tournament reports

Baby’s First Tournament – Raf Goes to the Age of Sigmar Chicago Open

So there I was, a total Matched Play newbie, staring across the table at Team USA representative and nationally ranked AoS Player Anthony Trentanelli. I'm a casual player! A Path to Glory hound! Talk about a record-scratch-how-did-I get-here-moment. I...

Two in a Row: Jack Harpster Recaps His Win at the GW Chicago Open

Winning at NOVA in September wasn't enough - today we're joined by Jack Harpster from the Art of War, recapping his victory at the GW US Open Major in Chicago, once again picking up an army with zero practice...

Blood Bowl Tournament Report: Chaos Cup Part 2

Welcome back, Sports Fans, to the second of two articles detailing Dan’s experience at the 2022 Chaos Cup! You can catch up on part 1 here. Let’s see how he did with the final 3 games of the event! At...

Goonhammer Event Report: the 2022 Michigan GT in Lansing, Michigan

The Michigan GT happened this past weekend (Sep 30 - October 2) in downtown Lansing, Michigan at the Lansing Center. The event has been going for about a decade, first starting small as a Warhammer 40k GT and now...

Blood Bowl Tournament Report: Chaos Cup Part 1

Welcome back, Sports Fans! We’re back this week with the first half of Dan’s coverage of the 20th annual Chaos Cup! We sent him (on his dime lol) to Chicago for the largest Blood Bowl event in North America....

Bonesplitterz at the Blackout VI GT: An Age of Sigmar Tournament Report

The Blackout series of events are 5-round, 2000-point matched play AoS affairs, usually run as ‘by the book’ as possible. Veteran TO Chris Tomlin has had an understandably rough recent run of it with cancellations and drops around Covid,...

NOVA Champion Jack Harpster Recaps the Event

We've finally reached the finale of our coverage of the NOVA 2022 event and we're going out with a bang. This week we're joined by current #1 in the ITC player Jack Harpster from The Art of War, who...

Maybe This Time I’ll Do Damage: Malifaux at the NoVa Open, Part II

Welcome back, Mali-folks.  Last time we discussed Team Danger Planet’s trip to the Malifaux Masters Invitational, the claiming of the top spot by Haku, and my own bitter defeat at the hands of popedarpa.  Plus: Karaoke, Root and Azul. ...

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2022, Part 19: Warzone Houston Prep

Hello, Dear Reader, and welcome back to my ongoing blog covering my competitive and hobby journeys through 2022. Last time around I fired up the muscle wizards and took them to another RTT, finishing 4th after a close loss...

Competitive Innovations in the Mortal Realms: Chasing Low Drops

We're starting to see a trend reader - more and more armies are foregoing Bounty Hunters because there's less Galletian Veteran units running around, and trying to stack up Battle Regiments in order to outdrop and thus dictate control...