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40k FAQ Update September 12, 2022: Our Long National 2″ Ruins Engagement Range Nightmare is Over

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - September 12, 2022

Games Workshop released an updated 40k FAQ this morning, and if you were wondering what changed well, you aren't the only one. This FAQ is more notable for what it removes rather than what it adds - in fact, nothing new...

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The Games Workshop NOVA 2022 Preview Roundtable

Thundercloud1 - September 2, 2022

The Northern Virginia (NOVA) convention is back this year and GW's back at the event, hosting another big reveal to show off upcoming releases for many of its major game systems. As always we've Got Takes about the releases...

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ebay Aquires TCGPlayer: The Goonhammer Hot Take

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - August 23, 2022

Yesterday eCommerce giant eBay announced it had entered into an agreement to buy rival ecommerce platform TCGPlayer, which specializes in collectible card game products. The deal is expected to close in Q1 2023, and for a total deal value...

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The Rift War FAQ: The Goonhammer Hot Take

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - July 6, 2022

If you thought GW was done after Monday's FAQs well, they had one more to push through, apparently. Today's FAQ covers the Rift War campaign supplement and includes a single change: Page 84 – Coteries of the Haemonculi, Benefits Change...

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Codex: Imperial Knights FAQ – The Goonhammer Hot Take

James "One_Wing" Grover - June 30, 2022

GW pushed out an FAQ for the Imperial Knights Codex yesterday, taking aim at a few key questions people had about the book, and now that the weekly festival of Hot Take Thursday is upon us, it's time to...

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The May 2022 Imperial Armour Compendium FAQ Hot Take

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - May 11, 2022

GW released an FAQ for the Imperial Armour Compendium today, making adjustments to Eldar and Tyranids units in the book to bring them in line with their recent Codexes. We talk about what changed and what it means.

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April Battletome FAQs – The Goonhammer Hot Take

Mike 'Ellarr' Chadderton - April 27, 2022

FAQs for Fyreslayers and Idoneth Deepkin are finally out, as are some minor updates to the Seraphon and Slaves to Darkness (and believe us they are minor). Let's get to it. If you want to find the latest FAQs, you...

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Goonhammer Infinity – Adepticon 22: New Fireteam Rules & Profiles Reactions

Thanqol Decadion - March 26, 2022

On 24th of March 2022, Corvus Belli have released an update to the rules for composing Fireteams of Infinity models, giving us new Fireteam rules and profiles. In this article our Goonhammer Infinity authors are running through the changes...

Age of Sigmar

Hot Take: AOS Battlescroll Update – The Hunt

Mike 'Ellarr' Chadderton - March 14, 2022

The TL;DR The game has added priority targets as well as prime hunters. Priority Targets are strong units that now give up an additional victory point (some are worth 2!) when slain, similar to monsters. Prime Hunters constitute entire factions,...

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The March 2022 Kill Team Balance Dataslate Hot Take

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - March 7, 2022

Games Workshop released a new balance dataslate for Kill Team today, giving us some major changes to a number of key factions. This is great news, generally - it indicates that GW are serious about course correcting imbalances in...