40K Fireside

Latest Episodes:

AOO First Impressions!- Ep. 12.5 Feb 05, 2023

Show notes

Hey All,

Vik and I are now focussing our efforts on Arks of Omen! We haven't really had the time pre-LVO to look at anything else but we've been keeping out ears to the ground and looking at what has been performing well.

Ontop of that, we've been chatting in our team and have some first impressions that hopefully will be a fresh take on all the AOO content that has already come out!

So if you're late to the train like we are, jump on board with us in this Fireside episode :)

Enjoy!

LVO Reca-... Rant. | 40K Fireside Ep. 12 Feb 05, 2023

Show notes

Hey All,

Vik finished #2 ITC in the world this season and Dave finished #4 overall! We both placed 28(?) 17(?) respectively which gave us enough points to stay in the top 4!

We're chatting about our experience at LVO this episode, it's a bit of a rant so we apologize for some of the negativity upfront :)

Overall we've both had an amazing season, we're looking forward to playing this year, keeping the podcast going and taking some Dub's over the next 12 months.

Would we go back to LVO next year? - probably not.

Enjoy!

We're back! Nottingham Super Major & LVO Ep. 11 Jan 19, 2023

Show notes

Hey All,

We've taken a little break from 40k over the holiday period but we're back! We've had such a fantastic time doing the Fireside in 2022 where we recorded our first 10 episodes and 2023 is going to bring even more content, new guests and hopefully some more wins!

Vik (ITC Rank #1) and Dave (ITC Rank #4) are here for episode 11 of the Fireside 40K. We're chatting about the recent Nottingham Super major (~390 players) where we took 4th place and 11th place. We were both playing indentical thousand sons and flamers lists which were a bunch of fun.

After Nottingham, we chat about LVO, our preperation, what we're taking and what some of the faction statistics look like. There are some surprising numbers and quite a few differences between UK and USA so we're even more excited to see when the lists go live and we can delve into what some of the other top players are also brining!

Hope you guys enjoy the episode, it's great to be back and as always feel free to leave some feedback!

USA vs UK with Anthony Vanella | Ep. 10 Dec 15, 2022

Show notes

Hey All,

Vik (ITC Rank #1) and Dave (ITC Rank #4) back again with episode 10 of Fireside 40K. We're SUPER excited to be joined by our good friend Anthony Vanella from the Art of War.

Recently Anthony came to the UK and played in the Coventry 3 day super major and we wanted to get him on to not only talk about his experience at Coventry but also his plans for LVO and thoughts on the meta in general.

In this episode we talk about the differences between the UK and USA competitive Warhammer scene, covering topics from; terrain, player skill and community!

Finally we move onto talking about the LVO, what our goals are and our approaches to going through a gauntlet tournament like LVO - what we think some of the strongest factions are going to be, how the terrain format changes that, and finally what a healthy mindset for Warhammer is.

Anthony brings a TON of great information in this episode, Vik and I both learnt a lot talking to him and we're sure that you guys will love it too :)

Vik & Dave Smash Leicester Super Major Ep. 9 Dec 07, 2022

Show notes

Hey All,

Vik (ITC Rank #1) and Dave (ITC Rank #4) back again with episode 9 of Fireside 40K. In the last episode we discussed what we'd both be bringing (Thousand Sons souped with Chaos Daemons) to the 240-Person Leicester Super Major and we're back in this episode to discuss how we got on!

We attended this event with 5 of our Dice Down teammates who we just want to give a little shoutout to: all of them ran through to a positive win/loss at the event. Malik took his GSC to 25th place 4-1, Alex Petford running the Tsons/Daemons took 29th place also with a 4-1. George (Imperial Knights), Konrad (Craftworlds/Quins) and Jim (Drukhari) all came in with a solid 3-2 record. Big shoutout to Feliks (Konrad's brother) who gave Alex his one loss using Tau and took the narrowest of 1-point losses to Mike Porter in round 5.

Dave narrowly missed the top cut to 4 players but finished the event with an incredible undefeated 5-0 and Vik went on to win the event with a 7-0 run!

In this episode we go through a deeper analysis and tactical insights into the games we played during the event and our feedback on the lists we ran. We also touch on the meta as a whole and how things are shaping up as we get closer to the final event of the season - LVO.

We hope you find the discussion useful and as always welcome your feedback to help us keep the show interesting and informative. See you by the Fireside!

Filthy Meta Chasing - Ep 8 Dec 02, 2022

Show notes

Hey All,

Vik (ITC Rank #2) and Dave (ITC Rank #4) back with episode 8 of Fireside 40K. We've got our energy back to peak levels as we approach the final super-major event of the 2022, The Leicester GT.

As we're attending this event with 5 of our Dice Down teammates we wanted to go through a couple of their round 1 pairings at the event and give an example of the kind of pre-game tactical talk we often have as a team before each round of an event. We also pick out an interesting Votann list from Brian Siepp and a very cool Hydra Tyranid list from Mike Costello

We then touch on our lists and the reason why we've both gone for a very similar Thousand Sons souped in with Tzeentch Flamers list for this event.

We hope you enjoy listening to this one and as ever welcome your feeback, enjoy and see you by the Fireside.

Dave & Vik

Post-Coventry DEPRESSION - Fireside Ep 7 Nov 23, 2022

Show notes

Vik (ITC Rank #2) and Dave (ITC Rank #4) back again after a short hiatus, with our 7th episode of 40K Fireside. We've been a bit down in the dumps following a shaky performance at the Coventry Super Major, but we've had some time to gather our thoughts, pick ourselves up and get our motivation back for competitive 40k.

In this episode we're going to discuss what happened at the Coventry Super Major and our thoughts on how to keep up motivation when things don't go to plan in an ever-changing competitive meta. We interlace this discussion with some more of our thoughts on where the meta currently stands, Vik's first 8-man team event with WTC Team England and Dave's approach to finding a new army identity after his long and successful run with the Tyranids!

We found this episode very cathartic to record, delving a bit deeper into what it is to be a competitive 40K player and it touches on some topics that aren't widely or proudly discussed in the content scene. We hope you find it both entertaining and useful, and as always welcome your feedback to help make your listening experience more enjoyable - see you by the fireside!

Dave & Vik

BEST lists at Coventry... and then us... Ep 6 Nov 02, 2022

Show notes

Vik (ITC Rank #2) and Dave (ITC Rank #4) back again with our 6th episode of 40K Fireside. After getting in some practice games and gathering our thoughts following the changes in the latest balance dataslate, we've got some more considered ideas on what the strongest factions are, how the meta is likely to shape up for the rest of the year and what army concepts you are likely to have to deal with at your next event (as well as some ideas on how to actually deal with them!)

Following some great feedback, we've tried to make this episode a little more informative, with a deeper dive into the way we analyse event results across multiple (significantly different) terrain formats and how it informs our approach to list design. We stitch that into a discussion on the armies we're bringing to the Coventry Super-Major (8 rounds, 3 days) this weekend (4-6 Nov) as well as analysing 4 of, what we feel, are the strongest army lists in attendance at the event.

As always, we hope you find this entertaining/useful and we'd love your continued feedback and comments as it really helps us to keep refining the podcast!

Dave & Vik

The Balance Lazy-Slate? | Episode 5 Oct 20, 2022

Show notes

Vik (ITC Rank #2) and Dave (ITC Rank #3) are back again with our 5th episode of 40K Fireside. We're recording this episode straight after the release of GW's latest Balance Dataslate and we'll be discussing our immediate impressions/hot takes on the impact it's likely to have on the competitive meta.

Did they make changes to the right things? Did those changes do enough? Are there any changes that we expected but didn't receive?

We answer all those questions and share our thoughts on how we feel the top factions may shift over the coming weeks as well as what we plan to take to the upcoming 3-day super major in Coventry.

As always we would love to hear your feedback and on this one particular, your thoughts on the balance dataslate, enjoy!

Dave & Vik

40K Fireside: A Competitive Warhammer Podcast | Ep. 2 | Are Leagues of Votann…Brokann? | Rank 1 & 2 ITC Sep 09, 2022

Show notes

Hey all, David Gaylard (ITC Rank #1) and Vik Vijay (ITC Rank #2) back again with the second episode of 40K Fireside!

In this episode we briefly discuss the tournaments that we attended last weekend before diving into the main topic for the episode - The Leagues of Votann, the upcoming new faction being released into the 40K universe, which we’ve both been able to run a few test games with. (Warning - we do get a bit ranty about the power level that we feel the army is going to be at, based on the leaked codex).

Thank you everyone for the amazing feedback for episode 1 of 40K Fireside, we’ve taken everything you’ve said onboard and tried to make improvements. If there’s any other feedback or questions you’d like us to answer on the next episode feel free to leave a comment and let us know!

Enjoy,

Vik & Dave

Our TOPPODCAST Picks

Follow Us

Stay Connected

Related Podcasts

Links

Stay Connected