Initiative One Podcast

A couple Regionals have happened since we last recorded, and Luke follows his Nationals win with a Regional win in Spokane - he's the champion Daqan deserve! The FFG Center Regional happened as well, and Church14 took it with his Uthuk in a heavily-Uthuk field.

In more important tournament news, we had our monthly store tournament for July, and it turned out to be the (first annual?) Initiative One Host Showdown. For all you X-Wing players, come play some Scuttling Threshers if you miss your pre-nerf Whisper.

We also take a brief look at the new tournament regulations that went into effect this week, specifically the new deployments and objectives that we'll see for the rest of this year.

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"Colossus" "Crossing the Chasm" "Five Armies" Kevin MacLeod (incompletech.com)

So many new units to talk about! Since our last episode, FFG previewed Prince Faolan, Ventala Skirmishers, Beastmaster Th'Uk Tar and Gorgemaw, Viper Legion, and Obscenes...so we talk about all of it. The Latari gain some strong-looking units, and the Uthuk look to have some more list-building variety. We look at some possible uses and builds for the new stuff, and try to put Wind Rune on as many things as possible. Oh, and Skirmishers with Flank Fire are definitely NOT a turret...see, they have firing arcs!

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"Colossus" "Crossing the Chasm" "Five Armies" Kevin MacLeod (incompletech.com)

Sorry about the late post this week, but Initiative One is back with Episode 16! Ravos' All-You-Can-Eat Crabs! We interview JJ, the winner of our Durham Regional (aka the most prestigious Runewars tournament from June 23rd). Did the Uthuk dominate? Is there any hope for Waiqar and Daqan? Why is our meta so different? We also take a look at U.S. Nationals (the second most prestigious tournament from June 23rd), do a breakdown of the lists, and talk a little bit about the current tournament season. Our Nationals document will be up soon...thanks for listening!

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"Colossus" "Crossing the Chasm" "Five Armies" Kevin MacLeod (incompletech.com)

Special bonus episode! We are joined by guests Sondra and Greg, who chatted with us from Court of Gamers in San Antonio. They just had their Regional, so we got them on to chat about their tournament, talk to them about the game a little bit and our different metas, and how Greg had to turn to Raven North Carolina Tabards to become the Regional Champion. He may have to relocate to NC when he is chased out of Texas for turning his back on their beloved Bull Pennon.

Thanks to our guests for joining us!

PS. This episode was recorded with some brand new online meeting and recording software, and very late at night, so no apologies for lack of sound quality or nonsense content. Also, higher profanity content than usual, thanks Greg.

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"Colossus" "Crossing the Chasm" "Five Armies" Kevin MacLeod (incompletech.com)

Once again, we put off talking about the league format, but for good reason. We got the second new hero introduction article for Baron Zachareth from the Daqan, and FFG also slipped an alt art for the new Uthuk hero in the tournament kit! Although we don't have dials for either one yet, we get a pretty good idea of how they function. The transformation or dual form idea continues with these two, and we discuss some of the new strategies that may come out of these new heroes.

With new units releasing and being announced, Regionals season starting, and Nationals and North American Championships all coming up in short order, it's an exciting time for Runewars!

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"Colossus" "Crossing the Chasm" "Five Armies" Kevin MacLeod (incompletech.com)

We were all set to talk about our league format, then FFG surprised us with a new Waiqar hero! Not only is this brand new content for Runewars, the first in a while, it's for the faction we think needs the most help. Can Lord Vorun'thul, the vampire/man-bat bring balance to the game, and singlehandedly elevate Waiqar to competitive relevance? We discuss our first impressions of this exciting development!

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"Colossus" "Crossing the Chasm" "Five Armies" Kevin MacLeod (incompletech.com)

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Another tournament in the books, and our first with terrain decks! We follow up on our previous episode about terrain, go off on multiple tangents about the game, and talk about how Waiqar don't seem to be competitive right now. Waiqar and Daqan have just about disappeared from our local meta.

We also give some tips for Regionals prep, and a brief overview of our new narrative league format. You can view the current league rules here if you are interested in trying it out:

https://www.atomicempire.com/Store/Event/2061

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"Colossus" "Crossing the Chasm" "Five Armies" Kevin MacLeod (incompletech.com)

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We had another tournament, so we get in to a recap of that and some things we learned. Shane is still refining his Latari army, Justin tried out his new Waiqar build for the first time, and Josh's Uthuk continue their winning streak. (Intro - 1:03)

After that, we do a little speculation on the two new cards from the Darnati Warriors article. Could one of them be a fix for Rune Golems? Listen to find out (spoiler alert: NOPE).

Here's the shared Google doc for Regionals, feel free to add yours: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PUDp0l5YULr3cHuCDH43ouuwk_hxsXjp4TSvadB7h_U/edit?usp=sharing

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"Colossus" "Crossing the Chasm" "Five Armies" Kevin MacLeod (incompletech.com)

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After our special announcement, we get in to tournament terrain. Get our expert level, extremely experienced look at the available terrain under tournament rules (we've never used them). Nevertheless, we go over the available combinations and speculate on what we might want to use. We'll put our ideas to the test in a few weeks for our May tournament, and evaluate just how right we were.

Here's the document that Shane compiled with all the possible terrain combinations: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MQ5jDrZR4Lb8SrH9j4izFAyN3ra4Nz7jVPq5g5HgR9w/edit?usp=sharing

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"Colossus" "Crossing the Chasm" "Five Armies" Kevin MacLeod (incompletech.com)

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Another episode from our listener questions - this time we take a look at all things deployment. After a recap of Adepticon, we break down the game setup phase into terrain and objectives, then deploying your army.

What have we learned from our time playing the game? Hopefully something! Full of our tips from choosing terrain and using it to your advantage, to how to set up your army for the best possible engagements, we try to help you figure out how to determine your best possible deployment and get comfortable using it.

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"Colossus" "Crossing the Chasm" "Five Armies" Kevin MacLeod (incompletech.com)

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