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Hey guys,This is quite a visual one, but I've been slacking on uploading to Spotify for awhile - shout out to Tom A.https://40kfireside.com for more information on the master class.

Welcome back to Episode 71 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite.This last weekend saw both of us playing at smaller events (Vik at the 100-person Glasshammer Major and Dave at the 45-person Dark Sphere GT) and going 5-0. In this episode we chat about the meta, our plans, and a do a recap of the lists/games at the tournaments we attended.Grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside,Dave & Vik----------For more content and detailed analysis, make sure to join as a YouTube member for exclusive video content. If you'd like to get involved with the discussion on our Discord server, make sure to join at the 'Phoenix Lord' level. LINK TO JOIN FROM MOBILE APP (On browser, use this link or the 'Join' button which will be available next to the video title).

Welcome back to Episode 70 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite.With Dave (Guard - Mechanised Assault) & Team Ignite winning the Saffron Slam Team Event and Vik going 7-0 at Sheffield Super-Major with his Ynnari, we've got plenty to discuss in this episode of Fireside 40K. More Dakka! has officially been nerfed by GW, in this episode we discuss the impact this will have on the meta and if we think the balance changes were done correctly.Grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside,Dave's website is https://holodocs.aiDave & Vik

Welcome back to Episode 69 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite.We go back to our roots with this one! An audio-only update on the factions we've been testing, our thoughts on the meta as a whole, tournaments we've got coming up and our thoughts on the how to improve the balance of the game.Grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside,Dave & Vik----------For more content and detailed analysis, make sure to join as a YouTube member for exclusive video content. If you'd like to get involved with the discussion on our Discord server, make sure to join at the 'Phoenix Lord' level. LINK TO JOIN FROM MOBILE APP (On browser, use this link or the 'Join' button which will be available next to the video title).

Welcome back to Episode 67 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite.With the massive 300-person Manchester Super Major this weekend, we finally get to take out the new Aeldari and Astra Militarum codexes to an event. The hype is real and we've both brought lots of spicy, innovative tech to the event. In this video we analyse the overall faction distribution at the event, how we feel it represents the overall meta and we go through our list design choices to see how we feel we'll stack up at this event!---------------------For a deeper dive into our lists/strategy for Manchester, please feel free to join as a member where we've both uploaded a 30minute detailed look into our list design which will be available immediately along with all our previous strategy/faction deep dives. If you'd like to join our discord server make sure to join at Phoenix Lord level - and thank you to all those who have, we're super happy you've been enjoying the extra strategic advice we can offer you more individually on the channel.LINK TO JOIN FROM MOBILE APP (On browser, use this link or the 'Join' button which will be available next to the video title).https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyYYtA8JdF-04NKO7ZmORkQ/join---------------------Grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside,Dave & Vik

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Hey there everyone! Chatting through the Guard Combined Arms detachment, it's the index one we're all familiar with a few changes! It's a bit of insight into how I build lists, what my thought process is, so hopefully you can take some of the points here and apply them yourself :) As mentioned in the video, if you're interested in the Guard master class with Dave send an email to 40kFireside@gmail.com. Dave will be covering all 6 detachments, with great tournament-ready lists for each one, a QnA and TTS analysis of the strengths of each detachment! #warhammer40kpodcast #40kFireside #firesidepodcast #fireside Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyYYtA8JdF-04NKO7ZmORkQ/join For Coaching & Business Inquiries: 40kFireside@gmail.com Vik and David

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Welcome back to Episode 65 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. With the massive 400-person Nottingham Super Major this weekend, we get to see how the meta shapes up at the first big event following the Winter Balance Update and the grotmas detachments. We analyse the overall faction distribution at the event (which looks incredibly balanced and interesting!), how we feel it represents the overall meta and we go through our list/faction choice (Dave= Guard, Vik= Eldar) to see how we feel we'll stack up at this event!--------------------- For a deeper dive into our lists/strategy for Nottingham, please feel free to join as a member and those will be available immediately along with all our previous strategy/faction deep dives. If you'd like to join our discord server make sure to join at Phoenix Lord level - and thank you to all those who have, we're super happy you've been enjoying the extra strategic advice we can offer you more individually on the channel. LINK TO JOIN FROM MOBILE APP (On browser, use this link or the 'Join' button which will be available next to the video title).https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyYYtA8JdF-04NKO7ZmORkQ/join For Coaching enquiries with Dave please contact at: 40KFireside@gmail.com--------------------- Grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside, Dave & Vik (edited)

Welcome back to Episode 64 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. Grotmas detachments galore and a full MFM/Balance Dataslate update - what a time to be a competitive 40K player! With loads of information to process/analyse, we've spent the last few days gathering our thoughts on every faction to be able to update our Fireside 40K Tier List. We've focussed on high level singles play as our benchmark and made an active effort to split up armies into different tiers (e.g. A & B tier could be in the A tier together, but we've split them up and moved our B tier armies into C tier) representing their relative power to each other rather than a particular WR% band or any other statistical metric. FINAL TIER LIST: https://imgur.com/a/dSEEgR9 Thank you so much to all the members who've joined both the CATACHAN level and are enjoying our members-only detailed content on factions / competitive strategy, and the PHOENIX LORD level who've been discussing ideas and asking questions on the discord. If you like our content and want more please do join as a youtube member: LINK TO JOIN FROM MOBILE APP (On browser, use this link or the 'Join' button which will be available next to the video title). https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyYYtA8JdF-04NKO7ZmORkQ/join For Coaching enquiries with Dave please contact at: 40KFireside@gmail.com Grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside, Dave & Vik TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Introduction 06:10 Adepta Sororitas 17:32 Adeptus Mechanicus 22:12 Chaos Space Marines 27:48 Aeldari 33:25 Space Marines (Ultramarines) 42:40 Astra Militarum 52:55 Necrons 58:09 Custodes 1:02:20 Genestealer Cults 1:07:33 Tyranids 1:11:37 Death Guard 1:14:37 Dark Angels 1:15:44 Drukhari 1:17:40 Grey Knights 1:19:35 Imperial Knights 1:21:24 Thousand Sons 1:23:37 Orks 1:26:25 Space Wolves 1:27:50 Tau 1:30:03 Chaos Daemons 1:31:51 Votann 1:33:22 World Eaters 1:35:18 Blood Angels 1:36:33 Chaos Knights 1:39:23 FINAL TIER LIST!

Hey there everyone, Walking through a review of the new tyranid detachment! I've been playing tyranids on-and-off in practice since the last WTC and this detachment got me excited for unboxing my old Tyranid Warriors again :D *A few minor corrections, the venom cannon goes to s11, and the exocrine goes to s11 also! https://youtu.be/IptkK0jfedc Thanks for listening, David Gaylard

Welcome back to Episode 63 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. It's tier list time again, we've had some time and an event each to gather our thoughts on the latest MFM update, join us for a full faction tier list and our wishlist for the next balance update due at the end of the year.[Final Tier List --> https://imgur.com/a/40k-fireside-tier-list-mKnXllz] In this episode we also announce a huge landmark moment for us as a podcast! We've released our YouTube Membership Area for exclusive content deep diving into our faction specialities, list design and high-level game theory to hopefully help you all improve as Competitive Warhammer 40K players. We've got 2 video immediately available on there (Guard Board Control Theory & Adepta Sororitas Singles List Design) so feel free to sign up straight away for access. LINK TO JOIN FROM MOBILE APP (On browser, use this link or the 'Join' button which will be available next to the video title).https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyYYtA8JdF-04NKO7ZmORkQ/join For Coaching enquiries with Dave please contact at: 40KFireside@gmail.com Grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside, Dave & Vik (edited)

Walking through the new Guard changes after playing at the Pyra Team tournament. Topics covered: About Pyra Current Key units Guard's Role in Teams Guard in Singles Guard Weaknesses Coaching Closing David is also launching some limited coaching over the next few months. If you're interested in coaching, or if your team is interested in coaching, please feel free to get in touch at: 40kFireside@gmail.com Rates have yet to be decided, but will be on the cheaper side. Enjoy, David.

Welcome back to Episode 62 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. A huge shoutout to Aaron for letting us know about an initiative with the American Cancer Society called the 'Battle Against Breast Cancer' which is bringing together 25+ tournaments in the USA with live streaming from Tactical Tortoise, Wargames Live, Warpcharged Gaming and Tabletop Live. The primary way of raising money is a raffle - for more information and to buy raffle tickets, check out www.noveopenfoundation.org We're back from LGT, and couldn't be happier with a Team Ignite finals between Liam VSL (CSM) and Brian Seipp (Orks), with Liam managing to take the win to give him back-to-back LGT wins (insane!). In this episode we analyse the meta as a whole, how it presented itself at the LGT, reflect on our lists and our results at the event. We make some spicy fireside hot takes on chess clocks and what we think should be in the upcoming balance slate! Grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside, Dave & Vik

Welcome back to Episode 61 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. Another year flies by and LGT is back! Dave, Vik and a bunch of Team Ignite are attending this year. To mix things up this episode, we thought we'd try to do a slightly unusual tier list. TO CLARIFY BEFORE THE INTERNET IMPLODES, the tier list we've done here is not ranking the strongest armies in the game, so if you've skipped through to the end and are about to shoot us an angry comment, read our method below. This tier list is going to compare the prevalence of factions at the LGT (the LGT Meta) to whether we think the overall player base (not just the top tier, but the entire spectrum of player skills/expectations) of that faction will overperform or underperform (on UKTC terrain). This was a super interesting discussion and we'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments! Grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside, Dave & Vik

Welcome back to Episode 60 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. The World Team Championships (WTC) are over! New Zealand absolutely smashed it, pushing into the top 10, winning best sportsmanship and Dave coming out as the Rank No. 1 for individual rankings with his innovative Thousand Sons list. Team England had a worse time, taking some heavy losses across the event pushing them down to 7th place in the rankings. Join us as we run through how the event went for Team New Zealand and Team England, our reflections on how to improve for next year and our takes on how the teams/singles meta sits currently. Grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside, Dave & Vik

Welcome back to Episode 59 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. We've heard lots of talk in the community that because WTC is a team event it isn't relevant for the singles 40K meta, and we're here to prove that theory wrong! The WTC lists are a culmination of months of preparation from some of the best players from across the world. We run through the most represented factions at the event, how they sit in the meta and an example of a WTC list for each faction that you can consider for your next singles event. Grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside, Dave & Vik

Welcome back to Episode 58 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. The World Team Championships (WTC) has come back around and lists are in! That means we are free to share our thoughts on the WTC and wider 40K meta. Tune in and hear us discuss our teams factions (Dave=New Zealand, Vik=England), a few players/teams to watch through the WTC and, as always, some spicy hot-takes. Grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside, Dave & Vik

Edition 10.5! I'm sitting down with my good friend and long time UKTC Veteran Clement! We're going through some of the major changes of the BDS what we think got off too easy or got hit too hard. Hope you enjoy, let me know what your thoughts are too! R.I.P guard

Hey there everyone, I've taken some time to do a quick video review with TTS on the new missions. I'm covering the fixed + tactical + secret missions. I'm sure I've missed a few things, or read a mission slightly wrong so don't take it as gospel! Hope you enjoy, let me know what your thoughts are too!

Heya folks, Learning the sisters codex for myself! Come and tag a a long and let me know what your thoughts are too!

Hey guys, A quick recap of the 5 man ITT tournament we attended with Ignite this past weekend! If you're keen on teams, want to learn more about factions and improving as a team tune in! Enjoy,

Hey there everyone, Just a quick one today, David is running solo just doing his readthrough of the new CSM leaks, so stop on by if you want to catchup on what the new detachments are and what you could be facing on the table soon! As always grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside, Vik & David

Hey guys, Vik and I have had some time, and a few games to have a good thoughtful discussion on the balance dataslate. What do you think was great about the update? Did you think anything big was missed? We'd love to hear your comments, if you agree or disagree! Vik & David

Welcome back to Episode 51 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. With our stream game on hold until we get the points update (please comment with factions you'd like to see, looking likely to be Guard vs Sisters at this rate!), we're back to our usual programme, but we'll be giving updates asap! In this episode we discuss Vik's 7-0 winning run at the 250 person Oxford Super-Major with his beloved Adepta Sororitas. We talk through his match-ups, strategy and the tech he brought in his list to help him get through to a super-major win. As always grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside,

Welcome back to Episode 50.1 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. How did we get to episode 50 all of a sudden?! Thank you all for your support and feedback throughout the process, and we hope you've enjoyed joining us on the journey. We've split this episode into two halves - this episode is our usual podcast discussion where we'll be focussing on the imminent points update and what we'd like to see to improve the game. We'll also be discussing the 250+ person Oxford Super-Major this weekend, where Vik will be competing using his Adepta Sororitas. Due to popular demand, we'll be doing a live stream game for Episode 50.2 as soon as we've got the updated points in. Keep your eyes peeled for advertising on the exact date and time for this. If you have any preference on what faction you'd like to see us play, leave a comment! As always grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside, Dave & Vik

Welcome back to Episode 49 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. You've heard of Commander Farsight, Commander Shadowsun...but have you heard of (Tank?) Commander David Gaylard? Dave's looking for a new army to start and in this episode we do a read through of the new codex to see if joining The Greater Good is the right choice! Grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside, Dave & Vik

Welcome back to Episode 48 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. We attended the UKTC Manchester Super-Major last week, one of the largest super-major events in the global calendar. Dave continues his rampage with Astra Militarum, going through all the way to the finals, finishing in 2nd place! Vik's taken to opportunity to try something a bit different with Grey Knights, going for a full vehicle skew with 3 Land Raider Redeemers! In this episode we run through our list-build process, the meta, and our games at Manchester. Grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside, Dave & Vik

Hey everyone, Today I'm joined by Brian Siepp from team Ignite! Brian and I are going to Amsterdam this weekend to play in the 8 man team event in the Netherlands! Huge shoutout to Ruud for putting the tournament on. Hope you enjoy! #40k #warhammer #40kFireside #firesidepodcast #fireside Dave & Brian

Winning Super-Majors with Guard! (banter alert) https://youtu.be/m9bq91MXXqQ Welcome back to Episode 46 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. The Astra Militarum Saga continues! Just when we thought it was all over and the dust had settled, the downvotes had ended - Dave goes ahead and wins the South Coast Super-Major with Guard. We run through his games, his list, his strategy and some of the cool micro-strategy he has been developing with the Astra Militarum. We also discuss potential reasons for the disparity between the statistical metrics used in 40K and the actual power level of factions. Grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside, Dave & Vik

*Apologies, new software, bad audio quality* Welcome back to Episode 45 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. We thought we'd mix it up this time and go back to our roots with a podcast audio episode where we'll be doing a tournament recap of the Northampton GT from this past weekend. Vik went with a hyper-MSU post-dataslate version of Aeldari and Dave continues to innovate & refine his Astra Militarum. Listen in to see how we got on and our take-aways from the event! We created quite a storm in our Post-Dataslate Tier List (check out episode 44 - the previous one!) by putting Astra Militarum right up there in the top tier. It's been a journey following the internet's response to that one and we put out a little rant in this episode about the peculiar way the 40K community responds to these kinds of things and whether we think anything has changed with our opinion on the tier list. Grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode! Dave & Vik

Welcome back to Episode 44 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. Nothing stimulates discussion and consolidates thoughts like a competitive 40K faction tier list. With a bit of time to digest the latest balance dataslate, we discuss each faction in the game in detail and rationalise where we think they sit relative to each other in power level for competitive singles tournaments. As always, enjoy and feel free to leave a question or feedback in the comments! We're sure this one will generate a lot of discussion! Also, if you're listening to this on a podcast platform, we'd recommend subscribing to the YouTube channel so you can see the accompanying video for this content! Dave & Vik

Welcome back to Episode 43 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. The moment we've been waiting for is here! The first Dataslate of 2024 has dropped and has exceeded our expectations with how comprehensive the changes are. This episode we go through the key changes for the previously strongest/weakest armies in the meta as well as the armies that we personally play (Vik= Sisters + GK + Drukhari + CSM + Aeldari, Dave= Necrons + Guard + Daemons + Aeldari). We also discuss where we think the overall meta may end up and which armies we think will be dominant in this quarter. As always, enjoy and feel free to leave a question or feedback in the comments! Also, if you're listening to this on a podcast platform, we'd recommend subscribing to the YouTube channel so you can see the accompanying video for this content! Dave & Vik

Hey guys! First time we're here doing a two person recap on the meta + we discuss lists from the Nottingham super major coming up this weekend! Please let us know if you have some feedback for this format :) And yes, I tried to play Jazz through my speakers, and honestly I was worried that I was going to get copyright flagged!

Welcome back to Episode 41 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. It's been a while but Vik is back to catch-up with Dave on the latest 40K super majors we've attended (Coventry and Leicester) and how we got on. We focus on our main take aways from these tournaments and the lessons we continue to learn on how to be better competitive 40K players. With the recent release of Necrons (check out Dave's review at https://youtu.be/uNiE6hZbSB0?si=8H8530KGoAAU6xsE) and Ad Mech, we discuss where we think they sit in the meta and their relative power levels. We also chat about the things we expect to see in the balance dataslate and where we predict the meta might end up. As always, enjoy and feel free to leave a question or feedback in the comments! Also, if you're listening to this on a podcast platform, we'd recommend subscribing to the YouTube channel as we play to do a lot more live content on there in 2024! Dave & Vik

Hey there everyone, trying a new thing this time :) Thought I'd cover the new Necrons release! I've been a Necron fan for alittle while and they're an army I really enjoy - mainly because I enjoyed reducing the amount of fun my opponent had! Hope you guys like the new format, and sorry about that scrolling ticker the entire time. Feedback would be really appreciated so we could improve on this format!

Recap of the WCW :)

Welcome back to Episode 38 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. It's been a bit quiet on the 40K scene as we close in on the Warhammer World Championship in Atlanta next weekend - with Team Ignite sending almost the entire team across, we catch up on what we've been practicing since LGT and where are minds are at regarding the current meta. Dave, Chris Radford and Boris Michev took down a 4-man team event in Cardiff, we do a recap of the event and discuss why we think team events have had such a surge in popularity. Vik is bringing the Adepta Sororitas to the Cardiff Super-Major and discusses the thought process behind his list design and why he thinks Sisters are secretly one of the best factions in the game! As always, enjoy and feel free to leave a question or feedback in the comments! Dave & Vik

Welcome back to Episode 37 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. We've got special guest Liam VSL of Team Ignite with us for this episode who, this past weekend, became the 2023 LGT Champion. We could not be more happy for his success as we've long held the opinion that Liam VSL is one of the most technically gifted / talented players in the world. He runs through the Chaos Space Marine list he brought to the event and the run that led to his name being engraved on the LGT Trophy. LGT was a huge event for Team Ignite with all 8 of our players participating in some part of the event and going 4-1 (our newest member, Majson of WTC winning Team Poland, playing in the invitationals and judging the main event). Chris Radford took CSM through to 6-0 before losing in the shadow round to finish in 9th Place, and Vik took Aeldari through to the Quarter-Finals losing to Liam VSL, finishing in 5th Place. Dave and Vik also do a quick run-through of their run and thoughts on their Astra Militarum / Aeldari lists respectively. As always, enjoy and feel free to leave a question or feedback in the comments! Dave, Vik & Liam

Hey All, Welcome back to Episode 36 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. We've had our first balance dataslate of 10th Edition which has brought a whole host of game-wide rules changes and impactful points changes across the entire range of armies. We've taken the past few weeks to practice and gather our thoughts on where we think things will settle on the meta. With LGT this weekend, we think this is the perfect time to analyse our practice data and see how it compares to the faction representation at LGT. Vik's back on Aeldari for LGT and Dave's on his favourite Astra Militarum with lots of innovation, we go through our lists and the decision points of why we made the choices we did. The meta is at an incredibly interesting point currently with lots of rock-paper-scissors matchups so keep your eyes peeled for some post-LGT analysis next week where we see what trends appear and what factions rise to the top of the meta. Enjoy and as always please feel free to leave us a comment if you have any feedback or questions we can help with! Dave & Vik

Hey All, Welcome back to Episode 35 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. There's little argument to be had that the singles meta isn't in the best spot at the moment , but there's hope in the form of a Balance Dataslate in September! We've got the talented Brian Seipp of Team Ignite on as a guest today to discuss our thoughts on the meta as it stands and potential solutions that might work to correct factions at the top + bottom of the power rankings. As always, enjoy, let us know what you think and see you by the Fireside, Dave & Vik

CROWDFUNDING - Liam VSL, a member of Team Ignite, Team Belgium and one of the best players in the world is currently crowd funding in order to be able to attend the World Championships in Atlanta (he's a student currently and wouldn't be able to attend otherwise). If you'd like to help out you can read more and support via this link : https://gofund.me/503cdd81 Hey All, Welcome back to Episode 34 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. The World Team Championships (WTC) were last weekend with Dave and I attending for the first time with Team New Zealand and Team England respectively. We both agree this was absolutely the best tournament we've ever attended - the challenge, the atmosphere, the sense of community, all completely unmatchable. We discuss our expectations, goals, results and give a run down for each round including some more details on our games (Vik = Thousand Sons, Dave = Deathwatch). As always, enjoy, let us know what you think and see you by the Fireside, Dave & Vik

Hey All, Welcome back to Episode 33 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. With the secrecy of WTC list submission behind us and everything in the open now, we're finally able to share some more of the details of what we've been up to over the past month. We're both attending our first WTC (World Team Championship) this year, Vik with Team England and Dave with Team New Zealand. In this episode we take a deep dive into the preparation phase for an event of this magnitude and contrast the differences/similarities between preparing for a singles vs team event. We discuss the meta, our army/faction choices as well as our goals/expectations for the event! As always, enjoy, let us know what you think and see you by the Fireside, Dave & Vik

Hey everyone, I'm joined by Typhus this week! He's a legend in the Polish scene, he's a previous UKTC judge, content creator on Enter the Matrix and an all round wizard when it comes to 40k. We're chatting about the WTC this episode, and trying to close the gap between people who aren't so familiar with it. Hopefully you'll learn about the WTC here, and find it useful to use the WTC as a springboard to get your lists into gear for the coming next season! Dave and Typhus

Hey everyone, Apologies if I'm a little tied on this one, I'm joined by the lovely Liam Hackett from Team Australia at 6:30AM I was really impressed with Liam, he's a really down to earth, smart and very experienced 40k player. He's made me reflect on a lot of things going into the WTC and some things that I hope I'm going to implement when we pair against each other round 1 at the WTC next week! Cheers, Dave and Liam

Hey everyone, Vik is back! We're going to be doing a quick recap of the FAQ, how it effects armies, what's involved, and what has maybe been missed. After that we're going through some recent indicator results of the meta - with some caveats! - then Dave is chatting about the London Open tournament he's playing and the Necrons list he's rocking! Dave and Vik

Hey everyone, Vik's on holiday so Dave is joined by Jokull and they're going through their views on how all of the current armies stack up. "Apparently" there's supposed to be an FAQ coming along, so hopefully this looks slightly more balanced but for now there's a clear winner. Some of the army placements might surprise you, just because we have them in a bracket doesn't mean that they cant overperform with a great pilot! Hope everyone's having a great time, and as always let us know what your thoughts are on some of the middle and top armies to see if we've missed something! #40k #warhammer #40kFireside #firesidepodcast Dave and Jokull

[Apologies in advance for the high rant levels in this one - we try our best to stay balanced, but it does get a little heated!] Hey All, Welcome back to Episode 28 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. 10th Edition has landed with indexes for the factions, points cost and the core rules all out. Change and particularly development is vital for the game, something we can see with the beautifully designed mission format (both primary and secondary) that we praised at length in the previous episode. However, with such a wide scale change to the core rules and army rules, there was bound to be some balancing issues. We've both gotten in a bunch of practice games, had discussions with a wide range of players and Dave's taken the effort of listing the potential issues that have been raised as well as explaining the reasoning behind each one in detail. We then work out some potential solutions and options that GW might consider to solving these issues. This one is going to be a somewhat controversial topic, and we definitely understand there's a lot more to learn about the edition over the coming months - we would love to hear your opinions and comments on this one so please leave one if you can! As always, enjoy, let us know what you think and see you by the Fireside, Dave & Vik

Hey All, Welcome back to Episode 27 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. We open up this episode with a quick chat/discussion on our thoughts regarding the decision of the Bugeater GT to pre-emptively ban Aeldari at their 10th Edition tournament (we're a little more positive than the general community opinion). 10th Edition rules are coming out at an incredible rate and one of the areas that has been refined/changed the most is secondary mission scoring. As one of the key defining factors that impact the way we play competitively, Dave and I have done an analysis on all 16 of the Secondary Missions to come up with a series of tactical criteria for how we play/list build to them and how they interact with each other. We also discuss the pros and cons of choosing a FIXED vs TACTICAL secondary mission scoring path and what we think is likely to work better in 10th Edition! As always, enjoy, let us know what you think and see you by the Fireside, Dave & Vik