Forge the Narrative

It’s just Adam and Paul this week and we count down the hours until Adepticon 2026.  We talk about some new stuff previewed while we also count down the hours until the next major preview.  In the back half of the show we have two top five lists!

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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.

It is somewhat magical that GW hid Yarrick’s power claw in the Ork preview image.

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We spend a good amount of time talking about Adepticon and the coolness that it always is.  Adam sadly won’t be there this year but please come by and give Paul a fist bump.

In the back half of the show we talk about the top five questions you should ask every opponent and the top five base paints.  Which ones did we miss?

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!

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Tanya brought up a good topic in the pre-show about detail fatigue.  We’ve sort of danced all over the top in previous shows but in this one we get a little deeper.  Do you avoid putting pouches on models? What about any other bits? In the second half of the show we go over the top 5 most forgiving factions in 40k.  New Players?

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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.

I, for one, avoid putting extra pouches on rank and file folks if I can avoid it.  Most of the time… Sometimes I just go all in but I always have it in the back of my mind that I need to paint those details at some point.  Are you saving time by not including them? At what cost?!

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I mention this in the show briefly but Contrast paint is amazing for knocking out some of those details quickly.

In part two we talk about the top five most forgiving factions in 40k.  This is for old and new players alike.  Sometimes it’s nice to just be able to make a few mistakes and not instantly lose the game. AmIRIGHT?!

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.

Don’t have iTunes? Use the player below to access the podcast directly, or add our feed to your favorite player. The player link is below. Please subscribe if you like what you hear.

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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!

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Everyone is  back this week!  We have the full cast and I am over the moon.  We talk about the latest updates to Warhammer 40k and then talk about what you can be doing if you didn’t  get balanced enough.

Hey folks,

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.

The crowd went mild when the updates hit this week but is that a bad thing?  I don’t think so at all.  The cast has a bit of a mixed reaction but I think we are exactly in the spot we were a year or so ago when a few armies had win rate spikes and all it took were a couple of point changes to knock them down a peg into that ‘acceptable’ win rate.  Of course it will take a couple of weeks to see if that is true but there are some giant tournaments coming up that are sure to give us some data.

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Didn’t get balanced enough?  We talk about some tongue in cheek, but very real, things you can be doing to ride the wave while you wait for whatever comes next.

In part two we talk about the top five things you can be doing while you wait for the ‘real’ balance.  Whatever that is, ha!

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.

Don’t have iTunes? Use the player below to access the podcast directly, or add our feed to your favorite player. The player link is below. Please subscribe if you like what you hear.

For more news and articles please follow us over on Bell of Lost Souls.

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!

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It’s just Paul and Adam this week as the other two are strewn to the winds, hopefully to be back next week! We talk about the new model reveals the Community page has graced us with and then we break down the top 5 Utility units in Warhammer 40k.

Hey folks,

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.

There is some much good stuff coming our way this year and we got a sneak peek on the Community page.

I’m pleased to say we have a link for the official Warhammer Merchandise Store!  Check out our link here if you plan on picking up something!

We don’t even have time to talk about all the Admech stuff we’ve seen and the glorious Simgar reveals.. The studio has been busy!   If you like faction specific dice, there are new ones going up right now for pre-order for the Bone Reapers.

In part 2 we talk about the top 5 utility units in 40k right now.  What would you have added to this list?  Did we miss anything crazy?

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.

Don’t have iTunes? Use the player below to access the podcast directly, or add our feed to your favorite player. The player link is below. Please subscribe if you like what you hear.

For more news and articles please follow us over on Bell of Lost Souls.

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!

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A lot of folks woke up this week with some changes to their favorite detachments.  Were you one of those folks?  Some stuff stayed the same.  All the erratas aside, there is some cool new stuff going up for pre-order today.  I’ll be grabbing a set too.

Hey folks,

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.

Who doesn’t like Aeldari and Chaos Space Marine Pirates?  That aint all.

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We also look at the top 5 changes in the game right now, and one that stayed the same as an honorable inclusion.  I’m sure those Necron players are happy.  I can hear the clacking of their metal jaws now.

What do you think of the new format?

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 tips you never hear in the hobby because people are afraid to admit them. Just kidding, but it sounds good.  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!

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We kick off this week thinking about how to write lore for  Tyranids for a personal army or whatever.  Its a neat exercise.  What do you think?  We then talk about the top five things that make a detachment great.

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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.

Tyranids… how do they work?  When you’re writing lore for an army the Tyranids normally just get tossed into the ‘we eat things and adapt’ category and forgotten about.  There has to be more there right?

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Next we explore what draws us to certain detachments when all we care about is efficiency.

Shooting more when you already shoot well is high on that list.

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 priming in cold weather.  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.

Don’t have iTunes? Use the player below to access the podcast directly, or add our feed to your favorite player. The player link is below. Please subscribe if you like what you hear.

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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!

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We’re back!  It’s been a heck of a few  weeks for the FTN crew but we are back at it and bringing some reactions to the most recent preview.  We also run down the top 5 performing factions in the game right now and I promise you won’t suspect a couple of them.  Tell us if you did!

Hey folks,

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.

I am very sorry we have been absent for a couple of weeks.  Travel and some other stuff got in the way but are absolutely back in the saddle and this year is just getting started.

I’m pleased to say we have a link for the official Warhammer Merchandise Store!  Check out our link here if you plan on picking up something!

We talk about the top 5 factions in the game Meta wise this week and I have to admit I was a little surprised as well.  You may end up being also.  There are some players out there doing strong work!

We also look at the preview and get hyped about the new stuff coming out. More Chaos!

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 all about basing and finding the motivation to keep going even though you’re finding it hard!  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!

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We got our hands on the new Nightbringer courtesy of Games Workshop and kick off the show talking about it.  We talk about both of the new Necron characters this week and work in some hobby talk to boot!

Hey folks,

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.

Nightbringer has changed but is it for the better?  Adam theorizes that it is and tells us why.

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I think he is absolutely better in almost every way including this new sculpt.  It’s awesome and really seems to push the boundaries on what the company can do with one sprue.

We take a look at the rules and the model itself.  Then we talk about the Destroyer Character.  Nekrosaur Ammentar.  He is a beast!  Well, not really a Beast but you get the idea. ha!

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.

Don’t have iTunes? Use the player below to access the podcast directly, or add our feed to your favorite player. The player link is below. Please subscribe if you like what you hear.

For more news and articles please follow us over on Bell of Lost Souls.

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!

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We are back for 2026 and looking forward to an amazing year!  We take a little look back at the 2025 highlights and then cast our gaze forward to the future.  What does it hold?  What hobby projects are we just needing to get out of our systems?

Hey folks,

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.

A ton of codexes and content came out of the Wahammer Studio this past year and we surmise that it is the most we’ve ever seen.  It’s been a blast!

I’m pleased to say we have a link for the official Warhammer Merchandise Store!  Check out our link here if you plan on picking up something!

We take a look at a snapshot of the meta of what it has become and do a little forecasting.

Paul shows off a mini he did for his son in this episode so apologies if you are not following us on Youtube but you can also check out the mini on Instagram.

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.

Don’t have iTunes? Use the player below to access the podcast directly, or add our feed to your favorite player. The player link is below. Please subscribe if you like what you hear.

For more news and articles please follow us over on Bell of Lost Souls.

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!

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It looks like the very tip top of the meta was hit in these recent updates and we’ll be talking about if that was a good thing or not.  A lot of players will think so.  Some of the recent rockets to the top have had their thrusters cooled and some of the long time top finishers have been brought back down to earth, maybe.

Hey folks,

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.

The Aeldari have had a huge power move of theirs curtailed and this will no doubt give a much better feel to their opponents.   They are still going to be extremely strong but maybe not so ‘invisible’ like they have been up until this point.

I’m pleased to say we have a link for the official Warhammer Merchandise Store!  Check out our link here if you plan on picking up something!

Adeptus Mechanicus and Adeptus Soritas got hit a bit but still a LOT better than they were a few months ago, I think.

Blood Angels are once again proving to be  the best  codex in the game    Astra Militarum are going to get to live in their new detachment for a little while too without being hit.  Seems like a win for these folks!

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.

Don’t have iTunes? Use the player below to access the podcast directly, or add our feed to your favorite player. The player link is below. Please subscribe if you like what you hear.

For more news and articles please follow us over on Bell of Lost Souls.

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!

Panelist:

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