Warhammer 40k

9th Edition Initial Impressions Roundtable

With 9th edition finally upon us, it’s time to talk about the rules! Having had a chance to pore over the new rules from the Indomitus box, the Goonhammer team are offering their first impressions on 9th edition and...

Indomitus Unboxing and Review

9th edition is rapidly approaching and thanks to the gracious folks at Games Workshop, we've got the upcoming Indomitus boxed set in our hands for review. This box is absolutely awesome and the back really hammers home just how...

How to Paint Everything: Fabius Bile

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. With the release of War of the Spider and his...

Goonhammer’s 9th Edition Content Schedule

9th edition is almost here, dear readers and we are absolutely HYPE to talk about it. Now that we have the rules in our hands, we're ready to start talking about it in detail - from rules and what's...

Goodbye, 8th edition: The best games I played in the best edition (so far)

I started playing Warhammer 40,000 in the summer of 1996 with the release of Codex: Chaos in 2nd edition. From then I played pretty regularly through about 2003 when, disgusted with the 4th edition Codex: Chaos Space Marines and...

Ninth Edition Update: the Total Obliteration of My First Draft

The Warhammer Community team dropped a large helping of information on Unit Coherency today, with new info on their streams and on Warhammer-Community. While we don’t publish all of these updates as posts, we transcribe them to use when...

Hammer of Math: 9th Edition Morale and Attrition

Games Workshop released a lot of interesting tidbits about 9th Edition this week which we've helpfully summarized in our 9th Edition Weekly Round-up. One significant change is to morale and the new combat attrition mechanic. This week we'll look...

Engine War Round-Up

With all the commotion around 9th edition coming, it's easy to forget the Psychic Awakening releases that have been coming out a breakneck pace. Engine War has been out barely a month and while there may not be any...

Warhammer 40k 9th Edition Round-up, Week 4

9th edition is coming, with Warhammer 40k set to be transformed. Games Workshop have been posting details of the new edition every day, with Twitch streams and Warhammer Community articles giving us a tantalizing look into the new edition. As...

How to Paint Everything: Daemons of Tzeentch

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. With the release of Engine War we're looking at the...