The Wargames Orchard
A Warhammer Fantasy podcast dedicated to exploring the game in a whole new way! We discuss rules, armies, and units from 5th to 8th edition, while working to make our rule sets and scenarios. Listeners will also find plenty of lore, news, and hobby talk. Take a walk back in the Old World with us!
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 68 minutes
- Episodes
- 100
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2023
Who’s a good boy...?
Happy Halloween! Or not, if you happen to run into a 3rd edition intelligent Dire Wolf. Fortunately they are rare and disappear when the sun comes up. Not so the later iterations, which are very much…
Border Princes Bash
Join GJ on a paint ramble - although this one is a lot more structured than the last one! Topic of discussion is the scenarios for the upcoming 5th edition campaign on the first ever Dutch Oldhammer …
Swing low, sweet skeleton chariot
Ladies and gentlemen, Goblins of all ages, we finally have some Old World news. Well, Old World concept art. But one of those is a lovely Tomb Kings chariot which inspired GJ to take a deep dive into…
Hopping around the Realm of Chaos
Are you ready to dip your toes, or hooves, which may or may not turn into kangaroo legs, into the Realm of Chaos? As if organizing and participating in a painting challenge isn't enough, GJ wants to …
Looks like manflesh is back on the menu
They are the biggest, the best, the brawliest and the most well-traveled Ogres: Maneaters! Join GJ as he looks at the Ogre Maneaters in all their various (ahem) iterations, as well as the long and ri…
King Arthur and the Knights of... Bretonnia?
This week we take a look at the stories, histories, myths and legends on which everyone's favourite noble nation of Knights is based. Much of the general aspects of Bretonnia are derived from the leg…
Episode 100: A Dark Omen
We made it to one hundred episodes! That seems like a lot. To celebrate the accomplishment, Nathan and GJ get together and wax nostalgically about one of the greatest Warhammer video games of all tim…
Old Man Yells At Lizards: A History Of Cold One Knights
It was bound to happen. Nathan was left on his own and now we have a whole episode dedicated to his love / hate relationship with Dark Elf Cold One Knights. At least he spends most of the episode cha…
Quit Hitting Yourself: The History of Empire Flagellants
Bad things happen in the Warhammer World. Sometimes your family gets eaten by Orcs, or Beastmen, or Ogres. Maybe instead they were stolen away by pale faced nobles in the night, or carried off by gia…
Rolling out the big guns
Do you hear that, in the distance? Is it thunder? Is it Grom the Paunch racing his chariot over the cobbled streets of Nuln? No, it's the explosive conclusion of our two part deep dive into the gunpo…
The little Engineer that could
Join GJ as he explores the history of Nuln, a city renowned for its engineers and gunpowder contraptions in the first of this two-part episode on Empire gunpowder weapons. From the short-lived (both …
Campaigns of Legend part 6: Why should 5th have all the good packs?
Have you ever thought: "I love those 5th edition campaign packs but I don't play 5th? Why are they not also playable in 6th?" If that's you, then look no further than this episode. GJ interviews frie…
Fanning the Flame
Join GJ as he takes a deep-dive into the lore and evolution of the most useless - er - most noble of all the High Elves, the Phoenix Guard. From the fearsomely silly reason for causing fear to the ac…
Big Tough Warhammer Questions
It's time to choose! This week Nathan is put through the wringer as he's got to make tough choices between some of his favourite Warhammer factions, gods, vampires, and more. You can play along at ho…
Campaigns of Legend Part 5: The Treasured Elven Pastime of Fratricide!
In this finale of our look at the legendary boxed campaigns of 5th Edition Warhammer Fantasy, GJ takes you to Ulthuan to share a story about two brothers who want nothing more than to murder each oth…
You got your Lord of The Rings all over my Warhammer!
Apparently people who love Warhammer Fantasy also love Lord of the Rings! Who would have guessed that? Nathan and GJ sure love them both, and on this episode they talk about the good and bad of the L…
Bonus Episode: Paint & Chat with GJ
Join GJ for an evening paint session In this experimental bonus episode. Settle in and paint some models of your own while GJ talks you through his High Elf project and whatever else comes to mind!
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Marvellous Mummy Magics!
Gather round young Liches, Grand Hierophant GJ is here to relate the great history of Tomb King Magic from 4th Edition all the way up to the End Times. It's time to unearth a few of Warhammer Fantasy…
Campaigns of Legend Part 4: The Fast and The Chivalrous
Get ready for a Perilous Quest as GJ takes you on a tour of this gallant Warhammer Fantasy campaign. Get ready for tournaments, sneaky elves, and a lot of chivalry. Seriously, a lot of chivalry. You'…
Sauron VS Nagash, Dressing Up As Mummies, & Beastmen Artillery.
Nathan and GJ are back together this week to bring you serious Warhammer talk. Would Sauron survive the Warhammer World? Is Athel Loren scarier than the Chaos Wastes? Can you wrap yourself in toilet …