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Competitive Innovations in the Mortal Realms: February 23, 2022

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - February 23, 2022

The hangover from LVO is over and this weekend was a big one for Age of Sigmar events in the US and UK. Looking at results, there are a few things we expected - lots of top results from...

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Spanish Domination of Kill Team at LVO: An Interview with the Top 8

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - February 10, 2022

In addition to the 40k and AoS events, the 2022 Las Vegas Open was also host to a 7-round, 65-player Kill Team event, with four 4 rounds followed by a cut to a top 8 bracket. We’ve previously talked...

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The 2021 Warhammer 40k End of Year Meta Analysis

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - January 1, 2022

Welcome back, Dear Reader, to another (semi) monthly meta analysis! This time we're taking stock of the final events of the year and closing things out with a quick look at WHERE WE STAND right before a trio of...

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The December 2021 Age of Sigmar Meta Analysis

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - December 24, 2021

As we close out the year there’s a lot to reflect on in the competitive Age of Sigmar space. Since the launch of the new edition we’ve had three new Battletomes, five Tomes Celestial (counting the one for Soulblight...

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Competitive Innovations in Kill Team: December 2021

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - December 8, 2021

It's been two months since Games Workshop released a host of updates for Kill Team in their October FAQs, correcting a number of issues with the Compendium teams and making a massive change to Custodes designed to curb the...

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The October 2021 40k Meta Review

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - October 18, 2021

Welcome back, dear reader! We have returned following a massive list of new tournaments, energized with ALL SORTS OF NEW DATA, mostly concerning the newer faction releases - Orks, Grey Knights, and Thousand Sons. This month we’ll be spending...

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The September 2021 Kill Team Meta Review

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - September 24, 2021

We've done a lot of analysis of the 40k and Age of Sigmar metas over the last few months, looking at faction win rates and identifying which lists are doing well in the meta. Well today we're extending that...

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The August 2021 Age of Sigmar Meta Review

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - August 27, 2021

Welcome, Dear Reader, to our first Age of Sigmar meta review! We do these on a regular basis for 40k but similar to Competitive Innovations, will be doing these reviews of the AoS meta as well on a semi-regular...

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The August 2021 40k Meta Review

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - August 27, 2021

Welcome back, dear reader! We’re back after another month that saw the (semi) release of Codex: Orks and a large number of big tournaments, and we’ve got a ton of data to look at as we head into September....

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The July 2021 Warhammer 40k Meta Review

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - July 2, 2021

Welcome back, dear reader! It's been a little over a month since our last analysis talking about the impact of Drukhari and the potential future of the meta. Since then we've had a number of major changes to Warhammer...