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40K Competitive Innovations

Competitive Innovations in 10th: Silver Tide pt.3

James "One_Wing" Grover - March 2, 2024

At this point I have to accept that I fully exist in a hell of my own creation. I'm writing this sitting at the judges desk at the Goonhammer Open, with round 1 in full swing, and Lowest of...

40K Competitive Innovations

Competitive Innovations in 10th: Silver Tide pt.2

James "One_Wing" Grover - March 1, 2024

Our gigantic week continues today, with Lowest of Men taking the helm on the next five events. Just before I (Wings) let him loose, some hype up top - this weekend we're taking an active hand in pumping up the number...

40K Competitive Innovations

Competitive Innovations in 10th: Silver Tide pt.1

James "One_Wing" Grover - February 28, 2024

Welp, it's finally happened, this week we're going to three parts. That's because the past weekend was an absolutely astounding blowout of 40K, featuring ~1200 players participating in 16 GT+ events (around half of them majors) and that doesn't even account for...

40K Competitive Innovations

Competitive Innovations in 10th: 24-Karat Carnage pt.2

James "One_Wing" Grover - February 23, 2024

It's not just the 10,000 dispensing the Emperor's wrath this week, and today we'll see that the Sororitas are at it as well. Presumably the Drukhari have falsified some documents to get themselves off the purging list, because they're...

Goonhammer

Q1 2024 Balance Dataslate & MFM – Xenos – The Goonhammer Review

James "One_Wing" Grover - January 30, 2024

Today Games Workshop released a massive update for Warhammer 40,000 giving us a huge shake-up for competitive play. In addition to the balance dataslate for Q1 2024, we also saw the release of a new game-wide points update, rules/FAQ...

40K Competitive Innovations

Competitive Innovations in 10th: Festive Fury pt.2

James "One_Wing" Grover - December 8, 2023

We need all the Warhammer you have. ...no that's too much. A plus-ultra sized week continues here, with another seven events on the docket. Let's see how it's looking out there. Today we have Lowest of Men investigating: Warzone: Atlanta 2023 Warhammer 40k...

Battle Reports

Ringing at the Kill Team World Championships: An Event Report

HappyRaccoon - December 7, 2023

Salutations readers, welcome to my recap of the 2023 World Championships of Warhammer, in which I played as a ringer! I was both very lucky to be covering the event for Goonhammer and also to be allowed to play in...

Competitive Play

2023 World Championships 40k Player Profile: Richard Siegler

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - November 15, 2023

The World Championships of Warhammer are next week and we’re prepping by talking to some of the key competitors at this year’s event - many of whom are also competing for top honors in the ITC. We sat down...

40K Competitive Innovations

Competitive Innovations in 10th: How Celestine Got Her Groove Back pt.2

James "One_Wing" Grover - October 20, 2023

The new slogan may as well be "so much Warhammer, all of the time" so we're going to get straight into it today - Lowest of Men is in charge, and will be covering: Kippers' Melee 2023 - 40k (major) ...

40K Competitive Innovations

Competitive Innovations in 10th: How Celestine Got Her Groove Back pt.1

James "One_Wing" Grover - October 18, 2023

Warhammer will continue until morale improves, apparently - we've got another gigantic week for your delectation, and more interesting builds at the top (plus the regular crop of Aeldari for you to boo and throw turnips at). Today I'll be covering: ...