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Meta Update: October Results and the SoCal Open

James "Boon" Kelling - November 2, 2019

Welcome to Goonhammer's inaugural monthly meta analysis! In our new series we'll take a look at the performance of varying factions within the competitive scene during the month prior and attempt to draw conclusions, prognosticate, and wildly speculate on...

Battle Reports

Gunum Presents: Hear me out, Wings! Birds of Goon.

Chase "Gunum" Garber - November 1, 2019

Flying on the Wings of Victory Hello everyone! Still-not-first ITC Dark Angels Gunum here, bringing you another write-up on trying to come up with my own powerful Dark Angel meta, one unit at a time. This time with a special...

Battle Reports

Tournament Preview – Three Cool Lists from Blood and Glory

James "One_Wing" Grover - October 30, 2019

As the dark season continues to extend its icy tendrils across my rainy island home, tournament season continues in full swing, and this weekend I'll be heading up to Derby for Blood and Glory. This was one of my...

Aeronautica Imperialis

Tactica: Aeronautica Imperialis

Thundercloud - October 26, 2019

Aeronautica Imperialis has been out for some time now, and hopefully you've had a chance to dig into it and get some games under your belt. Maybe you've already started painting or carving little notches into the sides of...

Gaming

Start Competing: Blood Angels Tactics

Liam "Corrode" Royle - October 25, 2019

This page now references an out of date edition of the game. For Start Competing: Blood Angels in 10th edition and onwards, please click here. The Blood Angels have a long history in Warhammer 40k, appearing as one of the...

Battle Reports

A Trip Report: Naramyth Forsakes the Bacon!

Cyle "Naramyth" Thompson - October 24, 2019

Another month, another RTT. This time we are in Bismark and since I can shelve the Ad Mech for now and I want to play my marines I figured I'd kill two hogs with one stone and dive into...

Kill Team

Vanguard Marines Sneak Into Kill Team

novembermike - October 24, 2019

In the October 2019 copy of White Dwarf, Games Workshop has released new and updated rules for using Vanguard Marines and Intercessors for Adeptus Astartes and Deathwatch in Kill Team. Some of it is new, some of it is...

Battle Reports

Gunum Presents: Hear me out, Cyle! Raising a Champion.

Chase "Gunum" Garber - October 23, 2019

Dark Fists in a World of Iron Hello everyone! Doing-his-best Angel Gunum here, bringing you another write-up on trying to come up with my own powerful Dark Angel meta, one unit at a time. Also, and maybe even harder, trying...

Gaming

Codex Supplement: Salamanders – The Goonhammer Review

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - October 20, 2019

Nearly two months since the Space Marines Codex v2.0 first released, we're finally getting the last parts of Marinetember, with the Imperial Fists and Salamanders supplements releasing (and a few key units that people expected to release months ago)....

Reviews

Crafting for the Future – Psychic Awakening: Phoenix Rising Review Part 4 – Asuryani

James "One_Wing" Grover - October 20, 2019

By this point in the week it hopefully hasn't escaped your notice that three of the Aeldari factions (sorry Harlequins) have received shiny new rules from the first book in the Psychic Awakening series, Phoenix Rising (which is in-stores...