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Which is the more commonly played format, Eternal War or Grand Tournament? The 40k app asks which you’re playing when you make a list and to be honestly I’m not entirely sure what all the differences are between the two.

Grand Tournament format. That's the one which uses the grand tournament pack book. Eternal war is using missions from the core rulebook.

Crusade

Locally, we use the GT Missions. I've not opened the actual rulebook in nearly a year.

as far as what i play the most GT the most, open war every chance i get (personally prefer it) and last eternal though i prefer eternal war for introduction games and just play the main objectives so new poeple do not get overwhelmed

The GT2021 mission pack changes how you can construct an army, this is why it asks.

 AduroT wrote:
Which is the more commonly played format, Eternal War or Grand Tournament? The 40k app asks which you’re playing when you make a list and to be honestly I’m not entirely sure what all the differences are between the two.

I like Grand Tournament more, even outside of tournament settings. It's been updated twice already for 9th, the other game types haven't. Which means it's better balanced.

 AduroT wrote:
Which is the more commonly played format, Eternal War or Grand Tournament? The 40k app asks which you’re playing when you make a list and to be honestly I’m not entirely sure what all the differences are between the two.

Everyone that is playing Matched play is almost always playing the GT mission pack. I don't think I've seen a sinlge person play eternal war locally since shortly after the GT2020 book came out.

Aren't Eternal War missions just the regular missions? Did the GT pack supersede them?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Aren't Eternal War missions just the regular missions? Did the GT pack supersede them?

There are variations in things like secondaries and missions between the two. There are also more missions in the GT pack.

We only play eternal war when everyone forgot to bring their GT book for secondaries

We only play GT here but keep in mind we are a bunch of garage hammer players. Our local meta is more or less self isolated and for all I know Eternal War is really popular in groups in the region outside my own.

I play 100% GT right now, but then the more narrative players I used to play are also the most careful about covid so I might see a small percent of games start using the crusade missions.

Jarms48 wrote:

I like Grand Tournament more, even outside of tournament settings. It's been updated twice already for 9th, the other game types haven't. Which means it's better balanced.

I expect this cycle will continue, majority play GT, majority give feedback about GT, GT gets updated so is "better", so majority play GT.