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Start Competing: Thousand Sons Tactics

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - August 28, 2023

Start Competing: Thousand Sons Tactics The Thousand Sons are a traitor legion dedicated to the Chaos God Tzeentch, the Changer of Ways and master of sorcery and duplicity. Originally one of the first founding legions of space marines, the Thousand...

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Competitive Innovations in 10th: Signature Look of Superiority pt.2

James "One_Wing" Grover - August 25, 2023

Ah, hey, didn't see you there. Welcome. Welcome back to the hell I have made for myself. I'm sorry I ever played Aeldari, OK? I'm a Necron player now. Please release me. Once again, President Stu, our metagame yearns...

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Hammer of Math: Thousand Sons Kindred Sorcery

"Primaris" Kevin Genson - August 21, 2023

This week's Hammer of Math looks at the effects and synergies of the Kindred Sorcery detachment rule for Thousand Sons Cults of Magic in Warhammer 40k. I don't envy the folks who write rules at Games Workshop. There's a lot...

40K Competitive Innovations

Competitive Innovations in 10th: Wraithknights at the Warmaster pt.2

James "One_Wing" Grover - August 18, 2023

We soar across the Atlantic to the US for the second part of this week's Competitive Innovations. Are the Wraithknights here too? Who can say? Well, me. That's my job. I write the column where I tell you about the...

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TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2023, Part 15: Tacoma, Day 3

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - July 24, 2023

Welcome back, Dear Reader, to my ongoing chronicle of misadventures through competitive Warhammer 40,000. Last time around I chronicled my second day at the GW US Open Tacoma GT, wherein my hopes were dashed against a series of golden, Custodes-shaped rocks...

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TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2023, Part 13: Return to Tacoma (Day 1)

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - July 19, 2023

Welcome back, Dear Reader, to my ongoing chronicle of misadventures through competitive Warhammer 40,000. Last time around I was busy getting ready for 10th edition games at the GW US Open Tacoma event - playing practice games, painting models, figuring out...

40K Competitive Innovations

Competitive Innovations in 10th: Slain by an Elf

James "One_Wing" Grover - July 12, 2023

OK so the good news first - a reasonable number of TOs have rushed to adopt last week's balance changes, so this week's results are somewhat less elf-oriented. Only somewhat though - between a mixture of some events not updating,...

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TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2023, Part 12: Early Games of 10th and Tacoma Prep

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - July 8, 2023

Welcome back, Dear Reader, to my ongoing series cataloging my competitive and hobby journey through 2023. Last time around I quickly ran through the rest of my games at the KC Open. Then 10th edition released and since then I've...

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Competitive Termination of 9th Edition: Dawn of 10th

James "One_Wing" Grover - June 28, 2023

9th Edition takes its final bow this week, and there's not going to be an encore because it's 10th time. Most events the past weekend ran with 9th, but a couple of intrepid TOs pushed forward into the glorious...

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The Goonhammer Review: The 10th Edition Munitorum Field Manual (Chaos)

MildNorman - June 16, 2023

So far we’ve seen the Chaos factions of 10th edition run the gamut from very strong (Thousand Sons) to pretty dire (Death Guard), but that’s only half the story - the point values of these units makes a huge...