LVO 2017 Analysis: Doom of the Eldar
As has become something of a yearly tradition here at Variance Hammer, I’ve done some number crunching on the 2017 Las Vegas Open 40K Championships, to see what there is to […]
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Warzone Atlanta: Crunching the Numbers
In a previous post, I went over Warzone Atlanta from the perspective of an event attendee. Now that I’ve gotten my hands on the data from the event itself, I […]
2+ Ain’t What It Used to Be: Fixing the Space Marine Terminator
Variance Hammer passed a milestone with it’s last post – 100 posts – and in honor of that I thought I’d take a look at a beloved and classic unit: […]
The FAQ Was Never Going to Fix Your Codex
The vast majority of the FAQs are out, and several have been met with disappointment – not because they fail to address some ambiguity or add new oddities to the […]
Number Crunching the LVO
At the very beginning of this blog, at the end of 7th Edition, I wrote ‘Requiem for an Edition’, a statistical look at the Las Vegas Open. It proved to […]
A System for Non-Competitive Campaign Scoring
I love linked campaigns. They’re probably my favorite way to play wargames – you build a little narrative in your head, you play some games, and at the end there’s […]
When You Pick Rules, You Pick Winners
I’ve come out against tinkering with the Warhammer 40,000 ruleset before on this blog, primarily in the name of portability, a topic near and dear to my heart as I […]
The Absurdity of BoLS’s ETC Analysis
A few days ago, Bell of Lost Souls published an article with the following title: Anatomy of a 40K Disaster: USA vs Europe ETC Analysis. My first though reading the title […]
Prospero Is Balance Hard Mode
The Forge World Open Day has once more come and gone, and as always, it’s a chance to see some spectacular upcoming models from those fine purveyors of income destroying resin […]
The CAD Will Not Save You
Another post on the notion of restricting army composition, to illustrate (and I’ll admit, belabor) a point: The Combined Arms Detachment (CAD), in and of itself, is not a solution. […]