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Detachment Focus: Bridgehead Strike

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - December 15, 2024

We take a deep dive into the new Bridgehead Strike Detachment for the Astra Militarum, which introduces a long-awaited Militarum Tempestus option to the faction. We look at what's in it and how to play it.

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White Dwarf #505 Crusade of Faith Rules Review

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - October 29, 2024

We take a deep look at the new Crusade of Faith rules for the Sisters of Battle in White Dwarf 505, talking about how they work and who they're for.

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The Warhammer 40,000 October 2024 Balance Update Round-up

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - October 19, 2024

GW dropped a large balance update to the game this week, adjusting points for every faction and updating some core rules as well as the tournament companion. In case you missed our coverage, we recap it all here, along with links to the posts.

Start Competing: Astra Militarum Tactics

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - October 13, 2024

Start Competing: Astra Militarum Tactics Also known as the Imperial Guard, the Astra Militarum as a fighting force of billions of regular humans recruited from millions of worlds across the Imperium, dedicated to the defense of humanity at all costs....

Start Competing: Space Wolves Tactics

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - September 6, 2024

Start Competing: Space Wolves Tactics The Space Wolves are a first founding legion modeled in part after Viking Warriors. Hailing from the icy world of Fenris, they march into battle clad in fur pelts and rune-etched armor, riding on massive...

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Boarding Actions 10th Edition Compendium Review: Imperium Factions

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - August 10, 2024

Rather than try and cover every Detachment in the upcoming 10th edition Boarding Actions Compendium in a single article, we've broken the review of the book's detachments down into the game's three broad superfactions: Imperium, Chaos, and Xenos. In...

Competitive Play

Q3 2024 40K Balance Update – Imperium

James "One_Wing" Grover - June 20, 2024

This week Games Workshop dropped the largest single update we’ve ever seen to Warhammer 40,000 outside of an edition change. Through a number of FAQs and Errata, points changes, a new Dataslate, and a massive update to the Core...

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The Q2 2024 Warhammer 40K Balance Update – Imperium

Jeremy "Curie" Atkinson - April 25, 2024

After nearly three months, it’s time for another quarterly update for Warhammer 40,000 and this time it’s just points. Today’s points update gives us updated points for every faction in the game, though as usual some have been touched...

40K Competitive Innovations

The Q2 2024 Warhammer 40K Balance Update – Space Marines

Chase "Gunum" Garber - April 25, 2024

After nearly three months, it’s time for another quarterly update for Warhammer 40,000 and this time it’s just points. Today’s points update gives us updated points for every faction in the game, though as usual some have been touched...

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Q1 2024 Balance Dataslate & MFM – Imperium – The Goonhammer Review

James "One_Wing" Grover - January 30, 2024

Today Games Workshop released a massive update for Warhammer 40,000 giving us a huge shake-up for competitive play. In addition to the balance dataslate for Q1 2024, we also saw the release of a new game-wide points update, rules/FAQ...