Forge the Narrative - Warhammer 40k Podcast

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Warhammer 40k based talk show but we get down and dirty with all kinds of geek stuff.

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FTN Episode 317 – Ritual of...

01.18.2020

Adam, Ricky and Paul walk through the Ritual of the Damned supplement going up for pre-order this week. Man-o-man, this is exactly the book that some players have been waiting for. This book brings new rules to the Dark Angels, ...

Forge the Narrative - Warhammer 40k Podcast episodes:

01.18.2020 FTN Episode 317 – Ritual of the Damned Preview – Hot! Adam, Ricky and Paul walk through the Ritual of the Damned supplement going up for pre-order this week. Man-o-man, this is exactly the book that some players have been waiting for. This book brings new rules to the Dark Angels, ...
01.11.2020 FTN Episode 316 – Sisters of Battle Codex Review – Sister Act 1 Hi all, here is part one of our Adeptus Sororitas coverage. There is a LOT to digest in this book. Much of the codex is pointed pretty aggressively meaning you can get a lot of it on the table. Do ...
01.04.2020 FTN Episode 315 – 2020 Off Like a Rocket – Road to the LVO Kicking off 2020 with Ricky breaking his silence and Val from 40k Stats Centre. We ramble on a bit and then give our predictions on what will win the LVO. Spoiler Alert: it’s probably going to be Marines. Are we ...
12.28.2019 FTN Episode 314 – Decade Wrap Up – What Were The Best Models? Last show of the year.. Last show of the decade! We spend the first half of the show talking about the amazing models we’ve seen over the last few years. Part two has us discussing mission design and building the ...
12.21.2019 FTN Episode 313 – Send in the Clowns and Big Ups to the 40k Community Adam and Paul put in a two hander here. The first part of the show is basically a big arms hug to the great state of the current Warhammer 40k Community and those people that are promoting the positive culture. ...
12.14.2019 FTN Episode 312 – Fear the Tyranids – The Big Bugs are Back Chapter Approved 2019 has given us a lot to think about. In this show we tackle two more super factions – the Tyranids and the Aeldari. Between Blood of Baal and Chapter Approved there are a ton more options to ...
12.07.2019 FTN Episode 311 – What’s The Point? Chapter Approved 2019 Review Adam and Paul hit a few highlights from Chapter Approved. There are SWEEPING point changes and we aren’t able to get to them all but we do focus on a few of the more dramatic changes for under performing factions ...
12.01.2019 FTN Episode 310 – Blood of Baal – NEW Blood Angels Review What a joyous day! We dive right in to the Blood Angel updates from the Blood of Baal book up for pre-order right now. TONS of improvements for our favorite faction. The Blood Angels will be raining back on the ...
11.23.2019 FTN Episode 309 – Faith and Fury Spreads the Love I know this is coming a little late but here is our Faith and Fury review. This book is jam packed with Loyalist and Heretical upgrades. One of the stand outs is the Master of Sanctity. Chaplains were right on ...
11.18.2019 FTN Episode 308 – Don’t Give it Away Turn 1 We did it! Through some help of friends and some hard work I got the army list ready to take to some upcoming tournaments. We discuss a test game, the virtues of controlling your own fate and then we ooh ...
10.29.2019 FTN Episode 305 – Are Space Marines FAQproof? f Sorry for the delay getting this episode out – I’ve been traveling. On my travels I made a new list to take to an upcoming tournament. A tournament Zinger joins Chris and Paul today and he asks the question.. ...
10.21.2019 FTN Episode 304 – Salamanders and Imperial Fists Preview – Fire and Forts f Mega Jam Packed Episode – We kick the show off talking about the Iron Hands FAQ then a community spotlight segment – then Salamanders.. Then ANOTHER community spotlight and then close out with the Imperial Fists. Two more rock ...
10.12.2019 FTN Episode 303 – Are You Playing Blackstone Fortress? f Archon Skari joins us this week from the SkaredCast. He talks about his journey inside the Blackstone Fortress. We have a hobby segment this week then we talk about some secret Space Marine tech – Spoiler – C-beams are ...
10.05.2019 FTN Episode 302 – Is the ITC House Rule for Flying Vehicles Dumb? f ‘House Rules’ are tricky. Are we at a place in the game where we need a few to keep the competitive fires stoked? We tackle a little bit about that question on this show. We also talk about how ...
09.21.2019 FTN Episode 300 – This Is Spar… Ahem – Forge The Narrative! f Wow.. 300 of these bad boys. Thanks for joining us. We’re joined by Pete Foley from the GW Book and Box studio for a very special segment and look inside one of the design teams. Later in the show ...
08.30.2019 FTN Episode 297 – NOVA Predictions and Preview Reactions The NOVA Open is an amazing convention run by some great friends of the show. Jim Vesal joins Paul to give his predictions for the NOVA open singles and invitational tournament. Some of the top players in the world will ...
08.25.2019 FTN Episode 296 – Ultramarines Supplement Tech Paul and Ricky pull down a two-hander in this episode. We cover some tech from the Ultramarines Supplement. The rules are compelling enough to break the ‘build molds’ from the previous Codex. Games Workshop has made following the Codex Astartes ...
08.03.2019 FTN Episode 293 – MiniWarGaming and You! This week we are joined by Dave from MiniWargaming for a segment and in the middle of the show we give our review of the American Team Championship. Finishing Moves is back too! Heya After a quick preamble we jump ...
07.26.2019 FTN Episode 292 – Time Waits For No Man – Then The Complaining Starts We’re back! Sorry for missing last week. In this episode we start of talking about timed Warhammer 40k Tournament games. Then we’re joined by Matthias Weeks from Adeption. After that we review Warcry and finish out talking Chaos Knights. It’s ...
06.21.2019 FTN Episode 288 – The Last Episode About Guard Lists Its time for the rubber to hit the road and the Astra Militarum list Paul has been talking about will get its first test out in the wild. We’re getting ready for the ATC, and a few tournaments in the ...
06.08.2019 FTN Episode 286 – Why Am I Not Winning at Warhammer 40k? Val and Paul jam this episode – we examine when too much of a good thing is bad and a couple of objective ways to evaluate your performance on the tabletop. We talk about different ways to evaluate a unit’s ...
05.18.2019 FTN Episode 284 -Playtest Playtest Playtest – Nothing Beats It Paul talks about a couple of his playtest games this past week. We talk about it a lot but nothing replaces playtesting. It can, in the long run, save you tons of time and money. Skari joins us to talk ...
05.10.2019 FTN Episode 283 – The Lion the Witch and the Ynarri Changes We kick the show off talking about the Ynnari changes in this month’s White Dwarf. This another great issue with tons of painting and hobby articles. It also has a full index re-write for Ynarri. This changes are significant. It ...
05.04.2019 FTN Episode 282 – Chat with Superstar Jim Vesal and FAQ Talk Paul talks with Jim Vesal about his success and approach to the game. We kick the show off with a brief FAQ discussion and then get into a great segment with Jim. Hey hey, Getting back to normal this week ...
04.26.2019 FTN Episode 281 – 3 Fanbois Butcher the Lore and Other Weirdness I’m not even sure where to start with this one.. We lore wishlist for 30 or so minutes. I apologize to the tournament players who download this. We’ll be back to normal next week. We kick of the show talking ...
04.19.2019 FTN Episode 280 – Can You Win With The Worst? We’re talking about Grey Knights this week. Recently they climbed a slot to be the second worst performing faction in the game right now, just above Blood Angels. Is it possible to win with these guys? Is it you or ...
04.12.2019 FTN Episode 279 – Are There Sacred Cows in 40k List Design? After a little preamble we talk about list design. We talk about how to detach yourself from the things you want to have in the list and boil it down to the things you need. We also talk about some ...
04.05.2019 FTN Episode 278 – Controlling Variance and Adpeticon 2019 Recap We start the show with an Adpeticon 2019 recap then later in the show we chat about how to control the variance in your army list. We do this with an eye specifically on the ITC Best In Faction award ...
03.15.2019 FTN Episode 276 – Fear is the Mind Killer with David Annandale – Author Interview This week we’re joined by the amazing David Annandale to kick off the Warhammer Horror series we’ll soon be finding on the bookshelves. In between learning about these awesome books we do a rundown of a few units in the ...
03.07.2019 FTN Episode 275 – HUGE ITC Changes Coming – Points and Missions Reece Robins from Frontline Gaming and the ITC joins us this week to talk about several massive changes happening for the 2019 ITC season. This is a great jumping on point if you are not a current ITC participant. Already ...
02.23.2019 FTN Episode 274 – Welcome to Shilltown – Upcoming Events You Can’t Miss In this episode we mostly talk about a few upcoming events you don’t want to miss – Including a couple of high demand pere-registration dates. Of course we have the normal dose of tactics and hobby talk. Chris, Mike and ...
01.26.2019 FTN Episode 271 – Are Funko Pops and Warhammer Adventures Good for 40k? We spend the first part of the show talking about how we don’t mind – and also like, the idea of Warhammer not always having to be so serious and Grimdark. Its not for everyone, but it doesn’t have to ...
01.17.2019 FTN Episode 270 – What Will Win The LVO? Bet It All On Green Val and Paul kick off the show before we jump into a great segment with Scott the Miniature Maniac. Scott is a crazy talented YouTube content creator putting out great tutorials. Later in the show we break down why the ...
01.11.2019 FTN Episode 269 – Is Matched Play The Ultimate Way To Play 40k? We start the show with the premise that the Matched Play Format is the natural conclusion to any 40k player’s journey. It is a way for players to instantly communicate their expectations for a pickup games and not just for ...
01.04.2019 FTN Episode 268 – We All Make Deployment Mistakes As good as I claim to be I still make deployment mistakes that end up costing me the game. It’s easy for us to misjudge exactly what our opponent can do and end up in a tight spot just ‘going ...
12.27.2018 FTN Episode 267 – What Are Your Hobby Resolutions for 2019? 2018 is just about in the books. Paul, Chris and Val run down brief FTN year in review and talk about hobby resolutions for 2019. Carl Tuttle from the ICs joins Paul for a great chat in the middle of ...
12.21.2018 FTN Episode 266 – What Will Win The Las Vegas Open? Mr. Reece Robins joins the show today to talk with us about the largest Warhammer 40,000 Tournament in the world!!! We discuss the recent changes to the ITC Missions, the ITC Code of Conduct and give some tips on what ...
12.15.2018 FTN Episode 265 – Are Points Enough To Change The Meta? Are point changes enough to make your army better? It looks like generals on every table will have a few extra points to play with so if every army gets better is anyone really better off than they were before ...
12.08.2018 FTN Episode 264 – Chapter Approved 2018 – Adepta Sororitas Review Chapter Approved is a shot in the arm for competitive 40k. Instead of going out of their way to make any particular army worse, a whole lot of armies got better. We see radical point reductions for a bunch of ...
11.29.2018 FTN Episode 263 – Are You Prepared For The New Ork Meta? Orks are now out in the wild but so far their tournament results haven’t caught up to their power potential. We discuss ways to confront the Ork builds we expect to see on this episode. What’s wORKing for you? Hey ...
11.16.2018 FTN Episode 262 – Mob Up Is the Truth In this show we finally start to narrow down Ork army list suggestions. We also give a tip or two about fighting against Orks. Later in the show we share a time saving tip for your games that just might ...
11.11.2018 FTN Episode 261 – Hobby Ramblings and Blackstone Fortress 40k Preview In the first part of the show we briefly talk about a tournament that happened a couple of weeks ago and do a hobby progress update. Later in the show we give a preview of the 40k datasheets for the ...
10.12.2018 FTN Episode 257 – Assault Is NOT Dead – Are You Doing It Right? Another jam packed almost double sized episode. In this episode we break down three great assault units and how to use them. Midway through the show we’re joined by Mike Brandt to talk about Kill Team Command Rosters. We close ...
10.05.2018 FTN Episode 256 – Is 40k Better Off After the Big FAQ2? The dust is settling and people are getting ready for 40k tournaments all over the world.. Has the FAQ changed your list? Maybe not because most things are still viable but the width of viable lists is MUCH greater than ...
09.29.2018 FTN Episode 255 – What the FAQ? Biggest Changes in the 2018 Sept 40k FAQ Val and Paul run down the biggest points in the Warhammer 40,000 Sept Big FAQ. We chat about the huge changes to fly and certain stratagems. Check out all the new FAQs for the game and the Codexes at the ...
09.21.2018 FTN Episode 254 – Do You Know How to Kill Team? This is a double sized episode. We’re joined by the first ever Kill Team Champion and a host of community organizers for Community Spotlight segments. This is a Kill Team focused episode where we break down a few of the ...
09.13.2018 FTN Episode 253 – Sideshow Collectibles Spotlight and 40k Hobby Homework I’m extremely pleased to welcome Sideshow to the show this week. We met at Gencon this year and recorded a segment about their first original property Court of the Dead: Mourner’s Call – a new board game. We speak about ...
09.06.2018 FTN Episode 252 – Kill Team Rogue Trader Preview And List Publishing Debate – Fixed Today we talk about the new Kill Team expansion Rogue Trader, releasing this weekend. The figures are great. The game is taking off like wild fire and this expansion gives you another way to play it. The box set also ...
08.30.2018 FTN Episode 251 – Games Workshop NOVA Studio Preview Reaction-cast We were on the edge of our seats waiting on info from the Games Workshop Studio Preview and thankfully directly after the screening the Warhammer Community page releases all the info! Its not quite as nice as being there in ...
08.24.2018 FTN Episode 250 – Making Space Wolves Work It’s just Paul and Chris today but the rest of the crew will be back next week. We explore making Space Wolves work on the table and some upcoming test games. It’s such a strong codex and there are lots ...

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Forge the Narrative - Warhammer 40k Podcast episodes:

FTN Episode 317 – Ritual of the Damned Preview – Hot!

FTN Episode 316 – Sisters of Battle Codex Review – Sister Act 1

FTN Episode 315 – 2020 Off Like a Rocket – Road to the LVO

FTN Episode 314 – Decade Wrap Up – What Were The Best Models?

FTN Episode 313 – Send in the Clowns and Big Ups to the 40k Community

FTN Episode 312 – Fear the Tyranids – The Big Bugs are Back

FTN Episode 311 – What’s The Point? Chapter Approved 2019 Review

FTN Episode 310 – Blood of Baal – NEW Blood Angels Review

FTN Episode 309 – Faith and Fury Spreads the Love

FTN Episode 308 – Don’t Give it Away Turn 1

FTN Episode 305 – Are Space Marines FAQproof?

FTN Episode 304 – Salamanders and Imperial Fists Preview – Fire and Forts

FTN Episode 303 – Are You Playing Blackstone Fortress?

FTN Episode 302 – Is the ITC House Rule for Flying Vehicles Dumb?

FTN Episode 300 – This Is Spar… Ahem – Forge The Narrative!

FTN Episode 297 – NOVA Predictions and Preview Reactions

FTN Episode 296 – Ultramarines Supplement Tech

FTN Episode 293 – MiniWarGaming and You!

FTN Episode 292 – Time Waits For No Man – Then The Complaining Starts

FTN Episode 288 – The Last Episode About Guard Lists

FTN Episode 286 – Why Am I Not Winning at Warhammer 40k?

FTN Episode 284 -Playtest Playtest Playtest – Nothing Beats It

FTN Episode 283 – The Lion the Witch and the Ynarri Changes

FTN Episode 282 – Chat with Superstar Jim Vesal and FAQ Talk

FTN Episode 281 – 3 Fanbois Butcher the Lore and Other Weirdness

FTN Episode 280 – Can You Win With The Worst?

FTN Episode 279 – Are There Sacred Cows in 40k List Design?

FTN Episode 278 – Controlling Variance and Adpeticon 2019 Recap

FTN Episode 276 – Fear is the Mind Killer with David Annandale – Author Interview

FTN Episode 275 – HUGE ITC Changes Coming – Points and Missions

FTN Episode 274 – Welcome to Shilltown – Upcoming Events You Can’t Miss

FTN Episode 271 – Are Funko Pops and Warhammer Adventures Good for 40k?

FTN Episode 270 – What Will Win The LVO? Bet It All On Green

FTN Episode 269 – Is Matched Play The Ultimate Way To Play 40k?

FTN Episode 268 – We All Make Deployment Mistakes

FTN Episode 267 – What Are Your Hobby Resolutions for 2019?

FTN Episode 266 – What Will Win The Las Vegas Open?

FTN Episode 265 – Are Points Enough To Change The Meta?

FTN Episode 264 – Chapter Approved 2018 – Adepta Sororitas Review

FTN Episode 263 – Are You Prepared For The New Ork Meta?

FTN Episode 262 – Mob Up Is the Truth

FTN Episode 261 – Hobby Ramblings and Blackstone Fortress 40k Preview

FTN Episode 257 – Assault Is NOT Dead – Are You Doing It Right?

FTN Episode 256 – Is 40k Better Off After the Big FAQ2?

FTN Episode 255 – What the FAQ? Biggest Changes in the 2018 Sept 40k FAQ

FTN Episode 254 – Do You Know How to Kill Team?

FTN Episode 253 – Sideshow Collectibles Spotlight and 40k Hobby Homework

FTN Episode 252 – Kill Team Rogue Trader Preview And List Publishing Debate – Fixed

FTN Episode 251 – Games Workshop NOVA Studio Preview Reaction-cast

FTN Episode 250 – Making Space Wolves Work

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