tyranids

White Dwarf 471 – Crusher Stampede Army of Renown Review

White Dwarf has given us matched play legal rules before - typically in the form of Space Marine Successor Chapter rules - but with issue 471 we’re getting our first taste of rules legal for matched play that are...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: To the Finish Line

Christmas is nearly upon us, after which we launch into an exciting new year where it sounds like we're due three codexes in pretty rapid succession, a new set of missions, and (presumably) some further points updates too. There's...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Talos Terrorize Texas

This week the Balance Dataslate has fully hit, and there's a huge number of events to talk about including the latest GW Roadshow supermajor, so this week's column is bumper sized, and shows off what look to be some...

Army Showcase: Rockfish’s Hive Fleet Leviathan

Finishing your own army is core to the Warhammer 40,000 hobby. In our Army Showcase series, Goonhammer contributors take a look at the armies we’ve been collecting for years, and the new ones we’ve just finished – what drew us to...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Liminal State

Last week was a big old upheaval for competitive 40K thanks to the release of the first Balance Dataslate, and thanks to the intrepid players and TOs at Northern Warlords, this week, we get a first glimpse of the...

Playing Tyranids with Synaptic Link and the Leviathan Supplement

We recently had John Lennon weigh in on playing Tyranids with the new Octarius rules but there’s enough in the new content to give players multiple ways to build. We sat down with longtime hivemind devotee Innes Wilson, who...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Last Orders pt.2

Our tour through this great time of flux continues today, with seven GTs to take a look at (two large enough to have multiple undefeated players). Quite a few more from the Balance Slate's big losers, ominous sightings of...

Shadows in the Meta: Playing Post-Octarius Tyranids

Welcome, dear readers to another article on the developing meta! I’m John Lennon from the Art of War, and today I’m here to talk to you about Tyranids. Many people don’t know this but I’ve totally, actually been a...

Hammer of Math: Hive Mind Synaptic Link

This week's Hammer of Math takes a look at the impact of the new Hive Mind Synaptic Link abilities out of War Zone Octarius Book 1: Rising Tide. In November Codex: Tyranids will turn four years old, enjoying the same...

War Zone Octarius Book 1: Rising Tide – The Narrative Play Rules

Welcome back, Dear Reader, to our review of the Narrative Play rules in Warzone Octarius Book 1: Rising Tide. If you missed our review of the Matched Play rules in the book, you can find that review here. Today...