reviews

Product Review: Dark Angels Scented Candle

Merchoid started selling Warhammer-scented candles recently, because everything is a commodity and slapping a brand on common objects makes them more desirable. They didn’t pay me any money for this, which is probably good. At any rate, when I...

Kings of War: Clash of Kings 2022 Review Part 2

G'day Goonhammer readers, we're back with Part 2 of our review of the brand new updates to our favourite fantasy rank 'n' flank wargame, Kings of War. In our last article, we went over each and every army update...

Necromunday: Book of the Outcast, Reviewed!

Welcome back to Necromunday, Scummers! This week, GW was kind enough to send us an advance copy of their newest Necromunda publication, Book of the Outcast. There’s a lot going on, so let’s dive in and take a look! Before...

Battlezone Mechanicum Terrain Datacards Review

A lot of fuss was made about Tactical Deployment when it first previewed; Games Workshop hyped it as new way to play competitive 40k that might become the norm for tournaments. Instead what we got was a weak release...

32 Years Later, is HeroQuest More Than Just a Nostalgia Play?

Here's something you need to know before I start this article, Dear Reader: I am a complete mark for something like this. My hobby and nerdgames journey basically began with HeroQuest back in 1990, when I first played over...

Model Review: High Marshal Helbrecht

I'm going to cut right to the quick here. High Marshal Helbrecht, generously provided to us by Games Workshop for review and painting purposes, is Peak Black Templars. With surgical precision, their sculptors tapped into the 15 year old...

Innistrad: Crimson Vow Review, Part 2 – WUBRG

Magic's newest expansion has us returning to Innistrad just in time for Halloween. Innistrad: Crimson Vow is the second of two expansions set in the horror-themed plane, and this second set sees the two main vampire lineages uniting in...

Darkest Dungeon II Early Access Launch: A New Game That Hates You

It’s time, once again, to play a game that hates you, and takes pride in hating you. Darkest Dungeon II is in Early Access now (on the Epic Game Store for a year before wider release, so on and...

Innistrad: Crimson Vow Review, Part 1 – The Mechanics

Magic's newest expansion has us returning to Innistrad just in time for Halloween. Innistrad: Crimson Vow is the second of two expansions set in the horror-themed plane, and this second set sees the two main vampire lineages uniting in...

Octarius: Critical Mass – the Narrative Play Rules Review

Octarius Book 2: Critical Mass releases this weekend and while much has been made of the new Matched Play rules in the book - particularly those for Orks - there’s a lot of really cool stuff in the book’s...