Tactics

Understanding the NOVA Tournament Format: A Primer

Unlike almost all of our editorial team, I'm sadly not going to be able to make the NOVA Open, as I have a prior commitment. With that in mind, I hadn't really looked at the NOVA mission pack, other...

Necromunday: How to Play Necromunda (We Promise It’s Worth It)

The 40k universe stretches well beyond the war-torn battlefields of distant planets. In Necromunda, violent gangs clash in the tunnels and sewers of the planet's largest hive city. Continuing this week, Dan “Sex Cannon” Boyd, Jules “Merton” O’Hare, and...

Codex Space Marines – The Goonhammer Review – Part 2 (Units)

In case you missed Part 1 of our Codex: Space Marines Review, you can find it here. We really wanted to keep our review of Codex: Space Marines to a single article, but the book is just so damn massive...

Codex Space Marines – The Goonhammer Review – Part 1 (Army & Faction Traits)

8th Edition has not, if we're honest, been a great time to be a Space Marine player. Until now. More than any other faction save Grey Knights, Marines have laboured for the last two years under the dreadful burden of having...

Start Competing: Adeptus Mechanicus Tactics

The Adeptus Mechanicus are the technological arm of the Imperium, building and maintaining the vast array of war machines that it depends on for wars.

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...

Start Competing: Asuryani/Craftworld Eldar Tactics

Overview Welcome to our guide to learning how to wield the elegant, sophisticated weapon that is the armoury of the Craftworld Aeldari. Like the other articles in this series, this one will focus on the core of what the Craftworlds...

Repulsor Executioner Points Increase – The Goonhammer Hot Take

Credit: Booley, again. Damn those are some fine Repulsors that I covered up with some fast Photoshop text.   It seems like only last week we were posting long-winded musings on the value of the Repulsor Executioner. And now all of...

Mathematical Musings – Repulsor Executioner Review/Analysis (Part 1)

Ridiculously sick model courtesy of Jack Hunter With the sheer volume of units and options available to 40k players, it can be difficult to determine if something is good and how to best use it, especially if the unit is...

Start Competing: Dark Eldar/Drukhari Tactics

Welcome to the Dark City! If you’ve always been Drukhari-curious but never knew how best to approach this weird collection of torture elves, Frankenstein elves, and pirate boats, then this is the article for you. The purpose of the...