Warhammer 40k

The August Competitive 40k Round-up

9th edition dropped at the end of July and changed the entire landscape of Warhammer 40,000. Since then we've seen some competitive play resume as some states and countries have lifted lockdown measures and limited events have been run...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Hellstorm RTT Safari

For the first time in a few weeks we find ourselves without a new GT to talk about as the 9th Edition evolves, but that doesn't mean that the fiery coals of innovation aren't smouldering away across the world,...

Beanith’s Road to… NoVA?: Building a Death Guard Finale?

Picture this scenario if you will, dear reader, which may or may not have happened on a typical Thursday afternoon last week. Rob: Why are you in that hammock and why are the Goonhammer Offices full of sand? Beanith: Sipping from...

How to Paint Everything: Ynnari, Part 3 – The Yncarne

In our How to Paint Everything series, we take a look at different armies of the Warhammer universe, examine their history and heraldry, and look at several different methods for painting them. A year ago we kicked off a three-part...

Tournament Report: The Tokyo Tactical Reborn

We've previously talked with David Moss about the state of 40k gaming in Tokyo and their postponed Tokyo Tactical event. In today's tournament report, special guest author David Moss is back to talk about how the event  Dice, dudes and...

Go First and Prosper: Looking at the 9th Edition Meta

The introduction of 9th edition has generated a lot of excitement and intrigue, much of which is represented in our Faction Focus article series. Additionally, we've discussed what we believe to be the competitive implications for both the new...

Little Wars: Combat Patrol Mission Gameplay in 9th

We've devoted a lot of time and energy to Strike Force missions in 9th edition, but we'd be remiss if we didn't talk about some of the other new ways to play 40k with smaller armies. In today's article,...

Hammer of Math: Imperium/Chaos Dedicated Transport Survival

One of the things that's becoming readily apparent about 9th Edition is that the ability to take and hold objectives is a key priority. Transports, which were largely ignored in 8th Edition, are seeing a comeback as a useful...

Incursion Battle Report: Blood Angels vs. Custodes

In today's Battle Report, Crab-Stuffed Mushrooms tests his Adeptus Custodes against Blood Angels in one of the new Incursion missions.

9th Edition Faction Focus: T’au Empire

9th edition is out in the wild, and with it a whole raft of changes to the factions of Warhammer 40,000. Today we are finishing off the series we started a few weeks ago by looking at the T'au...