Episodes
The title is somewhat misleading. This is just an episode about Chaos Cults, how they're formed, who leads them, how they operate, and how they are represented on the tabletop. Content warning: psychological coercion and various related topics. Timestamps: Intro: 0:00:00 - 0:29:19 Chaos Cults in the lore: 0:29:19 - 1:28:36 Chaos Cults on your tabletop: 1:28:36 - 2:19:44 Outro: 2:29:44 - end
Published 07/30/22
In this wet, hot Heresy Summer, Adam and Jason got together to play Heresy Zone Mortalis. Also, Adam hosted a heresy day at his house with some familar friends, so they all got together for a chat about the new rules.  Timestamps:  Intro: 0:00:00 - 0:42:28 Thousand Sons vs. Iron Warriors Zone Mortalis game 0:42:28 - 1:19:13 Horus Heresy 2.0 discussion: 1:19:13 - 2:42:15 Outro: 2:42:15 - end
Published 07/25/22
In this episode which can only be categorized as "super chonk", we delve into the Rift War supplement and chat about Thousand Sons on Crusade. We also have a discussion with Tony from the Narrative Wargamer podcast about the successful Crucible of War event he put on recently. Timestamps: Intro: 0:00:00 - 0:59:06 Crucible of War interview: 0:59:06 - 1:41:33 Rift War lore: 1:414:33 - 2:18:24 Rift War campaign: 2:18:24 - 2:54:30 Rift War and Thousand Sons rules: 2:54:30 - 3:57:36 ...
Published 06/29/22
We played a game wrapping up our Wars of Faith Crusade. The Thousand Sons make a final push to claim the source of the Orks' incredible psychic power. Timestamps: Intro: 0:00:00 - 0:45:58 Battle Report: 0:45:58 - 1:50:24 Outro: 1:50:24 - end
Published 06/12/22
We were joined by Bob, long-time Chaos Knights player, to talk about both of the new Knights Codexes. This one has a bit of a higher salt and comp talk than usual. Timestamps: Intro: 0:00:00 - 0:39:40 Knights Talk 0:39:40 - 2:16:54 Knights Crusade Talk: 2:16:54 - 2:50:16 Outro: 2:50:16 - end
Published 05/28/22
Adam and Jason have been busy beavers, but here's your episode! Since Crusade is so intertwined with the intricate rules in the new Codexes, we also briefly went over the main rules section. Timestamps Intro: 00:00:00 - 0:37:04 Segment 1: 37:04 - 1:24:33 segment 2: 1:24:33 - 2:06:55 outro: 2:06:55 - end
Published 05/14/22
The Thousand Sons must resort to a more direct approach against the Ork infestation. The sorcerer, flanked by a powerful daemonic entity and an ancient dreadnought, drive forward through the Orks' place of power to find the source of their power.
Published 04/24/22
At Adepticon 2022, we met up with some good friends, had some great games, made terrible dietary and self-care choices, bought some cool stuff, had some incredible experiences, and recorded a podcast about it.
Published 03/29/22
We were joined by Eric from the Variance Hammer blog and Lost to the Nails podcast to discuss the Lore and Crusade content from the new Vigilus Alone campaign book.  Timestamps: Intro 0:00:00 - 0:40:59 In the Lore: 0:40:59 - 1:15:54 On Your Tabletop: 1:15:54 - 2:31:59 Outro: 2:32:59 - end
Published 03/19/22
In this hefty episode we were joined by Narrative Wargamer, Tony, to talk about his narrative event, the Crucible of War. We also had and Chris from Captain Morgan's Librarius on to talk about the return of his show. After that, we played a scenario from the new Wars of Faith Crusade Mission Pack. Crucible of War Event Page https://www.tabletopevents.co.uk/events-one/crucible-of-war  The Narrative Wargamer podcast: https://narrativewargamer.podbean.com/ Captain Morgan's Librarius...
Published 02/28/22
In this hefty episode, we were joined by Independent Custodes Correspondent, Thom, to talk about the Talons of the Emperor. As usual, we cover all the Crusade content, but we also talked about thematic uses of the army rules as well. Timestamps: Intro: 0:00:00 - 0:57:49 Custodes army rules: 0:57:49 - 2:06:10 Custodes crusade rules: 2:06:10 - 2:54:24 Outro: 2:54:24 - 2:59:51
Published 02/03/22
The Thousand Sons have been plumbing the depths of an abandoned bastion, seeking out the true source of the Orks' power. Their scrying has been on the lookout for a greenskin ambush, but they are caught off guard by the arrival of both Ordo Xenos and Ordo Hereticus Inquisitors. Aggressors: Inquisition vs. Thousand Sons Scenario: Planetary Assault Source: Crusade Mission Pack - Containment Timestamps: Intro: 0:00:00 - 0:29:56 Planetary Assault Battle Report: 0:29:56 to end.
Published 01/26/22
We decided it was high time we explored the existing rules content available for playing the Inquisition and Rogue Traders in Crusade games. We also came up with some additional Crusade rules for the Inquisition for you to enjoy. https://mastersoftheforge.com/on-your-tabletop/inquisition-crusade  Timestamps: Intro: 0:00:00 - 0:43:12 Rogue Traders: 0:43:12 - 1:40:04 Inquisition: 1:40:04 - 2:34:52 Outro: 2:34:52 - end
Published 01/15/22
A Thousand Sons Sorcerer has learned of a strange Ork warband which has been disrupting the Warp in their territory. Jason and Adam review the Thousand Sons and Orks Crusade rules by playing the Turn Out the Lights from the Amidst the Ashes Mission Pack. Timestamps: Intro: 0:00:00 - 0:51:40 Game discussion: 0:51:40 - 1:29:03 Outro/Fifth turn discussion: 1:29:03 to end
Published 12/31/21
Better late than never, we've finally got some Crusade games in with the new Orks! As such, in this episode, we're talking about the current 9th edition Orks content with the usual focus on Crusade materials.
Published 12/22/21
The Crusade content continues to pour from Games Workshop much to the delight of your hosts. In this one, Adam and Jason talk about the lore and campaign content in Warzone Octarius Book 2: Critical Mass.
Published 11/30/21
The last two Crusade mission packs GW has released have been for two completely different ways to play Narratively and we decided it was important to go over these new rules and missions.
Published 11/15/21
We are pleased to be able to take the time to pore over the lore and the rules for the new Warzone Octarius: Book 1 - Rising Tide supplement while also delving a little deeper into the region's history than we have previously. Timestamps: Intro: 0:00:00 - 26:08 Octarius in the Lore: 0:26:08 - 1:17:01 Octarius Campaign Setting: 1:17:01 - 1:58:17 Outro: 1:58:17 - end
Published 10/28/21
We know that folks like discussing Successor Chapters and it has been a while since we talked about a fresh batch. In this episode, we chose to use an excessively arbitrary method of picking the chapters for our topic. Oddly enough, this provided some decent contrast in philosophy and combat doctrine. We also discuss how we thought these Chapters would be best represented on the tabletop.
Published 10/17/21
As is quite often this time of year, we were quite busy. Still, we were able to get together to chat life, hobby progress, games, and Warhammer.
Published 09/27/21
Tech Priest Manipulus Mark has joined us to tell us about the lovingly-crafted narrative for his Forge World. This includes a narrative for both his Adeptus Mechanicus force and their Knight allies.
Published 09/19/21
Jason has been playing the new Kill Team and we got together to talk about the new campaign rules. We also talked a bit about Warhammer+ and bring you Phil's review on the new Death Korps models. Timestamps Intro: 0:00:00 - 0:42:24 Campaign Rules: 42:24 - 1:55:11 Missions: 1:55:11 - 2:29:28 Outro: 2:29:28 - end
Published 08/27/21
We have read through the second wave of Warzone Charadon lore and the Crusade rules and in this episode we cover both. Look to other podcasts or future episodes of our show for coverage on the other supplemental rules and missions. We also had an interview with Chris Morgan about his new Narrative-themed 40k podcast.
Published 08/18/21
Mark joins us to discuss the lore, hobby, and rules of his Primaris Warhounds army. Mark's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coldfusion32/ Timestamps: Intro: 0:00:00 - 0:45:48 Mark's Warhounds: 0:45:48 - 1:54:09 Outro: 1:54:09 - end
Published 07/31/21
Welcome to the annual $#!t show production of Masters of the Forge. This time we are joined by Brian, Carl, and Eric to talk about stuff that's on our minds. As with other $#!t show productions, his episode is explicit.
Published 07/14/21