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Daemonic incursion

Episode 194 - Chaos Daemons on Crusade

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Jason's daemon army gets a much-needed narrative update and we discuss these fun, new rules at great length in this chonky episode.

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Cult uprising

Episode 193 - Wait. Am I in a Chaos Cult?

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The title is somewhat misleading. This is just an episode about Chaos Cults, how they're formed, who leads them, how they operate, and how they are represented on the tabletop. Content warning: psychological coercion and various related topics.
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Two beakies duking it out

Episode 192 - Horus Heresy 2.0

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In this wet, hot Heresy Summer, Adam and Jason got together to play Heresy Zone Mortalis. Also, Adam hosted a heresy day at his house with some familar friends, so they all got together for a chat about the new rules. Thanks to Jared, Mike, Kendrick, and Dave for joining us for the show as well as Travis, Ben, and Mark for joining us in playing some games.
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Haarken Worldclaimer

Episode 191 - Rift War & Thousand Sons on Crusade

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In this episode which can only be categorized as "super chonk", we delve into the Rift War supplement and chat about Thousand Sons on Crusade. We also have a discussion with Tony from the Narrative Wargamer podcast about the successful Crucible of War event he put on recently.
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elfs on raid

Episode 26 - Unfortunate Souls

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There shall be no savior for the human population of this world. Two forces, the Drukhari and the Night Lords, battle one-another over the right to claim these unfortunate souls. All the human prey can do is flee and hide… and hope the terrors pursuing them don’t notice. In this episode, Adam brings his Drukhari against Dave who is fielding the new Chaos Space Marines codex. The scenario for this episode is available for download. Note that some edits have been made since we played this game.
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quinn fights kendrick

Episode 25 - Break the Stalemate

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Adam’s horde Orks and Kendrick’s mixed Tyranids fight a battle of attrition ultimate supremacy in the Warzone Octarius narrative mission “Break the Stalemate”.
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Sisters vs DOrks

Episode 24 - Relic Recovery

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Well, it took quite some time for this episode to be published, but like the Titanic ghost ship from Ghost Busters 2, better late than never. Tucker joined Adam for a narrative battle between the Sisters of Battle and some Daemon Orks!
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