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Ignite @ Birmingham Team Tournament - Ep. 23 May 24, 2023

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Hey All, Welcome back to Episode 23 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. This episode focuses on the upcoming huge 300+ person Birmingham GT, a 5-man Team Tournament hosted by the UKTC. This event uses a fixed terrain format with the balanced UKTC layouts and mission order, resulting in a more singles-type meta. This is our first outing as Team Ignite to a team event and we've brought a strong 5-man team with the aim to do our best at this one! Tune in to hear about the lists that we're bringing as well as discussing some of the top teams in attendance, including the mighty Team England (who win every one of these events!). As always, enjoy, let us know what you think and see you by the Fireside, Dave & Vik

Deathwatch Deep Dive w/ Jokull! - Ep. 22 May 06, 2023

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Hey guys,

Vik is away for this one, but After the Warhammer Fest Tournament we wanted to have a chat with our teammate Jokull because he placed very well at an absolutely stacked tournament with none other than DEATHWATCH!

Deathwatch has been a bit of a meme recently, boasting one of the lowest win rates (34% at one point?), so given the new changes to the faction, is it actually any good?

Jokull is a member of team Iceland, a fantastic player and an absolute gent and has lots to offer if you're an aspiring Deathwatch player!

Enjoy!

Jokull and Dave,

Warhammer Fest IGNITE'd - Ep. 21 May 03, 2023

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Hey All, Welcome back to Episode 21 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. This weeks episode focuses on the 360-person Warhammer Fest Super-Major last weekend, which saw 5/6 of Team Ignite attending, with 3 of our players (Chris Radford, Brian Seipp and Dave) making it into the top 16 cut for day 3 of the event. As the first Games Workshop Open Terrain event to take place in the UK, we spend the first section of the episode discussing our thoughts on the terrain and event as a whole, as well as compare it against the UKTC format that we're used to. We then focus on Dave's incredible run through the event, going 8-0 with his innovative Astra Militarum list, before taking a narrow defeat in the finals to finish in 2nd place! (To the wonderful Innes Wilson of StatCheck - congrats!) As always, enjoy, let us know what you think and see you by the Fireside, Dave & Vik

Dataslate Hot-Takes! - Ep. 20 Apr 22, 2023

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Hey All, Welcome back to Episode 20 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite.
We finally got the last Dataslate of 9th Edition! We dedicate the majority of this episode on discussing the impact on the meta from the various changes in the dataslate and go through why we think it didn't do quite enough to really mix things up (How did Desolation marines survive?!). We also do a dive into our games at the London Open, a UKTC Major from last weekend as well as run through our initial thoughts about the massive Warhammer Fest event coming up at the end of the month. As always, enjoy, let us know what you think an see you by the Fireside, Dave & Vik

The Desolation of London - Ep. 19 Apr 12, 2023

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Hey All, Welcome back to Episode 19 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. With no Dataslate just yet (though hopefully due shortly after this episode releases!), our lists are submitted for the London Open - a 150-person Major event hosted by the UKTC. Dave's bringing his Astra Militarum and Vik his Aeldari. We run through our lists and how we've adapted to the Desolation marines that have created quite the hostile meta for both of our factions. We also go through the details on some of the strongest lists (Dark Angels, Iron Hands, Guard & Daemons) in attendance. This event has a large proportion of the best players in the UK creating a shark tank where we should expect lots of spicy pairings throughout the weekend. As always, please let us know if you have any questions or feedback and it would be hugely helpful if you leave us a comment, like or review on any of the streaming platforms you use to listen to Fireside 40K! See you by the Fireside, Dave & Vik

Manchester Super-Major Ignited! - Ep. 18 Mar 29, 2023

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Hey All, Welcome back to Episode 18 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. We're joined this episode by our good friend and founding member of Team Ignite, Brian Siepp, to discuss his incredible run to Top 4 at the Manchester Super-Major with Iron Hands (including the newly-infamous Desolation Marines). We go through what makes the Desolation Marines so strong and the tactics Brian used to get through his first 5 rounds before the cut with 497/500 battle points! Brian was also joined by Vik this weekend in Manchester, with Vik managing to pull out an undefeated run of 5-0 at the event with his innovative Aeldari list. We touch in detail about some thoughts on his list design as well as a more in-depth look into how he managed his Round 5 game against an optimised Dark Angels list with 20 Terminators and 10 Desolation Marines. With the balance dataslate hopefully just around the corner, we touch on some of the things we'd like to see included and we'll be releasing another episode with our initial reactions as soon as it does drop! As always, please let us know if you have any questions or feedback and it would be hugely helpful if you leave us a comments, like or review on any of the streaming platforms you use to listen to Fireside 40K! See you by the Fireside, Dave, Vik & Brian

Dave Wins Another Super-Major! - Ep. 17 Mar 15, 2023

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Hey All,

(Dave apologizes for his mic - had a little toooo much gain!).

Welcome back to Episode 17 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard.

This week saw Dave win another Super-Major (making him the only player in the UK to win 3!), the 200-player Southampton Super Major (UKTC).

This episode focuses on his 7-0 winning run at the event with Astra Militarum. We'll be dissecting his list design philosophy as well as the tactics he used in each of his games, including a detailed run through of his epic final game against Mani Cheema's Dark Angels.

We'll also be touching on the ethos behind the new team that we've started - Team Ignite, and our plans going forward for the season!

Enjoy the episode and as always let us know what you think! See you by the fireside,

MUSIC: Interlude - "Take 7 - Fabio Poian"

Vik & Dave

The ITT Recap & The Meta - Ep. 16 Mar 05, 2023

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Hey all,

Welcome back to Episode 16 of the Fireside 40K podcast. We've just come back from the International Team Tournament, a 320 player (64 x 5-Person Teams) event with fixed terrain each round (making the results more relevant to singles), where our team (Dice Down) came in 5th place taking our loss to the amazing Team Poland.

In this episode we focus on sharing our thoughts on what we feel the strongest armies in the game are and some potential solutions on how to counter them.

The 23/24 season is starting to warm up and we've got some big events coming up, Dave touches on his thoughts for the next UKTC super-major, the Southampton GT.

Make sure to pour yourself a nice drink and come join us by the Fireside - Enjoy!

Vik & Dave

The International Team Tournament - Ep. 15 Feb 23, 2023

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Hey all,

Vik and Dave back again with our main podcast series talking about the first event of our 2023 40K Season - The Internation Team Tournament (ITT). This is a huge 5-man teams event, with 320 players in attendance including multiple national teams (England, Poland & Netherlands).

We're bringing a selection of our finest from Dice Down to form a team trying to cause an upset and take the event. We discuss our team and the lists that we're bringing (Dave= Astra Militarum & Vik= Aeldari) in detail, as well as go through the lists being brought by a selection of some of the top teams in attendance.

The event is using fixed terrain (UKTC, with no light/heavy boards) matching their singles setup and whilst it's a team event the results should translate very well to informing the singles competitive meta!

We hope you enjoy the episode and as always let us know if you have any feedback - we always listen and try to adapt to suit our audience - see you by the fireside,

Vik & Dave

Getting Back into 40k With World Eaters ft. Boris Michev - Ep. 14 Feb 22, 2023

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Hey all,

We're joined today on the Fireside 40K podcast by one of the most lovely and talented 40K players to have hit the scene, Boris Michev (Also the owner of the incredible Bad Moon Cafe in London). As one of the members of Dice Down, we've had the pleasure of playing with and against Boris over the years.

Boris' story will resonate with many competitive 40K players as a few years ago he dipped out of tournament play to manage the increased time constraints that having children can bring to life.

We chat with him about how he's come out the other side and found the balance that allows him to now start looking at getting involved in competitive 40K again. Boris will be joining us as part of the team we're bringing to the International Team Tournament (ITT) running this weekend which will be his first event back after his hiatus.

To add even more spice to the episode, Boris is going to be breaking down his thoughts on the new World Eaters Codex (the army he'll be running at the event!) and where they sit in the singles, as well as the teams, meta.

We've got another episode coming out later this week in our main series of Fireside 40K discussing the ITT in more detail and running through some of the top teams in attendance. Until then, we hope you enjoy the episode and see you by the fireside!

Vik & Dave

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