It's the start of the year but the end of the month and we're here to kick off the New Year at the very last possible moment! Steve and Simon discuss what they've been up to (Simon painted a whole Legions Imperialis Dark Mechanicum army and some other stuff) and what they're hoping to see from the Heresy in the new year. We also chat a bit about recent releases and Simon's upcoming 20,000 point per side megabattle but our biggest topic is the new Kickstarter from Dave Taylor, 28 Collected!

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It's about to be 2025 for Steve and Simon but Heresy is eternal. We take a look a back at the Heresy in 2024, considering the end of the 64(!) book series, campaign and model releases for both Horus Heresy: Age of Darkness and Legions Imperialis and then turn a weather eye towards what the future might hold for the greatest galactic civil war ever prosecuted!

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We're back and right under the wire for our Turkey Day episode which begins with Steve and Simon bickering about their respective nations Thanksgivings. We talk about recent reveals like the Malcador variants, Arvus Lighter, and the alternate Deredeo loadout. Simon played a bunch of games this month including playtesting his Heresy skirmish rules set for an upcoming club event and shares his thoughts on having played a full game with his Mechanicum. No Q&A this month but we do ramble at length, off topic, about Trench Crusade!

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On this month's episode we are joined by special guest host, epidemiologist and wargamer, Dr. Eric Lofgren! Eric was a presenter at the first ever Warhammer academic conference and he was kind enough to share his time with us discussing his presentation and talking about what that experience was like. His presentations were focused on Horus Heresy specific events and was a fascinating guest. You also get to hear three grown men excitedly discuss their favorite diseases. Somehow, we went an entire episode with a real life plague doctor and didn't make a single Nurgle reference! Eric stayed with us to discuss the upcoming Dark Mechanicum releases, shared some pro-tips on playing Imperial Fists as a Heresy army, and took part in our closing listener Q&A.

Check out Eric's blog at Variance Hammer and follow him on Bluesky.

Happy Halloween, don't die of plague!

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Our September podcast arrives just under the wire! Heresy news is ramping up so we had lots to talk about starting with the return of Heresy Thursdays to Warhammer Community's site, the announcement of Mechanicum for Legions Imperialis, the teased Siege of Terra animation coming to Warhammer+, Space Marine 2, an academic conference on Warhammer, and finally the Nova Open Heresy "roadmap", such as it was. Simon talks Mechanicum hobbying, and then dives into the recently released supplement, The Martian Civil War but is interrupted by the least sexy cat fight imaginable. We conclude with our usual listener Q&A!

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Our August episode is here, in which Simon talks about the various games of Heresy he played, the new friends he made along the way (some of them being plague toads) as well as the simple campaign he took part in out of his favorite game shop, Terracrux in Tacoma, WA. We talked over the release of Legions Imperialis: The Devastation of Tallarn, and then got into the nitty gritty of assembling plastic Mechanicum. As usual, we close with listener Q&A concluding with an intimate consideration of the primarchs.

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It's a slow month for Heresy news but between Steve's opinions on politics, volcano discussion, and Simon getting dwarf pilled for the Old World, we did manage to discuss Heresy campaign gaming, the upcoming Mechanicum releases, and the Warhammer Tacoma Open before closing up with listener questions!

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Somehow, we've been doing this for a full year and you people are still listening, for some reason! We've taken your feedback into account and Steve has produced and mixed us a whole new, quieter, less intrusive background track! We talk upcoming pre-releases, the improved availability of Legions Imperialis kits, the problems with other products availability, Cormac McCarthy, Simon's Zone Mortalis campaign and his Dark Angels, and then take some listener questions.

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Our latest very special episode is here! We are very pleased to share this interview with Eric and Lucas, the hobby heroes behind the ongoing narrative event series, The Taking of Phyrix. This campaign is played across the United States at multiple venues culminating int he incredible games that take place every year at Adepticon. We talk about what goes into this immersive and engaging Horus Heresy campaign, the history of the campaign both in and out of game, crafting narratives for your armies, and how you can take part in the Taking of Phyrix! 

Learn More about The Taking of Phyrix with their rules documents, audio narratives, and merchandise, and be sure to join their Discord to take part!

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This month Steve and Simon take a deep dive into the recently released supplement, The Battle for Beta Garmon. The discussion revolves around the supplement as a toolkit of ways to flesh out your armies in interesting ways, especially with the new rules for Blackshields and Shattered Legions. Naturally, there's no avoiding some discussion about the the controversial reference to LADY CUSTODES before wrapping up the episode with mail call from listeners.

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