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Aeronautica Imperialis Review: Tiny Planes, Big Possibilities

immanentized - September 12, 2019

Hello, Immanentized back with another entry in the Unclehammer canon! Games Workshop released Aeronautica Imperialis on September 7th, and I've gone through the trouble of buying every available kit on release and reviewing it all for you wonderful readers here. As...

Necromunda

Necromunday: Tactics Cards – Which Ones Are Good and How To Use Them

Dan "dittka" Boyd - September 9, 2019

Good morning and welcome back, fellow Underhive denizens! The Goonhammer Overlords have once again lashed the poor Necromunday crew to our arcane lexicography devices and demanded content! This week we’re going back to Tactics Cards and giving one of...

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Video Game Retrospective: Dawn of War II and Chaos Rising (2009 to 2010)

Jonathan Bernhardt - August 27, 2019

So we arrive at Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War II. This is probably the defining modern Warhammer 40K game, rivaled only by its predecessor and Warhammer 40K: Space Marine; to the degree that it can be said that a...

Gaming

Codex Supplement: Ultramarines – The Goonhammer Review

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - August 25, 2019

It wasn't enough for Games Workshop to just release a new Codex for Space Marines; they had to go and release half a dozen Codex Supplements covering major chapters. The first among these, and a complete no-brainer as a...

Gaming

Codex Supplement: White Scars – The Goonhammer Review

James "One_Wing" Grover - August 24, 2019

We hope you're not tired of Space Marines yet, because Games Workshop certainly aren't! Alongside the release of the main Codex: Space Marines, the first two Codex Supplements have dropped. Each of these six planned books is going to...

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Video Game Retrospective: Dawn of War Expansions (2005 to 2008)

Jonathan Bernhardt - August 20, 2019

Last week we covered the base Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War game, which made a massive impression on the RTS genre in the early Aughts and inspired three expansion games from 2005 to 2008. This week we’ll actually talk...

Gaming

Codex Space Marines – The Goonhammer Review, Part 3 (Stratagems, Warlord Traits, and Tactics)

James "One_Wing" Grover - August 18, 2019

Part 1 (Army Traits) Part 2 (Units) Welcome back to everyone who's been running this marathon with us. If you've only just joined us, this is the third part of our bumper four-part review of the new Codex: Space Marines, where...

Gaming

Codex Space Marines – The Goonhammer Review – Part 1 (Army & Faction Traits)

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - August 17, 2019

8th Edition has not, if we're honest, been a great time to be a Space Marine player. Until now. More than any other faction save Grey Knights, Marines have laboured for the last two years under the dreadful burden of having...

Gaming

Necromunday: Your Move, Creep! Initial Impressions of the Palanite Enforcers

Jules “Merton” O’Hare - August 12, 2019

The 40k universe stretches well beyond the war-torn battlefields of distant planets. In Necromunda, violent gangs clash in the tunnels and sewers of the planet's largest hive city. Starting this week, Dan “Sex Cannon” Boyd and Jules “Merton” O’Hare...

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Video Game Review: Mechanicus – Heretek

Jonathan Bernhardt - July 30, 2019

Many developers have attempted to capture the grim darkness of the 41st Millennium (and the high fantasy of the Old World) in video game form. Every Tuesday, Jonathan "Crion" Bernhardt will be diving into the games that use the...