Forge the Narrative - Warhammer 40k Podcast

The ATC is a wrap!  Very sorry for the delay in getting this episode out.  There will be two episodes this week.  We recap the ATC and how the pairing process works while talking about 40k.

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So sorry for the delay here.  I traveled to Tacoma for the US Open series and the time zone change and long days put a crimp in that.  Thanks a lot for the patience!

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 team’s performance at the ATC a couple of weekends ago.  This event is fabulous and I highly recommend going if you can.  We finished in the middle of the pack and that doesn’t bother me a bit.  We had a blast and got to play some amazing folks.

In part 2 we talk about the pairing process.

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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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We kick things off with a talk about getting ready for the NATC – 8 player event – team tournaments. We love them.. But they aren’t easy.  In the middle of the show Paul sits down with Jason of RealmSmith to talk about some other nerd stuff- D&D.

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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.

Our team has had some significant challenges getting ready for this event. We’ve powered through it to get the team to the event and now we’re in the thick of it. We talk a little bit about that journey.

In the middle of the show Paul and Jason Azevedo from RealmSmith talk about how he got started, living in multiple game worlds and basically just chat.

In the back part of the show we talk a little bit more about AoS and how we are liking it and looking forward to more.  It’s a mixed bag this episode!

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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We open the show talking about the impact of the new 40k changes this week – Are we really in a 10.5 environment?  In part 2 of the show we dive into the Age of Sigmar factions and how Spearhead works.

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The game is changed significantly and a lot of folks out there are signaling they think this is almost a revised edition.  What do you think?

In part 2 of the show we discuss the new Age of Sigmar.  Games Workshop was nice enough to send up copies of the faction rules and game rules, complementary #adwip #aos.

There is a LOT to unpack but it all looks incredibly fun.  Tons of quality of life improvements and it seems like the factions have a real feel to them you would expect going all the way to the root and seeds of every single model and unit.  Amazing.

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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The game is about to open up all over again.  We crack open the new Pariah Nexus mission deck and discuss some of the new and biggest changes.  New Deployment types, new missions, gambits are gone… Secret Missions are here.

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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.

Do you flip mission cards or do you dictate what you play?  No way is the wrong way.. I’m just curious.

These missions, both primary and secondaries, seem real sharp to us.  It seems almost like the next evolution of what can be done with missions.  Its not just about standing in someplace on the battle field or removing a unit.  It feels similar to the current mission set – where lots of armies can stay in contention.  Playing these missions might be a little bit of an adjustment to army lists.  Some of the new fixed objectives, if you choose to take them, are going to be a slobber knocker for some current list templates.

Later in the episode we talk about some stuff we’ve been up to recently and some future events/projects as well.

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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We believe Chaos Space Marines will hit the meta hard next week as the new codex makes it’s way into standard play. In this episode we focus a lot on the Daemonic Techno stuff in the book as we think this will be a stand out choice for a lot of players.  Later in the episode we give our first impressions of the new Sigmar edition and Spearhead coming out soon from what we saw in Dallas.

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.

People won’t be able to get enough Chaos in their lives soon. Watch out!  Just like the Orks there is a ton of good stuff in this book and people will be drawn to it like a moth to flame.  The alluring pull of Chaos…

We talk a bit about one of the new detachments and some of the units you might want to include if you’re leaning that direction.  Even if you’re not looking to land on something specific as a go to we talk about how Warp Talons go well in just about anything.

Later in the episode we give our first takes on all the New Age of Sigmar stuff that got leaked over the last weekend from the Spearhead events in Warhammer World and the Dallas Open.

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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Chaos Space Marines go up for pre-order today and this will make a lot of fans extremely happy. This codex has something for everyone and delivers power no matter how you want to use your collection.  We go into the myriad of detachments in this Codex.  If you love CSM you don’t want to miss this.

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Just like their loyalist cousins this book has a TON of detachments that look kinda like the legions you may know and love if you squint just right.  The format makes it very clear that you are now meant to use the models and units however you want and not be shackled by a mere color scheme.

I love this aspect of this edition.  Do you love Iron Warriors but want to play them like Word Bearers?  Go for it.

The Sneaky and Tough detachments in this book are instant go-tos for me. Each one of these are packed with tricks and stuff that just ‘works’ right now in 40k.  Love it!

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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The Orks are back and will be an absolute staple of the table. From the most casual to the most competitive, this book has you covered.  We talk a little about our favorite detachments but every where you look in this Codex there is something fun and powerful to play.  Custodes… They might need some help.

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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.

Wow.  The Waaagh is gonna be super strong again.  A detachment can do it TWICE.  It only effects a handful of units but it is exactly the units you want it on so is that really a drawback? I don’t think so.

Nobs and Meganobs can be beefed up with some amazing character support  It will be hard what to choose to stick with them.   Gaz might be incredibly popular as well but it is kind of cool to say that he doesn’t seem like an auto include.  What that says to me is that the replayabilty of this book for the list brewmaster is off the charts.

The Dreadmob is a favorite way to play with a lot of Warbosses.  This is also back in a big way.  If you like big pressure lists it might be a toss up between this one and the Beast Snaggas.  Ork generals have TONS of options.  We didn’t mention this in the show but Defkoptas can dish out a major amount of Mortal Wounds.  Watch out!

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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A shorter episode this week.  We talk about the Gladiator Variants and what is happening out there with the Space Marine meta at the moment.  The Space Marines have a brutal list that is offering up a pretty good counterpoint to the mid board domination meta. Have you come across it yet?

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.

Space Marines are definitely back.  We are seeing a LOT of Ironstorm and merged with Black Templar of all things.  In this episode I mis-say Iron Warriors when I mean Iron Hands approximately 97 times.  Please forgive me.

If you’ve been sitting on Gladiator Tanks your time is now!  These things are crazy good right now when paired with a Tech Marine in the right detachment.  We run down the virtues of the three variants both as informational if you want to play with these and as a warning if you plan to face them.

Do not underestimate these tanks!

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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It is just Red and Paul this episode while the other folks are traveling and recuperating.  Now that the Siege of Terra is over and done we kinda ask ourselves – What happens now?

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The Siege of Terra end is going to leave a lot of people wondering what to do next.  I’ve got an Audible subscription now.  What am I supposed to do with my life?  ha! The answer is something along the lines of maybe taking a breath, chilling a bit and then moving on to another series.

We have ADB’s Black Legion books as well.  These came out a few years ago and are phenomenal.  It gives you a look at Abbaddon right after then whole shebang went down and as he is starting to take command of the Chaos Space Marines.

In this episode Paul also gives an Adepticon recap.  It was another stellar event and I will definitely be back next year. The Adpeticon folks continue to deliver a must do experience year after year.

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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This is the nicest army release box for this edition to date.  It comes with some amazing models, the data cards and host of brand new figures.  We also get a first look at the Tau Codex.  Will they have what it takes to jump into the meta mix?

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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.

GW was kind enough to send us a box to review. There are some big changes here and you know people  don’t like a lot of change right?  Crisis Suits get an overhaul but they do get some cool new rules.  Are more rules what is needed to offset the weapon options that used to appear in units?  That utility is gone but not forgotten.  Tau players will need to find it in other areas.  They just might be able to though…

The close combat might of the Tau is gonna be…  well, it’s gonna be possible but I’m not sure how mighty it is yet.  One thing we do know for sure is that the Tau will be able to push a LOT of models to the middle of the table before the game even starts for real for not a lot of points.   A ton of the game is played in the first couple of rounds and the Tau kind of have some tricks to totally lock the mid board objectives down while potentially threatening the entire table.

We also talk about the new Kroot Hunting Pack.  These models are amazing.  This box will certainly sell out so make sure and get the pre-orders in ASAP.

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 mentions Paul’s guest spot on the Heroes Brush Hour show over on twitch. 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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