What’s Happening in 40k

In today's episode we talk to Alex Petford from Dice Down. He speaks on the types of thought processes he goes through when building on a core list idea.
 
How you can experiment on off meta ideas, learn from outside your regular gaming circle and what does GPT-4 think of Mike Porter's jump to Dark Angels?

In today's episode we bring our most popular segment of the show so far back for the Manchester Super Major.
 
Professional book maker big G is back to give us the betting odds for the top 12 favourites at the Manchester Super Major this weekend. 
 
TICKETS to the LEEDS Super-Major launch this Friday at 2pm from www.Warhammer-Tournaments.com/shop so if you missed out on the sold out Manchester, Southampton and ITT tickets, do not delay get your ticket to our BIGGEST event in the north, this Friday at 2pm.

In today's episode we speak with Nathan Whitbread. Nathan had a fantastic 2021/2022 UKTC season when finally stopped meta chasing and made it through to the final cut at 4 of our super-majors.
We talk about how to come back from a nerf or hard loss with grace and Nathan's hopes and dreams for the next season.

In today's episode we talk with Jay Middlecote of Mohawk Miniatures. Jay is a full time painter and content creator and former champion of the inaugural Beyond Battle Ready invitational. Our invitational event for the best painters on the UKTC scene.
We discuss innovations in painting technologies, methodologies and other-ologies. As well what it's like to try and get the Art of War house to start painting(well).
If you want to be in with a chance to qualify for the Beyond Battle Ready invitation in 2023, all you need is to place highly in one of the painting competitions at one of our events. To do so you'll need to attend and for that you'll need a ticket, which you can get here: https://www.warhammer-tournaments.com/shop

In today's episode we talk with returning guest Mani Chema off the back of his loss in the in finals this weekend at the Southampton Super Major.
 
We cover how to think more generally about list optimization. What to do when you adjust a list but perform worse, and how to think about a big loss when you've got another event to go get ready for.

In today's episode we speak with Kalvin Kirchbaumer about the differences in the meta and statistics between the USA and UK using the recent results from the biggest event of the weekend, our Southampton Super-Major and the second biggest event, the Rocky Mountain Open.
 
We also discuss where we thing Arks of Omen is heading by taking a broader view of the stats across the season so far.

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.

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.

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.

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