Forge the Narrative - Warhammer 40k Podcast

The Balance update is here and people by in large seem to be digging it.  Is it what we needed to put Competitive 40k back on track?  We are really seeing the beauty of the Matched Play rules design…

We’re cracking open Octarius Book 2.  For Matched Play the book is focused largely on Orks.  The Blood Axe faction gets a pretty nice set of abilities.  There is an Ork Army of Renown in the book to…

The wonderful Aceface, John Hickton, joins us this week to discuss the absolute brutal things Tyranids get out of the Octarius campaign book.  The Tyranids seemed to be missing a couple 9th edition …

Octarius absolutely gives some units a new lease on life – including Fortifications.  I’ll be honest.. it’s hard for me to put Buildings in a list but wow, I may be breaking out a Bastion for my nex…

We’re talking about Black Templars this week.  Adam is a long time Black Templar player and we’re anxious to get his thoughts.  He’s a little critical of the book and we can’t blame him!  What we ca…

Thanks for sticking with us after a week of vacation.  We are back with a little bit of recap from the Games Workshop US Open event in New Orleans and we also ponder a little bit on Black Templars a…

We may see a whole new slugfest developing over the next couple of tournaments.  Two or three armies that can absolutely dominate the middle of the table have dropped and people will be bringing the…

Red is back for part two of our Culture Crafting discussion.  I know so few of us actually end up running events but I do think it’s worth talking about all the decisions that go on behind the scene…

The title is very click baity and I don’t mean that on purpose.  We’re joined by Pleasant Kenobi for a great segment in the middle of the show to talk about his journey into Warhammer 40k and I ask …

Are you looking to start hosting Warhammer Tournaments or Events?  Are you looking for tips on how to make these more fun for your participants or expand the groups that show up?  Then we have an ep…

This week we had the fist opportunity to subscribe to Warhammer+ and I jumped in both feet first.  In this episode we also chat about a 1k Sons army list and ponder – will this army make a splash?  …

This is a heavy episode, so be warned….  I say that because we tackle a difficult topic that means different things to different people.  I’m anxious to hear what it means to you folks.  Is delibera…

Hey all, the books didn’t make into our hands before time of recording so we’re bringing our thoughts and impressions from the stuff we do know from the articles and lore. We’ll get to the rules lat…

We talk a bit about the Admech FAQ we received at the end of last week but mostly we have a healthy discussion about ‘what is core’ and why it seems to be different for several armies.  What do you …

There is new stuff GALORE coming down from GW and we talk about it in the first half of the show.  The last half, towards the end, we talk about how to be true to your hobby self to prevent ‘hitting…

The Book of Fire breaths a little life into an under utilized Sisters Faction and also  gives us a chance to revisit some of the Chaos factions and relics.  We spend a little more time between the c…

We ask the question everyone is wanting to know.  How do you beat Ad Mech?  This new army has hit the scene in a big way and are proving to be a tough nut to crack.  It will take a bit for folks to …

This episode gets deep.  We diagnose what a ‘gotcha moment’ is and what it is not by relating it to real world examples and the spirit of a cooperative game.  Did I mention we get deep?  You have be…

It looks like we may see a shift in this edition that allows for larger units of base troops.   We discuss the virtues or min squads vs max squads and everything in between.  We try to figure out if…

Events around the world are beginning to use the most recently updated FAQs and allow the new codexes.  We ask the question ‘when’ should this happen?  Should there be a delay from publish to accept…