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2Q22 Post-Dataslate Faction Focus: Thousand Sons

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - April 27, 2022

Games Workshop dropped its Q2 Balance Dataslate for 40k in mid-April, dramatically changing a number of key factions. Astra Militarum, Marines and Sisters were buffed, Harlequins, T’au, and Custodes were nerfed, and some key game rules were changed. Now...

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TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2022, Part 8: The April Ettin RTT

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - April 12, 2022

Welcome back, Dear Reader! Two weeks ago I had a double-post week detailing my exploits at the March Asgard RTT, followed by a Crusade weekend with a bunch of the Goonhammer crew. The reason I powered out both of...

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TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2022, Part 7: Crusade Weekend

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - March 31, 2022

Welcome back, Dear Reader! It's only been a couple of days since my previous article on my progress through 2022, but I felt it was worth writing a quick update before this weekend, when I'll be going to the...

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TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2022, Part 6: The March Asgard RTT

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - March 29, 2022

Welcome back, Dear Reader, to my ongoing (mis)adventures in competitive 40k. While Adepticon moves forward in Chicago this weekend, I remain behind, typing up this recap from the previous weekend on a plane. So let's talk about the previous...

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TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2022, Part 5: Aeldari March Madness

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - March 17, 2022

Welcome back, Dear Reader, to my ongoing (mis)adventures in competitive 40k. In my last article I attended the February Asgard RTT and again went 2-1, losing my first game to Custodes. I finally brought my Thousand Sons to their...

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TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2022, Part 4: Another Asgard RTT

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - February 28, 2022

Welcome back, Dear Reader, to my ongoing (mis)adventures in competitive 40k. In my last article I attended the January RTT at Asgard and went 2-1. Then LVO happened, Nachmund came out, and everything shifted. Today I'm going to talk...

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Warzone Nachmund Faction Focus: Thousand Sons

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - February 25, 2022

The first competitive season for 40k has arrived, with War Zone: Nachmund giving us new points, missions, secondary objectives, and rules to contemplate. These rules represent a major shake-up for competitive 40k and to help you make sense of...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Back to Work, Back to War

James "One_Wing" Grover - January 12, 2022

It's a new year and after a brief Sanguinalia truce war has kicked back off on tournament tables across the globe, so we've got our first crop of results to talk about. While we're still a few weeks out...

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Competitive Innovations in 9th: December Duels

James "One_Wing" Grover - December 8, 2021

The Balance Dataslate continues to have big impacts, with substantial shakeups to the list designs of the top factions and renewed challenges from other armies all on show at big events in the UK and US. The weekend also...

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TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2021, Part 18: Making the Jump to Space Wizards

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - December 1, 2021

Welcome back, Dear Reader, to my ongoing, weekly slog toward some level of competitive respectability in the 2021 ITC season. In my last update I wrote about finishing 36th at the Games Workshop Austin event, and the games I...