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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Bugeater GT & Armed Forces Day Charity GT

James "One_Wing" Grover - June 9, 2021

Last week brought some massive shakeups to the world of 40K, and change is on the horizon. The Big FAQ, GT2021 pack, points changes and Drukhari nerfs all represent some big shakeups, but we've still got a couple of...

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The 2021 Big FAQ Update Hot Take: Imperium Edition

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - June 2, 2021

Games Workshop dropped an absolute bombshell of an update today, with FAQs for the majority of factions, tons of clarifications, and big adjustments to everything from core rules to key faction abilities. There’s a ton to sift through but...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Maryland Open and Gladiator Gaming GT

James "One_Wing" Grover - May 19, 2021

Back to a big ticket weekend with a healthy clutch of events firing that gives us a chance to see how the metagame is adapting to the massive curveball the Drukhari codex has thrown at it. The largest of...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Spring Up GT and War for the Wooden Spoon

James "One_Wing" Grover - April 28, 2021

The floodgates have well and truly opened this week, with an absolute blockbuster schedule of events that put a wide range of armies that have been painstakingly developed over lockdown to the test alongside new contenders Drukhari. The sheer volume...

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Goonhammer FAQ Hot Take: Imperium Factions Points Updates, January 2021

Liam "Corrode" Royle - January 7, 2021

GW released a bombshell of new FAQs today, covering updates to the GT missions, points updates, and rules clarifications and errata. And as always, we’ve got you covered with the rundown of what’s changed and what it means for...

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Your Army Sucks 2k21 Preview, Part 1: The Imperium

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - January 4, 2021

It’s a whole new year, and your army is likely to see some changes. Goonhammer is here to help, with an unbiased preview of every army, how it plays, and what to expect. We’ll be covering each codex with...

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Start Competing: Salamanders Tactics

Liam "Corrode" Royle - December 14, 2020

Salamanders are a First Founding legion that first saw rules with the release of 3rd edition's Codex: Armageddon, which gave the green marines rules alongside the Black Templars - a weird old set which for some reason made the Salamanders...

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Start Competing: White Scars Tactics

Liam "Corrode" Royle - December 7, 2020

Though a first founding legion, it took White Scars a long time to get real recognition in Warhammer 40k. They didn't get proper rules until the Index Astartes article series in 3rd edition started handing out rules to each...

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The October FAQs update

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - October 7, 2020

Well, Games Workshop followed through on their threatpromise to give us new FAQ updates for every faction following the release of Space Marines and while we were speculating that something like fifteen books needed errata and FAQs, it turns...

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October 2020 FAQ Update Review – Astra Militarum, Imperial Agents, Adeptus Custodes, and Imperial Knights

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - October 6, 2020

In advance of the upcoming release of Codex: Space Marines and as promised, Games Workshop dropped a massive FAQ update on us today (remember when we said fifteen books needed FAQs? Turns out it was more). There’s a lot...