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40k Roundtable: Balancing Crusade Narrative Campaigns

Our Crusade group get together to talk about how to handle balance in the narrative game mode between factions with Codexes and those without.

Infinity N5 Previews Discussion

Our Infinity crew sit down to talk about the revealed rules from the upcoming N5 release and what they mean for the game.

The State of Necromunda: A Round-Table Discussion

The modern version of Necromunda turns seven this year — pretty darn old, in Goliath years. The game is now pretty mature: there are scores of rulebooks, White Dwarf supplements and Apocryphas. It all adds up to a lot of...

Conquest 2023 roundtable retrospective: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

No game is perfect (at least until Goonhammer creates one), but Conquest: the Last Argument of Kings has come pretty close in 2023. Join our intrepid authors as we discuss the epic highs and lows that only a tabletop...

Goonhammer Historicals End of Year Round Up 2023

So passes 2023! If you’ve been following along at home (and if not why not) you’ll have noticed it’s been an exceptional year for Goonhammer Historicals. We’ve delved into new periods, different games, outlined our philosophy, gone real weird...

Goonhammer Historicals: Getting Started in Ye Olden Medieval Times

Getting started with a new historicals project can be daunting, especially if you don’t have a handy degree in history or any previous knowledge on what the exact color of a lance in 1421 is. The Goonhammer Historicals Team...

The Goonhammer Nephilim Round Table, Part 1

We reviewed the new War Zone Nephilim GT missions pack last weekend, which creates dramatic changes for army construction and mission scoring in competitive play. While we covered a number of changes and our thoughts there, we thought it...

The April 2022 40k Balance Dataslate Competitive Roundtable

Games Workshop released their third quarterly Balance Dataslate yesterday, giving us sweeping changes that nerf some of the game’s top armies and boost some of the underperformers. We put out a hot take yesterday (and would like to thank...

Competitive Innovations Roundtable: Fixing Tau and Custodes

It's that time again - the meta is creaking under the weight of two oppressive Codexes, and we're all wondering how on earth they can be fixed. On the last two occasions this happened - Drukhari, and then Ad...

Goonhammer Historicals: Force Selection Round Table

Welcome to Historical Roundtables, our regular column where the Goonhammer Historicals team gets together to talk over a particular aspect of historical wargaming. They’ll share their insights, recommendations and warnings about the best way to engage with the hobby....