The Independent Characters | Warhammer 40k Podcast

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Episode 174 - Necromunda vs Kill Team Aug 07, 2018

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Episode 174 of The Independent Characters compares two of Games Workshops skirmish game offerings. It's Necromunda vs Kill Team!

A lot of discussion has revolved around whether or not Games Workshop has made the right decision in releasing another skirmish game. Is there enough room for both of these games in the 40k Universe? We discuss the ins and outs of both of these games, their systems, and how they are released and give you our final opinions on what GW has done right, and wrong.

Carl is joined again by Jody and Austin as guest hosts as we take a deep dive beneath the hive cities of Necromunda and wage war across the tight confines of Kill Team.

Don't forget, if you are looking for the best surface to play your Kill Team Encounters on - you can find them at Tablewar.com where their new Kill Team sized mats will blow you away. Use the Tablewar code for The Independent Characters (IC201808) in the month of August for a further 10% off your order!

We hope you enjoy the show!

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0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction
0:07:10 - Workbench and Hobby Progress
0:55:50 - Necromunda Overview
1:33:20 - Kill Team Overview
2:12:20 - Final Thoughts and show closing
2:31:00 - Two Tracks from the band: Corporate Citizen

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Episode 173 - The Warrior Lodge Jul 06, 2018

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Episode 173 of The Independent Characters introduce a new guest host, Austin! Carl met Austin at Adepticon just before he moved to the area and has already become a fantastic member of our gaming group. So after we introduce you to Austin, we have Jody and Josh join as well for a long Warrior Lodge episode.

For those who don't already know, The Warrior Lodge is a moderated discussion around several topics. We get various opinions and thoughts on things related to Games Workshop, Warhammer 40k, and the community in general.

This episode was recorded on several different days so I apologize now for some of the disjointed feel of each segment. In a couple of places I reference segments that come later - however, they actually came PRIOR to me mentioning them on the show. Either way… deal with it! The topics and conversations are great.

Not only do we have all of that for you, we also include an interview with Joe from Firmer Terra, the makers of The Alpha Gaming Table, as well as Dave Taylor about the current NOVA Open Charitable Foundation raffles going on!

We really hope you enjoy what we have for you in Episode 173!

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0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction (Austin)
0:20:37 - Workbench and Hobby Progress
0:49:30 - Warrior Lodge with Jody and Josh
1:43:30 - Warrior Lodge with Jody and Austin
2:20:50 - Interview with Joe from Firmer Terra
2:37:20 - Interview with Dave Taylor of NOVA Open
2:55:20 - Final Thoughts and Show Closing

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Episode 172 - Show of Force: Deathwatch Jun 20, 2018

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Episode 172 of The Independent Characters is our Show of Force episode on Deathwatch!

We have been unable to schedule time to record for nearly a month so we play a little catch up with each other and see how things have been going on the hobbby front before moving into our lengthy coverage of The Deathwatch. After that, we have a short interview with CK Studios to hear how their trip to the UK (and Warhammer World of course!) went, as well as the class they taught there.

We hope you enjoy the show!

Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction
0:03:20 - Workbench and Hobby Progress
0:55:45 - Show of Force: Deathwatch (Part 1)
1:49:50 - Show of Force: Deathwatch (Part 2)
2:23:00 - Interview with CK Studios
2:47:40 - Final Thoughts and show closing

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Episode 171 - Chaos Resurgent: Tzeentch May 04, 2018

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Episode 171 of The Independent Characters sees us return for the final installment of our Chaos Resurgent series. This time around we talk everything Tzeentch!

Prepare yourselves for a lengthy and productive hobby progress and games played section and then prepare to be mystified as we cover the topic of our fourth and final Chaos God in a descent into madness!

We hope you enjoy the show!

Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction
0:06:00 - Workbench and Hobby Progress
1:11:00 - Chaos Resurgent: Tzeentch (Part 1)
1:58:35 - Chaos Resurgent: Tzeentch (Part 2)
2:38:45 - Final Thoughts and show closing

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Episode 170 - Adepticon 2018 Apr 13, 2018

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Episode 170 of The Independent Characters has us discussing Adepticon 2018. It was through the generous purchases of listeners such as yourselves that we were able to make it possible for all of us to go and meet with various guests that you will hear over the next few episodes (including this one!)

After a lengthy Hobby Progress section we will move into a discussion about Adepticon 2018. This is followed up by three separate interviews. The first is with Dave Taylor in support of his Armies & Legions & Hordes kickstarter. You should really check this thing out as it only has a couple of days left as of this recording. Then we move into an interview with Uncle Atom of Tabletop Minions fame to speak about his companies app 'Gamefor' which you may find interesting. And last, but certainly not least, we have an interview with Teras of Geek Nation Tours

We hope you enjoy the show!

Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction
0:04:22 - Workbench and Hobby Progress
1:13:00 - Adepticon 2018
2:07:35 - Interview: Dave Taylor for Armies & Legions & Hordes
2:07:35 - Interview: Uncle Atom for Gamefor
2:07:35 - Interview: Teras Cassidy for Geek Nation Tours
2:03:35 - Final Thoughts and show closing

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KR Multicase - SPONSOR
Tablewar! - SPONSOR
Wargamma - SPONSOR
Forge World
Games Workshop
The Black Library
Armies & Legions & Hordes
Gamefor App
Geek Nation Tours
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Episode 169 - Chaos Resurgent: Slaanesh Mar 12, 2018

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Episode 169 of The Independent Characters continues our four part series looking into each of the Chaos Gods. This episode, we are covering Slaanesh.

While this Chaos Gods future is somewhat up in the air at the moment, we have high hopes that GW will embrace the deity for all it is worth, and in all aspects. We think you will enjoy this Chaos Resurgent episode!

We also include in this episode two different interviews. One interview is with Colin Ward, from Legalized Mischief Productions and the other is from Kat & Caleb of CK Studios. We think there is some great information in both of these pieces.

We really hope you enjoy what we have for you in Episode 169!

Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction
0:04:30 - Workbench and Hobby Progress
0:51:30 - Legalized Mischief Interview
1:15:30 - Chaos Resurgent: Slaanesh (Part 1)
2:05:40 - Chaos Resurgent: Slaanesh (Part 2)
2:31:40 - CK Studios Interview
2:47:30 - Final Thoughts and Show Closing

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Episode 168 - Chaos Resurgent: Khorne Feb 28, 2018

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Episode 168 of The Independent Characters brings you the second of our new four part series; Chaos Resurgent. In this series we will discuss all aspects of each of the four Chaos Gods. This time around it's all about Khorne! We will do a 'Deep Dive' into all things Khorne, from the concept of the God themselves, all the way to their worshippers and how they are best represented on the tables of Warhammer 40,000.

We hope you enjoy the show!

Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction
0:04:55 - Workbench and Hobby Progress
0:43:30 - Chaos Resurgent: Khorne (Part 1)
1:31:20 - Chaos Resurgent: Khorne (Part 2)
2:03:35 - Final Thoughts and Show Closing

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Episode 167 - Chaos Resurgent: Nurgle Feb 12, 2018

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Episode 167 of The Independent Characters brings you about two and a half hours of overdue entertainment! This episode we are focusing on our new four part series; Chaos Resurgent. In this series we will discuss all aspects of each of the four Chaos Gods. To get us started we have Nurgle. We will do a 'Deep Dive' into all things Nurgle, from the concept of the God themselves, all the way to their worshippers and how they are best represented on the tables of Warhammer 40,000.

The episode is well overdue as a result of Carl getting quite sick over the last few weeks. But we are back in action and back on target. We have already laid out plans for our next episode.

We hope you enjoy the show!

Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction
0:05:55 - Workbench and Hobby Progress
0:59:00 - Chaos Resurgent: Nurgle (Part 1)
1:42:25 - Chaos Resurgent: Nurgle (Part 2)
2:24:00 - Final Thoughts and Show Closing

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Episode 166 - 2017: The Year in Review Dec 31, 2017

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Episode 166 of The Independent Characters comes in at around three hours as we go back over all of the releases from Games Workshop of 2017 and complete our annual retrospective.

During our Hobby Progress section you will get to hear how much of our 2017 Commitments we failed to accomplish and what we did instead.

Then it is on to two full hours of discussion around releases and what they meant to the game of Warhammer 40k, the community, and the company.

We hope that all of you are having a wonderful holiday season and we look forward to seeing you in 2018. Thank you for listening all throughout 2017. We hope you enjoy the show!

Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction
0:08:15 - Workbench and Hobby Progress
0:55:00 - 2017: The Year in Review (Part 1)
2:06:45 - 2017: The Year in Review (Part 2)
2:42:15 - Final Thoughts and Show Closing

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Episode 164 - The Permutation of Arasys Dec 05, 2017

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Episode 164 of The Independent Characters is late. Super late in fact. Let us explain:

As you will hear in this episode we have an interview with Steel Wool - a video game company working on a great new game for Warhammer 40k. Unfortunately, we also talked a lot about this interview and its contents. Their announcement was subsequently delayed due to… reasons. As a result, we could not release the episode or even just remove the interview and release it on time, and in fact released it out of order (Episode 165 dropped a few days ago).

We apologize for the delay and we have learned our lesson to never again tie an episode to a PR Announcement of a release!

So with that out of the way, let's talk about what this episode actually contains! First we have a fairly long and meandering Hobby Progress discussion which also weighs in on a few new announcements from GW and other thoughts and ideas about the community.

We then move into our (delayed) interview with Steel Wool about their new Betrayal at Calth video game! Trust us when we tell you that this thing is VERY cool. Listen to the interview and you will see why.

We then have an interview with returning guests Kat and Caleb of CK Studios. They have some amazing events coming up and we get some insight into what they have going on.

Last but certainly not least, we have a short discussion about our home campaign The Permutation of Arasys, which we have been playing through. We talk about the structure of the campaign, how it is going so far, and what our expectations are going forward.

Again we apologize for the delays in releasing the show, but we really hope you enjoy what we have for you.

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