Tactics

Battletech: Pest Control: How to Kill Elementals

While mechs are the stars of Battletech, it's a full combined-arms game. Today we're looking at how to fight against clan elementals.

Unit Roles in Conquest

Welcome to our continuing series covering everything Conquest: The Last Argument of Kings! We have articles covering the skirmish form of the game, First Blood, as well but today we're looking at the big full-army rank-and-file format. Army Composition...

Start Competing: Chaos Space Marines Updated!

We’re currently doing a big inventory and update on our Start Competing series, and today we've updated Chaos Space Marines, finally bringing it up to date to account for the 9th edition codex that dropped over the summer. This...

Terrain 101: Making good competitive tables for Kill Team

Attention, company! Welcome back to our weekly Kill Team coverage. Today we're covering one of the most basic aspects of the game: How to set up a good terrain layout. Whether you're a casual dicechucker or a competitive die-hard,...

Star Wars: Armada Naval Academy – Dice 101

Today’s naval academy is about Star Wars: Armada’s dice and their suspiciously candy-like design. This article is dedicated to Greg, who requested an explanation of the game’s dice in very, very simple terms. Let’s talk about basic mechanics, cryptic...

Welcome Back to Warhammer: Nick Nanavati’s Warzone Atlanta Recap

Hello friends! This weekend I had the pleasure of attending Warzone Atlanta, one of the most fun events out there. This event would mark my return to singles competition in Warhammer after a very quiet season for me. Like...

Start Competing: Death Guard Tactics Updated!

We're currently doing a big inventory and update on our Start Competing series, and I chose to knock out some of the low-hanging fruit this week by updating Death Guard. There wasn't a ton to fix here - it...

Kill Team Tactics: Ork Kommandos

Among the most kunning orks in the galaxy, Kommandos represent the most effective operatives the Orks can muster, teams of speshulist operatives who can make their way undetected through a battlefield and savage unsuspecting foes. Kommandos were, along with...

Battletech: Basic Tactics and Playing High Tech vs. Low Tech

The extent of force composition rules in Battletech are simple Battle Value (BV) balancing - both sides should end up with approximately the same total. The simplicity of these rules commonly causes a divide between people who prefer to spend that BV budget on more mechs or spend it on better mechs. As with nearly everything in Battletech, there's very little consensus on which is better.

Horus Heresy Tactica: Legion Dreadnoughts

Welcome to Horus Heresy Tactica, our series that provides a deep dive in a specific mechanic, interaction or aspect of play in Warhammer: the Horus Heresy. So the first FAQs of the new edition have come and gone and it's...