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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Edge of Tomorrow pt.2

The full squad is here, rising to the task of tackling one of the last big weeks of 9th Edition. We've got a lot of events to look at today due to some scheduling challenges that prevented us implementing the...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Edge of Tomorrow pt.1

Another week trapped in the endless loop of writing about 9th. Save me GW. Free me from this torment. For every week you don't, I will torture at least one poor, defenceless metaphor to death. At least this week some...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Ending in Fire

We advance ever-closer to the great Edition refresh, but the top dogs of late 9th Edition are still duking it out with some enthusiasm. This week it's the turn of various flavours of Ulthwe Aeldari build to surge to...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Daemonic Embers

9th Edition status: still here. Quieter than last week, but still live and kicking, and alarmingly infested with Daemonic forces this week. It's the season for it, apparently. Today we're looking at: Storm Of Silence Warhammer 40k Grand Tournament...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Last Book Standing pt.1

Look. It's been a long old road, and we're nearly at the end of it. We're in the home stretch. Pithy metaphors abound. We don't know exactly how many weekends of 9th we've got left, but we're definitely in the...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Fest of Fury Pt.1

Warhammer Fest is in the books, giving us both some sneak peaks at what tenth Edition might hold and also a gigantic showcase for the final season of 9th Edition. Over three hundred players, and just one champion at...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Final Quarter pt.1

I will admit that I was a little bit worried the announcement of 10th Edition might mean a slow couple of months, but uh, that does not seem to be happening. Instead, we have a mighty 12 events this...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Even Angels Fall pt.2

Really the entire story of this website has been me finding ways to make a rod for my own back. It turns out my latest success in this area is that, by splitting this into two parts and listing...

UTC Recap: April 19, 2023

We recently announced the formation of the Unified Tournament Circuit, a new regional circuit for Warhammer 40k and Age of Sigmar which covers the area between Virginia and Newfoundland. In case you missed our announcement, you can find it...

Goonhammer Roundtable: The Final 9th Edition Dataslate for Warhammer 40k

This is it folks, the endgame. The final dataslate of 9th edition has dropped, and it’s got quite a few changes in it that shake up the meta in interesting ways. We dropped our standard hot take on the...