OBJECTIVE HEX
A Gaming Blog About Godtear - The Miniatures Game for Everyone


Oh My Gosh!
I love Rangosh. Some people don’t love Rangosh, and it’s usually because he seems basic to them. I understand ; my favorite cowboy (get...

Corrections and Double-Downs
Correction: Grimgut is not bad. I used to think so. I had not played many games which involved him. In those few games that did involve...

Soggy Dragon - Counter Picks to Consider
There’s a lot of consensus that Raith’Marid is the best champion. I tend to agree. He’s crazy fast, highly durable, elite at...

Grumpysarn's Brain Teasers: Volume II
Hey everyone! It's been awhile since I last posted. Apologies there. Work and life and stuff sometimes interfere with my gaming and...

Objective Hex Open I - Picks, Counterpicks, and a Champion
First, let’s acknowledge the top table. We had an epic bout here. I'll. refer to them by their Discord names so that you can applaud them...

Activation Order: A Guide
Activation order is a crucial element of Godtear. Knowing what to activate next is as fundamental a decision as what to do with that...

How and Why to Play Godtear Online
I was resistant to playing tabletop games online (or any games, really) for a long time. I did not like the idea of interacting with...

Grumpysarn's Brain Teasers: Volume 1
Welcome to the first in what I hope will be a series of Godtear brain teasers. Godtear has been compared to chess on several occasions...

Let's Put Jeen on the Table!
Jeen is a fascinating new champion. My initial sense of her is that SFG nailed the design here. She seems neither broken nor...

Turn Zero - How to Deploy
I have previously written about the importance of turn 1, but there are important decisions to make prior to turn 1. List composition is...

Guild Ball is Dead. Long Live Godtear.
So Guild Ball met an ignominious end and .... I do not care? Really, I don’t. I was never much of a Guild Ball player because there was...

Assembling a Superteam
Putting together a list of champions is more art than science. You need to have a sense of what your preferred way of playing is, what...

Y'all Are Sleeping On Mourneblade
Mourneblade is very good, and you should play him For some reason, people are sleeping on Mourneblade. As of this writing, he’s got the...

TTS Draft Tournament: The Objective Hex Open
The Objective Hex Open The premise of this tournament is to try a new format for selecting war bands. Instead of choosing four and...

Evaluating Attack Actions Beyond Damage Dice
When I fist started looking at stat cards for Godtear champions, my first instinct for evaluating attack actions was to look at how many...

Yes, You Should Try To Win Turn 1
This is counter-intuitive to me, but a surprising number of people think it’s bad to win turn 1. Somewhat more understandably, a popular...

Hex and Boon Tournament Re-Cap
The Hex and Boon online tournament just finished, and I participated. The tournament was put together by the excellent James Doxey. His...

7 Reasons Godtear is a Great Game
This game is truly great. If you’ve come to this blog because you already play it, then you know this already. If you are considering...

I Don’t Play, I Slay
Slayers are a really fun class to play in Godtear, but there has been some sorrow around the internet and on certain podcasts that they...



















