warhammer 40000

Getting Started: Astra Militarum

At Goonhammer we’ve devoted a lot of words to talking about how to compete and take your game to the next level. In “Getting Started,” we look at how to get started with an army – the basics you...

The Goonhammer Review: Warhammer 40,000 – The App, Six Months On

Back in July, Warhammer 40,000: The App was released. Our first review of it was scathing - it flatly just did not work. With six months of development time and yesterday's launch of the long-awaited Battle Forge feature, we're...

Start Competing: Space Marines Tactics

This page now references an out of date edition of the game. For Start Competing: Space Marines in 10th edition and onwards, please click here. Space Marines are the iconic faction of Warhammer 40,000. The very origins of the setting...

Start Competing: Space Marines Tactics Updated!

With a huge strain of effort, our largest Start Competing has begun to be updated. Yes, it's the Space Marines, and we're on the way to getting them written up for their surprisingly extensive 9th edition changes. With this...

Codex Supplement Blood Angels: The Goonhammer Review

Like their Space Wolf and Deathwatch brethren, it's time for the Sons of Sanguinius to join in the fun with the release of Codex Supplement: Blood Angels! This new book sets them up for the full 9th edition experience,...

Your Guide to the Warhammer 40,000 Christmas Battleforce Boxes 2020

This week, Warhammer Community announced a set of six Christmas battleforces for 40k - for Space Marines, Necrons, Astra Militarum, Chaos Space Marines, T'au Empire, and Tyranids. We'll be taking a look at each and its contents, how they...

Start Competing – Adeptus Custodes Tactics updated!

It's an exciting day as another Start Competing article is updated to drag it kicking and screaming into 9th edition. Though of course no Custodian would ever be dragged anywhere - they're much too staid and resolute for that. You...

The Goonhammer Hot Take: Space Marine FAQs

Following the release of the recent Space Marine codex, GW have followed up with a 4-week FAQ (yeah these are 4 weeks now rather than 2, who knows why). They also updated the Ultramarines and Black Templars FAQ/index documents...

Start Competing: Harlequins updated for 9th edition!

As we learn more about 9th edition, we are slowly becoming able to resume our Start Competing series, taking a fresh look at every faction for 9th edition. Our first updated article for 9th looks at the Harlequins, who...

October 2020 FAQ Update Review – Genestealer Cults and Tyranids

In advance of the upcoming release of Codex: Space Marines and as promised, Games Workshop dropped a massive FAQ update on us today (remember when we said fifteen books needed FAQs? Turns out it was more). There’s a lot...