Hammer of Math will look at the new, previously unseen content that Games Workshop released for Harlequins in the latest issue of White Dwarf. While Psychic Awakening has been hit or miss for many factions, Harlequins got a...

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Hammer of Math: Reanimation Protocols

"Primaris" Kevin Genson - May 11, 2020

This week’s Hammer of Math takes us back to the Necrons and the mechanics surrounding their core Reanimation Protocols ability. With Psychic Awakening right around the corner we here at Goonhammer are excited to see how this wonderfully flavorful...

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Hammer of Math: Kill Team Injury Mechanics

"Primaris" Kevin Genson - May 4, 2020

This week's Hammer of Math we're heading into a smaller scale and looking at the mechanics of wounding in the Warhammer 40,000 game of skirmish combat called Kill Team. This article will review a lot of the information on...

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Hammer of Math: Quick Hits – Psychic Barrage, and Termagant Swarms

"Primaris" Kevin Genson - April 27, 2020

This week’s Hammer of Math is looking at some user-submitted questions about the ravenous swarm that is the Tyranid faction. We'll look over whether or not Psychic Barrage is worth the price paid, and exactly how hard is it...

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Hammer of Math: Necromathda II – Lots of Guns Edition

"Primaris" Kevin Genson - April 20, 2020

Greetings fellow hive scum! This week in Hammer of Math we're going back to Hive Primus to take another look at the math behind Necromunda. We're doing a deep dive into all the ranged weapons, comparing how the various...