Warhammer 40k

[40K] Competitive Innovations in 10th: Doing It Live pt.2

Welcome to Competitive Innovations, our weekly feature for a number of game lines across the tabletop wargame space. Each week our army list and tactics experts canvass the top tournaments for their game of specialty, looking at the week’s...

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2024, Part 34: The Dragon’s Lair GT

The Road Through 2024 continues for TheChirurgeon as he takes on a local GT, making one last go of it with his Thousand Sons before the Q4 balance update drops them down a peg.

Detachment Focus: Army of Faith

In this Detachment Focus we look at the Army of Faith for the Sisters of Battle - how they work and how to play them.

The Warhammer 40,000 October 2024 Balance Update Round-up

GW dropped a large balance update to the game this week, adjusting points for every faction and updating some core rules as well as the tournament companion. In case you missed our coverage, we recap it all here, along with links to the posts.

[40K] Competitive Innovations in 10th: Lame Duck and Cover pt.2

Welcome to Competitive Innovations, our weekly feature for a number of game lines across the tabletop wargame space. Each week our army list and tactics experts canvass the top tournaments for their game of specialty, looking at the week’s...

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2024, Part 33: Armies on Parade

Welcome back, Dear Reader, to my ongoing blog of competitive and hobby progress for 2024. Last time around I talked about the cancelation of the GW US Open in Tampa, and how that basically changed my plans. This week I'm going...

The Road to Heidelberg: The Inaugural Warhammer Conference

I am in the (rather fortunate) position that academic approaches to nerdy topics is extremely “on brand” – and that I have the resources to support that as a throughline alongside more serious academic research. All of which is to...

The Q4 2024 Balance Update: Imperium Factions

We look at the changes to the non-Space Marine Imperium factions in the Q4 2024 Balance Update, and talk about how they've changed and what it means for the competitive meta.

The Q4 2024 Balance Update: Chaos Factions

We take a deep dive into the Q4 2024 points and rules update for Warhammer 40,000 and what it did to the game's Chaos Factions - and how those factions will be affected competitively.

The Q4 2024 Balance Update: Core Changes

It is, once again, Balance Update time. 40K is in a fairly healthy spot, but as always there are some problem factions that have had things too good for too long, and a few teething issues with this year's...