“Casual 40K” Versus “Competitive 40K”: Ramblings on the Perceptions, Pros, and Cons of Both Ways to Play 40K
Ready for way too much rambling about a distinction you probably haven’t thought that much about? Then you’ve come to the right place.
Partying Like It’s 7th Edition: Podiuming a GT with a Heldrake in 2025
Ask not what the Heldrake can do for you. Ask what you can do for the Heldrake!
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Daemon Engines Upon Ye: A Soulforged Warpack GT Report
I am, for better or worse, now completely Teams-pilled when it comes to comp 40K. Singles events can be fun, but Teams events are what it is all about. So with an amazing 8-person Teams event last month (Challenger’s Cup, where we got 3rd place!) and another 8-person Teams event this month, it left my
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Tournament Rules Cutoff Dates Are A Mess. Let’s Talk About It.
This is going to be a shorter article, but one that I really want the 40K community to think about. TOs and players, we can all do better here. 40K tournament rules cutoff dates are a complete mess. Let’s talk about it. Summary of the Issue For those who don’t play tournaments, let me give
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It’s Daemonic Incursioning Time: My Experience at the 2025 NOVA Open with Daemons
I’ll be honest: I have not been playing much the last few months. This was a combination of a few things. First, there were a few situations that took my mind off of 40K. I don’t want to get too personal here, but take care of yourselves people. This especially applies to the men out
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The Amazing Abominant: 5 Hot Takes After 5 Games with the New Chaos Knights Codex
Most weeks, I don’t get to play as much 40K as I would like. This week was definitely not one of those weeks. A brand new Chaos codex dropped on a weekend where I had basically no obligations, my fiancée was out of town, and I had nothing to do besides go to an amusement
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Playing Game Theory Optimal 40K: A New Way of Thinking About Warhammer
We’re going to have fun today. Well, the nerds among you are going to have fun today. The people who aren’t nerds will be really bored by this article. But let me let you in on a secret: You came here to read long-form content about 40K today. You are a nerd, whether you know
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Knights Of Spite: A Grey Knights Tournament Report, By a Daemons Player
People always ask me, “Mike, why don’t you run Grey Knights more often if you’re so good with them?” I always tell them the exact same thing. How dare you speak to me, you corpse worshipping scum? In all seriousness, while I’ll write this article basically “in character” as a Chaos fan, I really do
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Rocky Mountain Daemons: My Run with Shadow Legion at the Rocky Mountain Open
As a poker player, I have a lot of experience bluffing. A good bluff has multiple parts. It has to be timed well. It has to tell a consistent story. It has to be believable. You know what was a really unsuccessful bluff I tried recently? Telling people I was unsure what army I was
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A 3-0 Iconoclast Fiefdom Tournament Report, Featuring a Very, Very Big Knight
Astute Warphammer fans might remember that early in 10th, I planned to play a lot of Chaos Knights in 10th Edition. I bought a full army from a friend, and we were ready to go all-in on the spikiest army of all. Our friend BoopNoodle in the Warphammer discord community (available here) reminded me about
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Diving Deep Into the Changes for Every Chaos God and Unit, And Where Daemon Players Go From Here
In this article, we’re going to break down literally every single change Daemons received in this Dataslate, MFM, and Index update. There’s a lot going on. You’ve come to the right place to understand it all. We’re going to get very detailed. We’re going to get excited about many things. And we are going to
Excellence in Pestilence: The Guide to Winning with the Plague Legion
There is a cool storyline in the book Lords Of Silence about a Guardsmen being captured by a Death Guard warband. At first, he resists their maladies, and his heart is full of vigor for the Emperor and hatred for the traitors. Honestly, good for him. And then, over time, a funny thing happens. As
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For the Changer of Ways: Thousand Sons LVO 5-1 Tournament Report
Note: Today at Warphammer, we have something special and fun for everyone! This tournament report is guest written by Nick Hodson. Nick is a Thousand Sons player who just did really well at LVO, and brought both the expert knowledge of his faction and a focus on playing fun games that I love sharing here at Warphammer.
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A GT Report With Disciples Of Be’lakor, An Army That No Longer Exists. Yes, I’m (Semi) Serious.
People often say, “Don’t be sad it’s over, be happy it happened”. If only life was that easy. When Disciples Of Be’lakor were squatted in 10th Edition, I was honestly sad. Disciples Of Be’lakor were hands down my favorite army of all time. Honestly, they still are. The flavor and gameplay were everything I was
Early Impressions and Hot Takes About Daemons After 10 Games With the New Detachments (And a List For Each God!)
It’s a great time to be playing Daemons. Okay, I know I’ve said “It’s a great time to be playing Daemons” before when many people might not have agreed, but seriously. It’s a great time to be playing Daemons. Daemons getting not one, but four new detachments was the best Christmas gift that Warphammer fans
Waging The Teams War: CSM at a Teams Tournament Report
The best part of a Warhammer tournament? Hanging out with friends, both old and new. The second best part of a Warhammer tournament? Waging the Long War. When you can do both of those at the same time, you know you’re having a good weekend. Last weekend, I took my Chaos Space Marines to a
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Waging The Bug War: Tyranids at the World Championships of Warhammer Tournament Report
Sam Pope took his Tyranids to hunt for biomass at the World Championships of Warhammer
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Digging for Chaotic Gold: How to Get the Most Out of Overlooked CSM Units
The Chaos Space Marines codex is extremely deep. The best units are really great, the good units are still great, and the bad units are still solid… or at least some of them are. Today at Warphammer, we’re going to take a look at your minis collecting dust on your shelf and figure out how
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Steadfast Determination: The Complete Guide to Playing Fellhammer Siege Host
I recently took Fellhammer to an RTT as a joke. I figured it would be funny to see what happened if I took my least favorite detachment in the game to a tournament. I went 2-1, but that was an average finish at a small tournament that had little to do with Fellhammer being good
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Brutal Attrition: A Fellhammer Shi…. Siege Host Tournament Report
Let’s be honest: Fellhammer and I have had a rocky relationship. It was a love/hate relationship without any love. I hated the detachment on my first read. I hated it when I played my 1 test game with it. I hated it when I did my first writeup of each detachment at Warphammer. I hated
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Corrupting Realspace: My Champion’s Cup Run with Daemons
This weekend, I got to got to combine two of my favorite things in Warhammer: Playing games with my Daemons, and playing alongside friends. It’s hard to ask for a better weekend of rolling dice than playing at the Champion’s Cup. Before we go into details, I want to give a big shoutout to everyone
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It’s Time for an Honest Conversation About Cheating in 40K: How Common It Is, What Causes It, and What Can Be Done About It
Let’s get our hands dirty at Warphammer today and talk about my least favorite part of competitive 40K: Cheating. We are going to get into the dark corners of competitive 40K that most other content creators avoid. Cheating is a part of competitive 40K. That’s just a fact. Refusing to talk about it and bury
Reviewing My Initial CSM Codex Hot Takes: Where I Went Right, and Where I Went Very, Very, Very Wrong
Do you think you know more about Chaos Space Marines than me? Then this is the article for you!
You Might Be Bad, And That’s Okay: How to Improve Your Mindset (And Results) in Warhammer
At Warphammer, we’ve talked a lot over the years about how to play different armies in 40K. I’ve really enjoyed doing that, and people seem to be loving it. And trust me, there will still be plenty more of that. But today, I want to talk about something much more fundamental to the Warhammer experience.
Be’lakor and the Boys: Making a Run at a Major with Daemons
I recently got to do one of my favorite things in Warhammer: Playing a bunch of games with Daemons. There is literally no way this can go ever go wrong. Either I get some wins for the Dark Gods, or I get to have fun rolling dice and learn how I want to tweak my
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Pariah Neverborn: The Guide to Playing Daemons in the Pariah Nexus Season (With Four Lists to Try!)
I’m mad at myself. This was supposed to be a quick writeup that I knocked out over lunch on a work day. The intent was for this article to be a 5-minute writeup called, “4 Daemon Lists to Try in Pariah Nexus”. I was just going to copy in 4 mono-God lists I had written,
Hot Takes About Every Legion After 10 Games with the New CSM Codex
A new CSM codex means things are about to get busy at Warphammer. I’ve already played a lot games with the new CSM codex (it’s really 12 games, but people like round numbers so let’s go with 10 in the title). Do I think I have it all figured out? Of course not. But I’ve
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The Immaterium’s Finest: A CSM Tournament Report Featuring Traitor Guard
I heard what people were saying after I took Grey Knights to my last GT (and went undefeated, but who cares how that army of uptight Daemon haters does). “Mike must be washed up. He can’t win with Chaos armies anymore.” “He has to meta chase to win even a single game.” “Mike probably hasn’t
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Lords of Forbidden Lore: The Complete Guide to Playing Thousand Sons
Thousand Sons are one of the most complicated armies in the game. If you can’t divine the future, then you won’t succeed in the present. Fortunately for you, here at Warphammer we have a special connection to the Dark Gods. I travelled into the Warp to obtain the forbidden knowledge of how to succeed with
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Warpy Warfare: Going Undefeated at a GT with Daemon(hunter)s
We’re going to veer very, very far from usual Warphammer content today. Hear me out. There’s always a slight dilemma when you’re a strong* player with a mid-tier or low-tier faction, like myself with Daemons. * “strong player” does not apply when I’m running on 2 hours of restless sleep after losing eye-watering amounts of
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Reviewing My Initial 10th Edition Hot Takes: Where I Went Right, and Where I Went Very, Very, Very Wrong
This is a safe space, right? You’re just going to keep what I say between you and I, right? Okay, good. If you promise not to tell anyone this, I’ll just say it: I was extremely down on 40K when 10th Edition came out. I struggled to find motivation to play it, and thought I
Fighting The Long Nerf: Where CSM Players Go From Here
I’ve played CSM when they were awful. Not “awful” in the sense of “a below average but powerful faction with many very favored matchups”, like Custodes players use the term. I’m talking awful, awful. I’m going to be honest. When I first saw the CSM changes in the latest dataslate, I started doomspiralling. My first
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Shadow In The Warphammer: The Complete Guide to Playing Endless Swarm Tyranids
Note from Mike P: This guide is guest written by Samuel Pope, a friend of Warphammer and the #1 Tyranid player from last season. He’s taken his beloved bugs into a hostile meta and done extraordinarily well, winning GT’s and achieving top finishes at some of the largest events in the world. He combines top
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My LVO 2024 Experience with… Not One, Not Two, but THREE Land Raiders
Let’s just acknowledge one thing: The timing of this writeup is a little bit weird. LVO was last weekend, and we have a dataslate coming out sometime this week (hopefully, don’t get our hopes up WarCom!). This means this article won’t have as much written about the exact details of the list, as rules and
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Grinding Out Wins with Soul Grinders: Breaking Down My 5-1 Run with Daemons at the Denver Fight Club GT
Daemons have been the forgotten Chaos army as 10th Edition goes on. Thousand Sons, Death Guard, and Chaos Knights have all had impacts on the meta at various points, and Chaos Space Marines are one of the most powerful armies in the entire game right now. But Daemons? They’ve been largely written off as a
It’s Okay To Call A Judge (And Other Hot Takes About Judges You Might Need to Hear)
I’ve been brainstorming ideas for articles recently. To get inspiration, I asked around in a few places about what were the most intimidating parts of playing in a tournament for the first time. To my surprise, one topic came up a few times: Interacting with judges. When you’ve been in the competitive 40K world for
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The S-Tier Heresy: The Complete Guide to Beating Chaos Space Marines
People have been asking a guide to playing Chaos Space Marines. CSM are my favorite army , so why not? I thought that was a great idea, so I started working on this article last week after getting back from the World Championships. Unfortunately, I quickly realized there was a serious issue with this plan.
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Claiming Skulls at the World Championships of Warhammer: My WCW Experience
We’ve written articles about RTT’s, we’ve written articles about GT’s, we’ve written articles about Majors, and now we’re doing an article about the most competitive event in the history of 40K. Last week, I had the amazing opportunity to battle in the competitive side of the World Championships of Warhammer in Atlanta. It was the
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Bringers Of Despair: My Black Legion Waged the Long War at Flying Monkey Con 2023
Abaddon and his Bringers Of Despair headed to the 2023 Flying Monkey Con to wage the Long War. Come find out how they did, and draw inspiration for your own lists and games!
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The Shadow Descends: The Complete Guide to Playing Chaos Daemons in 10th Edition
The “competitive meta” may be flooded with Eldar, but guess what? For Daemons–particularly Slaanesh Daemons–Eldar souls are a particularly tasty snack. Now is a great time to put your Daemons on the tabletop and fight. Chaos Daemons are one of the dark horses of early 10th edition. They have some of the most impressive mobility
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Friends in Warpy Places: The Complete Guide to Allies for Every Chaos Army
Welcom to the complete guide to allies for every army in 10th Edition! We’re going to provide a recommended selection of units that you can easily copy and paste in if you want something you can easily try out, but more importantly, we’re going to dive into why certain units are recommended and the best
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Unleashing The Dogs Of War: Chaos Knights Tournament Report
Today we head into the most twisted corner of the warp that Warphammer has ever visited: The hateful world of Chaos Knights. Chaos Knights are one of the most thematic and fun armies in the entire game. I have no idea why I waited until 10th Edition to build my personal collection beyond 3 War
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Website Getting Updated! Please Excuse Any Tech Issues for a Few Days
Hey everyone! Myself and my Warphammer partner Wallace have been at work behind the scenes thinking of ways to grow Warphammer and make the best content we can make. As part of that journey, we’re working on some partnerships and updating the website. Warphammer has grown from a small blog getting ~100 views on its
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Friends in Warpy Places: The Complete Guide to Adding Daemons to Your Army
The real friends we made in this hobby were the Daemons we met along the way.
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Blights Of Omen: The Complete Guide to Playing Death Guard in Arks Of Omen
“For our vision, they condemned us. For the sin of seeing clearly what our father – their precious Emperor – had become, they called us traitor and cast us out. But now, my sons, there shall be a reckoning.”
–Mortarion
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Breaking Down EVERYTHING Chaos Players Need to Know From the January Changes
Games Workshop is rolling out a ton of new updates to the game today. Not only are we getting new points and dataslate changes, but FAQ’s were also released for most factions. Today at Warphammer, we’re going to break it down and make it real simple for everyone to understand. I’ve consolidated the changes by
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Come Check Out Our Warped Wednesday Podcast On Our New Channel!
Know I’ve mentioned it here before, but we’re having so much fun with Warped Wednesdays that I had to share it again. For those that don’t know, myself and my Warphammer partner Wallace O’Donnell do a weekly podcast called Warped Wednesday. After a hiatus, we restarted it several weeks ago. We’ve moved it (as well
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Disciples of Shadow: The Complete Guide to Playing Disciples of Be’lakor
An ancient evil has returned to the tabletop. This time, he’s brought Knights.
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Iron Without, Iron With Wins: The Complete Guide to Playing Iron Warriors
We fight the long war, not through vain notions of duty and honour, but through a far purer purpose…
Hatred.
–Ferrous Ironclaw, Warsmith of the Iron Warriors
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Announcing the Return of… WARPED WEDNESDAYS!
I’ll keep this announcement short because I’m really excited about this. A while ago my close friend and fellow Chaos star Wallace O’Donnell and myself started a podcast called Warped Wednesdays. It was positively received, but after 10 episodes, we had to put it on hold because we both got really busy and had trouble
Fighting for Fulgrim: My Emperor’s Children Chased Perfection at the Denver Fight Club GT
It’s difficult to stay interested in a hobby when life is pulling you a million different directions. Everyone reading this has been there (or will be there) at some point. I probably shouldn’t say this part out loud, but over the last couple months I found my love for the game waning a bit. There
We Have Come For You: The Complete Guide to Playing Night Lords
“I want vengeance against a galaxy that hates us. I want Imperial worlds to cower when we draw near. I want the weeping of this Empire’s souls to reach all the way to Holy Terra, and the sound of suffering to choke the corpse-god on his throne of gold.”
Talos Valcoran, the Soul Hunter
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Breaking Down the Impact of the Daemons FAQ (And What’s Still Missing)
An FAQ has manifested in the Warp. Let’s break down the impact of this update, and figure out what questions were left unanswered.
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I’m Moving, But First: My Disciples Of Be’lakor List!
Hey my Chaotic friends, just wanted to give a quick update! I’m moving from Alaska to Colorado soon, so will be unavailable for a week or two. My partner and I have a beautiful but strenuous road trip ahead of us. While I’m going to deeply miss some friends I’ve made up here, from a
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In Black And Gold Reborn: Launching a Black Crusade at NOVA 2022
“The Gods hate us. I truly believe this.”
–Khayon (Black Legion, by Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
“The Gods hate us. I truly believe this. I have failed my 2+ prayer roll 3 times in a row”
–Mike Pestilens (NOVA 2022)
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9th Edition Daemons Codex Review!
What a joyous day in the warp! Ring the bloody chimes! Sound the tolling bells of despair! OUR CODEX IS FINALLY HERE! I partnered with the amazing team at Goonhammer for an initial review of the new Daemons codex. Check it out here! https://www.goonhammer.com/codex-chaos-daemons-9th-edition-the-goonhammer-review/ This is just the tip of the daemonic iceberg when it
For The Emperor: The Complete Guide to Playing Alpha Legion
This guide is an article, which may or may not exist, written about a Legion, that may or may not exist. Hydra Dominatus.
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Armour of Change: The Complete Guide to Mastering the Psychic Phase
“Knowledge is power, and with the key to the Black Library, I shall claim it all.”
–Ahzek Ahriman
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Russell Tassin Joins Warphammer to Discuss His Amazing Run with Black Legion!
Russell and Mike break down the secrets to winning with Black Legion, and have a lot of laughs along the way
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Reviewing Snot Goblin Gaming’s Modular Terrain System!
Hello my daemonic friends! We’ve something very different for you today. I’ve received a couple offers to do reviews, but have politely turned them down because they didn’t seem like something I would personally use. I place a lot of value on the relationship between myself and the readers, and am only going to feature
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Flawless Execution: The Complete Guide to Playing Emperor’s Children
Polish your armour and tighten your leather. This Nephilim season is about to get LOUD.
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WE ARE RETURNED: First Tournament Report with the New Chaos Space Marine Codex
With those three words we declared the Long War. Words that would, in time, rise from our throats as the battle cry of the Black Legion. Words that encapsulated all that we had been, and all that we had become.
WE ARE RETURNED.
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Breaking Down the Daemons Changes in the Recent Dataslate
“It is the 21st Millennium. For more than a hundred centuries The Daemons Rules Writer has sat immobile. He is the Master of lethargy by the will of the Games Workshop, and master of a million waiting Daemons players by the might of their inexhaustible ineptitude. He is a rotting carcass writhing invisibly with power
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Winds Of Change: Breaking Down the Impact of the Nephilim Mission Packet on Chaos Armies
40K has had so many changes lately that I’m starting to run out of Tzeentch puns or change jokes to make. I don’t want to get flamed for reusing a previous joke. Can you imagine a Warphammer article without Tzeentch jokes? The Horror! With that horrible introduction out of the way, let’s talk about why
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Taking List Submissions for the Next List Review Article!
Update: Enough lists received, thanks! Starting to pick through and find the ones that will work the best for analyzing for an article, but they are all awesome. Good luck on the tabletop to everyone who sent in a list! The previous list review article was very well received (https://warp-hammer.com/2021/12/21/striving-for-perfection-reviewing-reader-lists-to-identify-common-mistakes-and-provide-tips-for-everyone/), and I had a lot
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The Complete Guide to Adding Chaos Knights to Your Army
The 9th Edition Chaos Knights codex allows every army to include a Knight unit in your army… with a catch. After all, would it really be a Chaos army if you weren’t making tradeoffs with the Dark Gods to gain additional power? First, we’re going to dive into the full rules behind this process. Next,
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Introducing the Warped Wednesdays Podcast!
Hello my spikey friends! I’ve got some exciting news for you today: Welcome to Warped Wednesdays, a podcast which will come out every week on at 8AM EST on… okay, I trust you can figure out which day of the week Warped Wednesdays will come out on. Warped Wednesday is going to be a podcast
We Are Alpharius: Alpha Legion Infiltrate the Standings at the Seattle Open
“I am Alpharius”
–Alpharius. Or Omegon. Or me? Or you.
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Wrath of Magnus: Winning a Tournament with Magnus and His Sons
“If you will not alter your path, then only one thing awaits you in the stars….. Misery.”
Come find out how one Thousand Sons player is adapting to the new meta!
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Interview with Disciples of Be’lakor Star Bryan Malpass, Fresh Off Finishing Top 3 at a GT!
Be’lakor and his Disciples have quietly been one of the strongest Chaos options in the current meta. Bryan Malpass joined Warphammer to share his secrets for getting the most out of the army!
You Want To Play Tournaments, But Your Army Is Awful. Now What?
This article addresses a fundamental question for many tabletop wargamers:
You want to play competitively, but your army is in a bad spot. What happens now?
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Interview with Chaos Star Georg Bobkov, Fresh Off 2nd Place at a Major with Slaanesh and Nurgle Soup!
Nurgle and Slaanesh combine their forces to bring home victory for Chaos. Come find out how George Bobkov played his crazy list and how he overcame his toughest matchups!
Legion of Shadow: Disciples of Be’lakor Tournament Report
I’ve been working on a Disciples of Be’lakor list to counter Custodes and T’au, and the early results have been amazing. My list has been simply walking all over Custodes. I simply don’t think Custodes can beat a swarm of Pink Horrors. I will acknowledge that I’m always very optimistic about Chaos armies relative to
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Interview with Emperor’s Children Star John Bianco, Fresh off a 4th Place Finish at the NorCal Open!
John proves that Chaos has what it takes to compete in the GT2022 season
Waging the Long Nachmund War: The Guide to Playing Chaos Competitively in 2022
It’s always a great time to be playing Chaos. Come find out what builds will work best for Chaos players in the new mission packet and meta.
We may be waiting for new books, but that doesn’t mean we can’t effectively wage the Long War in the meantime!
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The Lord of Change: Interview with Wallace O’Donnell, Who Went 5-1 at LVO with a Summoning List!
Wallace took the Las Vegas Open by storm with a really unique list. He also managed to kill 3 Knights in one turn with an 85 point model. Come find out how this herald of Tzeentch got it done!
Won Best-In-Faction Chaos Space Marines at LVO!
Hello my spikey friends, heading back from this year’s LVO. I am (of course) going to do an in-depth writeup once I’m home, and can’t wait to share all the amazing games and stories from Vegas. In the meantime, here is a quick update. Emperor’s Children proved that they are undoubtably the most perfect Legion
Here’s to an Exciting 2022 for Chaos and Warphammer: Updates and Plans Going Forward
Greetings from the warp, my Chaotic fans. With the holiday season behind us and a new year on the way, I figured it was a great time to take stock and update everyone on where Warphammer is and where it is going. 2022 is going to be a big year for Chaos. If the rumors
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“Thicc Garden”: A Nurgle Tournament Report (Featuring a Great Unclean One!)
Mortarion, Be’lakor, and a Great Unclean One combine forces to bring glory to to Grandfather Nurgle.
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Striving for Perfection: Reviewing Reader Lists to Identify Common Mistakes and Provide Tips for Everyone
Hello spikey friends! Today we’re going to be doing something very different. I had some Warphammer readers submit their own tournament lists through Discord so I could publicly give some feedback. I think this process will be helpful for people to read. It will give everyone a chance to learn from some common mistakes I
Kill! Maim! Board Control! Interview with Dylan Matousek, Who Finished 8th at a Major with World Eaters
My beautiful and spikey Chaos friends, I’ve got an extra special treat for you today. I had the pleasure of sitting down for a chat with Dylan Matousek, an experienced Veteran of the Long War. Dylan recently finished 8th at a Major with pure World Eaters, one of the best finishes by a Chaos Space
Thanking the Dark Gods for Their Gifts: The Top 10 Strongest Chaos Units
Let’s take a step back and identify the strongest Chaos units in the current competitive game.
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In Black and Gold Reborn: Discussing the New Chaos Space Marines Meta with CSM Superstar Russell Tassin!
Mike and Russell break down the bright future for Chaos competitively, and have a lot of fun along the way
Death To The False Emperor: Melee Chaos Lists Are Back With a VENGEANCE
Chaos players have been truly blessed by the Dark Gods in the latest 40K balance update. Let’s break down all the boons we have been granted.
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“Squigbuggies As Far As The Eye Can See”: An Honest Recap of an Unenjoyable Tournament
Competitive 40K is in the worst place it has been all edition if you’re not running one of the top factions.
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Chosen of the Pantheon: An Updated Competitive List for EVERY Chaos Space Marine Legion
Night Lords? Alpha Legion? World Eaters?
Today, we’re going to lay the groundwork for playing EVERY Legion competitively.
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Keeping Tally with Epidemius: Interview with Malte Hoefs, Fresh Off Going 6-1 at the Alliance Open!
Epidemius and Be’lakor team up to lead Chaos to success in Malte’s creative list
Faith, Hate, Vengeance, and Truth: Winning a Tournament with Word Bearers
“All I ever wanted was the truth. Remember those words as you read the ones that follow.”
–Lorgar, in the opening words from the Book Of Lorgar
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The Work of the Dark Gods: Interview with Daemons Star Sebastian Larsson
Denizens of the warp, I have a very special present for you today. I had the pleasure of chatting with Sebastian Larsson, who finished 2nd at a GT with his Chaos Daemons recently. He was eager to share his experiences and tips for playing Daemons competitively. Sebastian is a great player and a lot of
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Delightful Agonies: A Third Place Finish with Emperor’s Children, and Breaking Down a Loss
Some might say I have written an excessive amount about playing Emperor’s Children. True fans of Slaanesh will say there is no such thing as too much of a good thing. Let’s dive right into another Emperor’s Children tournament report!
Louder, LOUDER: Claiming a Tournament for Slaanesh
The Emperor’s Children, led by Lucius The Eternal, march again. Come learn more about how they won an RTT, and tips for improving your own Chaos play!
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Mastering the Dark Master: The Guide to Winning with Disciples of Be’lakor
An ancient evil has returned, and he’s bigger than ever. Let’s discuss how to best use Belakor’s new Army of Renown on the tabletop.
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Such Sweet Cacophony: Winning a Tournament with Emperor’s Children
I recently took Emperor’s Children to a tournament win, and had a great time along the way. Come learn more about how the dark forces of Slaanesh got it done!
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Collaborated with Goonhammer on The Disciples of Be’lakor Review. Come Check It Out!
I collaborated with the great team over at Goonhammer on a full review of Be’lakor’s new rules and Legion. I highly encourage everyone here to check it out! Big thanks for their team, especially Black Legion fan Robert Jones, for the chance to help put together some really great content. Link is available here: https://www.goonhammer.com/war-zone-charadon-the-book-of-fire-review-chaos/
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Interview with Rising Chaos Star John Bianco!
We chat about winning with Emperor’s Children, Fabius Bile, and bringing Death to the False Emperor.
Contest Announcement: Can YOU Beat AdMech with Daemons?
It’s time to celebrate. Belakor’s campaign book is coming out soon. Warphammer recently crossed 150,000 views and is rapidly approaching 200,000 views, which is really cool for a niche site focusing on longform written content instead of videos. Age of Sigmar 3.0 is coming out, which is a big deal for all the Daemons players
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Things Will Get LOUD Now: A Pure Emperor’s Children (Seriously) Tournament Report
The Emperor Protects, but Slaanesh Provides.
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Chaos Players, Drop What You’re Doing And Go Play Noise Marines Right Now
Appreciate the Noise Marines we have now, because they may never be this deadly again
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Analyzing the May 2021 Daemons Points Changes
Let’s discuss how Daemons player can adapt to the numerous and significant points changes they received in the May 2021 Chapter Approved.
I Took A Faction I Had Never Played Before To A GT. Here Is How It Went.
Lessons learned from learning an army on the fly.
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The Biggest and Baddest: 9th Edition’s Best Lords of War
Lords of War have generally fallen out of favor in 9th Edition, but some Lords of War can still dominate on the tabletop
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No Rest for the Wicked: Why Daemons Collapsed Competitively as 9th Edition Went On (And How to Fix it!)
It has been 6 months since Daemons podiumed a GT, in an edition that is less than a year old. How did we get here?
Breaking Down Khorne and World Eaters with Jamie from the Red Path!
Hope everyone is staying safe! I recently had a chance to record a discussion with Jamie from the Red Path. For those not familiar with the Red Path, Jamie runs an awesome World Eaters focused channel. World Eaters have always been a love of mine, and he got a lot of questions from his viewers
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Purging the Vermin: 3-0 Tournament Report with Necrons
I recently took Necrons to a win in my first tournament of this ITC season. Come learn more about how this proud and noble Xenos race got it done!
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Interview about Daemons and Grey Knights with Stefan from One Last Blade
Today, we have some fun content for you that’s a little bit different than what we normally do at Warphammer.
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How to Have Fun Playing Warhammer 40K
If there is so much information out there about playing 40K, why are so many people having bad games of 40K?
Collaborated with Goonhammer on Their Updated Daemons Guide. Come Check It Out!
I recently had the pleasure of collaborating with the great team over at Goonhammer on their updated Start Competing: Daemons article. I believe we put together something really special, and encourage everyone here to check it out! Link is available here: https://www.goonhammer.com/start-competing-chaos-daemons/ Hope everyone has a great Valentine’s Day, whether you spend it embracing a
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Excellence in Pestilence: The Guide to Winning with Nurgle Daemons
“In the embrace of great Nurgle, I am no longer afraid, for with His pestilential favour I have become that which I once feared: Death”
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The Ultimate Betrayal: Tips for Beating Every Chaos Army
There is a brilliant scene in the Horus Heresy novel Know No Fear, where a Word Bearer tells an Ultramarine about the nature of betrayal: “There is power in treachery. If an ally suddenly turns on an ally, that’s one level, but if a trusted friend turned on a friend, that was the purest kind
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Announcing a Daemons Discord, and an Opportunity to Support the Site
Daemons Discord Created Hey everyone! After some requests for a place to grow the community, I decided to create a Discord for Daemons players. Should be a fun place to chat gameplay, share lists, post pics of models, stuff like that. Come by and say hi! Link is available here, I’m not a Discord expert
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Let The Galaxy Burn: Tips for Winning Every Xenos Matchup
Continuing our series on how to win every matchup in the game, this week we will focus on the Xenos races. Despite the well-deserved reputation that Xenos armies don’t get enough attention from GW, there are some very strong Xenos builds out there that you need to be prepared to face. The overarching principle behind
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Streamed Game Coming Up, and Current List Discussion
Stream Announcement Hey everyone, I’m happy to announce that I’ll be playing Daemons on a commentated TTS stream tonight against Tom, a talented player (previous GT winner) and gentleman of the game. Tom will be bringing a brutal Black Templars list headlined by multiple units of Bladeguard Veterans backed by Plasma Inceptor and Eradicator shooting,
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New Year FAQS: The Chaos Reaction
After a week of rumours that new 40K FAQs were going to drop soon, Games Workshop finally delivered. Basically every rules source in the game, from the core rulebook to the still active 8th Edition supplements, received updates in today’s FAQs. We’re going to go through every FAQ document today and tell you what Chaos
Waging the Long War: Tips for Winning Every Imperium Matchup
After the overwhelming response to the WarpHammer article about how to beat Space Marines, we decided to expand that into a series about how to win every single matchup in the game. This series will have three articles: Beating the Imperium factions, beating Xenos factions, and beating Chaos factions. Up first (but definitely last in
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Status of the Nurgle Daemons Guide, and Thoughts on Disgustingly Resilient
Hey everyone, hope you’re doing well. We’ve received a lot of questions about when/if the Nurgle Daemons guide is coming, so I just wanted to quickly address that. The recent Death Guard codex previews indicate that Disgustingly Resilient is changing for Death Guard units (from a 5+++ feel-no-pain to -1 Damage to incoming attacks). This
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Blessed Contagions: Exciting Synergies in the New Death Guard Rules
Warhammer Community recently previewed Death Guard’s upcoming bonuses for remaining mono-faction, called Contagions. The Contagion they revealed is called Nurgle’s Gift, and is an increasing aura of -1 Toughness for opposing units near Death Guard units. Caveat after some feedback: Since we don’t have access to the full codex yet, let’s assume that summoned units
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Changing the Game: The Guide to Winning with Tzeentch Daemons
There are some units that are powerful in obvious ways. Eradicators are a great example of this. You can place them down on the table, and due to their base stats and points, they just do their job very well. Plasma Inceptors are another great example of this. Custodian Guard with Shields are another great
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No Invuln, No Cry: Beating the Nightbringer
This post is going to be a lot shorter than usual, but I wanted to quickly talk about something that has caused a lot of worry for many Daemons players: the Necron’s new Nightbringer. For those that haven’t faced him yet, the new Nightbringer has the following main combat profile: 6 Attacks, WS 2+, S14,
Blood, Skulls, and Victory Points: How to Win with Khorne Daemons
I’m going to start this article with a counter-intuitive point: Khorne Daemons are a finesse army. This fact may anger Skarbrand, but it’s true. There are armies in the game that can deploy without much worry, take a beating, and deliver a strong counter-punch. Khorne is not one of those armies. You will have to
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Review of the 9th Edition Forgeworld Daemons Updates
It’s finally here! Five months into 9th Edition, Forgeworld delivered on their promise of updated datasheets for 9th Edition. While Daemons were never a faction that relied heavily on FW units for either competitive or casual play, they had some special Characters and Lords of War that desperately needed new points costs and datasheets. In
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Beautiful Violence: How to Win (Excessively) with Slaanesh
Quick. Beautiful. Lithe. Alluring. Deadly. Slaanesh Daemons are back, and here to stay in 9th Edition. Slaanesh is, broadly speaking, an anti-melee melee army. That didn’t really work in 8th Edition, which revolved competitively about bringing brutal shooting and consistently holding a limited number of objectives. Now that opponents have to come contest objectives to
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Beating The Bogeyman: Winning Against Marines
“How do I beat Space Marines?” is one of the most common questions among 40K players these days. To understand how to beat Space Marines, you have to accept two things: They will shoot more efficiently than you. They will fight more efficiently than you (probably). Where most people go wrong is they look at
A Thank You to the Readers, and the Future of WarpHammer
I want to give a big thank you to everyone who has visited WarpHammer so far. I’ve been blown away by how many people have shown interest, and all of the encouraging messages you have been sending. WarpHammer is a passion project, and I told myself that I’d write articles about competitive Daemons even if
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Just As Planned: Winning with Secondaries in 9th Edition
Daemons weren’t great as a standalone army in 8th Edition–actually, scratch that. Daemons were downright terrible as a standalone army for most of 8th Edition. When 9th Edition rolled around, things started changing quickly for Daemons and their players. Daemons are no longer penalized for things they don’t do well (getting guaranteed kills every turn,
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Medium Guns Sometimes Tire: Evaluating The Shooting Options in the Daemons Codex
Let’s face it, Daemons are not known for their shooting. Matching the fluff, they are an army whose primary strengths are board control, melee damage, and psychic control. That doesn’t mean the Daemons codex is entirely bereft of shooting options, and a surprising amount of them are actually worth considering competitively. Before we dive into
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Beasts of Nurgle: The Most Underrated Unit in the Game?
“You are about to enter another dimension. A dimension not only of high toughness and invulnerable saves, but of disgusting resilience. A journey into a wondrous land of imagination. You are entering… The Nurgle Zone.” I’ll get straight to my main point: Beasts of Nurgle are not only the most underrated unit in the Daemons
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Tournament Report: Going 3-0 with Daemons
Labor Day weekend provided the chance for me to finally take my Daemons to my first tournament of 9th edition. After dozens of practice games against good players in my area, I was really curious whether the success I’d been having with my Daemons would translate in games against a new set of opponents. The
Excellent Exaltations: A Deep Dive Into Optimizing Your Exalted Greater Daemons
One of the most powerful abilities Daemons have in 9th Edition 40K is the ability to give their greater daemons (Bloodthirster, Keepers of Secrets, Great Unclean Ones, and Lords of Change) Exalted rewards. In the Engine War supplement, each of the four variants of greater daemons gained access to a table of 6 “Exalted rewards”,
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