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Competitive Innovations in 9th: March Multitudes pt.1

James "One_Wing" Grover - March 22, 2023

March marches on, with truly spectacular quantities of Warhammer continuing to happen around the world. My increasingly regular partner-in-crime Lowest of Men has once more stepped up to help, and will be taking the lead on Friday while I kick...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Guns and Goffs pt.2

James "One_Wing" Grover - March 17, 2023

The call to Waaaagh is eternal, and we've got four more big events for you today. I say we because, as promised, Tom, the Lowest of Men is back again taking the lead on some horde-heavy matchups that simply break my...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Start Wearing Purple pt.1

James "One_Wing" Grover - March 8, 2023

It's another massive week of 40K, and this time the sinister/heroic (delete as applicable) forces of the Genestealer Cults are making a big splash. While it's not quite as busy as last week, a couple of the team have offered...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Peak Warhammer pt.1

James "One_Wing" Grover - March 1, 2023

How about those Arks of Omen, eh? People sure do seem to love them. This past weekend is, I think, the biggest for tournament play we've ever had other than LGT or LVO weekends, and terrifyingly that's not counting the 300-player...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Darkest Timeline pt.1

James "One_Wing" Grover - February 15, 2023

Buckle up readers, this week Arks is fully hitting its stride, and some frontrunners are starting to emerge. To the surprise of no one in particular, and the delight of Greg, Dark Angels appear to be the army to...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Nephilim is LVOver

James "One_Wing" Grover - February 1, 2023

This weekend a momentous event took place - I took a Wraithknight to a GT and... **Extremely Loud Incorrect Buzzer** Rob is looking at me from the other side of the (very real) Goonhammer offices and shaking his head, which I...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Opening Arks

James "One_Wing" Grover - January 25, 2023

Cross-season liminal space is in full effect this week, as the first few big Arks events kick off, but the Las Vegas Open looms right in front of us as a final Nephilim blowout. Today's article is going to...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Arks Anticipation Station

James "One_Wing" Grover - January 11, 2023

It's a new year and a new season rapidly approaches, but as ever we've still got a final few weeks of the current metagame to play out before Arks of Omen fully arrives, culminating in the Las Vegas Open...

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Chapter Approved: Arks of Omen Review – Xenos

James "One_Wing" Grover - January 5, 2023

We’ve had the forces of the Imperium and Chaos - now everyone else. Perhaps unsurprisingly given how many armies the definition spans, Xenos have had a mixed time of it in Nephilim, some factions thriving thanks to powerful rules...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Eternal Grind pt.2

James "One_Wing" Grover - December 16, 2022

Four more events to look at today as we start to draw a curtain on the year. Today, we'll be looking at: Da Winter Waaagh GT Mallorca The FIGHT before XMAS Grinning Demon Series GT If you're looking for any...