Field Notes
Strategy from the table, not the spreadsheet.
Tournament lessons, practical preparation and the things worth thinking about before the next round starts.
The Screen Is Gone. What Protects You Next?
A screening unit can die and still do its job. The tournament mistake is leaving nothing behind it. Here is how to build protection that lasts beyond the first exchange.
Read Field Note →02Blood Angels: Keep the List Working
Games Workshop’s confirmed 30 September update is the starting point. Here is how to review your Blood Angels tournament list without losing the units that make it work.
Read Field Note →03Leave Room for Turn Five
A good tournament rehearsal includes setup, rules checks and the last difficult turn. Here is how to finish the game without rushing the decisions that matter.
Read Field Note →04Custodes Have Thirteen Detachments. Start With the Mission.
The new Codex offers an impressive menu, but a useful Custodes list starts with the jobs its few units must cover across five rounds.
Read Field Note →05The September Update Changed the Questions, Not Just the Points
The quickest way to waste a week after a balance update is to rebuild your list before you understand what actually changed on the table.
Read Field Note →06What the LGT Actually Tells Us About Winning 11th
The biggest event of the edition did not hand us one perfect army. It gave us something more useful: a picture of what successful tournament lists keep having in common.
Read Field Note →07Stop Practising the Army. Start Practising the Map.
11th edition changed tournament preparation in a way a lot of players still have not fully adjusted to: your list is fixed, but the battlefield keeps asking different questions.
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