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Pathfinders Kill Team Tactics

Are you really, really into the whole "no I in team" concept? Do you dream of serving the greater good? Do you really want to stay out of melee? Do you want to play with an actually competitive team for the...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Windy City Warfare

War doesn't stand still, and while we're still somewhat in Balance Dataslate waiting room, there's plenty to talk about on the battlefields of the 41st Millenium, with a US supermajor going into the books in Chicago, and plenty of...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Major Mayhem pt.1

The last few weeks were very much the calm before the storm - this weekend was one of the biggest yet in 9th, with well over a thousand players participating in GT+ events, the first Goonhammer Open in Canada,...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Conspicuously Pachyderm-Free Room

Plenty more Warhammer this weekend past, and lots of Warhammer on the one coming up. The biggest London Grand Tournament yet is going to be the largest single showcase for the Nephilim metagame so far, and should give us a...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Segmentum Pacificus Rim

We've got some blowout weeks coming up, but for the first time in ages the weekend just past was relatively quiet. In 2022, that means we merely have two majors and two big GTs to look at, but hey, I've...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Lone Heroes

Apologies for being a day late - I'm recovering from a bout of COVID! Nephilim continues to be very popular, but it's fair to say that this week mostly feels like we've hit the point where the metagame has fully consolidated...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: NOVA Reanimation

This week sees the post-lockdown return of the NOVA open, traditionally one of the biggest events in the 40K calendar and very much back in style this year. Supermajor numbers, GW terrain, and a hotly contested top bracket producing...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Hive Noon pt.1

40K - it's what's happening. Somehow we have a third consecutive week of 10+ events, so there's lots to cover. Today we'll be looking at: Battle in the Bush (Major) Huxley's Open 2022 (Major) Rise of Kings Brewhammer KC Summer...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Global Spectacular pt. 2

Warhammer. So much Warhammer. More Warhammer, all of the time. Things are good, is what we're saying. Picking up from where we left off on Wednesday, today we'll be looking at: Denver 40K Fight Club (Major) The Iowaaagh! Open (Major) Grand...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Global Spectacular pt. 1

It's happening agaiiiiinnnn. We've hit another week where truly spectacular amounts of Warhammer has happened all around the world, with just over seven hundred players participating in an event of GT size or larger before you count the main event of...