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Tournament Focus – Three Cool Lists from the Alliance Open

After his recent successes my Wraithknight needs just a little bit longer to recharge his...batteries? Wraithbones? Probably soulstones. Whatever. Anyway the point is I'm not heading to a tournament this week, but it's a very busy weekend in the...

Tournament Preview – Three Cool Lists from Blood and Glory

As the dark season continues to extend its icy tendrils across my rainy island home, tournament season continues in full swing, and this weekend I'll be heading up to Derby for Blood and Glory. This was one of my...

A Trip Report: Naramyth Forsakes the Bacon!

Another month, another RTT. This time we are in Bismark and since I can shelve the Ad Mech for now and I want to play my marines I figured I'd kill two hogs with one stone and dive into...

Tournament Report – Seeds of Destruction

Last week we looked at three lists from the Seeds of Destruction GT in Wales, and the event is now in the books so it's time for a write-up. If you want to see my list before we jump...

Tournament Preview – Three Cool Lists from Crucible 8 GT

Participating in the Nova Open's Narrative event has left me hungry for more 40k, so I've set my sights on attending the Crucible 8 GT this weekend. This will be my first time attending Crucible, and I'm pretty excited! Down...

Tournament Preview – Three Cool Lists from Seeds of Destruction

Tournament season is back! For whatever reason, the months of October and November are extremely densely packed with events in the UK calendar, so just like last year it's time for a wild ride of events through to Christmas,...

Prime Time – ITC Primary Mission Tactics

Editor's Note: This article refers to the 2019 ITC mission pack. An updated version for the 2020 missions will be produced once the pack leaves beta. Wednesday is our slot for content aimed at tournament players, and this week is...

Tournament Report – LGT 2019 – Part 1

As previewed last week, this past weekend I've been at the LGT 2019. After a notoriously rocky event last year, the pressure was on the organisers to deliver a fantastic tournament experience, and the first bit of good news...

Tournament Preview – Three Cool Lists from the LGT

This coming week sees an especially exciting tournament coming up - the LGT. As TheChirurgeon already covered in his metagame analysis article, this represents the last "grand slam" of the summer, and is also the last huge event prior...

Lock, Stock, & Two Loaded Dice: Dealing With Cheating

Disclaimer: I am neither a behavioral economist nor psychologist. As such I refer to established experts in their field and cite their works where appropriate in discussing theories of dishonesty. Cheater. Possibly the most serious accusation someone can level at...