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Guard Disposition Breakdown Jun 11, 2026

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Hey everyone! The Guar detachments + dispositions have been released so I'm giving it a read through and giving my initial impressions :) Enjoy! let me know what you think is strong, what you're interested in testing too!

What's looking GREAT for early 11th edition May 28, 2026

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Here's a quick video I've done after a game I've played recently. These shooting change are massive, the mission changes and the terrain changes are all making for good fast shooting being powerful!

Part 1: Summary of 11th Edition Warhammer Changes May 11, 2026

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In this video I go through the key 11th Edition Warhammer 40,000 spoilers confirmed so far by Games Workshop.I cover the new detachment points system, changes to list building, enhancements becoming unit upgrades, character updates, asymmetric primary missions, force dispositions, terrain-based objectives, and the changes to secondary scoring.This is part one of my 11th Edition breakdown, aimed at getting you quickly up to speed with the biggest changes and what they could mean for competitive 40K.Chapters:00:00 Welcome to 40K Fireside00:57 11th Edition Spoilers Overview01:30 Detachments and List Building05:42 Enhancements and Characters07:42 Asymmetric Primaries Explained10:37 Terrain Objectives and SecondariesCheck out our E-courses for competitive Warhammer at https://40kfireside.com#warhammer #40kFireside #firesidepodcast #firesideJoin this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyYYtA8JdF-04NKO7ZmORkQ/joinFor Business Inquiries: 40kFireside@gmail.comVik and DavidPart 1: Summary of 11th Edition Warhammer Changes

Using GW's revealed rules to demonstrate the fight phase May 01, 2026

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Hey everyone, we're back! David and Vik are excited about 11th edition launch so we thought we'd do a segment on the fight phase.

We've had the majority of the rules shown by WarCom already, and it's easily enough to demonstrate some of the new things you can do.

The key takeaways are:
- no mention of base-to-base requirements
- engagement range is now 2"
- you roll your charge before performing the charge move
- models need to end within 1", or 2" of the charge target
- the OVERRUN ability is game changing becuase it allows a second pile in, so your units can move REALLY far!

Let us know your thoughts, if you're getting a bit of anxiety around keeping up with the 11th edition rules, stay in tune, because we're going to be covering all the parts in this short-form playlist :)

Can Machines Simulate 40k? Apr 03, 2026

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Can Warhammer 40,000 actually be simulated?In this video, I break down one of the hardest problems I’ve been thinking about for a long time: whether it’s possible to simulate 40k to a meaningful standard, and where you would even begin.I cover a bit of my own background in machine learning and competitive 40k, some of the previous work I’ve done with Atlas, and why I think this is such a fascinating challenge. We look at earlier game-solving milestones like chess, Go, and StarCraft II, what made those problems solvable, and why 40k is awkward in a completely different way.In particular, I talk through:- why chess is tidy and discrete, while 40k lives in a messy continuous feature space- why movement, angles, footprints, terrain, and exact positioning make 40k so difficult to model- how randomness and hidden intent explode the complexity even further- why deployment is probably the best place to start if you want to build a useful simulation engineThis isn’t really a video about “AI magic.” It’s more about the real engineering and tactical problems underneath trying to model a game as complex as Warhammer 40k and why even getting part of the game right, like deployment, could already be incredibly useful for helping players improve.Would love to hear what you think

April's 40k Update - 5 Great Changes! Apr 01, 2026

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Going over 5 important changes for the April update!

NEW Ceramite Sentinels Detachment Apr 01, 2026

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Hey everyone,

April fools, SM gets a new detachment - not a joke it seems!

A quick recap on the new Ceramite Sentinels detachment. In short, it gives more-or-less your entire army, when it activates, RR1's to hit and wound - pretty nice effeciency buff. But that comes at the cost of not playing blades/gladius to get combat doctrines.

Bobby G seems pretty sweet with RR1's to hit and wound, one of his big downsides (same as C'tan really).

There's a few good enhancements, 2+ get back up on Gravis Cap, fallback shoot and charge on something like terminators perhaps?

The stratagems are pretty solid, this one has its own 'storm of fire' but instead it gives LETHAL + SUSTAINED (pick 2 if entrenched) - this seems great on units that will be ENTRENCHED on your turn..... Desolation Marines! (Quite nice on WTC with plunging fire too).

What's really interesting to me though is that this detachment is kinda baked into two-halves. The normal stuff - Rerolls, and then then Entrenched half.

With the new rumors on how detachments will mix, I suspect now that you'll be able to mix half a detachment with half another one, and in this case, you'd get the ENTRENCHED ability, and their respective stratagems, and be able to plug that into another detachment - potentially something to look forward to in 11th edition!

Analysing the NEW EDITION reveals! Mar 27, 2026

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Hey everyone,

I've done some more editing on our podcast video - hope it comes out good.

Vik and I sat down to discuss 12 important points of the new 11th edition reveals.

We're happy to see codexes roll onto 11th, and we think that means the datasheets will stay basically the same. The new detachments (70) leave a lot of room for inbalance, and we're curious to see how all this new game content will interplay with the new scoring mechanisms that are impacted by your faction of choice.

Terrain and objective markers, David is not a huge fan but Vik is, what's your thoughts on this?

The fight phase has been a mess for more-or-less all of 10th edition, with some large changes coming, what do you think the fight phase could look like now, are the charge changes a nice QOL? Will the new 'pile in at once' mechanics prevent players from having good combat phases?

Enjoy,
Vik and David