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Goonhammer Reviews Warhammer 40,000 10th Edition – Part 4: The Mission Pack

James "One_Wing" Grover - June 3, 2023

You’ve been waiting for months, and it’s finally here: the tenth Edition of 40k. Promising a simplified (but not necessary simple) rules framework, more clarity than ever, and a complete overhaul of unit rules, this new edition is poised to...

Competitive Play

The 40k 2022 GT Missions/Nachmund Season Roundtable

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - January 5, 2022

Games Workshop has big plans for 2022, having announced a major overhaul to their release schedule: They’ll now be releasing new Season updates every 6 months, starting with the Nachmund season in H1 2022 that introduces a new mission...

Age of Sigmar

Age of Sigmar 3.0 – Core Book Matched Play Battleplans

Mike 'Ellarr' Chadderton - June 18, 2021

With a new edition of Age of Sigmar, there's new battleplans on the way for open, narrative, and matched play. Today, Ellarr takes a look at the core rulebook matched play battlepack, Contest of Generals. With the upcoming release of...

Competitive Play

Hammer of Math: Missions from the GT 2020 Mission Pack

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - February 22, 2021

In this week’s Hammer of Math we're taking a look at the missions players pick in 40k and the impact that choice has on the game. If you have a math-related question you'd like to see answered in a...

Necromunda

Necromunday: All the Missions – Open Hive Deck

Jules “Merton” O’Hare - September 21, 2020

Happy ‘munday, Scummers! This week we’re here to delve into the vastness of the Open Hive War Deck, a way for you and your pals to procedurally generate Scenarios in Necromunda! These games might not have the narrative flavor...

Game Design

Goonhammer Approved: Lunar Assault

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - August 25, 2020

Fire up your Moon Base Klaisus nerds because we are GOING TO THE MOON! In this very special GOONHAMMER APPROVED: LUNAR ASSAULT we have not one but TWO AND A HALF special, linked missions for Crusade play! This scenario sees two armies...

Gaming

The Narrative Forge: Crusade Missions

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - July 28, 2020

In today’s Narrative Forge, Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones and Evan "Felime" Siefring will be talking about the Missions and Agendas in Crusade, how they differ from Matched Play missions and rules, and what you need to know about playing them....

Gaming

The Grand Tournament 2020 Mission Pack: The Goonhammer Review

James "One_Wing" Grover - July 25, 2020

After a whirlwind month of news, reveals and reviews, the community is pretty close to having a picture (at least a theoretical one) of what competitive 9th edition is going to look like. We've gone through the core rules,...

Gaming

Ruleshammer: Missions and Strategic Reserves in 9th Edition

James "One_Wing" Grover - July 14, 2020

With the new edition nearly upon us, we had Rob “Vre’kais” Chilton sit down with the new rulebook in the Indomitus boxed set and write his thoughts (in great detail) on the new rules – what’s changed, what needs...

Competitive Play

9th Edition Competitive Roundtable: The Try-Hard Perspective

James "Boon" Kelling - July 10, 2020

With the release of the 9th edition core rules we have asked some of our try-hard tournament-goers to wade into the conversation and comment on how the changes may impact the competitive game and how the meta will adjust...