EP5: What We Play & Why We Play it: Josh's Night Lords

Neuter your army list??? Why would I ever want to do that?!?! In this episode, Josh and Daniel explain how they go about creating narrative army lists for their Horus Heresy games. Join us in our discussion of discovering the underrated beauty of narrative list building in 30k and how that could add so much to the enjoyment of your hobby experience! We hope you enjoy the episode! Sponsors:  Oil Spill Painting Studiohttps://linktr.ee/OilSpillPaintingStudioLinks to the Episode: Brendan's White Scars:https://www.instagram.com/brendan_paints/The Push for Beta Garmon Campaign:https://www.facebook.com/groups/5362095480517766/Music:Fall of Titan — Composer: Tim N Audio / Producer: SparksArtifexDark Side — Composer: Rafael FrostOutro — [email protected]

From the Danish Vikings to Lawrence of Arabia, in this episode Daniel, Josh, & Josh discuss the the Loyalist Legions' Warlord traits and how you could leverage the lore to build your character.  We will discuss the unique aspects of each of the Loyalist Legions' Warlord Traits and give our impressions of how these traits relate to the culture of the legion and how you can create a unique and intriguing character using both historic figures as well as characters in other fictional works!We hope you enjoy the episode! Sponsors:  Oil Spill Painting Studiohttps://linktr.ee/OilSpillPaintingStudioMusic:Fall of Titan — Composer: Tim N Audio / Producer: SparksArtifexDark Side — Composer: Rafael FrostOutro — [email protected]

In this episode, Daniel & Josh discuss the the Traitor Legions' Warlord traits and how you could leverage the lore to build your character. We will discuss the unique aspects of each of the Traitor Legions' Warlord Traits and give our first impressions of how these traits tie into the culture of the legion and how they may connect to historical figures. Later on in the podcast, we will  give our thoughts on how you could build upon these traits to create flavorful and engaging characters.We hope you enjoy the episode! Sponsors:  Oil Spill Painting Studiohttps://linktr.ee/OilSpillPaintingStudioMusic:Fall of Titan — Composer: Tim N Audio / Producer: SparksArtifexDark Side — Composer: Rafael FrostOutro — [email protected]

In this episode, Daniel & Josh discuss the techniques we use to help new players find the right legion for them. We break down exactly how we approach the challenge of finding an army that interest you and how you can use these same techniques when choosing a Legion for yourself! Additionally, we give a rapid-fire description of each Legion and what grand strategies & tactics they excel at. Be sure to check it out as you wouldn't want to miss it! We hope you enjoy the episode! Timestamps:0:00 - Intro: The 3 questions we always ask before starting up a new Legion04:37 - Part 1: What do you naturally get fired up about when talking with others?22:52 - Part 2: What color scheme you enjoy painting35:37 - Part 3: How do you want to fight the fight 39:03 - BONUS: Legion Rapid-Fire55:58 - Major takeaways and a recap of the episodeSponsors:  Oil Spill Painting Studiohttps://linktr.ee/OilSpillPaintingStudioMusic:Fall of Titan — Composer: Tim N Audio / Producer: SparksArtifexDark Side — Composer: Rafael FrostOutro — [email protected]

In this episode we will discuss the how to create immersive battle reports that immortalize the stories you play on the tabletop and help develop a fun roleplaying narrative for any campaign of game you play. Our guest Josh break down how he accomplishes this and and gives examples as to how YOU can try this out with your friends when playing games.Additionally, we have linked a battle report that our guest Josh wrote up below. We hope you enjoy the episode and try it out for yourself! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MLSNZSOH9Rkhr6ohVNPn0xAYfV04h4HI/view?usp=sharingTimestamps:0:00 - Introducing how to create immersive battle reports4:34 - How to capture tabletop events in your Batreps20:52 - Using the terrain and the environment to help tell your story33:14 - Combining the two concepts to flesh out a complete story for your Batreps1:08:23 - Major takeaways and a recap of the episodeSponsors:  Oil Spill Painting Studiohttps://linktr.ee/OilSpillPaintingStudioMusic:Fall of Titan — Composer: Tim N Audio / Producer: SparksArtifexDark Side — Composer: Rafael FrostOutro — [email protected]

In this episode we will discuss the how to bring history to life by using your Horus Heresy army to grab inspiration and role-play stories found in history on the tabletop. We break down the process and talk about an easy to replicate template YOU can use give this concept a go when building you Legion!We hope you will enjoy it! Timestamps:0:00 - Introducing the concept of using history to inspire your army list4:23 - Look to history for inspiration for your aspect of the Legion you play29:41 - Using history to create compelling characters56:57 - How role-play history on the tabletop using your 30k Legion1:16:39 - Exciting new episodes lined up that builds off this conceptSponsors:  Oil Spill Painting Studiohttps://linktr.ee/OilSpillPaintingStudioMusic:Fall of Titan — Composer: Tim N Audio / Producer: SparksArtifexDark Side — Composer: Rafael FrostOutro — [email protected]:Son of Horus — Artist: Zhi Chen

In this episode we will be discussing everything Horus Heresy related for LVO 2022 with our guest Alex, the Event organizer for LVO’s 30k events! He will discuss all the exciting plans he has for the event (no spoilers) and do a deep dive into what what inspired the narrative behind the event planning.We hope you will enjoy it! Timestamps:0:00 - Introducing Alex and LVO5:55 - Return to Istvaan: the Istvaan III campaign 26:29 - Siege of Ballyst: The main event for 30k LVO1:09:53 - Episode highlights & and how to reach AlexSponsors:  Oil Spill Painting Studiohttps://linktr.ee/OilSpillPaintingStudioThe Death and Betrayal Podcasthttps://podtail.com/en/podcast/the-death-and-betrayal-podcast-a-horus-heresy-and-/Hangar 18 Hobbieshttps://hangar18hobbies.comMusic:Fall of Titan — Composer: Tim N Audio / Producer: SparksArtifexDark Side — Composer: Rafael FrostOutro — [email protected]

This is the first episode of our ongoing series titled "What We Play & Why We play it" where we talk about, well...just that! We will be discussing Josh's Night Lords and what inspired him to both carve out the narrative to his force and how the narrative impacts his list building.We hope you will enjoy it! Timestamps:0:00 - Intro into the series & discussing what we will be covering5:14 - Who are Josh's Night Lords? 51:28 - Recap & a big community thank youSponsors:Oil Spill Painting Studiohttps://linktr.ee/OilSpillPaintingStudioHangar 18 Hobbieshttps://hangar18hobbies.comMusic:Fall of Titan — Composer: Tim N Audio / Producer: SparksArtifexDark Side — Composer: Rafael FrostOutro — [email protected]

In this episode we will discuss the how to make your flesh out making a backstory for your characters using history as inspiration. We break down the process and talk about an easy to replicate template YOU can use to so this process for your characters. Lastly we how you how the process works LIVE by creating a character using the template discussed in part 1 and 2 of the episode. We hope you enjoy it! Timestamps:10:00 - The template for fleshing out your character using history17:52 - Ian's example using the template33:07 - Using the history template to create a character live! Sponsors:Oil Spill Painting Studiohttps://linktr.ee/OilSpillPaintingStudioHangar 18 Hobbieshttps://hangar18hobbies.comMusic:Fall of Titan — Composer: Tim N Audio / Producer: SparksArtifexDark Side — Composer: Rafael FrostOutro — [email protected]

In this episode we will discuss the what the Centurion & Decurion game modes are for 30k and why these game systems makes it EXTREMELY easy to get started playing The Horus  Heresy.Would you like to contact us? Instagram: the.iterators.podcastFacebook: The Iterators PodcastDiscord: The Iterators PodcastMusic:Fall of Titan - Composer: Tim N Audio / Producer: SparksArtifexSound Library — No Copyright SoundsOutro - [email protected]