Tactics

Competitive Innovations Editorial: What GW Should do About Drukhari

How do you solve a problem like Drukhari? Realistically, you have two options: A. ride it out and hope that a mixture of players adapting and future releases will bring the problem under control, or B. get the nerf bat...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Drukhari and the Dallas Open

Last week we went wide, this week we're going tall. The Dallas Open was a huge showcase for the game, with over 170 players starting, and eight rounds to ensure that the finest lists had a chance to emerge...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Spring Up GT and War for the Wooden Spoon

The floodgates have well and truly opened this week, with an absolute blockbuster schedule of events that put a wide range of armies that have been painstakingly developed over lockdown to the test alongside new contenders Drukhari. The sheer volume...

Infinity Fundamentals, Part IV: Initiative Rolls and Deployment

The Initiative Roll and both players' Deployment in Infinity set the conditions for the whole game. Because of the Orders mechanic rather than a conventional IGOUGO structure where every model can move throughout the game, many of your models...

Death Guard: Building Around the Terminus Est Assault Force

There's been a lot of talk about the new Terminus Est Assault Force and whether it's going to be good competitively. Today Goonhammer Chaos authors Don Hooson and Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones are looking at the army and offering thoughts...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Ratcon 2021 & Comic Quest GT

Results are rolling in once more, and this week we've got two events to look at - a major in Australia (featuring the debut of the Drukhari codex) and the top 8 pod of a special GT that's been...

Infinity Fundamentals, Part II: Building Lists for Competitive Play

Welcome to part 2 of our four-part series on the fundamentals of Infinity. If you missed part I on general strategy, you can find it here. We've previously talked about the Fundamentals of List Building in Lupe's article on the...

Infinity Fundamentals, Part I: Strategy

Welcome back to our regular Infinity coverage! In this week's article we're diving back into tactics and strategy with a deep dive into the basics of strategy from Genghis Cohen, whom you may recognize from our Necromunday series. Today...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Brisbane Open & West Australia Iron Man

So to answer the first question - yes I contemplated pulling out some second edition army lists and trying to do a bit for Goonhammer 96 week, but the idea of trying to wrap my head around the 2nd...

Marvel Crisis Protocol Affiliation Spotlight: Defenders

In this series for newer or casual players we introduce the various Affiliations in Marvel Crisis Protocol, dip into their comic book history, and talk about building a roster around them. This week we’re covering the Defenders! Updated 02/03/2020 to...