Forge the Narrative – Warhammer 40k Podcast

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?

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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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 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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Please consider grabbing an FTN T-shirt to help us celebrate the shows anniversary. The link can be found here. Proceeds will go to doing something nice for cast members of the show. The sticker is cool too and has been on my laptop for a year.  It’s the best sticker I’ve ever owned.

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.

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.

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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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!

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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Please consider grabbing an FTN T-shirt to help us celebrate the shows anniversary. The link can be found here. Proceeds will go to doing something nice for cast members of the show. The sticker is cool too and has been on my laptop for a year.  It’s the best sticker I’ve ever owned.

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.

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.

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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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 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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Please consider grabbing an FTN T-shirt to help us celebrate the shows anniversary. The link can be found here. Proceeds will go to doing something nice for cast members of the show. The sticker is cool too and has been on my laptop for a year.  It’s the best sticker I’ve ever owned.

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.

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.

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!

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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Please consider grabbing an FTN T-shirt to help us celebrate the shows anniversary. The link can be found here. Proceeds will go to doing something nice for cast members of the show. The sticker is cool too and has been on my laptop for a year.  It’s the best sticker I’ve ever owned.

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.

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!

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!

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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Please consider grabbing an FTN T-shirt to help us celebrate the shows anniversary. The link can be found here. Proceeds will go to doing something nice for cast members of the show. The sticker is cool too and has been on my laptop for a year.  It’s the best sticker I’ve ever owned.

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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.

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!

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.

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 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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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 have the new Space Marine Codex in hand and it’s awesome! This codex delivers on form and function.  The detachments within let you build out any Space Marine chapter you know and love but does not really force or even imply you need them painted a certain color.  What do you think about that?

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Please consider grabbing an FTN T-shirt to help us celebrate the shows anniversary. The link can be found here. Proceeds will go to doing something nice for cast members of the show. The sticker is cool too and has been on my laptop for a year.  It’s the best sticker I’ve ever owned.

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There is no doubt that this is a must have for any Space Marine player. More than just the detachments letting you mimic Space Marine chapters you know and love you have a lot of options when it comes to using your own personal collection.

We talk about a couple of the stand out units like the Company Heroes and Aggressors making their way up to one of the top units.  We think this codex with breath a lot of life into the collections some Space Marine players have 100%.

Are you seeing meta shifts in your area?

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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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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 half an episode!  We got delayed last week and this episode should have come out then.  Very sorry!    We run down a recent Horus Heresy Tournament and then talk a little bit about the current 40k Meta.

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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.

Many apologies all.  I went on vacation last week and got backed up with the podcast duties.  We will have another episode coming right after this one this week.  Please forgive us!

This episode is a lot shorter than normal but we’ll be back to the normal length for the next one.

Are you seeing meta shifts in your area?

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The Hobby segment is about how to get the most out of your new Biovore/Pyrovore kit. There is a quick way to make it to where you can switch between weapon options and extend the kit.  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 balance dataslate dropped last week with huge quality of life improvements on both sides of the table.  What does this mean to you?  I know a lot of players found themselves with a couple of hundred points to spare.  Some other players.. Not so much.

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Please consider grabbing an FTN T-shirt to help us celebrate the shows anniversary. The link can be found here. Proceeds will go to doing something nice for cast members of the show. The sticker is cool too and has been on my laptop for a year.  It’s the best sticker I’ve ever owned.

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.

Aeldari definitely take a bit of a hit in this dataslate with point increases and changes to devastating wounds.  The dev wounds thing is still hugely powerful against vehicles and large models but how hoards are a little more insulated from the effect.  The point changes will no doubt cause some generals to have re-think about their lists but we theorize the night spinners and fire prisms will still make it into lists but we might see a fewer Warp Spiders and Shadow Specters.

Several units saw their sizes messed with.  This can be an increase or decrease.  Balance comes in many forms…

Armies like Death Guard are getting a whole new lease on life but is it enough?  We don’t really cover the nuances of Death Guard on the show but you can expect that and some army lists for several factions coming next week!

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 is about how to get the most out of your new Biovore/Pyrovore kit. There is a quick way to make it to where you can switch between weapon options and extend the kit.  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!

How much can the first codex of the new edition tell us about where the game is going?  I think we need more data.  The Tyranids book brings us a lot of detachments, new units and new abilities.  It stacks up really well against a lot of what we see out there in the field right now.  Triple Norn Emissaries might be a real thing.

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Please consider grabbing an FTN T-shirt to help us celebrate the shows anniversary. The link can be found here. Proceeds will go to doing something nice for cast members of the show. The sticker is cool too and has been on my laptop for a year.  It’s the best sticker I’ve ever owned.

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We cover the new units currently up for preorder and spend a lot time on the Emissary itself.  It’s pretty nice with the ability to shrug off damage and put a lot of OC right where you want it.

We don’t get too much into the strategy of Tyranids with this show but we do ooh and ahh over some cool abilities and what sort of power opponents might expect to see right out of the game.

OC and Battleshock are becoming more and more of a thing as the game develops.  I like to see this.  A meaningful morale mechanic and units being able to compete for points is an excellent additional layer or two of balance.

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 is about how to paint Tyranids for folks not experienced with the faction.  Paul went with a Leviathan like scene.  Primed Grey Seer, heavy drybrushed White Scar all over, applied a very thin downed Vulpous Pink to the body, then purple for the hard exoskeleton bits.  For the Claws, Rhinox Hide based, shaded with thin downed Basilicum Grey, highlighted with Doom Bull Brown then a final highlight of Deathclaw Brown.  Deathclaw is what Paul couldn’t think of during the show. Let us know what works for you!  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 are re back!  All of us can feel that sinking feeling when we line up against Aeldari but never fear.  There is hope!  Terrain, Tactics, Good Luck, Good Draws, it can all help.  The faction is tough but it is far from unbeatable.  We talk about some of the things that’s been working for us.

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Please consider grabbing an FTN T-shirt to help us celebrate the shows anniversary. The link can be found here. Proceeds will go to doing something nice for cast members of the show. The sticker is cool too and has been on my laptop for a year.  It’s the best sticker I’ve ever owned.

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We welcome Adam back from commenting on the WTC that recently happened in Europe.  We kick the show off talking about an Astra Militarum list Paul took recently.  The list preformed really well.  It had a Tank Commander with a Demolisher cannon, 2 Wyverns, 2 Manticores, 2 Earth Shaker Carriges, 3 scout sentinels and 3 Hell Hounds.  It sort of seemed weird not taking Lord Mecharius but Ursla was all this list needed to rock the house.

We discuss the finer points of things to consider when forming your anti Aeldari strategy.  We certainly aren’t singling Aeldari players out by any stretch but they are the most winning faction in the field right now and a lot of players are flocking to them if they weren’t players of the faction before.  Aeldari are awesome, I love the faction as well.  Its just a nice opportunity to take a deeper look at what ‘can be done.’

In part 2 we talk about Yncarne management. Wowzers, this model can create quite the problem for some players.

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 is about how to paint Tyranids for folks not experienced with the faction.  Paul went with a Leviathan like scene.  Primed Grey Seer, heavy drybrushed White Scar all over, applied a very thin downed Vulpous Pink to the body, then purple for the hard exoskeleton bits.  For the Claws, Rhinox Hide based, shaded with thin downed Basilicum Grey, highlighted with Doom Bull Brown then a final highlight of Deathclaw Brown.  Deathclaw is what Paul couldn’t think of during the show. Let us know what works for you!  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 are re back!  Red, Tanya and Paul jibber jabber about recent tournaments, Ork lists and base sizes.  Tanya pulled down best painted, player’s choice, at an event recently and Paul is back from the ATC and GenCon.

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Tanya opens the show talking about her recent tournament experience.  She took her an amazingly painted army out for a spin.  The list was unconventional but she got a few wins and brought home some hardware.

Paul and the Wrong Way Kids had a blast at the most recent ATC but they didn’t do near as well as she did… ha.  That’s ok.  The event was extremely fun and it’s exciting to play as part of a team.  You win and lose as a group.  Spending time with your best buds playing 40k is a great way to spend a weekend away.

We do talk about base sizes and how these types of things are becoming more and more of how to play the game in an expected way against opponents.  In home games you can make a lot of allowances and all that but when you travel and play against people you might not know the ‘social contract’ and tournament rules/restrictions matter a lot.

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We are re back!  Season 2 is in motion and we hear from Red and his recap of going 5-1 with World Eaters of all things at the LSO the weekend before.  We talk a little bit about the America Team Championship as well.  That event was last weekend but we recorded this before and it’s a bit of a lead up.

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Aeldari continue to dominate the win rates and tournament wins week after week.  I am actually cool with factions and lists being powerful but is this too much? If you could tweak anything about the Aeldari and how they work now what would you choose?  Fate Dice certainly seem to be a culprit.

We welcome some new patrons on our brand new Patreon and it is amazing to see folks be a part of the show and help it keep going.

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We’re back!  Season 2 starts officially with this episode.   The whole gang is back together and we’re getting our heads around the New40k.   It is the wild west out there right now with a couple of incredibly dominant lists getting all the attention.

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Aeldari and Genestealer cults will be what everyone else is talking about – with good reason – they are incredibly strong right now.  On this show… we talk about other stuff, ha!  We are sharing our initial thoughts as we get our first games in and start to settle into army lists we like.  Over the last couple of days my Knights have been absolutely annihilated by Aeldari…

We welcome some new patrons on our brand new Patreon and it is amazing to see folks be a part of the show and help it keep going.

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It’s just Paul and Adam this week.  We use the time to talk about Towering in the back half of the show and just what an impact the big toys are making on the game right now.  Is this too much or just something we need to adjust to as the edition matures?

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We have seen a few tournament results from the first few events in 10th and wow… Knights and Wraith Knights are making a big impact.  Maybe it’s Fate Dice.  Maybe its Towering.  Maybe it is just folks getting used to the new rules set.  Right now everyone is familiar enough with the game but there are still a few little twists and turns that work differently than they used to.

We welcome some new patrons on our brand new Patreon and it is amazing to see folks be a part of the show and help it keep going.

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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!

Revenge of the 5th Vacation episode.  This new edition of Warhammer is shaping up to be really nice.  We are seeing Games Workshop’s vision for how they want to layer the game between the base game that comes in the box and the organized play events.

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Everyone is sort of waiting on the ‘day one FAQ’ but do we honestly need that sort of thing?  We’ve gotten several games in with the new rules and once you look at the core game and then merge it with the Leviathan Mission leaflet that comes with the box set you’re set up for a ton of fun games with a LOT replay-ability.   I got the chance to demo a ton of games over the course of the last weekend and the game was extremely easy to explain and potential new players were rolling dice almost immediately.

We welcome some new patrons on our brand new Patreon and it is amazing to see folks be a part of the show and help it keep going.

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The Hobby segment is about jungle bases this week! Paul uses thyme, mod podge, acrylic paint and some puff paint to make stuff happen.  If you’re considering spicing up your jungle themed army you want to check this out.  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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Vacation Episode Episode IV a new hope for 40k.  We run down the new Stratagems with the full crew. We’re all very excited for what the new 40k brings and can’t wait to get models on the table.  We’ve played a few games with what we know so far and it’s fun!

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I kinda feel like Grenades is meant to replace a unit’s shooting attack and we don’t  mention that in the show because it doesn’t say that in the book.  It’s hard for us to determine the intent with no sort of FAQ or  commentary at the time of recording but hey.. we just read it like we read it.  In the right situation this seems strong.

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The Hobby segment is about jungle bases this week! Paul uses thyme, mod podge, acrylic paint and some puff paint to make stuff happen.  If you’re considering spicing up your jungle themed army you want to check this out.  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!

Surprise! Another episode with the whole crew.  We joke around a good bit as we anxiously await the the edition.  We are hanging on every word from the Warhammer Community. We continue to expound upon what we’d like to see in the new edition and fondly think of editions past.

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It is so nice to be hanging out again and thanks to everyone who is listening to us while we basically just get to be fans of warhammer and talk about it.

We welcome some new patrons on our brand new Patreon and it is amazing to see folks be a part of the show and help it keep going.

More episodes are on the way!

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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 whole crew is back for what is our second Vacation episode.  It is cool to get the whole gang back together and we should start picking back up on regular episodes soon.  Maybe we’re waiting on something? Ha!  Just like the whole 40k Community

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We talk about some of the reveals and what we know about mission structure so far in the next edition of the game.

We welcome some new patrons on our brand new Patreon and it is amazing to see folks be a part of the show and help it keep going.

More episodes are on the way!

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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!

Its been a bit and I had to remember how to do this.  Ha! Thanks for your patience with us while we’re on vacation.  In this episode we talk a little bit about the 10th edition confirmations we’ve had on the Warhammer Community site and a wonderful interview with the legendary Dan Abnett.

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The floodgates are open for what we’re seeing come through for 10th.  We don’t know ‘when’ or ‘how’ but we are definitely starting to get excited for the next edition of Warhammr 40,000.

In this episode we gush over the Dante and Lion releases.  These models are gorgeous.

In the middle of the episode Paul sits down with Dan Abnett to talk a bit about Marvel comics and his work on the most recent release from the Siege of Terra series.  As always, Dan’s excitement for the stories comes beaming through.  We hope you enjoy it!

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Wow. A decade of talking about Warhammer to the internet.  The support, love and high fives from folks all around the world means so much.  Thanks so much to all the listeners new and old.  We talk about vacation on this episode…

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Believe me when I say this is not goodbye.  We love what we do and the team is anxious to get into season 2 of the FTN show but we are going to take a short break.  Vacation time… We’re already planning the vacation vlogs or whatever we end up calling them.  It might be paint and chats or silly live streams or something.  Just something to bridge the gap over the next short while to recharge the batteries.  Please please please don’t hesitate to hit us up on the socials.  I completely understand we’re a weekly show and I am going to miss the back and forth.  If you’re in the same boat please know the invitation to hit me up on twitter or instagram or the facebook page is sincere.

We reminisce about how we all came together in this incarnation of the show and what it means to us but not in the ‘final’ way because believe me when and if that day ever comes there will be a LOT of other people to thank – including my wife and kids for their support over the years.  The group is already missing getting together every week and we aren’t even sure on what we’ll do with our time next week, ha!

We talk about Adepticon coming up, hot dogs and pizza.  The culture of the event venues is so important and a huge part of what we’ve come to enjoy from these experiences.

Red talks about a recent win at a local tournament with his World Eaters.    Sincerely, no matter how long or how many times you’ve listened to the show it means so much to us.  We absolutely will be back in a couple/few weeks with more content from the cast and a fresh start on some other projects.  Keep your eyes and ears peeled.

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The memes of these Desolation Marines have been outstanding. I’m sure we’ll continue to see them pop up but that might change a little once hobbyist get them in their hands and have the opportunity to paint them something other that Ultramarines Blue.  We’ll no doubt see head swaps and custom bits and all that jazz.  The absolute winner for me is the new Brutalis Dreadnought. It’s a beast!

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These new marines have been all sorts of up in arms.  Some folks don’t know how they even made it past the design phase.  Some folks are scratching their head trying to figure out how they will make it into army lists. Some folks are just asking why?  To me, a lot of those questions will get answered in time as players choose to give them a shot and start to layer on the best Chapter Tactics for them.  There are other things in this box too though…

I will absolutely be looking to play with the Brutalis Dreadnought.  It has all the sorts of things that makes my Blood Angel heart sing.  The claw variant is the one that jumps out to me but you  can make a case for any of the configuration.  I am also starting with the multi melta hip guns.  I plan be getting up close and personal.

At the back of the show we revisit the topic of not showing up to the table beaten.  Approach every game like a winnable game and with that mindset you will absolutely win more games.

Adam is playing in the Cherokee Open over the weekend and bringing Grey Knights.  How will he do?  Find out next week, ha!

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The Hobby segment is about listening to your products and what they ‘need’ from you.  This helps speed up your projects because you’re working in harmony with the product instead of potentially working against it.  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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We talk briefly about the new AM stuff hitting the pre-order sites this weekend.  I made sure to be quick on the draw to get the Rough Riders in my cart after I saw how quick the Kasrkin went last week.  I hope everyone gets what they are looking for.  We also talk about – how to maximize your Blood Tithe Points. Everyone wants to see Angron more than once.

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BTP management seems like it will be critical to the success of the World Eaters. We talk a little bit about units to include in your force that are, of course, good but also help your rate of Blood Tithe Point generation.  Chaos Spawn and Helbrutes might be on the table a lot more in this faction  than with regular CSM or Thousand Sons.

It seems like the pre-orders from last week sold out SUPER quick.  We know that will be the case with the limited edition Black Library books.  May the odds be forever in your favor if you’re trying to get one.

We don’t talk specifically about the BL things coming out this week on the show but this series is something near and dear to all of our hearts.

Adam is traveling around North America at the moment and we get to hear about some of his travels.

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The Hobby segment is about listening to your products and what they ‘need’ from you.  This helps speed up your projects because you’re working in harmony with the product instead of potentially working against it.  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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Yay!  Everyone is back on the show this week after travel, recovery, etc.  We recap the LVO 2023 and come at it from a content creator perspective and reflect on the good time that it is.  At the end of the show we talk a little about the design of the World Eaters Codex.

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We kick back and relax this show. Recapping the LVO 2023 and how good it was to hang out with each other and see listeners and Warhammer fans from all around the world.

At the end of the show we talk about the design of the World Eaters codex and how there may be some real intentional things here and how maybe it’s a look at what we can expect from specialized codexes in the future?  Who is to say?

It’s nice to have everyone back and it was even cooler getting to meet folks in person.  That is the first time that a couple of us had met face to face.  That’s hard to fathom as we hang out and talk every week….  Ha. On site it was cool to reflect that it doesn’t feel like it’s been forever since we’ve seen each other.  I’m really glad technology does bring us together.

Back to 40k… A lot more armies are going to get up close and personal.  Does that mean shooting will take a back seat?  Doubtful.  Custodes are coming back in a huge way from what we’ve seen from tournament reports and faction choices.  How nice it must be to travel with a small army box, lol.

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Eightbound will be the story of this codex at the moment.  They are positioned to get up close and personal with a lot of armies.  Some won’t be able to handle it.  This is good though… if the game is too shooty its one dimensional.  Will this codex push it too far the other way?

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We kick the show off talking about Blood Tithe Points – the BTPs are an interesting mechanic that gives you options.  Do you save for a rainy day or do you burn them as soon as you get them?  You can basically spend them as soon as you get them and they seem to come to you quite plentifully.  Khorne cares not from where the blood flows.  You can almost create your army in a way that funnels BTPs to yourself.

The big stand outs in the Codex are the Eightbound.  They will shine pound for pound more than terminators, I think.  Terminators are still great though!  We might find ourselves in a world where that extra save really matters over the aggressiveness of the Eightbound but I don’t think we’re there yet.

This army doesn’t have any jump packs but it is still FAST.  There are pre-game moves and extra movement bonuses and ways to improve charge rolls and all the good stuff you might expect from an army that is renowned for doing one thing well – getting into combat.

It feels ‘nice’  in a way that makes sense but not overly pushed or forced into the codex. You can look at the models, look at the lore and just kinda smile and nod – that’s a hallmark of good design.

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I would have posted something about preordering Rogal Dorn but I don’t want to get anyone excited about a Primarch.  I do want to get folks excited about these tanks through!  All sorts of good Astra Militarum stuff goes up for pre-order this weekend.  Tread Heads rejoice.

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We do talk about the stuff going up for order today on the show and we also talk about what we’ll all be doing at the Las Vegas Open.  Links to all the streams can be found here. Most of us from the show will be helping out with one stream or another but have no fear.. we’ll make sure Red comes on when he can to chat.  ha!

The end of the ITC season draws nigh…   Who will take the top slot?  This is one of the first years we have so many folks from outside of the US to take the whole thing.  Warhammer has and will also be international but it is so cool to see just how connected the world is.

Back to the tank… The Rogal Dorn goes together like a dream.  A nice feature is that you don’t have to commit to any of the weapon options.  If you so choose you can keep the options open and just slot on your weapons with a little blue tac or a magnet to basically future proof your big guns.

I’m a big fan of whatever gives you the highest rate of fire.  There are tons of options and this thing comes with the ability to adapt to any tabletop situation.  Everyone is executed about the potential of what Marines might bring to the table.  What will be the best load out to deal with them?

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