40K Fireside

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What's 40K Fireside about?

Current rank 1 and 2 ITC David Gaylard and Vik Vijay have begun hosting the 40K Fireside Podcast! We're both multiple super major winnings and we tell our perspectives on the game in our conversation-based podcast.

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40K Fireside episodes:

05.01.2024
Reflections on the Balance Dataslate - Ep. 52
Hey guys, Vik and I have had some time, and a few games to have a good thoughtful discussion on the balance dataslate. What do you think was great about the update? Did you think anything big was missed? We'd love...
04.23.2024
Vik wins Oxford Super-Major with Adepta Sororitas - Ep. 51
Welcome back to Episode 51 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. With our stream game on hold until we get the points update (please comment with factions you'd like to see, looking...
04.19.2024
Points Update Wishlist! - Ep. 50.1
Welcome back to Episode 50.1 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. How did we get to episode 50 all of a sudden?! Thank you all for your support and feedback throughout the...
04.02.2024
An Idiot & Vik read the Tau Codex - Ep. 49
Welcome back to Episode 49 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. You've heard of Commander Farsight, Commander Shadowsun...but have you heard of (Tank?) Commander David Gaylard? Dave's looking for a new army to...
04.02.2024
Manchester Super-Major & Grey Knights - Ep. 48
Welcome back to Episode 48 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. We attended the UKTC Manchester Super-Major last week, one of the largest super-major events in the global calendar. Dave continues his...
03.14.2024
TEAMS: ETC w/ Brian Siepp! - Ep. 47
Hey everyone, Today I'm joined by Brian Siepp from team Ignite! Brian and I are going to Amsterdam this weekend to play in the 8 man team event in the Netherlands! Huge shoutout to Ruud for putting the tournament on. Hope you enjoy! #40k...
03.05.2024
January Balance Tier List - Ep. 43
Welcome back to Episode 44 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. Nothing stimulates discussion and consolidates thoughts like a competitive 40K faction tier list. With a bit of time to digest the...
03.05.2024
Don't believe it? We'll do it. - Ep. 46
Winning Super-Majors with Guard! (banter alert) https://youtu.be/m9bq91MXXqQ Welcome back to Episode 46 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. The Astra Militarum Saga continues! Just when we thought it was all over and the dust...
02.22.2024
Northampton Recap & A Guard Rant! - Ep. 45
*Apologies, new software, bad audio quality* Welcome back to Episode 45 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. We thought we'd mix it up this time and go back to our roots with a...
01.30.2024
Balance Hot Takes - Ep. 43
Welcome back to Episode 43 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. The moment we've been waiting for is here! The first Dataslate of 2024 has dropped and has exceeded our expectations with...
01.10.2024
Necron Meta & Nottingham Super Major! - Ep. 42
Hey guys! First time we're here doing a two person recap on the meta + we discuss lists from the Nottingham super major coming up this weekend! Please let us know if you have some feedback for this format :) And yes, I...
12.16.2023
Tourney Recap & The Necron Meta - Ep. 41
Welcome back to Episode 41 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. It’s been a while but Vik is back to catch-up with Dave on the latest 40K super majors we’ve attended (Coventry...
12.11.2023
David covers New Necrons! - Ep. 40
Hey there everyone, trying a new thing this time :) Thought I'd cover the new Necrons release! I've been a Necron fan for alittle while and they're an army I really enjoy - mainly because I enjoyed reducing the amount of...
11.26.2023
WCW Recap w/ Boris - Ep. 39
Recap of the WCW :)
11.08.2023
The Calm Before the Storm - Ep. 38
Welcome back to Episode 38 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. It's been a bit quiet on the 40K scene as we close in on the Warhammer World Championship in Atlanta next...
10.06.2023
Liam VSL Wins London! - Ep. 37
Welcome back to Episode 37 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. We've got special guest Liam VSL of Team Ignite with us for this episode who, this past weekend, became the 2023...
09.26.2023
Rock, Paper, Dataslate at LGT - Ep. 36
Hey All, Welcome back to Episode 36 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. We've had our first balance dataslate of 10th Edition which has brought a whole host of game-wide rules changes and...
08.30.2023
The Fireside Balance Dataslate Wishlist - Ep. 35
Hey All, Welcome back to Episode 35 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. There's little argument to be had that the singles meta isn't in the best spot at the moment , but...
08.15.2023
WTC Recap - Ep. 34
CROWDFUNDING - Liam VSL, a member of Team Ignite, Team Belgium and one of the best players in the world is currently crowd funding in order to be able to attend the World Championships in Atlanta (he's a student currently...
08.02.2023
Noobs head to WTC - Ep. 33
Hey All, Welcome back to Episode 33 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. With the secrecy of WTC list submission behind us and everything in the open now, we're finally able to share...
07.31.2023
What is WTC? How can you use it? - Ep. 31
Hey everyone, I'm joined by Typhus this week! He's a legend in the Polish scene, he's a previous UKTC judge, content creator on Enter the Matrix and an all round wizard when it comes to 40k. We're chatting about the WTC this...
07.31.2023
WTC with guest Liam Hackett! - Ep. 32
Hey everyone, Apologies if I'm a little tied on this one, I'm joined by the lovely Liam Hackett from Team Australia at 6:30AM I was really impressed with Liam, he's a really down to earth, smart and very experienced 40k player....
07.11.2023
10th Edition FAQ + Meta - Ep. 30
Hey everyone, Vik is back! We're going to be doing a quick recap of the FAQ, how it effects armies, what's involved, and what has maybe been missed. After that we're going through some recent indicator results of the meta - with some...
06.29.2023
10th Edition Tier List - Ep. 29
Hey everyone, Vik's on holiday so Dave is joined by Jokull and they're going through their views on how all of the current armies stack up. "Apparently" there's supposed to be an FAQ coming along, so hopefully this looks slightly more balanced...
06.17.2023
A Damning Critique of 10th Edition - Ep. 28
[Apologies in advance for the high rant levels in this one - we try our best to stay balanced, but it does get a little heated!] Hey All, Welcome back to Episode 28 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay...
06.09.2023
Deep Diving 10th Ed Secondaries - Ep. 27
Hey All, Welcome back to Episode 27 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. We open up this episode with a quick chat/discussion on our thoughts regarding the decision of the Bugeater GT to...
06.08.2023
Big New Bugs! 10th Tyranids Review! - Ep. 26
Hey All, Vik is on holiday today so Dave is here with Jokull from our team Ignite! We're both covering the new Tyranids data sheets spoiled today. Jokull is a long time Tyranid player, taking them to LVO and LGT - and...
05.29.2023
Ignite Win Birmingham Teams! - Ep. 25
Hey All, Welcome back to Episode 25 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. This past weekend saw Team Ignite (5 Players= Vik, Dave, Brian Seipp, Jokull Johannsson & Boris Michev) attend the huge...
05.24.2023
10th faction focus - Ep. 24
Hey All, Welcome back to Episode 24 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. We've got a back-to-backer for you this week. Whilst we've primarily been focussing on 9th edition, we have been keeping...
05.24.2023
Ignite @ Birmingham Team Tournament - Ep. 23
Hey All, Welcome back to Episode 23 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. This episode focuses on the upcoming huge 300+ person Birmingham GT, a 5-man Team Tournament hosted by the UKTC. This...
05.06.2023
Deathwatch Deep Dive w/ Jokull! - Ep. 22
Hey guys, Vik is away for this one, but After the Warhammer Fest Tournament we wanted to have a chat with our teammate Jokull because he placed very well at an absolutely stacked tournament with none other than DEATHWATCH! Deathwatch has been...
05.03.2023
Warhammer Fest IGNITE'd - Ep. 21
Hey All, Welcome back to Episode 21 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. This weeks episode focuses on the 360-person Warhammer Fest Super-Major last weekend, which saw 5/6 of Team Ignite attending, with...
04.22.2023
Dataslate Hot-Takes! - Ep. 20
Hey All, Welcome back to Episode 20 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. We finally got the last Dataslate of 9th Edition! We dedicate the majority of this episode on discussing the impact...
04.12.2023
The Desolation of London - Ep. 19
Hey All, Welcome back to Episode 19 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. With no Dataslate just yet (though hopefully due shortly after this episode releases!), our lists are submitted for the...
03.29.2023
Manchester Super-Major Ignited! - Ep. 18
Hey All, Welcome back to Episode 18 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. We're joined this episode by our good friend and founding member of Team Ignite, Brian Siepp, to discuss his...
03.15.2023
Dave Wins Another Super-Major! - Ep. 17
Hey All, (Dave apologizes for his mic - had a little toooo much gain!). Welcome back to Episode 17 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard. This week saw Dave win another Super-Major (making him the only player...
03.05.2023
The ITT Recap & The Meta - Ep. 16
Hey all, Welcome back to Episode 16 of the Fireside 40K podcast. We've just come back from the International Team Tournament, a 320 player (64 x 5-Person Teams) event with fixed terrain each round (making the results more relevant to singles),...
02.23.2023
The International Team Tournament - Ep. 15
Hey all, Vik and Dave back again with our main podcast series talking about the first event of our 2023 40K Season - The Internation Team Tournament (ITT). This is a huge 5-man teams event, with 320 players in attendance including...
02.22.2023
Getting Back into 40k With World Eaters ft. Boris Michev - Ep. 14
Hey all, We're joined today on the Fireside 40K podcast by one of the most lovely and talented 40K players to have hit the scene, Boris Michev (Also the owner of the incredible Bad Moon Cafe in London). As one of...
02.05.2023
AOO First Impressions!- Ep. 12.5
Hey All, Vik and I are now focussing our efforts on Arks of Omen! We haven't really had the time pre-LVO to look at anything else but we've been keeping out ears to the ground and looking at what has been...
02.05.2023
LVO Reca-... Rant. | 40K Fireside Ep. 12
Hey All, Vik finished #2 ITC in the world this season and Dave finished #4 overall! We both placed 28(?) 17(?) respectively which gave us enough points to stay in the top 4! We're chatting about our experience at LVO this episode,...
01.19.2023
We're back! Nottingham Super Major & LVO Ep. 11
Hey All, We've taken a little break from 40k over the holiday period but we're back! We've had such a fantastic time doing the Fireside in 2022 where we recorded our first 10 episodes and 2023 is going to bring even...
12.15.2022
USA vs UK with Anthony Vanella | Ep. 10
Hey All, Vik (ITC Rank #1) and Dave (ITC Rank #4) back again with episode 10 of Fireside 40K. We're SUPER excited to be joined by our good friend Anthony Vanella from the Art of War. Recently Anthony came to the UK...
12.07.2022
Vik & Dave Smash Leicester Super Major Ep. 9
Hey All, Vik (ITC Rank #1) and Dave (ITC Rank #4) back again with episode 9 of Fireside 40K. In the last episode we discussed what we'd both be bringing (Thousand Sons souped with Chaos Daemons) to the 240-Person Leicester Super...
12.02.2022
Filthy Meta Chasing - Ep 8
Hey All, Vik (ITC Rank #2) and Dave (ITC Rank #4) back with episode 8 of Fireside 40K. We've got our energy back to peak levels as we approach the final super-major event of the 2022, The Leicester GT. As we're attending...
11.23.2022
Post-Coventry DEPRESSION - Fireside Ep 7
Vik (ITC Rank #2) and Dave (ITC Rank #4) back again after a short hiatus, with our 7th episode of 40K Fireside. We've been a bit down in the dumps following a shaky performance at the Coventry Super Major, but...
11.02.2022
BEST lists at Coventry... and then us... Ep 6
Vik (ITC Rank #2) and Dave (ITC Rank #4) back again with our 6th episode of 40K Fireside. After getting in some practice games and gathering our thoughts following the changes in the latest balance dataslate, we've got some more...
10.20.2022
The Balance Lazy-Slate? | Episode 5
Vik (ITC Rank #2) and Dave (ITC Rank #3) are back again with our 5th episode of 40K Fireside. We're recording this episode straight after the release of GW's latest Balance Dataslate and we'll be discussing our immediate impressions/hot takes...
10.05.2022
Vik Crushes London | 40K Fireside Ep 4
40K Fireside | Ep.4 | LGT Recap, Health of the Meta & Votann Nerf Hey All, Vik (ITC Rank #1) and Dave (ITC Rank #3) back again with our 4th episode of 40K Fireside. On this episode we run through our experiences...
09.25.2022
8 best lists for LGT & Votann
Hey all, David Gaylard (ITC Rank #2) & Vik Vijay (ITC Rank #3) back again with another episode of the 40K Fireside podcast. With the London Grand Tournament a fortnight away (which both of us are attending!) and set to be...

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40K Fireside episodes:

Reflections on the Balance Dataslate - Ep. 52

Vik wins Oxford Super-Major with Adepta Sororitas - Ep. 51

Points Update Wishlist! - Ep. 50.1

An Idiot & Vik read the Tau Codex - Ep. 49

Manchester Super-Major & Grey Knights - Ep. 48

TEAMS: ETC w/ Brian Siepp! - Ep. 47

January Balance Tier List - Ep. 43

Don't believe it? We'll do it. - Ep. 46

Northampton Recap & A Guard Rant! - Ep. 45

Balance Hot Takes - Ep. 43

Necron Meta & Nottingham Super Major! - Ep. 42

Tourney Recap & The Necron Meta - Ep. 41

David covers New Necrons! - Ep. 40

WCW Recap w/ Boris - Ep. 39

The Calm Before the Storm - Ep. 38

Liam VSL Wins London! - Ep. 37

Rock, Paper, Dataslate at LGT - Ep. 36

The Fireside Balance Dataslate Wishlist - Ep. 35

WTC Recap - Ep. 34

Noobs head to WTC - Ep. 33

What is WTC? How can you use it? - Ep. 31

WTC with guest Liam Hackett! - Ep. 32

10th Edition FAQ + Meta - Ep. 30

10th Edition Tier List - Ep. 29

A Damning Critique of 10th Edition - Ep. 28

Deep Diving 10th Ed Secondaries - Ep. 27

Big New Bugs! 10th Tyranids Review! - Ep. 26

Ignite Win Birmingham Teams! - Ep. 25

10th faction focus - Ep. 24

Ignite @ Birmingham Team Tournament - Ep. 23

Deathwatch Deep Dive w/ Jokull! - Ep. 22

Warhammer Fest IGNITE'd - Ep. 21

Dataslate Hot-Takes! - Ep. 20

The Desolation of London - Ep. 19

Manchester Super-Major Ignited! - Ep. 18

Dave Wins Another Super-Major! - Ep. 17

The ITT Recap & The Meta - Ep. 16

The International Team Tournament - Ep. 15

Getting Back into 40k With World Eaters ft. Boris Michev - Ep. 14

AOO First Impressions!- Ep. 12.5

LVO Reca-... Rant. | 40K Fireside Ep. 12

We're back! Nottingham Super Major & LVO Ep. 11

USA vs UK with Anthony Vanella | Ep. 10

Vik & Dave Smash Leicester Super Major Ep. 9

Filthy Meta Chasing - Ep 8

Post-Coventry DEPRESSION - Fireside Ep 7

BEST lists at Coventry... and then us... Ep 6

The Balance Lazy-Slate? | Episode 5

Vik Crushes London | 40K Fireside Ep 4

8 best lists for LGT & Votann