Forge the Narrative – Warhammer 40k Podcast

We kick things off with a talk about getting ready for the NATC – 8 player event – team tournaments. We love them.. But they aren’t easy.  In the middle of the show Paul sits down with Jason of RealmSmith to talk about some other nerd stuff- D&D.

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We also started a Patreon for the FTN show.  This will help us a lot in the form of being able to hire an editor and a few other things.   If it is anywhere within your ability to support us on that platform please consider doing so. The link is right here.

Our team has had some significant challenges getting ready for this event. We’ve powered through it to get the team to the event and now we’re in the thick of it. We talk a little bit about that journey.

In the middle of the show Paul and Jason Azevedo from RealmSmith talk about how he got started, living in multiple game worlds and basically just chat.

In the back part of the show we talk a little bit more about AoS and how we are liking it and looking forward to more.  It’s a mixed bag this episode!

We’re delighted to continue to represent Discount Games Inc as sponsor of our show. They are helping bring FTN to you. Please check them out and support the organizations that support us. Discount Games Inc. offers Games Workshop products at 15% off the suggested retail at their website here. You can send an email to the owner Jay. These guys run a podcast too! Check them out.

The Hobby segment will be back next week. We have some t-shirts a really cool sticker up for sale to celebrate us being nine years deep into this show. Check them out here.

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Forge the Narrative is mostly a Warhammer 40k Podcast. Each episode is about an hour long. This ideally gives you something neat to listen to on your way to work, or on the way back home. Maybe you can even listen while you are painting or modeling!

We open the show talking about the impact of the new 40k changes this week – Are we really in a 10.5 environment?  In part 2 of the show we dive into the Age of Sigmar factions and how Spearhead works.

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The game is changed significantly and a lot of folks out there are signaling they think this is almost a revised edition.  What do you think?

In part 2 of the show we discuss the new Age of Sigmar.  Games Workshop was nice enough to send up copies of the faction rules and game rules, complementary #adwip #aos.

There is a LOT to unpack but it all looks incredibly fun.  Tons of quality of life improvements and it seems like the factions have a real feel to them you would expect going all the way to the root and seeds of every single model and unit.  Amazing.

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Forge the Narrative is mostly a Warhammer 40k Podcast. Each episode is about an hour long. This ideally gives you something neat to listen to on your way to work, or on the way back home. Maybe you can even listen while you are painting or modeling!

The game is about to open up all over again.  We crack open the new Pariah Nexus mission deck and discuss some of the new and biggest changes.  New Deployment types, new missions, gambits are gone… Secret Missions are here.

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Do you flip mission cards or do you dictate what you play?  No way is the wrong way.. I’m just curious.

These missions, both primary and secondaries, seem real sharp to us.  It seems almost like the next evolution of what can be done with missions.  Its not just about standing in someplace on the battle field or removing a unit.  It feels similar to the current mission set – where lots of armies can stay in contention.  Playing these missions might be a little bit of an adjustment to army lists.  Some of the new fixed objectives, if you choose to take them, are going to be a slobber knocker for some current list templates.

Later in the episode we talk about some stuff we’ve been up to recently and some future events/projects as well.

We’re delighted to continue to represent Discount Games Inc as sponsor of our show. They are helping bring FTN to you. Please check them out and support the organizations that support us. Discount Games Inc. offers Games Workshop products at 15% off the suggested retail at their website here. You can send an email to the owner Jay. These guys run a podcast too! Check them out.

The Hobby segment will be back next week. We have some t-shirts a really cool sticker up for sale to celebrate us being nine years deep into this show. Check them out here.

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Forge the Narrative is mostly a Warhammer 40k Podcast. Each episode is about an hour long. This ideally gives you something neat to listen to on your way to work, or on the way back home. Maybe you can even listen while you are painting or modeling!

We believe Chaos Space Marines will hit the meta hard next week as the new codex makes it’s way into standard play. In this episode we focus a lot on the Daemonic Techno stuff in the book as we think this will be a stand out choice for a lot of players.  Later in the episode we give our first impressions of the new Sigmar edition and Spearhead coming out soon from what we saw in Dallas.

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We also started a Patreon for the FTN show.  This will help us a lot in the form of being able to hire an editor and a few other things.   If it is anywhere within your ability to support us on that platform please consider doing so. The link is right here.

People won’t be able to get enough Chaos in their lives soon. Watch out!  Just like the Orks there is a ton of good stuff in this book and people will be drawn to it like a moth to flame.  The alluring pull of Chaos…

We talk a bit about one of the new detachments and some of the units you might want to include if you’re leaning that direction.  Even if you’re not looking to land on something specific as a go to we talk about how Warp Talons go well in just about anything.

Later in the episode we give our first takes on all the New Age of Sigmar stuff that got leaked over the last weekend from the Spearhead events in Warhammer World and the Dallas Open.

We’re delighted to continue to represent Discount Games Inc as sponsor of our show. They are helping bring FTN to you. Please check them out and support the organizations that support us. Discount Games Inc. offers Games Workshop products at 15% off the suggested retail at their website here. You can send an email to the owner Jay. These guys run a podcast too! Check them out.

The Hobby segment will be back next week. We have some t-shirts a really cool sticker up for sale to celebrate us being nine years deep into this show. Check them out here.

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Forge the Narrative is mostly a Warhammer 40k Podcast. Each episode is about an hour long. This ideally gives you something neat to listen to on your way to work, or on the way back home. Maybe you can even listen while you are painting or modeling!

Chaos Space Marines go up for pre-order today and this will make a lot of fans extremely happy. This codex has something for everyone and delivers power no matter how you want to use your collection.  We go into the myriad of detachments in this Codex.  If you love CSM you don’t want to miss this.

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Just like their loyalist cousins this book has a TON of detachments that look kinda like the legions you may know and love if you squint just right.  The format makes it very clear that you are now meant to use the models and units however you want and not be shackled by a mere color scheme.

I love this aspect of this edition.  Do you love Iron Warriors but want to play them like Word Bearers?  Go for it.

The Sneaky and Tough detachments in this book are instant go-tos for me. Each one of these are packed with tricks and stuff that just ‘works’ right now in 40k.  Love it!

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Forge the Narrative is mostly a Warhammer 40k Podcast. Each episode is about an hour long. This ideally gives you something neat to listen to on your way to work, or on the way back home. Maybe you can even listen while you are painting or modeling!

The Orks are back and will be an absolute staple of the table. From the most casual to the most competitive, this book has you covered.  We talk a little about our favorite detachments but every where you look in this Codex there is something fun and powerful to play.  Custodes… They might need some help.

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Wow.  The Waaagh is gonna be super strong again.  A detachment can do it TWICE.  It only effects a handful of units but it is exactly the units you want it on so is that really a drawback? I don’t think so.

Nobs and Meganobs can be beefed up with some amazing character support  It will be hard what to choose to stick with them.   Gaz might be incredibly popular as well but it is kind of cool to say that he doesn’t seem like an auto include.  What that says to me is that the replayabilty of this book for the list brewmaster is off the charts.

The Dreadmob is a favorite way to play with a lot of Warbosses.  This is also back in a big way.  If you like big pressure lists it might be a toss up between this one and the Beast Snaggas.  Ork generals have TONS of options.  We didn’t mention this in the show but Defkoptas can dish out a major amount of Mortal Wounds.  Watch out!

We’re delighted to continue to represent Discount Games Inc as sponsor of our show. They are helping bring FTN to you. Please check them out and support the organizations that support us. Discount Games Inc. offers Games Workshop products at 15% off the suggested retail at their website here. You can send an email to the owner Jay. These guys run a podcast too! Check them out.

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Forge the Narrative is mostly a Warhammer 40k Podcast. Each episode is about an hour long. This ideally gives you something neat to listen to on your way to work, or on the way back home. Maybe you can even listen while you are painting or modeling!

A shorter episode this week.  We talk about the Gladiator Variants and what is happening out there with the Space Marine meta at the moment.  The Space Marines have a brutal list that is offering up a pretty good counterpoint to the mid board domination meta. Have you come across it yet?

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Space Marines are definitely back.  We are seeing a LOT of Ironstorm and merged with Black Templar of all things.  In this episode I mis-say Iron Warriors when I mean Iron Hands approximately 97 times.  Please forgive me.

If you’ve been sitting on Gladiator Tanks your time is now!  These things are crazy good right now when paired with a Tech Marine in the right detachment.  We run down the virtues of the three variants both as informational if you want to play with these and as a warning if you plan to face them.

Do not underestimate these tanks!

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The Hobby segment will be back next week. We have some t-shirts a really cool sticker up for sale to celebrate us being nine years deep into this show. Check them out here.

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Forge the Narrative is mostly a Warhammer 40k Podcast. Each episode is about an hour long. This ideally gives you something neat to listen to on your way to work, or on the way back home. Maybe you can even listen while you are painting or modeling!

It is just Red and Paul this episode while the other folks are traveling and recuperating.  Now that the Siege of Terra is over and done we kinda ask ourselves – What happens now?

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The Siege of Terra end is going to leave a lot of people wondering what to do next.  I’ve got an Audible subscription now.  What am I supposed to do with my life?  ha! The answer is something along the lines of maybe taking a breath, chilling a bit and then moving on to another series.

We have ADB’s Black Legion books as well.  These came out a few years ago and are phenomenal.  It gives you a look at Abbaddon right after then whole shebang went down and as he is starting to take command of the Chaos Space Marines.

In this episode Paul also gives an Adepticon recap.  It was another stellar event and I will definitely be back next year. The Adpeticon folks continue to deliver a must do experience year after year.

We’re delighted to continue to represent Discount Games Inc as sponsor of our show. They are helping bring FTN to you. Please check them out and support the organizations that support us. Discount Games Inc. offers Games Workshop products at 15% off the suggested retail at their website here. You can send an email to the owner Jay. These guys run a podcast too! Check them out.

The Hobby segment will be back next week. We have some t-shirts a really cool sticker up for sale to celebrate us being nine years deep into this show. Check them out here.

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Forge the Narrative is mostly a Warhammer 40k Podcast. Each episode is about an hour long. This ideally gives you something neat to listen to on your way to work, or on the way back home. Maybe you can even listen while you are painting or modeling!

This is the nicest army release box for this edition to date.  It comes with some amazing models, the data cards and host of brand new figures.  We also get a first look at the Tau Codex.  Will they have what it takes to jump into the meta mix?

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GW was kind enough to send us a box to review. There are some big changes here and you know people  don’t like a lot of change right?  Crisis Suits get an overhaul but they do get some cool new rules.  Are more rules what is needed to offset the weapon options that used to appear in units?  That utility is gone but not forgotten.  Tau players will need to find it in other areas.  They just might be able to though…

The close combat might of the Tau is gonna be…  well, it’s gonna be possible but I’m not sure how mighty it is yet.  One thing we do know for sure is that the Tau will be able to push a LOT of models to the middle of the table before the game even starts for real for not a lot of points.   A ton of the game is played in the first couple of rounds and the Tau kind of have some tricks to totally lock the mid board objectives down while potentially threatening the entire table.

We also talk about the new Kroot Hunting Pack.  These models are amazing.  This box will certainly sell out so make sure and get the pre-orders in ASAP.

We’re delighted to continue to represent Discount Games Inc as sponsor of our show. They are helping bring FTN to you. Please check them out and support the organizations that support us. Discount Games Inc. offers Games Workshop products at 15% off the suggested retail at their website here. You can send an email to the owner Jay. These guys run a podcast too! Check them out.

The Hobby segment this week mentions Paul’s guest spot on the Heroes Brush Hour show over on twitch. We have some t-shirts a really cool sticker up for sale to celebrate us being nine years deep into this show. Check them out here.

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Forge the Narrative is mostly a Warhammer 40k Podcast. Each episode is about an hour long. This ideally gives you something neat to listen to on your way to work, or on the way back home. Maybe you can even listen while you are painting or modeling!

Guard players are out there, for sure, we know that. but the win percentage has been down as a whole for the faction.  There are lots of reasons why that might be the case.  We talk about how to up those numbers a bit.

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Astra Militarum are tricky.  There are TONs of unit options for them so it is easy to make a less than optimal army list when you don’t know who your games are going to be against.  Then, as if that wasn’t enough, all the top lists are pretty awesome at taking out everything in the Guard book.  Soooo.. a lot of Guard players have been struggling.

Some of those top contenders have been taken down a peg.  The living breathing ecosystem that is the meta has changed and many things that used to prey on the Guard don’t work the same anymore.  Does that open the door to more guard players making it deeper into tournaments undefeated?  Maybe… just maybe.

It will still come down to player skill and list design.  Thankfully the missions are set in stone right now at most events.  You know what you’re going to have to do to win games, but it is up to you to actually make it happen.  Guard are far from an auto-win faction.  We inject some food for thought on the subject and hope you have some ideas of your own.

We’re delighted to continue to represent Discount Games Inc as sponsor of our show. They are helping bring FTN to you. Please check them out and support the organizations that support us. Discount Games Inc. offers Games Workshop products at 15% off the suggested retail at their website here. You can send an email to the owner Jay. These guys run a podcast too! Check them out.

The Hobby segment this week is about being lazy when it comes to magnetizing and just using super glue you can maybe freeze off later. We have some t-shirts a really cool sticker up for sale to celebrate us being nine years deep into this show. Check them out here.

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Forge the Narrative is mostly a Warhammer 40k Podcast. Each episode is about an hour long. This ideally gives you something neat to listen to on your way to work, or on the way back home. Maybe you can even listen while you are painting or modeling!

The Dark Angels are an ancient and venerable Chapter.  Counted 1st among their brothers.  Shrouded in mystery. Storied and proud.  We give some insight on where to get started with this army if you are brand new to it or just coming back after a long stint hiding in the Rock.

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The Dark Angels codex has some folks left with mixed feelings.  Some units feel into the pit of legends. There are some new units with some cool rules and then there are a few new detachments that don’t seem to be blowing people out of their seats.  But isn’t that ok?  I mean.. Space Marines books in the past have mostly been about synergies and combos.  Allowing players to mix and match units to give certain effects or challenges to their opponents on the table top.  We don’t dig too deep into that part just yet but more keep it surface level, at where to start with an army list.

I believe there is a lot of opportunity in the Dark Angels codex to build around Leader models.  More so than what we’ve seen with the other books thus far as these characters aren’t just sacks of stats but they are also personalities that people have affinity for, things that brought people to the army in the first place.

If you like one of the ‘Wings’ in the lore, great… You’re back in business with this book but a lot of the first born flavor has sadly been relegated to the legends category.  I think that may hold people back with a little nostalgia burn but once they get past that… Maybe there is some sweetness there that people haven’t found yet.  Any time you have a book come out that leaves some legacy in the dust it seems to take people a while to find the new best stuff.

We’re delighted to continue to represent Discount Games Inc as sponsor of our show. They are helping bring FTN to you. Please check them out and support the organizations that support us. Discount Games Inc. offers Games Workshop products at 15% off the suggested retail at their website here. You can send an email to the owner Jay. These guys run a podcast too! Check them out.

The Hobby segment this week is about being lazy when it comes to magnetizing and just using super glue you can maybe freeze off later. We have some t-shirts a really cool sticker up for sale to celebrate us being nine years deep into this show. Check them out here.

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This Balance Dataslate changes a lot.  Tons of points updated, some keyword changes, some out right new editions to factions and some subtle clarifications.  This update has it all. A couple of factions are untouched…  It wasn’t just about knocking the top off the heap. It seems like we are closer and closer to actual balance and proactively managing the game.

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Daemons and Drukari might be the biggest winners out of all of this but that will remain to be seen over the next few weeks as these changes make their way out to the bigger tournaments.  Daemons will take a knock back from just being allies but might see play as a single faction again as a TON of their units see point reductions.

Custodes undoubtedly took too much of a hit after their success after the edition drop.  Now.. maybe they come back.  Point alignments in a pretty big way with this faction.

Marines… its tough when Marines are good.  Sometimes they are too good and with the sheer variety of units it seems clear that the game would like there to be fewer ‘easy choices’ and a good way to change that efficiency score is to mess with points. Marine lists will change and we might see those multiple Gladiator lists start to creep up to replace what’s out there now per-dataslate.

We’re delighted to continue to represent Discount Games Inc as sponsor of our show. They are helping bring FTN to you. Please check them out and support the organizations that support us. Discount Games Inc. offers Games Workshop products at 15% off the suggested retail at their website here. You can send an email to the owner Jay. These guys run a podcast too! Check them out.

The Hobby segment this week is all about repainting or touching up an old/existing color scheme or army. We have some t-shirts a really cool sticker up for sale to celebrate us being nine years deep into this show. Check them out here.

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I had the fabulous opportunity to stream the Age of Sigmar tournament on the Games Workshop Twitch channel.  As a result I got to witness some absolutely top level Age of Sigmar play and got to hang out with one of the best communities in gaming.

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Wow.  Sigmar is thriving and this past weekend witnessed the largest Sigmar tournament to date with almost 400 players from all over the globe.  For some it was a way to close out the ITC season and for others it was the first opportunity in 2024 to try and nab a spot in the World Championships of Warhammer.

We recap the event and sing the virtues of the competitors and the community.  The entire group brings such enthusiasm to the event.  It is no wonder why that event is growing every year.  The entire stream team had an amazing time.

It didn’t seem like a surprise to people but there were two Cities of Sigmar players in the finals.  It is the most recent book but I don’t think that explains their success.  They were phenomenal players.  The game came down to tiebreakers. Neither player had much left on the table and it was a joy to watch.

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Now that folks have seen the rules and have an idea what to expect from the Old World.  How do you make those large rank and file units without breaking the bank?  We talk a little bit about that and continue to muse on things to come with the New/Old Game.

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There are some amazing tutorials out there on how to make unit fillers for your rank and file games. These are sometimes huge time and money savers as they all you to cut down on the number of specific models you need to complete ranks for those sweet sweet rank bonuses.

After the break we talk a little bit about what it takes to make a ‘good’ 40k army as well.  There is so much talk out there on what people are hoping and waiting for from a Balance Data slate that I think some people have taken their eye off of the basics.

At this point we all know what the mission cards require us to do.  We need to have units in our list that are capable of that. These are the ‘new’ building blocks of 40k.  TONS of games are being played out there and the ones that are doing the best have a lot of list in their list… if you know what I mean.  Actually, you don’t have to guess, you just have to listen to this show. ha!

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New Year, Old World.  See what I did there?  We dive into the Old World rules and talk a little about what is old and what is new.  The game feels very much the same but there are some big differences.  Is it better?  You decide!

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The Old World rules feel a lot like the old editions of Fantasy Battles but it’s not all the same.  It feels like there are honest quality of life improvements in the system but it maintains feel and nostalgia of the rank and flank game we knew and loved.

Knew and Loved?  Has time passed enough to where this feels cool again?  Will it draw in players from yesteryear or possibly just draw folks away from Age of Sigmar?  It’s a different enough game where players will likely play both.

There is a lot of talk out there about the Legacy factions and will you or won’t you be able to play them at events.  We don’t talk about that here but we certainly will on future episodes.  For now… I think people will really enjoy getting their hands on a freshened up rules set with familiar mechanics   All the models are fantastic.  Bring on the SQUARE BASES!

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Happy Holidays All.  In this episode we talk about how some savvy generals have made quite a splash with the new Necron codex breaking out some old favorites with new detachments.

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I apologize that this episode is a little later coming than I expected but I was doing my annual binge of the entire extended cuts of Lord of the Rings. It just ended.. ha!

We talk about the Necrons and Ad Mech this episode.

The Necrons seem to be doing a little better than the Ad Mech right out of the gate but I honestly think that has more to do with the fact people we ‘ready to go’ with the Necrons more than the Ad Mech players have been.  Ad Mech hasn’t been doing a lot of work for the last edition and half or so.   Will that change?

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We break down the ins and outs of the brand new game Legions Imperialis.  Its fun, back and forth action with a whole new line of models.. plus some that have been out a while that you can bring in from other games.  The rulebook has everything you need to know to get going in just one purchase.

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We gush a little bit about the new game from Games Workshop.  It’s an interesting new take on a venerable classic.  Space Marine Epic came out a long time ago and was one of my first purchases with my own dollars in the hobby.  That games brought in lots of factions and maybe we’ll see them one day but Legions Imperialis takes place in the Horus Heresy timeline with just Space Marine legions and Solar Auxliera at the moment.

With that said, you still have TONS of options and different ways to build your fighting force based.  You can even bring in flyers from Aeronautic and Titans from Titanicus.  Wow.  Pretty neat to be able to do that and the rules seem to be pretty streamlined to expand as you grow with the game.

We gush on about the new rules and the possibilities.  In the middle of the show we sit down with our main vendor sponsor for the show to talk about what’s going on with his show and how you can save on the new action.  We also talk about why you might want to hit him up for pre-orders in the future.

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Paul had the privilege of going to PAX Unplugged this past weekend to demo games of 40k Combat Patrol and got to meet a TON of new players/hobbyist. PAX is definitely growing and one of the biggest draws of the entire convention was Games Workshop’s paint and take activity.  SOOOOOOOO much painting done by people brand new to miniatures over the weekend.

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Paul had the opportunity to teach 40k to a ton of new people over the weekend.  Hundreds…  it was amazing.  People who might have been familiar with rolling dice or using figures for another game like D&D or something but not too many of them had done any wargaming in the past.  It was so cool to see their eyes light up when models started getting destroyed or they would land a successful charge.

Pew Pew and Crunch noises were definitely made by one and all.  Some folks just wanted to see what it was all about and it was clear that some folks were looking for an excuse to dive right in.

A lot of folks that  came by the booth did so after swinging by the Paint and Take hobby area GW had set up in the middle of the convention floor.  This allowed new people to take their first shot at painting an Infernus Marine using contrast and layer paints.  It was pretty amazing to see their faces light up when they held something in their hands they could be proud of.  A big percentage of the people blew past the examples given to them to create something truly unique to their vision.

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We give a broad rundown of the Warhammer World Championships and Grand Narrative Event that happened last weekend in Atlanta, GA USA.  It was amazing. Some of the best 40k ever to be played by some of the best players of all time in a competition setting.  On the other side of the doors were hundreds of 40k players having the time of their lives in the Grand Narrative.  A true event to behold.

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Paul and Adam were on the mics live streaming the whole weekend while Red and his fam were playing in the Grand Narrative.  We run down our experiences this episode.  You owe it to yourself to put this event on your bucket list.

We definitely expected Chaos Space Marines to do well but it was difficult to call them out as the winner.  There were top tier players piloting almost every faction in the game over the weekend.  Leagues of Votann came out of obscurity, Aeldari almost kept their top spot, Space Marines came in second with Marnues Calgar of all people in the list!

A Hoard style CSM list took it down in the end by being able to choke the primary and causing bad trades with their Space Marine opponent.  That is the extreme high level take. The games played on stream were spectacular and you should check them out over on the Warhammer twitch feed.

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A bit of a short episode this week as we get ready for the World Championship of Warhammer and the Grand Narrative in Atlanta GA.  Players from all over the world will be coming to play for their country’s glory or to be enshrined in the lore of Warhammer 40,000.  It will be amazing.

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We talk a lot about what to expect from the Grand Narrative based on what we think will happen this year and from last year’s incredible event.

The back part of the show is all about hobby stuff.  This comes up for us as we get ready for events too.  It’s cool how this stuff goes hand in hand.

We’ll be back to the normal format for the show after we return from ATL and get back to it leading into the holiday season.  Stay tuned!

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Assault is dead, Long Live Assault!  There was an overwhelming amount of shooting in the game just after the edition launched.  Has that changed? If it hasn’t changed for you, maybe you haven’t seen what’s coming from Space Marines, World Eaters and the like. We think it’s back, baby.

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In the last episode we talked about how World Eaters took second in other episodes how terrain can be such a factor.  At more and more events we’re seeing them with better terrain layouts and more variety being an option for what generals can take.  With the release of the Space Marine book the doors are blown wide off. We talk just a little bit about using them as Blood Angels but they are by no means limited to that path.

There are at least two, and arguably three, detachments that breath a ton of life into assault based armies.  They give them tricks we haven’t seen since the edition flip and players are start to turn on to them.  Advance and charge, reliable hitting and wounding in any phase of the game, etc.

We are seeing assault armies like World Eaters and Space Marine variants get a ton of support from Character/Leader models that quite literally give them the juice to get across the table and maximize contact with the opponent.  We hope this is a thing that persists through the codex releases.

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A phenomenal general took gold at the Games Workshop US Open event in Tampa last week with amazing play and doing it with none other than the Sisters of Battle, Adeptus Sororitas.  No one would have expected this.  We break down the top two lists.

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Wow.  World Eaters being 2nd place in the edition where everyone says assault is dead blows my mind.  This speaks to the pilot of the list, of course, but also to the fact that there is plenty left to uncover in the early days of 10th.

Jeffery K taking the top spot with an army that EVERYONE seems to have counted out is spectacular.  He took his collection to the big show and came out with the gold.  I hope I get to see him in Atlanta.

When we talk about solid play making up for some list efficiencies this is what we mean.  The balance dataslate did a lot to level the playing field and now we’re seeing what players can do with it.  Still.. I don’t think anyone would have predicted these two army lists topping the charts without being familiar with the players.  Congrats to Jeffery and Jack, well earned and well fought.

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The Hobby segment is about how and when to remove mold lines.  It is when you see them.  You primed that figure already?  No worries, do yourself a favor and scrape that line anyway and spot prime/paint that area.  We have some t-shirts a really cool sticker up for sale to celebrate us being nine years deep into this show. Check them out here.

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