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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Battle Reports
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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“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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“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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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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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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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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Things Will Get LOUD Now: A Pure Emperor’s Children (Seriously) Tournament Report
The Emperor Protects, but Slaanesh Provides.
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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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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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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