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Horus Heresy Tactica: Core Psychic Disciplines

Welcome to Horus Heresy Tactica, our series that provides a deep dive in a specific mechanic, interaction or aspect of play in Warhammer: the Horus Heresy. Psychic powers have been a part of Warhammer games for decades, and Warhammer: the...

Horus Heresy Tactica: Pinning

Welcome to Horus Heresy Tactica, our series that provides a deep dive in a specific mechanic, interaction or aspect of play in Warhammer: the Horus Heresy. Morale is a key component of victory in Warhammer: the Horus Heresy, and we'll...

Horus Heresy Units of the Astartes: Lords of War

  Welcome back to Goonhammer’s series for aspiring Praetors. We know that the Horus Heresy system can seem intimidating to players unfamiliar with its particular quirks, but this series aims to equip you with everything you’ll need to play out...

Horus Heresy Hot Take: FAQs and Legacy update

  It would be fair to say there were more than a few parts of the Horus Heresy 2.0 rules that weren't entirely clear. The community has therefore been waiting with real anticipation for the new edition's first FAQ to...

Horus Heresy Tactica: Deployment

Welcome to Horus Heresy Tactica, our series that provides a deep dive in a specific mechanic, interaction or aspect of play in Warhammer: the Horus Heresy. Before any game of Warhammer: the Horus Heresy can begin, our units have to...

Horus Heresy Units of the Astartes: Heavy Support

Welcome back to Goonhammer’s series for aspiring Praetors. We know that the Horus Heresy system can seem intimidating to players unfamiliar with its particular quirks, but this series aims to equip you with everything you’ll need to play out...

Editorial: Transphobic Language and the Horus Heresy

Goonhammer is unusual in the modern content ecosystem for focusing hard on written content, often long form and detailed, with images only used for flavour or to help explain particularly complex details. We know that how we say something...

Warhammer+, Six Months In: The Goonhammer Review

Author's disclosure: Goonhammer was given a free month of Warhammer+ back in August.  Were I trying to deliver on the promise of this title format, this is the part of the article where I would post a before and after...

The Horus Heresy: The Battle of Perditus, Dark Angels Order of the Broken Claws and Death Guard Mortus Poisoners

The Tuchulcha is one of the most important narrative macguffins in the Warhammer 40,000/Horus Heresy setting, being key to the abilities and actions of the Dark Angels in both the Heresy and 40K timelines. Claimed by the First Legion...

First Impressions of Total War: Warhammer III

Platform: PC | Release Date: February 17, 2022 As a massive fan of the Total War series (something I pointed out in my review of the first two Total War: Warhammer games), I was incredibly excited when Creative Assembly asked...