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Tournament Preview – Last Chance Open 2019

...or how I learnt to stop worrying and love the plane. After the fun warmup of last weekend's Tides (which you can read about here), it's time to get serious for 2019 and head into the wilds of the north...

Tournament Report – Winter Tides 2019

Happy new year and welcome back to another exciting season of tournament goodness. After a month's break since the AoC open, I'm back with a report on a good warm up for the 2019 season, this year's first Tides...

Sisters of Battle Beta Codex – The Goonhammer Review

Intro Imagine being a loyal servant of the Imperium. Ugh. Sounds awful. Not nearly enough pointy ears or nonsense flying tanks if you ask me. Nonetheless today, just for you, I will put myself through the trauma of contemplating that...

Chapter Approved Matched Play Update – Aeldari Review

Introduction Honestly, that could have gone a lot worse. Welcome to my competitive-skewed review of the changes to the Aeldari superfaction in Chapter Approved. I'll largely be homing in on the changes to Craftworlds units because: As regular readers know, I...

Tournament Report – Allies of Convenience Open – Part 2

Introduction Part 1 Welcome back to the exciting conclusion of "What I Did on My Weekend" by One_Wing, aged 29 and a half. Excitement at ending day 1 3-0 was gradually overtaken by apprehension at what I might face on the second...

Tournament Report – Allies of Convenience Open – Part 1

Introduction As promised, I went to Wales. It rained pretty much continuously. Classic Wales. Welcome to my tournament report for the Allies of Convenience open, held at Firestorm Games in Cardiff this past weekend. I previewed the event and my army...

Tournament Preview – Allies of Convenience Open

A month has passed. Too long have the forces of the Aeldari lain dormant. Watching. Waiting. Acquiring new models. This weekend, it's once again their time to shine. Welcome to another tournament preview, this time for the Allies of Convenience...

Tournament Report – Blood & Glory 2018 – Part 2

Introduction Part 1 ...and we're back. After assisting with the spirited attempt being conducted by the assembled player base to drink the bars dry of beer the night before, I was "ready" to get back into the swing of things. Because...

Tournament Report – Blood & Glory 2018 – Part 1

Introduction Welcome back to another exciting episode of Elves on Tour 2018. Concluding my extremely busy month of tournament excitement, this weekend I was at Blood & Glory, a very unusaul beast in the UK tournament scene in that it's a.)...

Tournament Preview – Blood & Glory 2018

A philosophical question for you readers - is there such a thing as too much 40K? Lol, no obviously not. Welcome to another tournament preview, this time for Blood & Glory 2018. As usual, we will be covering: The tournament format and...