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Big Golden Heroes: Talons of the Emperor (Adeptus Custodes) Kill Team Tactics

Do you want like your warriors, big, elite, and decked out in golden armor from head to toe? Does the idea of running teams of more than four models bore you? Do you really wish your models could perform...

The Goonhammer Open UK: Announcements, List Submission, and Prizes!

The inaugural edition of the Goonhammer Open UK is now just 4 weeks away! We're really looking forward to the weekend, and as the event draws closer, we have some announcements to make, a reminder about list submission, and...

The Goonhammer Open UK – Important Updates

A couple of months ago we announced the first UK edition of The Goonhammer Open - a 64 player Warhammer 40k tournament in Nottingham. We have some important updates regarding the event - we're publishing these here and also...

Hammer Out Cancer this weekend

Looking for some fun competitive 40k this weekend? Want to tell cancer to fuck off? The Best in Faction podcast and Art of War are putting on a covid safe Hammer Out Cancer event this weekend. A local Pacific...

Start Competing: Kharadron Overlords

Do you like airships? Like, a lot? Are you big on steampunk aesthetics? As a child, did you watch your VHS copy of Time Bandits until the tape degraded beyond use? Well then the Kharadron Overlords might be the Age of Sigmar...

Vanguard Tactics Grand Series – A Model For the Future?

Last weekend, I attended the first Vanguard Tactics Grand Series event. This was one of the very first UK tournaments since the Covid-19 pandemic, and there's been a fair amount of attention focused on it - I think it's...

Wings Looks Back – Top 5 Games of 8th Edition

8th Edition's twilight is upon us and the new dawn of 9th is visible on the horizon, and there's no better time to indulge in a bit of nostalgia. 8th Edition is what got me to try the game...

Tournament Report – Battlefield Birmingham 17

This honestly feels like a weird thing to write, given how much things have changed since the weekend, but we're not going to have much tournament coverage for a while, so here goes. This past weekend, in the happier times...

The Coronavirus – Why Tournaments and ITC Scoring Should Be Suspended

Here at Goonhammer, we love 40K so much that we've effectively turned it into a second job. Whether it's throwing down with friends over a kitchen table, heading to local clubs or going for glory at tournaments, playing this game...

North East Open Tournament Analysis

Good news - big changes in the metagame means that it's exciting to write about tournament results again! Last week we previewed the North East Open, a 100-player major happening in the UK with a formidible roster of players...