Warhammer 40k

Greg’s 2019 in Review: Get a Load of This Clown.

I started 2019 with a pretty simple goal: not giving a shit about Warhammer 40,000. It, uh, didn't exactly go according to plan. Goonhammer This is going up here first, because it's the single biggest hobby contribution I (or anyone else),...

The Narrative Forge: Building Narrative Armies

The Warhammer 40,000 universe is a massive place, and the “Narrative Forge” hobby articles encourage thinking outside the box (literally) when putting models together and stretching yourself out in the hobby. They aim to make hobbyists and players comfortable...

TheChirurgeon’s 2019 Year-In-Review

As 2019 comes to a close, a lot of the Goonhammer crew have been talking about looking back at the past year and writing retrospectives on what they accomplished. I'm all for this, since it gives us easy content...

Start Competing: Orks Tactics

This page now references an out of date edition of the game. For Start Competing: Orks in 10th edition and onwards, please click here. WAAAGH da Orks! Orks have been an iconic part of the 40k range for a long, long...

Army Showcase: SRM’s Knights of House Lakar and Household Guard

The Painter: Campbell "SRM" McLaughlin The Army: Imperial Knights and Astra Militarum Points: Just over 2,500 Collected: Since 2016 The Past As is the case with many burgeoning Knight households, this army began with the Imperial Knights Renegade box set. Two giant robots, a smattering of terrain,...

Hear Me Out, Wings: World Eaters

There’s more to 40k than just grinding out endless RTTs and rolling on endless maelstrom tables for wacky results. In Hear Me Out, Goonhammer authors explore building offbeat lists and playing with new concepts, and put those concepts to the...

Start Competing: This Game is Actually Not Bullshit – Playing From Behind and Hanging On When You Are Ahead

Let's start in media res: Imagine you are staring down an Iron Hands gunline. You have the bottom of the turn and have eaten some real damage without punching back as hard as you could have. Maybe your target...

Hammer of Math: Quick Hits, 12/16/2019

We've been linking a questionnaire form for you fine readers to submit ideas for us to explore, and this week's article will be the first of those Quick Hits. Get it? Hammer of Math? Quick Hits? We know it's...

Blood of Champion: An Interview with Richard Siegler, Champion of the Atlanta Pro Tabletop Open

The Atlanta Pro Tabletop Open wrapped up on Sunday night and after nine rounds of knock-down, drag-out, white-knuckle dice rolling, a champion was crowned. Goonhammer sat down with tournament champion, one of the top 40k players in the ITC,...

Hear Me Out, Chase: Iron Warriors

There's more to 40k than just grinding out endless RTTs and rolling on endless maelstrom tables for wacky results. In Hear Me Out, Goonhammer authors explore building offbeat lists and playing with new concepts, and put those concepts to the...