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40K Competitive Innovations

Competitive Innovations in 10th: Silver Tide pt.1

James "One_Wing" Grover - February 28, 2024

Welp, it's finally happened, this week we're going to three parts. That's because the past weekend was an absolutely astounding blowout of 40K, featuring ~1200 players participating in 16 GT+ events (around half of them majors) and that doesn't even account for...

Competitive Play

Hammer of Math: Save Distribution in Warhammer 40k

"Primaris" Kevin Genson - February 26, 2024

This week's Hammer of Math expands on the work from last week and looks at how Saves are distributed across the competitive scene. Last week we looked at how toughness characteristics were distributed in Warhammer 40k tournament lists and talked...

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UTC Weekend Recap and Preview: February 23, 2024

MildNorman - February 23, 2024

The Unified Tournament Circuit is a regional circuit for Warhammer 40k and Age of Sigmar which covers the area between Virginia and Newfoundland. In case you missed our announcement, you can find it here. You can find the full calendar...

40K Competitive Innovations

Competitive Innovations in 10th: 24-Karat Carnage pt.2

James "One_Wing" Grover - February 23, 2024

It's not just the 10,000 dispensing the Emperor's wrath this week, and today we'll see that the Sororitas are at it as well. Presumably the Drukhari have falsified some documents to get themselves off the purging list, because they're...

40K Competitive Innovations

Competitive Innovations in 10th: 24-Karat Carnage pt.1

James "One_Wing" Grover - February 21, 2024

The Adeptus Custodes are back in business this week, bringing joy to the hearts of anyone who loves gold and despair to anyone who hates playing against army-wide 4+ Invulnerable Saves. Please do not think too hard about whether...

Columns

Games Industry News Roundup- February 20th, 2024

Dan "Swiftblade" Richardson - February 20, 2024

We look at some of the top news stories of the past week in the games industry.

Battle Reports

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2024, Part 2: Shaking Off the Rust

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - February 20, 2024

TheChirurgeon's Road through 2024 picks back up with more chaos space marine hobby progress and a practice game against post-dataslate Custodes.

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FutureProof Modular Terrain: Timeless Like RoboCop, or Eternal Shame Like RoboCop 3? – The Goonhammer Review

Andrew "Pendulin" Haywood - February 20, 2024

FutureProof Modular Terrain is hot on Kickstarter. Check out our hands-on review (feat. RoboCop references, for some reason).

A History of Miniature Violence

An Epic Tale – The History of Small Scale Wargaming in the Grim Darkness

Thundercloud1 - February 20, 2024

We take a look at the history of Epic and how Games Workshop got from a standalone game to sell marines on both sides to the modern release of Legions Imperialis.

Hammer of Math

Hammer of Math: Toughness Distribution in Warhammer 40k

"Primaris" Kevin Genson - February 19, 2024

This week's Hammer of Math takes a more holistic look at the datasheets of Warhammer 40k and tries to get a sense of how Toughness characteristics are distributed.