The 40k Lorecast

On today's cast we cover the transition from Age of Technology into the Age of Strife.  We open with mankind's unification into the federation.  Then we cover the mass appearance of psychers across the galaxy, and how they began to cause chaos into the federation.  But then things get massively worse as the men of iron rise up in the cybernetic rebellion.  We spend time talking about the nightmare that was the cybernetic rebellion, both during and the effects of it afterwards.  After this, the warp turns effectively opaque and the entire galaxy begins to burn with the effects of it.  We then close out focusing on Sol during this period, with a focus on the planets and quick aside into the unification wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's cast we dive into the Golden age of technology.  We open with the Age of Terra and some new lore about the Emperor and his battles with the Cognitae.  From there we dive into the mankind conquering and terraforming Sol in preparation of launching into the galaxy.  We then talk (briefly) about the men of gold, men of stone, and the expansion into the galaxy. After that we take a turn and focus on the technology of the Age of Technology and how incredibly advanced it is.   After that we lean into the Men of Iron and their critical role in the growth of humanity. Then we cover the genetic engineering, both of the regular populace, as well as the creation of the navigators. We then close our coverage with the invention of the warp drive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 On today's cast we complete our coverage of Knights in 40K.  We open with the great crusade and the re-discovery of the knight worlds.  We then take a quick turn to cover the titantica on mars, that kind of lost their mind when discovering the knight worlds.  From there we talk about the knight worlds joining the imperium (really the mechanicus) and how they were folded in.  We also talk about the sacristans and their role to both the knight houses, and the Mechanicum (unknown to the Knight worlds).  We then talk about Knights in battle and how they are used strategically.  We close with the knight worlds being pulled into the horus heresy and the fall of some houses and the creation of the Freeblades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Today's cast we begin our coverage of the Knights of 40K.  We start with their origins in the Golden age of technology from the early colonists heading out into the galaxy with their STC's.  From there we talk about the Age of Strife separating the colonists from the rest of human civilization, but with a focus on how the Knight worlds survived.  We than talk about the throne Mechanicum and the ritual of becoming, focusing on how they change the psyche of the pilots.  More importantly, we talk about how this change affect the knight pilots to become better leaders and protectors of their subjects.  We then close with a breakdown of the noble culture and knights themselves.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Today's cast we finalize our coverage, for now, on the Ynnari story ark.  This time we are focusing in the events of the imperium at this moment.  We open with a back story on Belasarius Cawl, his birth and rise through the ranks of the Mechanicum and ad mech.  More importantly we talk about his Soul Merging technology and the tasks given to him by the Emperor and Guilliman before their falls.  From there we jump to the Cadia and the almost success followed by significant failure of that battle.  We then end with John getting super hyped talking about the return of the best of the Primarchs,  Guilliman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Today's cast we continue our coverage of the Ynnari with the further adventures of Yvraine.  We open with her and the Ynnari's arrival on craftworld Ulthwe, where they have to contend with a seer council who are suddenly no longer cool with Eldrad just doing whatever he wants with their craftworld all the time.  We then cover their search for the Crone Swords on Belial 4 and the epic battles that erupt there.  We then close out with a trip to Iyanden, which of course is under assault from chaos, but interesting not Slaanesh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's cast we begin our coverage of the Ynnari.  We start with a recap events of Demesnus to waken Ynnead.  We then jump to the Yvrain and he becoming imbued with the god of death and her flight from the dark city.  We then take a quick break to laugh at the original gameplay rules of the Ynnari (Soulburst for the auto-win!).  After that we jump the truly epic battle of biel tan, starting with the Mask and Skarbrand's assault on Ursulia.  We then close with the battle on Biel Tan itself and the arrival of Yvraine and the creation of the Yncarne. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's cast we conclude our coverage of the Harlequins.  Today we focus more on how their interact with the 40K universe lore.  We open with, of course, the Black Library and how it steers all of the actions of the Harlequins.  From there wego into their reemergence in the galaxy and how they interact with the beings of the galaxy.  From there we talk about their presence in the Dark City and their role in the resurrection of Vect.  We then close with their alliance with Eldrad and the brining of Ynnead to (semi) consciousness.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  On today's cast we begin our coverage of the Harlequins!  We start with the history of the Harlequins (what we know of it) and more importantly their god Cegorach.  From there we move onto the masques of the Harlequins and how they interact with greater Eldar culture (Craftworld, Corsair Fleets, Exodites, and Drukhari).  Then we dive into the different masque forms and how they wage war.  We then close out on the weaponry of the Harlequins and their units. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's cast we finish out coverage of the Blood Angels legion.  We open with the Blood Angles trying to rebuild their devastated legion after the Horus Heresy.  From there we talk about the Blood Angles recruitment and their attempts to quell their gene-flaws.  After that we take a turn and talk about some of our favorite Blood Angels successor chapters.  After that we talk about their characters that appear on the tabletop.  And then we close out on the devastation of Baal, and the arrival of Guilliman and his Primaris Marines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's cast we begin our coverage of the Blood Angels Chapter.  We start with their origins under the unification wars.  From there their borderline descent into savagery as they pushed out into the great crusade.  Next we jump to their Primarch Sanguinius.  First with his arrival on Baal Secundus, and then his growth and rise to be the leader of the moon.  That leads us into his unification of his legion and their repression of their Gene flaw.  And then we go into the Horus Heresy.  With the betrayal at Signus prime and their greatest enemy Ka' Bandha.  Then we join them on their quick detour to make a new imperium, and finally we close out with the Sierge of Terra and Death of their Primarch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On todays cast we complete or coverage of the xenos of the galaxy.  Diving again head first into a ton of super random Xenos that GW has written into the game.  Although we do start with the Jokaero, so that is awesome!  Some others are the Enoulians, Laer, Maug, the Hrud, and others.  We also talk a bit more about the times the imperium has made deals with xenos in exchange for technology, and each time they end up killing lots of imperial citizens, and eventually the xenos.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On todays cast we begin our coverage of the random Xenos of the galaxy.  Our focus is on some of the Xenos that have no codex.  Thes are races that appear in stories, codexes, and some of GW's side games.  Many of these races have only a few (very well written) paragraphs on them in the lore, so it is more of a quick rundown on each of the races.  On todays cast we cover:  The Tepresi, Cythor Fiends, Caryatids, Rak'Gol, the Slaugth and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's cast we conclude our coverage of the Death Watch, the special forces of the Space Marines.  We open with some of our favorite weapons and equipment of the Death Watch.  Namely we focus on how specialized an borderline heretic their equipment and weaponry are.  We also focus on how much of a nightmare it was to play against the death watch as a xenos player during certain editions.  After this we spend some time talking about how the Death Watch interact with the other factions of the imperium.  Lastly we talk about the overall structure of the Death Watch, with focus on some of their key fortresses and where they got them Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  On today's cast we start our coverage of the Death Watch, the special forces of the Space Marines.  We start with a quick overview of what the Death Watch are and then dive a bit into their two different founding stories (one was way better than the other).  After that we talk about how a Space Marine joins the Death Watch, both the official and common practice as well as the Black Shield style.  From there we focus a bit more on how the Death Watch function as a fighting force in the imperial forces, with their smaller and more specific goals and actions to achieve great success via tiny events. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 On today's cast we are doing a John special. This cast is a dive into some our favorite broken rules of the game over the past 20+ years. A fun trip down memory lane, some of those memories are little bad for some players. We open with explaining Rules As Written and how that sets up some of these funny interactions. After that we dive head first into some glorious things like: no pre-measuring, guess weapons, custom vehicles, instant death, grey knight and Eldar daemon summoning, invisibility, impossible combat due to base to base rules, and more. We hope you find this fun and funny as we did. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Today's cast we conclude our coverage of the Space Wolves. Today's cast is completely about the epic characters that make up the Space Wolf Lore. We open with a quick bit about the Space Wolves' opinion on remembrancers. From there we go hard and jump through some of our personal favorites including Bjorn, Harl Greyweaver, Logan Grimnar, Ulrik the Slayer, Njal Stormcaller, the 13th great company, Ragnar Blackmane, and the one and the only (and the epic) Lukas the Trickster.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Today's cast we start our coverage of the Space Wolves. We open with the creation of the 6th legion by the emperor and its initial design and function in the Galaxy. From there we move into Leman Russ and his arrival on Fenris, and ascension to the leader of the Space Wolf legion. After this we move onto how an aspirant is chosen and then how they become a Space Wolf. Then we focus on the Space Wolves history from pre-heresy through Leman leaving the galaxy. Our main focus is on how the events of the Horus Heresy affected Leman and by proxy his legion. We close on how Brad broke the Space Wolves with a horrible, horrible list that caused GW to nerf the entire army. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On todays cast we conclude our coverage of the Tau. We start with a breakdown of their styles of battle Mont'ka, Kauyon, and of course shield drone jubilee. After that we dive into the warfare technology of drones, battle suits and weaponry. From there we go into the expansion history of the Tau with the Spheres. From there we dive into Far sight, Shadowsun, and close with Aun'va. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Today's cast we start our coverage of the Tau. What they are, where they come from, and their history. We open with the surprise they were to the imperium, going from stone age to plasma in less than 60,000 years. From there we dive into the story of rise of the Tau and the introduction of the Ethereal. Then how the Ethereals changed the Tau into the full Caste structures that helped them rise up at an amazing rate. We then dive into what a Tau is physically and also what is a kroot, and how pointless the vespid are. We then close with the real force behind the Tau the Ethereals.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Today's cast we conclude our listener cast on “where are the Primarchs now” with a focus on the Loyalists. After a very quick trip into very dead Ferrus Manus, we spend a bunch of time on John's favorite Primarch Guilliman. He is awesome, sorry. Then we throw Brad a bone and jump into Leman Russ. We follow this up with Sangunius and Corax, and then Vulkan. Then we make Brad admit that Rogal Dorn is awesome, and then conclude on the Lion.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's cast we dive into a listener requested topic “where are the Primarchs now.” We decided to do the first cast on the traitor Primarchs. We open with a quick bit on Horus, but then move onto a much longer coverage of Konrad Curze. Then a recap of Mortarian from our Typhus casts, followed by a deeper dive into Peturabo & Angron. Then we go through another quick recap of Magnus from our Ahriman cast. Then a deep dive against Brad's objections into Lorgar, and close with a long bit on Alpharius. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's cast we conclude our coverage of the Drukhari. We open with a very deep dive into the Wych cults of the Drukhari, their organization functions and features. After this we jump over to the Covens, to talk about their origins before the fall and the incredible powers they now wield within the Dark Realm. From there we dive into our personal favorite units in the Drukhari line the mercenaries, with deep dives into the Incubi, Scourges, and amazing (while all but useless on the tabletop) Mandrakes. We then close with some coverage of the Arenas of the Drukhari and how they serve more than just the Drukhari in their purpose and affects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Today's cast we continue our coverage of the Drukhari.    We open up with the restructuring of the Drukhari in the image that Vect wants.  We then focus on the Kabals, their structure, how they rise, and of course a deep dive on their leaders the Archons.  From there we move into the most terrifying element of the Drukhari their Real-Space raids.  We then close with a dive into the vehicles and weapons of the Drukhari.  Poison weapons for the win!Support the show

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 On Today's cast we conclude our coverage on the Adeptus Sororitas.  We start with a recap of the restricting of the Adeptus Sororitas after the death to Goge Vandire.  From there we jump into what a living saint is (kind of a daemon).  Then we spend some happy fun times talking about the nightmare units of the sisters (penitent engines are just wrong.  We then conclude by focusing on a few key characters of the Adeptus Sororitas.  Support the show

On Today's cast we begin our coverage on the Adeptus Sororitas.  We start with a recap of the rise of Ecclesiarchy, the why and the how of its growth.  After this we spend time talking about the rise and reign of terror or Goge Vandire.  Namely his employment of the Daughters of the Emperor from San Leor.  Then we go into the conflict between Vandire and the forces of the Imperium, and of course the turning of the Daughters from him.  From there we close out on the reformation of the Ecclesiarchy and as such the Daughters of the Emperor becoming the Adeptus Sororitas.Support the show

On Today's cast we finish up our coverage of the Adeptus Mechanicus.  We start with what the machine spirit is (our bad on missing that on the last cast).  We then dive into the growth of the value and thus the power of the Adeptus Mechanics within the Imperium, followed by a dive into the nightmare that is a forge world.  After that we jump into the nightmare beings that are the Skitarii and Kataphrons.  We then go into the tech priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus with all their variations.  We then close on our favorite part of the Adeptus Mechanics, their incredible relationship with the inquisition.Support the show

On today's cast we begin our dive into the Adeptus Mechanicus.  We open with the origins of the Adeptus Mechanicus from well before the even the unification wars.  From there we move onto the civil war that engulfed Mars that led to the rise of the Mechanicum.  We then do a quick jump into the formation of Servitors and their value to the Mechanicum.  After this we move into the arrival of the Emperor and the assimilation of the Mechanicum into the Imperium.  We then close on the events of the Horus Heresy with the rise and fall of the Dark Mechanicum and the final creation of the Adeptus Mechanicus.Support the show

On today's cast we conclude our coverage of the Grey Knights.  We start off with a focus on Malcador's secret Titan moon project and poor Garo.  We then dive into the origin story of Ianus and again some Malcador.  After that we jump into the specialized weaponry and armor of the Grey Knights.  From there we tell some of the better stories of the Grey Knights and their feats.  We end though on the greatest character of the Grey Knights (and in the top of all of the Imperium) Kaldor Draigo!!!Support the show

On today's cast we start our coverage of the Grey Knights by focusing on their origin from the Horus Heresy.  We open with, arguably the most exciting book of the Horus Heresy the Flight of the Eisenstein.  From Nathaniel Garro's discovery of the rebellion, through his journey back to Terra.  After that we focus on the formation of the Knights Errant and their adventures in service to Malcador.  We then close with the end of the Knights Errant as they are given an new purpose by the Emperor.Support the show

On todays cast we conclude our coverage of the Lore of Mortarian and Typhus.  We open with the events leading up to the Istvaan III massacre and the Flight of the Eisenstein.  Thereby marking the first serious public rift between Mortarian and Typhus.  We then spend some time talking about each of their paths post drop site massacre.  After that we dive into the conversion of the Death Guard to servants of Nurgle.  After that we spend time on the rise of Typhus in service to Nurgle, they become the best of friends.  We then finish with the most recent events in the 41st millenia for Typhus and Mortarian.Support the show

On today's cast we begin our coverage of the story of the Death Guard.  Namely that stories of Mortarian and Typhus.  We start with the story of Mortarian's arrival on Barbarus and the revolution he leads there.  Then the arrival of the Emperor and Mortarian taking control of his legion.  From there we flip over to the origins of Typhus and his rise next to Mortarian. From his early days on Barbarus, to his fighting next to Mortarian, and then to the beginning of the rift between the two of them.  We then close with the secret fall of Typhus to Chaos.Support the show

On todays Episode we conclude our coverage of the Officio Assassinorum.  We dive into all 6 temples, actually we even cover the short lived 7th temple.  We focus first on each factions style and purpose.  We then move onto their equipment and weaponry and how said equipment and weaponry help them achieve their missions.  We then have a little fun talking about some of the crazy stories from the lore about the assassin's themselves Support the show

On todays episode we begin our coverage of the Officio Assassinorum.  We start with a quick delve into the Schola Progenium, and get out of that as quickly as possible.  We then talk about the history of the Assassins on Terra from before the Unification Wars up to the start of the Great Crusade.  Then we talk a lot about the value the Assassin brought to the Imperium during the Great Crusade and then into the Horus Heresy.  We then finish off with the Assassins between M32 and M41 and the “learning” the imperium had to go through about their powers and capabilities.Support the show

On today's episode, we dive into the Sisters of Silence.  We start with an in depth dive into the Pariah gene.  From there we talk about the mysterious rise of the sisters from the unification wars into the great crusade with the daughters of the Crow.  We then talk about what a sister of silence is and how they function as an organization.  We then move onto their growth during the great crusade and their “disappearance” after the fall of the emperor.  We then close on their resurgence since the return of Guilliman. Support the Show.

On Today's episode we dive into the Adeptus Custodes.  We start with the process of making a Custode, both the creation and training of them.  We then move into their history within the Imperium and what their purpose was for the emperor and how it evolved as the imperium grew and changed.  We then move into their resurgence at the conclusion of Abaddon's 13th black crusade.  We then finish with a dive into the stories of Valdor and Trajan.Support the Show.

On today's episode we conclude (for now) our coverage of the Eldar.  We dive into the weaponry and vehicles that the Eldar bring to bear on the battlefield.  With some especial fan-boying about how broken and annoying they have been over the editions.  We then jump into Wraithhosts who are both amazing and, in the case of the Wraith Knight, game breaking.  Because we had some time left over, we decided it was a good time to tell the first part of the Ynnari story so as to set up some future casts about them.Support the Show.

On today's episode we continue or coverage of the Eldar.  Our focus today is on both the Aspect Warriors themselves as well as their founders the Phoenix Lords.  We open with what an Exarch is and how they function in the Aspects.  From there we cover each of the Aspects, what they are, how they wage battle, and all the fun levels of broken they have been on the tabletop over the years.  We then dive head first into the Phoenix Lords themselves, their origin stories and what they are up to in modern 40K.Support the Show.

On today's cast we continue our deep dive into the Eldar.  We start with what an Eldar is, what they look like, how they move, live etc.  Then we dive into the main craftworlds in the game.  We also spend some time talking about what happens when GW allows the table top rules to match the lore (oopsie).  We then move onto the Psychers of the Eldar.Support the Show.

On today's cast we begin our dive into the Eldar.  We start today on their pantheon, what it is, who it is, and how many of them are dead.  We then jump into the craftworlds of the Eldar, their creation, function before the fall, and rise after the fall.  We then conclude covering the webway and its function and presence in modern 40k.Support the Show.

On Today's cast we are covering another request from the Discord, the weapons of the Imperium.  We go through all of the most commonly produced weapons utilized in the Imperium's war effort.  We start off with ranged combat.  From the Lowly bolt gun (which is actual a marvel of technology and power, but does not show at all on the table top) to the mighty Las-cannon.  We then dive into melee weapons such as the chain-sword, power-fist and thunder-hammer.  Does john go on a rant or two about these things?  yes, very much so.  Support the Show.

On today's cast we dive into the key regiments of the Imperial Guard and their origin stories.  Tallarn and their wars with chaos.  The Valhallans and their incredibly stupid origin story, but incredibly badass war with the Orks.  Moridan Iron Guard holding the line against insert all chaos.  Armageddon Steel Legion against Angron and then Ghaz (twice).  The Catachan's against their own damn planet (every day).  The Cadians holding the line against the forces of chaos until the absolute final moment.  And of course Kreig blowing up their own planet.  *note we decided to wait on Tanith for our cast on Gaunt's Ghosts.  Support the Show.

On today's cast we dive into what the Imperial Guard is.  The incredible size and scope that it makes up.  We then dive into the impressive ways that it functions both logistically and its command structure.  We also spend some time talking about the ways that is wages war.  How do mortal men stand against such incredible foes?  simple, by holding the line!Support the Show.

On today's cast we cover the fantastic journey that is joining the Imperial Guard.  We are aided in this endeavor by one of the greatest pieces of literature ever produced by Games Workshop "The Imperial Infantryman's Uplifting Primer."  We discus the unparalleled training and equipment you will be given.  We also talk about the support you will be granted from leadership such as your noble Commissar.  We even spend some (unnecessary) time going over the pathetic Xeno species you may have to deal with (easily).Support the Show.

On this cast we conclude our coverage of the Tyranid lore deep dive with a focus on the imperial history of the Tyranids.  We open with the first official battle with Tyranids at Tyran against Hive Fleet Behemoth.  We then move onto Macragg and Iyanden and their battles against Kraken.  We then move onto the true nightmare to the galaxy with Hive Fleet Leviathan.  We conclude with the devastation of Baal and where we are from a "modern" 40k standpoint with the Tyranid invasion.Support the Show.

On todays episode we continue our dive into the lore of Tyranids with a focus on the stages of a tyrranid invasion, and key units of the army.  We start with a dive into the stages of a genestealer invasion.  Then we focus on the stages of a tyrranid invasion of a planet (spoiler alert it sucks)  we then spend some time talking about how terrible the concept of Zoats were.  We then finish up by talking about some of the key units of the tyrranid army.

On today's episode we begin our deep dive into the Tyranids.  We start of with where they came from, how that story has changed.  After that we focus a bit on the mystery that is the Tyranid's purpose in the galaxy.  With some focus on what is believed has brought them to the galaxy and where they appear to be going in it.  We then finish with a coverage of some of our favorite fan theories on the Tyranid's true origins and purposes.

On today's episode we talk about pyschers in the Imperium of Mankind.  How many are there (originally a lot, but that number diminishes quickly).  We then take a quick dive into Navigators and Astropaths and how critical they are to the Imperium.  After that we dive into the Black Ships and the incredible nightmare that they are.  We then finalize with what the Imperium is really doing with all the psychers they place in the black ships.  *spoiler alert* it is not festive or happy.

 On Today's episode we take conclude our deep dives into the ruinous powers.  On today's cast we will talk about Grandfather Nurgle and Slaanesh.   Who they are, what they represent, and their defining traits.  From there we talk about their relms and the ways that they interact with the materium.  We then move onto some of their more famous and key units (nurglings for the win).  Lastly we talk about how the Imperium (the inquisition primarily) feel about each god and the level of threat they pose to the Imperium itself.  

On Today's episode we take our first of two deep dives into the ruinous powers.  Our focus is on Khorne and Tzeentch.  Who they are, what they represent, and their defining traits.  From there we dive into their daemonic followers and a couple of their more famous units.  Lastly we talk about how the Imperium (the inquisition primarily) feel about each god and the level of threat they pose to the Imperium itself.