Open Play

This week we dive into the new releases announced, upcoming releases and the current meta with a returning guest, Mark Hertel!

• 00:00 Intro and Hobby Update
• 02:31 Codex Supplement Black Templars is Coming Out 
• 05:50 Codex Grey Knights
• 09:54 Combat Patrol Space Wolves
• 11:04 Combat Patrol Tyranids
• 11:42 Special Edition Covers
• 12:03 Black Templars
• 20:35 Summer Reveals Show
• 21:43 New Kill Team Tomb World
• 26:38 New Toy Helmet
• 27:04 New Space Marines Chapter Masters
• 33:34 New Combat Patrols for SM Chapters
• 35:56 Never Enough Marines
• 36:28 New Books
• 36:49 New Horus Heresy Models
• 38:04 New Legions Imperialis
• 38:33 New Underworlds
• 39:06 Chaos Dwarves are Back
• 44:25 Flesh Eater Courts, Nighthaunt
• 45:20 Tomb Kings
• 45:44 Leagues of Votann gets 6 New Kits
• 52:43 Meta Talk
• 01:15:52 Final Thoughts

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00:00 Intro

05:50 The New Grey Knights Box

11:18 Other New Releases

16:58 Space Wolves

19:44 New Drop Pod

23:00 FAQs

37:42 Star Talk, i mean, Stats Talk

46:32 Tournament Report - Ad Mech

01:07:40 We are getting good at this

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This week we discuss the Chaos Knight codex, and talk to one of the friends of the show who has grown a lot as a player over the last few years and his journey and thoughts on his army's codex.

00:00 Intro and Hobby Update

03:16 New Releases and Leagues

06:52 Chaos Knights Codex First Impressions

13:53 First Detachment

24:58 Second Detachment - Infernal Lance

37:28 Third Detachment - Lords of Dread

55:10 Fourth Detachment - Houndpack Lance

01:05:55 Overall Toughts

01:07:14 Imperial Knights Index Update

01:09:34 Jon's history with 40k

01:22:02 Good Byes

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00:00 Intro and Hobby Talk

03:28 New Releases

09:47 New Tyranid Detachment

22:47 New Dark Angels Detachment

29:07 New CSM Detachment

34:20 Final Toughts

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We cover the June dataslate with our thoughts on the changes!

1. 00:00 Hobby Update
2. 02:30 Dataslate for June 2025
3. 03:26 Adepta Sororitas
4. 06:38 Adeptus Mechanicus
5. 09:00 Aeldari
6. 11:29 Astra Militarum
7. 11:49 Blood Angels
8. 12:47 Chaos Daemons
9. 13:45 Chaos Space Marines
10. 17:02 Dark Angels
11. 18:39 Drukhari
12. 19:29 Genestealer Cults
13. 19:50 Grey Knights
14. 20:24 Leagues of Votann
15. 20:46 Orks
16. 21:58 Space Marines
17. 22:49 T'au Empire
18. 27:13 Tyranids
19. 28:43 Our Impressions and other changes
20. 39:33 Points - Adepta Sororitas
21. 41:41 Points - Custodes and Dark Angels
22. 42:14 Points - Adeptus Mechanicus
23. 43:30 Points - Aeldari
24. 44:35 Points - Astra Militarum
25. 46:43 Points - Black Templars and Blood Angels
26. 49:32 Points - Daemons, Chaos Knights and CSM
27. 51:40 Points - Dark Angels, Death Guard and Dearthwatch
28. 52:23 Points - Drukhari
29. 55:03 Points - Emperor's Children
30. 55:42 Points - Genestealer Cults and Grey Knights
31. 56:20 Points - Imperial Agents
32. 57:37 Points - Imperial Knights and Votann
33. 57:53 Points - Orks
34. 01:04:41 Points - Space Marines
35. 01:07:08 Points - Space Wolves
36. 01:07:52 Points - Tau
37. 01:08:51 Points - Thousand Sons
38. 01:08 56 Points - Tyranids
39. 01:09:39 Points - World Eaters
40. 01:11:39 Final Thoughts

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00:00 Intro

01:18 Why Druikhari

04:43 Warhammer as a Hobby

07:38 Designing a new Drukhari Unit

09:45 Hopes for the Drukhari Codex

11:43 Selling Drukhari to New Players

13:36 Beeing one with the skew

14:32 The Bomber Train

16:55 Staying Consistent

20:41 New Narrative Arc for the Dukhari

22:24 Rogue Trader and the Mesed up nature of Drukhari

27:23 Balance in All Things

31:22 Favorite and Least Favorite Army to play against

34:16 Tips for Getting Better

42:16 Wrap Up

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This episode we discuss the Dallas Open and go in depth into the Thousand Sons Codex!

00:00 Intro

03:44 Space Wolves Box Release

05:33 Dallas Open

22:22 Thousand Sons Rules Leak

28:44 The New Index Detachment

33:03 Soup Detachment

35:58 Tzaangor Detachment

42:04 Rubricae Phalanx

56:29 Datasheets

01:37:34 Codices are more balanced now

01:45:16 Outro

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This episode we go over the new Death Guard codex, talking about the detachments, and different data sheets. Will it be a stinker? We sure think so.

0:00 Intro

00:00 Intro

03:17 Preorders

06:41 AoS

09:58 Death Guard Codex First Impressions

18:17 Army Rule

19:55 Detachment - Virulent Vectorium

24:43 Detachment - Mortarion's Hammer

34:19 Detachment - Champions of Contagion

45:53 Detachment - Tallyband Summoner

52:26 Detachment - Shamblerot Vectorium

59:46 Detachment - Death Lord's Chosen

01:12:39 Datasheets

01:38:03 Chaos Daemons

01:39:52 Final Thoughts

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Howdy! This week our resident World Eater players discuss the new codex and our new ways to play? What's great? Hint: Demons, What's bad? Hint: Slaughterbound Detachment. This and more!

00:00 Intro

03:08 Warhammer Community article

05:05 Blessings

09:59 Index Detachment

27:10 Khorne Daemonkin Detachment

40:55 Possessed Slaughterbound

44:43 The Transport Detachment

50:33 Angron

53:59 Kharn

55:39 Invocatus

57:13 Lord of Juggernaut

59:30 Master of Executions

01:01:13 Daemon Prince of Khrone

01:03:11 Daemon Prince with wings

01:05:02 Slaughterbound

01:08:04 Eightbound

01:09:36 Exalted Eightbound

01:11:25 Corn Berserkers

01:13:15 Chaos Terminators

01:14:41 Jackals

01:17:09 Chaos Spawn

01:18:51 Hellbrute

01:20:42 Chaos Landraider

01:22:03 Forgefiend

01:24:18 Maulerfiends

01:27:22 Chaos Rhino

01:28:30 Corn Lord of Skulls

01:31:13 Daemons

01:34:42 Wrap-Up

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In this episode we go back and talk about our first episode and the leaks that were available at the time for 10th Edition. What did we get right? What did we get wrong? And how is Aeldari back on top again? This and more on Open Play!

00:00 Intro

04:17 Emperor's Children Talk

12:55 CSM

16:06 10th Edition Predictions Revisited

51:58 10th Ed Launch

01:01:51 Where we are at

01:20:51 Where we headed to

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