The biggest US ASOIAF Tournament to date happened last weekend at Adepticon. This is a major event in the US and is one of the first since the small patch to general rules by CMON, and it has shaken the usual standings up enough to make a difference. We will be going over the top…
Tag: Competitive
CMON’s New Lackluster Minor Update Review – ASOIAF General Rules
ASOIAF has received their annual update to the game for 2023 (but it is called 2021.02) With it comes balance changes to dominating abilities, dust blown off rules never used, and quality of life improvements to clear up confusion. This article is about the general changes to the game and my opinion on how the…
Trying to Make Sense of GW’s Arks of Omen Shakeup
It’s now been a few weeks since the startling revelations that shook up the meta. Arks of Omen represents a wholesale shift in the competitive scene. GW’s shift appears to indicate it is abandoning several key components of 9th edition which limited detachments, allies, and unit selection. What is so intriguing about this decision is…
The Art of Conceding
One of the more controversial topics in the competitive 40k landscape is about whether or not conceding a game early is a sign of poor sportsmanship. On the one hand, Warhammer 40k is a game and as such is supposed to be fun. If you cease having fun, why should you be compelled to keep…
Applying Goal Orientation Theory to Warhammer
One thing that graduate students often share with five year olds is a burning desire to share what they are learning with others. As a member of the former category, I have recently found an interesting idea that I think applies to Warhammer or other competitive games. Now I am not an expert on Goal…
The Competitive 40k Circuits Need an Extradition Agreement
Some of you might be aware of the turbulence hitting the competitive 40k world after a top player was caught cheating at a GT recently. While I have no interest in attacking the individual or second guessing the punishment they received, I believe this incident has brought up a few things that TOs should be…
It’s only Rational: Logic in 40k
If you were more rational then would you win more games?
Weekly Competitive 40K Podcast Review 1-13-21
Hey everyone! Adam here to go over the competitive 40K podcast for the past week.
Weekly Competitive 40K Podcast Review
Hey everyone! Adam, from TFG Radio, and as you can see I am once again doing podcast reviews.
Faction Focus: Dark Angels
Hey guys, Aron from Art of War here, and today I’m going to be looking at the new Dark Angels Index and how it plays together with the new Space Marine Codex.