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Episode 79 - Ynnari pt 2 - Yvraine grows her forces and Slaanesh realizes the threat that is Ynnead. Mar 24, 2025

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On Today’s cast we continue our coverage of the Ynnari with the further adventures of Yvraine. We open with her and the Ynnari’s arrival on craftworld Ulthwe, where they have to contend with a seer council who are suddenly no longer cool with Eldrad just doing whatever he wants with their craftworld all the time. We then cover their search for the Crone Swords on Belial 4 and the epic battles that erupt there. We then close out with a trip to Iyanden, which of course is under assault from chaos, but interesting not Slaanesh.

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Episode 78 - The Ynnari pt 1 - Ynnead, Yvraine, and the battle of Biel Tan Mar 17, 2025

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On today’s cast we begin our coverage of the Ynnari. We start with a recap events of Demesnus to waken Ynnead. We then jump to the Yvrain and he becoming imbued with the god of death and her flight from the dark city. We then take a quick break to laugh at the original gameplay rules of the Ynnari (Soulburst for the auto-win!). After that we jump the truly epic battle of biel tan, starting with the Mask and Skarbrand’s assault on Ursulia. We then close with the battle on Biel Tan itself and the arrival of Yvraine and the creation of the Yncarne.

Episode 77 - Harlequins pt 2 - Harlequins moving the storyline along Mar 10, 2025

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On today’s cast we conclude our coverage of the Harlequins. Today we focus more on how their interact with the 40K universe lore. We open with, of course, the Black Library and how it steers all of the actions of the Harlequins. From there wego into their reemergence in the galaxy and how they interact with the beings of the galaxy. From there we talk about their presence in the Dark City and their role in the resurrection of Vect. We then close with their alliance with Eldrad and the brining of Ynnead to (semi) consciousness.

Episode 76 - The Harlequins pt 1 - Where they come from, who & what they are. Mar 04, 2025

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On today’s cast we begin our coverage of the Harlequins! We start with the history of the Harlequins (what we know of it) and more importantly their god Cegorach. From there we move onto the masques of the Harlequins and how they interact with greater Eldar culture (Craftworld, Corsair Fleets, Exodites, and Drukhari). Then we dive into the different masque forms and how they wage war. We then close out on the weaponry of the Harlequins and their units.

Episode 75 - Blood Angels pt2 - After the Death of Sanguinius Feb 25, 2025

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On today’s cast we finish out coverage of the Blood Angels legion. We open with the Blood Angles trying to rebuild their devastated legion after the Horus Heresy. From there we talk about the Blood Angles recruitment and their attempts to quell their gene-flaws. After that we take a turn and talk about some of our favorite Blood Angels successor chapters. After that we talk about their characters that appear on the tabletop. And then we close out on the devastation of Baal, and the arrival of Guilliman and his Primaris Marines.

Episode 74 - Blood Angels pt1 - The origins Feb 18, 2025

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On today's cast we begin our coverage of the Blood Angels Chapter. We start with their origins under the unification wars. From there their borderline descent into savagery as they pushed out into the great crusade. Next we jump to their Primarch Sanguinius. First with his arrival on Baal Secundus, and then his growth and rise to be the leader of the moon. That leads us into his unification of his legion and their repression of their Gene flaw. And then we go into the Horus Heresy. With the betrayal at Signus prime and their greatest enemy Ka’ Bandha. Then we join them on their quick detour to make a new imperium, and finally we close out with the Sierge of Terra and Death of their Primarch.

Episode 73 - Random Xenos of the Galaxy pt 2 Feb 11, 2025

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On todays cast we complete or coverage of the xenos of the galaxy. Diving again head first into a ton of super random Xenos that GW has written into the game. Although we do start with the Jokaero, so that is awesome! Some others are the Enoulians, Laer, Maug, the Hrud, and others. We also talk a bit more about the times the imperium has made deals with xenos in exchange for technology, and each time they end up killing lots of imperial citizens, and eventually the xenos.

Episode 72 - Random Xenos of the Galaxy pt 1 Feb 04, 2025

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On todays cast we begin our coverage of the random Xenos of the galaxy. Our focus is on some of the Xenos that have no codex. Thes are races that appear in stories, codexes, and some of GW’s side games. Many of these races have only a few (very well written) paragraphs on them in the lore, so it is more of a quick rundown on each of the races. On todays cast we cover: The Tepresi, Cythor Fiends, Caryatids, Rak’Gol, the Slaugth and more.

Episode 71 - Death Watch pt 2 - Their weapons, tactics, facilites, stories and more. Jan 28, 2025

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On today’s cast we conclude our coverage of the Death Watch, the special forces of the Space Marines. We open with some of our favorite weapons and equipment of the Death Watch. Namely we focus on how specialized an borderline heretic their equipment and weaponry are. We also focus on how much of a nightmare it was to play against the death watch as a xenos player during certain editions. After this we spend some time talking about how the Death Watch interact with the other factions of the imperium. Lastly we talk about the overall structure of the Death Watch, with focus on some of their key fortresses and where they got them

Episode 70 - Death Watch pt 1 - Who are the Death Watch and how does one become one Jan 21, 2025

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On today’s cast we start our coverage of the Death Watch, the special forces of the Space Marines. We start with a quick overview of what the Death Watch are and then dive a bit into their two different founding stories (one was way better than the other). After that we talk about how a Space Marine joins the Death Watch, both the official and common practice as well as the Black Shield style. From there we focus a bit more on how the Death Watch function as a fighting force in the imperial forces, with their smaller and more specific goals and actions to achieve great success via tiny events.

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