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The New Maelstrom Rules and You, Part 2

Liam "Corrode" Royle - July 3, 2019

Welcome back to The New Maelstrom Rules and You! In Part 1 we talked about what the new system is and how it works. In part 2, we’ll be covering how to play well within that system - how...

Events and Challenges

TheChirurgeon’s Road to NoVA, Part 4: The Warmaster

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - July 2, 2019

78 Hours of hobby time left until NoVA. Last time I posted, I had finished up my Red Corsairs and the Spiky 17. And look, 78 hours is not a lot. But I'm not sweating it yet. In fact,...

Game Design

Summertime in Astradus: A Campaign Update

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - July 1, 2019

If you’ve been following Goonhammer since the beginning, you may remember me as the guy who writes about campaigns, and maybe even that I wrote about a campaign I’m running. If not, here’s the brief rundown: After wrapping up...

Humor

Your Legion Sucks, Part 2

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - June 26, 2019

So you actually came back for Part 2. We figured for sure we’d seen our last page view on Goonhammer dot com after part one but here you are, hate-reading the fuck out of us. That’s fine - we’ll...

Gaming

The New Maelstrom Rules and You, Part 1

Liam "Corrode" Royle - June 25, 2019

The New Maelstrom Rules and You, Part 1 Keen readers of White Dwarf will have noticed some 40k rules content slipped in with this month’s battle report, in the form of a brand new approach to utilising the Maelstrom of...

Humor

Your Legion Sucks, Part 1

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - June 20, 2019

Hello friend, and welcome to part one of Your Legion Sucks, a joint project from Greg and TheChirurgeon, the dumbest and worst (respectively) authors on this hell website. Since the dawn of time sometime around 1990, Warhammer 40,000 fans...

Events and Challenges

Time for the Real Work: TheChirurgeon’s Road to NoVA, Part 3

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - June 17, 2019

Welcome back, dear reader! When we last left off, I was anxiously beginning to chart the hours remaining I had to hobby before NoVA. I ended up with a conservative figure of about 130 hours to work with. That...

Events and Challenges

130 Hours: TheChirurgeon’s Road to NoVA, Part 2

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - June 3, 2019

The 2019 NoVA Warhammer 40,000 Grand Tournament starts on Friday, August 30th. That means that between today - June 3rd - and the event, I have 87 days to have an army painted and ready to go. During that...

Events and Challenges

TheChirurgeon’s Road to NoVA, Part 1: Planning a Spiky 17

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - May 8, 2019

Hi everyone. I'm Robert "TheChirugeon" Jones and this is the first of several posts chronicling my road to NoVA 2019. If you missed the big intro rollout to this series, you can find the overview by clicking this link,...

Events and Challenges

INTRODUCING: The Road to NoVA!

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - May 8, 2019

It's May and as of this writing we've officially got just 15 weeks before the NoVA Open Tabletop Convention kicks off on Labor Day Weekend. With the Big FAQ 3 and the relevant errata finally out, the Goonhammer crew...