reviews

Goonhammer’s Reviews Process is Changing

Hello, dear reader! Over the past nine months, we've been frankly astonished at the outpouring of support for the content that we write here at Goonhammer. Our only goal has ever been to write fantastic content and improve the...

Start Collecting Warhammer 40,000

For new players, starting an army can be daunting: There are tons of different army boxes and deals out there, and figuring out how to build an army can be a paralyzing experience for players who want to expand...

Psychic Awakening III: Blood of Baal – Lore Review

The dawn of Warhammer 40,000's 8th edition brought with some unfortunate news for the sons of Sanguinius: the largest incursion of Tyranids that the Imperium has faced to-date was found to be swarming directly towards Baal. If you're read The Devastation...

Kill Team Annual Review, Part 3: Xenos Factions

Hello again and welcome back again, readers! If you're just joining us, this is part 3 of our Kill Team Annual review. We started by covering the core content and new stuff for the Chaos factions (check that out...

Kill Team Annual Review, Part 2: Imperial Factions (except Sisters)

Hello again and welcome back, readers! If you're just joining us, we kicked off our review of the 2019 Kill Team Annual last time with a look at the core contents of the book and a look at the...

Chapter Approved Analysis – Necrons

OVERLORD WINGS HERE, PATHETIC MORTALS. TIME TO BE IMPRESSED BY MY NEWLY MIGHTY LEGIONS. OK, no, we're not going to do that because this is a serious analysis piece. Welcome to our second Chapter Approved analysis. Following on from last week...

The Kill Team Annual Review, Part 1: Overall Content and Chaos

It’s not controversial to say that Kill Team has been a bit of a mixed bag. With four major expansions (Rogue Trader, Commanders, Arena, and Elites) in a little under a year, plus more than two dozen faction and...

Review: Chapter Approved 2019

It’s December again, and with the return of the holiday season comes the return of Games Workshop’s annual Chapter Approved supplement, an annual volume filled with new rules and updates for Open, Narrative, and Matched Play. And with this...

Blood of Baal – The Goonhammer Review – Part 1 – Blood Angels

When the new Codex: Space Marines released in August with an all-new slate of Codex Supplements covering the compliant first-founding chapters, speculation began as to whether the standalone chapters - the Blood Angels, Dark Angels, and Space Wolves -...

The Goonhammer 2019 Holiday Gift Guide

The holiday season is almost upon us and in the spirit of giving back, we thought we’d share some ideas about how you can make shopping for your loved ones as self-serving painless as possible this year. Because hobbyists...