Meta Analysis

Competitive Innovations in 9th: By Lasgun and Bayonet pt.2

Welcome back to part 2 of Competitive Innovations, where I (Wings) am once more in control, having mostly recovered from Nurgle giving me a bit of a once over earlier in the week. Big thanks to Tom for holding...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Darkest Timeline pt.2

Welcome back to part 2 of this week's column, where we've got four more events for your enjoyment. While a certain Marine chapter continues to look substantially overcooked, it's otherwise looking like a pretty healthy metagame out there, with...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Darkest Timeline pt.1

Buckle up readers, this week Arks is fully hitting its stride, and some frontrunners are starting to emerge. To the surprise of no one in particular, and the delight of Greg, Dark Angels appear to be the army to...

Blood Bowl – State of the Competitive Meta – Part 2

Earlier last year we did our first Goonhammer look at the Blood Bowl Tournament meta.  For the first time in a long time, Blood Bowl has become a game much like other GW games, where we see changes, updates,...

Competitive Innovations Extra: CaptainCon 2023

Look, what can I say, Gregbot's auspicator was on the blink (or possibly it overloaded when Dark Angels won an event) and we missed the biggest non-team event of the week, CaptainCon. For my part in these crimes, I...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Teamup Ark

After the excitement of LVO last weekend, it looks like a lot (though not all) of the tournament scene is taking a bit of a weekend off (understandable). Next week we'll be back to full speed on singles, with...

Codex World Eaters: 9th Edition – The Goonhammer Review

We’re now well into the lifespan of 9th edition and every single faction in Warhammer 40,000 has received a new Codex. That means it’s time to revisit Codex: Chaos Space Marines release a book for an entirely new faction!...

Meta Analysis: The 2023 LVO 40k Championship (aftermath)

Welcome back Dear Reader from a very jet-lagged correspondent. Last week we took a look at the meta breakdown of LVO, now we're back to talk about the results. A new champion has been crowned in Jack Harpster, and...

LVO Killteam Meta Analysis

With LVO fresh on our minds my Brooklyn Rats teammate Leila gave our team a run down of the weekend. And so now I'm transferring that knowledge to you with a rundown of the factions that showed, how they...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Nephilim is LVOver

This weekend a momentous event took place - I took a Wraithknight to a GT and... **Extremely Loud Incorrect Buzzer** Rob is looking at me from the other side of the (very real) Goonhammer offices and shaking his head, which I...