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Goonhammer Roundtable: The New ITC Rules

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - February 18, 2020

Late last week the 40k competitive scene was introduced to a massive change with the publication of the new and updated 2020 ITC Champions Missions, which essentially define the competitive landscape for most of the year's major events. Although...

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The Goonhammer Open – Coming to a Country Near You!

Liam "Corrode" Royle - February 4, 2020

If you're in the UK or the US, we have exciting news for you - the Goonhammer Open is coming! We're starting our first events as tournaments for Warhammer 40,000, though if these go well we'll be looking at running...

Interview

An Interview with the LVO Judges

James "Boon" Kelling - February 4, 2020

James "Boon" Kelling sits down with the LVO 2020 judges to talk about the event and their philosophy behind making calls for 40k.

Gaming

Kill Team Meta Analysis: LVO 2020

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - January 31, 2020

Now that LVO is in the books, we can take a look back at its Kill Team Tournament with fresh eyes and look at what the event and its results say about the Kill Team format, the meta, and...

Kill Team

Letters From LVO, Day 1

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - January 25, 2020

In this series, the Goonhammer authors currently attending LVO write about their experiences at the event, cataloging each day’s games: The trials, the tribulations, the defeats, and the victories. Join us as we take the journey with them. https://youtu.be/n7A05ZVkJdw One day...

Events and Challenges

The Road to LVO: End of the Road

James "Boon" Kelling - January 23, 2020

This is the end, beautiful friend. This is the end, my only friend, the end. I didn't think I'd finish, honestly. But here we are on the eve of LVO and the army is complete. Since the last update I've had...

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Goonhammer’s Last-Minute Guide to the LVO 2020 40k Open

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - January 23, 2020

Well readers, the time has finally come - LVO is upon us. And whether you're attending in person this year, making your last-minute preparations, or just planning to follow along at home on stream, we at the Goonhammer gang...

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A Guide to Competitive Kill Team

novembermike - January 9, 2020

We recently spent a good deal of time talking about where Kill Team is and how much we enjoy it as a competitive game. But many players may find competitive play daunting, or be unsure about how it differs...

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Gunum Presents: In the shadow of greatness, an interview with Ryan Olson- The Renegade Open Champion.

Chase "Gunum" Garber - November 27, 2019

Between Two Turns Hello everyone, Chase “Gunum” Garber here and I am bringing to you a work of personal pride for me, an interview with the winner of The Renegade Open, Ryan Olson. The Renegade Open is a Major level gaming...

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Don’t Start Competing: How to Stay Bad Without Getting Mad

Greg Chiasson - November 23, 2019

My friend, you would not tell with such high zest To children ardent for some desperate glory, The old Lie: lmao git gud scrub - with apologies to Wilfred Owen I don't think it's a stretch to say we'd all like to be...