What’s the role for Math Hammer in Narrative Gaming?
This was inspired by a question from Cadian Shock, and was originally supposed to just be a snippet. But it’s gotten a bit past that, and I thought it would […]
Army Composition
My (Belated) Takeaways from the LVO Warhammer Panel
The Las Vegas Open was awhile ago, and the Warhammer Preview panel that was held the first night has been detailed in depth, as has the tournament itself. The results […]
Murder Your Darlings (or: Why I’ll Never Be a Serious 40K Contender)
“In fairness, ‘The Floor is Lava’ may not be the strongest competitive build.” – Val Heffelfinger, paraphrased There is a notion in writing called “Murder Your Darlings”. Basically, what it […]
Command Points are 8th Edition’s Psychic Dice
TL;DR: They’re good at injecting flavor into the game, are fun in small quantities, but when deployed en masse break the game. This started as what was just going to be […]
My Hopes for the Sisters of Battle
Variance Hammer was on a temporary holiday while I was in Zambia, but a free morning in the hotel and an announcement I’ve been waiting for for years spurred the desire to […]
The Big FAQ: The Variance Hammer Hot Take
So it’s out, a mere half-month off schedule: the first of the major FAQs that Games Workshop has promised will be on something of a “tick-tock” cycle. So what’s in […]
What is “Balance” Anyway?
This blog – and the mini wargaming community as a whole – talks about “balance” a lot. Is the tournament scene balanced? Is the new Killslayer Deathskull Codex balanced? Is […]
The Curious Case of Flyers
The one true tournament build is dead. Long live the one true tournament build. Rinse. Repeat. The ink had barely dried on the new 8th Edition indexes when the competitive […]
Beyond Sportsmanship: Game Stewardship
The great Time of Reflection Posts continues! This is a post I’ve been meaning to write for awhile – I started thinking about it thinking about the evolution of Horus […]
Saying Goodbye to 7th…
It’s a matter of weeks now before 8th Edition rolls out, with many, many changes afoot. It also happens to be close to the 3rd anniversary of Variance Hammer getting started. […]