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Forge World Custodes – The Goonhammer Hot Take

Alongside the new Custodes Ares Gunship, Games Workshop have surprised everyone by dropping some finalized rules for the rest of the Forge World Custodes range. Today, Jack dives into them to explore how they change the usability of these...

Tournament Report – The London Open – Part 1

Last week Wings brought you a preview of the London Open, discussing his army list, looking at some of the more interesting armies out in the field, and triggering some mild controversy regarding a certain Grav-Tank. Before the mighty...

Tournament Preview – Three Cool Lists From the London Open

A month on from the Bristol City Open, it's finally time for me to hit the tournament tables again this weekend at the London Open. I haven't been totally idle gaming-wise - I TOed an RTT for our local...

Forge World Knights – The Goonhammer Hot Take

Alongside the Chaos Knights FAQ, Games Workshop have surprised everyone by dropping some revised rules for the various Forge World Knights, and new rules for some upcoming ones. Today, One_Wing dives into these to explore whether this changes how...

Tournament Report: Bristol City Open 2019, Part 2

Some of the Goonhammer crew are regular tournament attendees. In our Wednesday Tournament Reports, we cover the latest events we've attended, what we took to them, the strategies we employed, and how it all worked out. Continuing from last...

Codex Chaos Knights – The Goonhammer Review

As Games Workshop releases new kits, rules, and books for Warhammer 40,000, we'll be there to review them. In our Reviews, we take a look at the contents of the new product and what it means for you, whether you're...

Tournament Report: Bristol City Open 2019, Part 1

Some of the Goonhammer crew are regular tournament attendees. In our Wednesday Tournament Reports, we cover the latest events we've attended, what we took to them, the strategies we employed, and how it all worked out. This week, our...

Tactica – Necron Monster Mash

Introduction Hi folks, Wings here. You may have recently been exposed to the maniacal cacklings of my rather more robotic alter ego covering what's gone down when I've taken variants on my rather unusual Necron list to events. While the...

Tournament Report – Summer Tides 2019 – Revenge of Overlord Wings

Introduction I'M BACK! THE STUPID ELF IS BUSY PAINTING SOME...I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE, SOME SORT OF PATHETIC ELF TECHNOLOGY, NOT IMPORTANT. WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS ME, OVERLORD WINGS, TACTICAL GENIUS, AND HOW GREAT IT IS THAT I HAVE ONCE...

Quickfire Tournament Report – Bad Moon GT Series

Introduction The 40K season continues to run hot, and galaxy-brain genius yours truly managed to book tournaments three weekends in a row and commit to writing a more general strategy article during an busy period at work. What could go wrong? Well,...