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Noobs head to WTC - Ep. 33 Aug 02, 2023

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Hey All,

Welcome back to Episode 33 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite.

With the secrecy of WTC list submission behind us and everything in the open now, we're finally able to share some more of the details of what we've been up to over the past month. We're both attending our first WTC (World Team Championship) this year, Vik with Team England and Dave with Team New Zealand. In this episode we take a deep dive into the preparation phase for an event of this magnitude and contrast the differences/similarities between preparing for a singles vs team event. We discuss the meta, our army/faction choices as well as our goals/expectations for the event!

As always, enjoy, let us know what you think and see you by the Fireside,

Dave & Vik

What is WTC? How can you use it? - Ep. 31 Jul 31, 2023

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Hey everyone, I'm joined by Typhus this week! He's a legend in the Polish scene, he's a previous UKTC judge, content creator on Enter the Matrix and an all round wizard when it comes to 40k. We're chatting about the WTC this episode, and trying to close the gap between people who aren't so familiar with it. Hopefully you'll learn about the WTC here, and find it useful to use the WTC as a springboard to get your lists into gear for the coming next season! Dave and Typhus

WTC with guest Liam Hackett! - Ep. 32 Jul 31, 2023

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Hey everyone, Apologies if I'm a little tied on this one, I'm joined by the lovely Liam Hackett from Team Australia at 6:30AM I was really impressed with Liam, he's a really down to earth, smart and very experienced 40k player. He's made me reflect on a lot of things going into the WTC and some things that I hope I'm going to implement when we pair against each other round 1 at the WTC next week! Cheers, Dave and Liam

10th Edition FAQ + Meta - Ep. 30 Jul 11, 2023

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Hey everyone,

Vik is back!

We're going to be doing a quick recap of the FAQ, how it effects armies, what's involved, and what has maybe been missed.

After that we're going through some recent indicator results of the meta - with some caveats! - then Dave is chatting about the London Open tournament he's playing and the Necrons list he's rocking!

Dave and Vik

10th Edition Tier List - Ep. 29 Jun 29, 2023

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Hey everyone, Vik's on holiday so Dave is joined by Jokull and they're going through their views on how all of the current armies stack up. "Apparently" there's supposed to be an FAQ coming along, so hopefully this looks slightly more balanced but for now there's a clear winner. Some of the army placements might surprise you, just because we have them in a bracket doesn't mean that they cant overperform with a great pilot! Hope everyone's having a great time, and as always let us know what your thoughts are on some of the middle and top armies to see if we've missed something! #40k #warhammer #40kFireside #firesidepodcast Dave and Jokull

A Damning Critique of 10th Edition - Ep. 28 Jun 17, 2023

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[Apologies in advance for the high rant levels in this one - we try our best to stay balanced, but it does get a little heated!] Hey All, Welcome back to Episode 28 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. 10th Edition has landed with indexes for the factions, points cost and the core rules all out. Change and particularly development is vital for the game, something we can see with the beautifully designed mission format (both primary and secondary) that we praised at length in the previous episode. However, with such a wide scale change to the core rules and army rules, there was bound to be some balancing issues. We’ve both gotten in a bunch of practice games, had discussions with a wide range of players and Dave’s taken the effort of listing the potential issues that have been raised as well as explaining the reasoning behind each one in detail. We then work out some potential solutions and options that GW might consider to solving these issues. This one is going to be a somewhat controversial topic, and we definitely understand there’s a lot more to learn about the edition over the coming months - we would love to hear your opinions and comments on this one so please leave one if you can! As always, enjoy, let us know what you think and see you by the Fireside, Dave & Vik

Deep Diving 10th Ed Secondaries - Ep. 27 Jun 09, 2023

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Hey All, Welcome back to Episode 27 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. We open up this episode with a quick chat/discussion on our thoughts regarding the decision of the Bugeater GT to pre-emptively ban Aeldari at their 10th Edition tournament (we're a little more positive than the general community opinion). 10th Edition rules are coming out at an incredible rate and one of the areas that has been refined/changed the most is secondary mission scoring. As one of the key defining factors that impact the way we play competitively, Dave and I have done an analysis on all 16 of the Secondary Missions to come up with a series of tactical criteria for how we play/list build to them and how they interact with each other. We also discuss the pros and cons of choosing a FIXED vs TACTICAL secondary mission scoring path and what we think is likely to work better in 10th Edition! As always, enjoy, let us know what you think and see you by the Fireside, Dave & Vik

Big New Bugs! 10th Tyranids Review! - Ep. 26 Jun 08, 2023

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Hey All, Vik is on holiday today so Dave is here with Jokull from our team Ignite! We're both covering the new Tyranids data sheets spoiled today. Jokull is a long time Tyranid player, taking them to LVO and LGT - and well, Dave killed things with Tyranid warriors too. So tune in to this episode to get a wall to wall coverage of the tyranid data sheets and the army rules! Dave & Jokull

Ignite Win Birmingham Teams! - Ep. 25 May 29, 2023

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Hey All, Welcome back to Episode 25 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. This past weekend saw Team Ignite (5 Players= Vik, Dave, Brian Seipp, Jokull Johannsson & Boris Michev) attend the huge Birmingham Teams Tournament (320 Players, 64x 5 Person Teams). We put the preparation that was discussed in episode 23 into practice and managed to win the entire event including a win against Team England in the finals. In this episode we dive into a more detailed look into our pairings philosophy and preparation as well as a run-through of each of the 6 rounds we played. Thank you to all of the teams we played for an awesome set of games throughout the event - this was one of the best events we have ever attended and hopefully teams continues to grow in the competitive scene (as it is definitely one of, if not the most, engaging/fun ways to play the game). As always, enjoy, let us know what you think and see you by the Fireside, Dave & Vik

10th faction focus - Ep. 24 May 24, 2023

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Hey All, Welcome back to Episode 24 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. We've got a back-to-backer for you this week. Whilst we've primarily been focussing on 9th edition, we have been keeping a little eye on the 10th edition previews and the rules leak. Tune in to listen to our early takes and speculations (and please keep in mind we don't have the full picture yet, so our early takes may be way off the mark come full release next month!). As always, enjoy, let us know what you think and see you by the Fireside, Dave & Vik

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