Forge The Narrative - Warhammer 40k Podcast

We lead off with the biggest and greenest thing in the Galaxy.  The Orks get a TON of help from this book with endless new things to try.  The second part of the show we spend a lot of time talking about how degenerate Ragnar Blackmane is.  He does everything and does it well.  We close the show with a word about our community.

Hi guys,

Wowzer.  Ghaz is back with a brand new mission.  We talk about how the Orks basically get a huge pump of life back into their codex. There is some love and joy for almost every unit in the book.  We are impressed.  Just about every army will need to consider taking Ghaz and Makari and every opponent will need a plan to deal with them.

In the second part of the show we run down a lot of really powerful things you can accomplish with Rangar.  He is a total beat stick and force multiplier.  He’s aggressively pointed to say the least.  If you play Space Wolves he is an auto include.

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The two new character models are gorgeous.  Even if you don’t feel like they need to be in your list you are certainly going to want them in your collection.

We close the show out talking about the community.  While it would mean a lot to us at the show if you directly support our sponsors we think it is also especially important to support the shops in your back yard.   If you have the means to do it, please consider it.  Thank you.

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We don’t have a hobby segment this week but it will be back on the next episode. Kitbashing terrain!

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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!

Panelist:

Christopher Morgan – captain morgan

Josh Ginn



I’ve got good news everyone – Red is back with better audio!  Adam, Red and Paul talk about making sacrifice plays the critical decision path that goes into those plays.  At the end of the show we field a listener’s question about how to start a Black Legion army.

Hi all,

Some units in the game have clear roles – you know this thing is designed to do X or Y and it feels almost alien to force them to do something else.  Sometimes you just need to bite the bullet and put a unit in harms way for no other reason than to put you closer to a win condition.  It can be confusing and frustrating to not feel like you are getting full value out of your army list choices but sometimes that’s what you gotta do.

It’s easier when you have something like a guard platoon squad where you know they are just supposed to line up and block off a flank or to move move move for an early game objective.  Decisions get harder when you’re using big point units to ‘feed the machine’ and die or you’re playing an elite army where every model theoretically counts.  We talk some about how to make that risk vs reward assessment.

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At the back of the show we talk about where to start with a Black Legion army. We aren’t talking about Black Legion in name only and we clear that up asap.  In our competitive nature it’s hard not to include just enough to make the theme and then fill the rest of the list with the leanest meanest efficiencies.

To not compromise what the listener wants we stick to the intent and talk about the Legion’s strengths and what one should play into if they want to make this type of army.

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We don’t have a hobby segment this week but it will be back on the next episode.  Kitbashing terrain!

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Thank you and Enjoy!

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:

Christopher Morgan – captain morgan

Josh Ginn



Ricky and Adam join me this week to talk about playing at a disadvantage.  If you aren’t a meta chaser sometimes you’ve got to just play the best tools in your shed.  What happens when you roll up to the table against someone with a better trick?   We don’t solve the problem but we sure do talk about it for a little while.  We have two amazing Community Spotlight segments in this show too.

Hi guys,

We start the show talking about playing at a disadvantage.  You brought a trick – either shooting or assault and you get paired or choose to play someone with them same trick as you but they do it better!  We chat a bit about how to realize and compensate for that.  This is a topic we will dive deeper into over the next couple of episodes.

The first community spotlight shines a light on BattleHaven.  If you haven’t check them out yet please do.  You can find more information here.  These guys put on a fabulous event celebrating the gaming culture and spirit of friendship.  Great people doing great things – it is absolutely worth the trip.

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After that we jump back in with Adam and Ricky to stay on topic.  Of course we can’t stay on topic without several blatant Lord of the Rings references because… why not?

The second Community Spotlight is with Pablo Martinez from Chapter Tactics over on the FLG network.  We talk about gaming in general and what it’s like to interact at events and as an organizer.

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We close out the show again with more random Lord of the Rings references but more on topic we tee up better discussions about playing down and doing what you ‘need to do’ instead of maybe what you set up to do when you built your army.

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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!

Panelist:

Christopher Morgan – captain morgan

Josh Ginn



Adam and Red join Paul this week. We kick the show off taking about some Duke of Down Under success.  We have a community spotlight section in the middle and then Professor Red talks to us about Operational Framework.  We have some tips in here for new and old players.  Let’s get to it!

Hi all,

We recorded this episode before the big Marine changes so we don’t get into them in this show but you can bet your bottom dollar the meta is going to change.  Sweeping changes to Doctrines and a few critical stratagems are going to break the top spots wide open.  It might usher back in the Tau but a LOT has changed in the game since the last time that list was popular.

We can’t ignore the radical new abilities ushered in through the Psychic Awakenings and we’ll continue to see more.

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In the middle of the show Jay Larsen joins me to talk about Crisis Protocol and how that game is developing into it’s own.  He hosts a podcast about it as well.  If you’d like to know more about the game please check it out.

In the back of the show Red scratches the surface on Operational Framework.  Trust me..  It’s not as boring as it sounds.  He puts some theory around one of the critical aspects of winning Warhammer 40k games.  Over the course of the discussion we talk about discipline and reserve that’s difficult for some players to muster.

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Comparison is the Death of Happiness – that’s what this Finishing Moves segment is about.

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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!

Panelist:

Christopher Morgan – captain morgan

Josh Ginn



Archon Skari and Red Powell sit down with Paul to discuss the recent changes to the ITC Tournament Mission format.  These guys are know for their success unconventional lists so it is great to hear their thoughts  and get a little early insight to how they may attack the format.  Strap in!

Hi guys,

Huge changes have been made to the ITC Champions Mission format in a direct answer to some of the perceived problems in the tournament meta.  We mention this in the show but the change seem to be focused on creating more interaction on the tabletop while also creating less ‘gotcha’ moments in the early game.

Seize the Initiative has been a divisive rule from the start but it is inherently a core rule of the time.  These missions look to remove that.  The largest group of players will likely not feel strongly enough to object to this – and I honestly don’t know anyone who is overly enthusiastic about this rule being in the game UNLESS it benefits them in an unfavorable deployment or match up.

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The missions alter the opening of the game to be a lot more predictable.  A savvy general should be able to come up with a strategy to accommodate going first or second and the missions seem to further assist with this. The Missions

Personally – I don’t prefer to play defensively to the point of being somewhat careless with my deployment sometimes.  I believe the changes to the missions in the form of early game set up and execution to the inclusion of additional Secondary Objectives may help me ‘get out of my own way’ more often.

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Finishing moves is about how to get mass quantities of cheap paint for terrain and display projects.  If that’s your thing you don’t want to miss this!

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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!

Panelist:

Christopher Morgan – captain morgan

Josh Ginn



The Tau take the silver medal in the Psychic Awakening Greater Good book with awesome ways to be even more shooty in the shooting phase.  The Tau are already a beast to deal with in tournaments and they’ve taken a bit of a backseat since the Marines took over.  Will this be enough to push them back up?

Hi all,

Remember to get those tickets for the BOLS Open.

Adam and Paul jump right into the Tau and their new customizable Sept abilities.  There are some nice ones here maybe nothing ‘better’ than what is in their base book.  Admittedly I am not a Tau player so there could really be some nuance that I’m missing here.

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The Experimental Weapon systems are the next thing we jump on and man.. a couple of these are real winners.  It may be enough to bring rail cannons back to the game.

In the middle of the show Paul is joined by Stephen Box from Vanguard Tactics.  I was fortunate enough to meet Stephen at the LVO.  He’s got a great way of delivering competitive 40k information and if you aren’t already familiar with his work please check him out. We dish about Blood Angels.

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Finishing Moves is about ewey gooey blood. We talk about ways to make it not look like a tasty desert or pasta sauce.

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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!

Panelist:

Christopher Morgan – captain morgan

Josh Ginn



This episode is SUPER long.  We have three community spotlights AND the Greater Good pre-release review.  Whoa!  Strap in for this three hour long show – I”m sorry in advance if you download this on you cell service – wait for free wifi if you can!

Hi all,

Thomas Goatboy Reidy joins Paul and Adam this week to run down the Guard and Scion parts of the Greater Good up for pre-order this weekend.  The first community spotlight is with Adam’s buddy Josh Diffey to speak about Down Under Pairings.  If you haven’t checked it out yet, please do.  It is pretty amazing.

Interspersed between the Greater Good talk we do a segment with the Armageddon Series winner Daniel Smith.  Check out this awesome export from Down Under Pairings that collated the series scoring just like we needed it it.  The Final Scoring from Season 1 can be found here: Series Scoring.

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Guard are big winners with this book.  You are going to see a LOT of tank aces.  They seem fun to play with and – dare we say – balanced.  It gives some nice defense to the tanks or offense.. Basically whatever you want – there are rules for you.  But is worth giving your warlord trait in order to get a second Ace?  I am not sure.

Red Powell jump on the show this week to also tell us about his novel list he did so well with at the LVO and about his awesome group within the US Army.  He and his team are doing a ton to bring awareness of what we do to that organization.  They are doing this while always being good ambassadors for their game and their job.  Wow.  they are killing it.

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Finishing movies is about about Adhesives.   Paul Made SOOOOOO many mistakes this week that also includes hand wounds,,, and needing to start over on this project at lease once.   With that said, please take this as a cautionary tale if you make it all the way to the end of the show.  Us and the Beatles.. we have a long one every now and then.  Thanks for listening!!  Please leave us 5 star reviews.

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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!

Panelist:

Christopher Morgan – captain morgan

Josh Ginn



Please join us for a very special episode where Paul and Adam are joined by Peter the Falcon from 40k Stats.com.  We run down our LVO 2020 coverage and talk about our experience as commentators for the largest Warhammer 40k Tournament in the world.

Hi guys,

If you haven’t checked out 40kstats.com please do it now!  Peter is putting out amazing content week after week and even if you are just ‘kinda into competitive 40k’ there is something there for you.  Knowledge is power!

We talk about what an amazing experience it was doing live commentary for 30+ hours at the Las Vegas Open.  We had some early struggles but once the stars aligned we were off to the races with what I think is the best coverage ever to come out of a 40k event.  It truly was a team endeavor.  You couldn’t see all the motion from the guys behind the scenes but it honestly made it all work.  I’m honored to be a part of that team.  Please check out the 40k Stats Centre Twitch channel to watch the entire coverage.  It’s peppered with guest interviews right after climatic games, jokes, and all the drama that the event brings.

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In the middle of the episode we highlight the Dallas Open.  Nate is a little gun shy being on the mic but the event is in its 3rd year and they are only picking up steam.  It’s totally work checking out and these guys are dedicated to giving you a good time.  Plus.. it’s right down the road from the Citadel.

We come back in hot with Adam and Peter for the third part of the show.  Peter wouldn’t be Peter without giving us a belly full of stats that we get to gnash on.  I am a filthy meta chaser and I know what I’m building more of right now… Eliminators.   It’s a Marine world right now.  How do you plan to attack it?

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Finishing Moves will be back next week.

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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!

Panelist:

Christopher Morgan – captain morgan

Josh Ginn



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, Grey Knights and the Thousand Sons.  Let’s dive in!

Hi all,

Another spectacular release from Games Workshop.  This one breaths some much needed life into some flailing factions.  If you’re a longtime Dark Angel player you are going to be exceptionally pleased.  This book allows you to field some of the iconic namesake units of the DA with super buffs to the Ravenwing and Deathwing.  The army will play very much like you may expect them to giving extra mobility or durability while still being ‘fun’ to move your figures around the table.

The Grey Knights got a ton of help.  An extra layer of special rules have been added for them in the forms of Tides of the Warp.  This is something the GK can manipulate in the psychic phase that gives them situational buffs.  The high point cost of the GK mean you need all the help you can get with how killy the game is right now.

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Last but not least are the Thousand Sons.  The 1kSons get 9 new army list options to choose from that each come with a Psychic Power, a Warlord Trait and a Relic.  There are some spicy ones in there that we talk about during the show.  There are several abilities that allow the shooty marines to ‘appear out of nowhere’ and deliver punishing fire.

It may not be enough to attract a lot of new players to the faction but you’re definitely going to be pleased with the collection you’ve acquired so far.  Fans of the 1kSons will be pleased.  It goes without saying that these books are a must have for players of these factions.

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We equate dinner recipes to what you need to buy for your hobby projects.  Hopefully we empower you a little bit to decide when its the right time for you to go out and get some extra tools.

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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!

Panelist:

Christopher Morgan – captain morgan

Josh Ginn



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 the t3 frames pack enough punch to hold their own in the meta right now?   That remains to be seen.

Hi everyone.,

Ricky and Paul run down the basics from the Sisters of Battle codex up for pre-order right now.  The dex has been out a few weeks with the limited edition box set that dropped recently.  This week the masses can get their hands on this holy book along with a host of new models.

The Battle Sister starts at 9 points and honestly, for value I think this is the only kinda maybe in the whole book. Everything else comes in with modest point values, including tanks like the Exorcist.  I don’t mean that things are ‘too cheap.’   I think the point values reflect the low toughness values and die role dependencies from the army.  I’m saying this untested.  I have not faced or played the new Sisters yet so I really want to know what you guys thing.

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New models IN PLASTIC is what a ton of people have been waiting on and they have certainly does these models justice.  Each model brings dynamic poses with tons of interesting features.

My favorite so far is the Exorcist.  I like this even better than the Trial of St Katherine.  It looks tough and has rules to match.  Rocking three of these things in year’s past was something people did and you should expect to see it again.

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We do a quick beginner guide on the essential hobby tools this week.  All you need is a sharp hobby knife, side clippers and glue.  What are you waiting on?

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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!

Panelist:

Christopher Morgan – captain morgan

Josh Ginn