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[40K] Competitive Innovations in 10th: Doing It Live pt.1

Welcome to Competitive Innovations, our weekly feature for a number of game lines across the tabletop wargame space. Each week our army list and tactics experts canvass the top tournaments for their game of specialty, looking at the week’s...

[40K] Competitive Innovations in 10th: Lame Duck and Cover pt.2

Welcome to Competitive Innovations, our weekly feature for a number of game lines across the tabletop wargame space. Each week our army list and tactics experts canvass the top tournaments for their game of specialty, looking at the week’s...

The Road to Heidelberg: The Inaugural Warhammer Conference

I am in the (rather fortunate) position that academic approaches to nerdy topics is extremely “on brand” – and that I have the resources to support that as a throughline alongside more serious academic research. All of which is to...

The Q4 2024 Balance Update: Chaos Factions

We take a deep dive into the Q4 2024 points and rules update for Warhammer 40,000 and what it did to the game's Chaos Factions - and how those factions will be affected competitively.

The Q4 2024 Balance Update: Core Changes

It is, once again, Balance Update time. 40K is in a fairly healthy spot, but as always there are some problem factions that have had things too good for too long, and a few teething issues with this year's...

The Q4 2024 Balance Update: Space Marines

We look at the changes to the various Space Marine Chapters in the Q4 2024 Balance Update, and talk about how they've changed and what it means for the competitive meta.

Competitive Innovations in 10th: British Slaughter Time pt.2

More events from the US and Europe to look at today, including another hefty major Stateside. Today we're covering: Flying Monkey Con 40k Champs VAE VICTIS 2024 Editor's Note: We didn't notice till it was far too late that this was...

Competitive Innovations in 10th: British Slaughter Time pt.1

You may not know this about us, but we love big Warhammer. This weekend was the LGT, now a reliable lock for the second biggest event of the year after LVO, and we'll be kicking off with a look...

Competitive Innovations in Pannithor #0: Clash! A-ah!

In a new feature for Goonhammer’s Kings of War coverage, Stephanie Bee reviews lists from Clash of Kings 2024, the largest Kings of War event ever (so far!).

Competitive Innovations in 10th: The Usual Suspects pt.1

This week the teams bug hit America in a big way with the Champions cup, drawing in a massive number of top players from across the States (and indeed from further afield). That's slightly reduced the overall number of...