What’s Happening in 40k

Episode 9 - David Gaylard talks winning the Southampton Super Major, the Guard vs Dark Angels match up and his aspirations for the season ahead.

In today's episode we speak with David Gaylard about his win at this weekend's biggest 40k event: The Southampton Super Major.
 
We touch on his Imperial Guard list, his transition from Nids, through Daemons to IG.
 
We find out if all you need is reps or if quality of practice matters more to winning in 40k and discuss his plans for the future in competitive 40k.

Episode 8 - Innes Wilson talks growing up in 40k and navigating a changing role in communit.

In today's episode we speak with Innes Wilson about the future of 40k as data becomes a more influential aspect of 40k's game design and what this means for changes in the game going forward.
 
We also discuss Innes' story, growing up in the 40k scene a how he navigated a changing role from junior player, to community leader and now content creator.

Episode 7 - Brian Seipp talks how to find and join new communities and smashing his way onto the scene with winning a 400 player event!

In today's episode we speak with Brian Seipp about his journey from the states to Scotland and getting involved in competitive 40k in foreign lands.
 
We talk about differences in play styles, how to find games and tournaments in new locations and his recent experience of joining Dice Down.

Episode 6 - Kyle Grundy talks how to adapt to change and optimize for uncertainty in 40k

In today's episode we speak with Kyle Grundy a T'au faction specialist. 
 
Our conversation is themed around the changing landscape in competitive 40k in which constant changes to the game and uncertainty are the new norm. 
 
In this rules environment and unsolved meta, the ability to adapt is a critical skill for success in 40k and Kyle draws on his experience as a T'au player to speak with authority on this issue.
 
You can find more about Kyles Coaching services here:
Puretide Program https://discord.gg/4AjhBmgNNs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Episode 5 - Poland’s Pumba talks transitioning from singles play to team play and how to beat Team Poland!

In today's episode we continue the discussion of the upcoming ITT and talk teams play more generally. 
 
What are the main differences between a meta dominated by teams play vs solo play. How to adapt to teams play from singles events.
 
How to optimize your chances in as a team and what are the weaknesses of Team Poland going into the 300+ player ITT this weekend!

Episode 4 - Bets On: What are to odds for winning a 300+ player tournament?

In today's episode, we launch a new regular segment 'Bets On' in which we speak with professional bookmaker for 15+ years and 40k player for 30+ years, Big G.We review his picks and the odds for the biggest event this weekend our own International Team Tournament, with 300+ players.Who are the favourites? What odds did your team get? How could you maximise an imaginary £100 if 40k sports betting was a thing? 

Episode 3 - Chris Radford talks strategy, tips and tactics for Faction Specialists

Today we talk to Chris about the role Faction Specialists play in the 40k tournament scene. We touch on his achievements including Best Space Wolf player in the world, and what lessons he's learnt from this that generalize to other specialists out there.

Episode 2 - Vik Vijay on the future of 40k

In today's episode we dive deeper on Vik's feedback RE LVO, goal setting in competitive 40k as well as forecasting the Arks of Omen Meta.

Episode 1 - The weekend in review: Beachhead, Dark Angles and Lethal Dice

In the first of our planned regular segments 'The weekend in review' covers the events from the past weekend.
 
In this episode we speak with Beachhead T.O. Adam Shepard who gives an overview of the event.
 
We review the winning list with the event winner, Mani Cheema.
 
We also speak with Ashley Taylor from Lethal Dice who ran his first 2-day event this weekend and cover lessons learnt for growing from 1 day events to 2 days events.

Episode 0 - What is ’This Week in 40k’ all about?

An introduction to the podcast.