Tales from the Old World

In this episode we talk to Ed Howden of the GrOGG YouTube Channel about playing Skaven armies in 6th edition. In this episode we cover: - Skaven special rules and how they can be an advantage and a disadvantage - The different units in the army and their strengths - How Skaven magic is one of the strongest lores in the game - Magic items that you should never leave home (or your undercity) without - Skaven artillery & weapons teams - Using warpstone tokens - The randomness of playing as Skaven and how they can kill themselves with almost every roll! - Tactics for dealing with Skaven low leadership - How to play against Skaven And more! Enjoy the episode.

In This episode we are talking to Matt Deery of Matt’s 3D Haven, a veteran 6th edition player who is going to talk about his army, the Daemon Legions of Nurgle (but we actually talk a lot about the strengths of each other types of Daemon armies too). In the episode we cover: • Why he chose Nurgle Daemons as an army. • The strengths and weaknesses of the army. • What he enjoys about their lore. • The creativeness of building a Nurgle army and how you can make it really unique with conversions and painting. • Differences between horde / mortal armies and Daemon armies • How daemonic instability works and how it can be the reasons the army wins or loses. • The lists in the storm of chaos supplement • Why +1 leadership is huge for Daemons • Daemonic wards and advantage from the special rule ‘cloud of flies’ • Strengths of Plaguebearers and how they are used • Importance of a battle standard bearer for Daemons • Why Nurglings are the best swarm in the game • What magic items does he always use • Using psychology as a weapon • How being outnumbered by fear-causing unit is a huge part of their tactics. • Using Greater Daemons (and more in detail for the Great Unclean One) • How enemy armies can take advantage of the slowness of Nurgle • How to use march blocking to pick apart a Nurgle army If you are looking for minatures to be 3D printed, contact Matt on the Matt’s 3D Printing Haven: https://www.facebook.com/MattPrintingEmpire/ This episode is sponsored by WAR OF THE EVERCHOSEN, a 6th edition tabletop event in the UK. Get more information and get tickets here: https://www.talesfromtheoldworld.com/event-details/tales-from-the-old-world-vengence

Welcome to episode 3 of the podcast and this week we talk about how to play better with, or how to beat, Beastmen armies. Dave has a great chat with Phil Ashton from Road To ReIkland, a Warhammer podcast and organisers of some great tabletop events. He’s a veteran Beastman player, specifically of the Nurgle variety. We discuss: • The strengths and weaknesses of Beastmen • The speed of a Beastman army and using it to their advantage or how to deal with them. • Nurgle magic and how it could be up there as potentially the most powerful magic lore in the game. • How beastmen should set up against different races • What monsters Phil loves bringing in his lists and using them to great effect. • We go over the ambush and unruly rules unique to beastmen • We go into using characters and bray shamans • We discuss the magic items Phil never leaves the house without • And more! This episode is sponsored by WAR OF THE EVERCHOSEN: A Warhammer Fantasy 6th edition tabletop event hosted in Manchester, UK 11th and 12th of February. Find out full details and get tickets here: https://www.talesfromtheoldworld.com/event-details/tales-from-the-old-world-vengence

In this episode with Tom Carley of TheBeastForge 3D Printing store, we go over: • How Tom got into the Hobby and Why he chose Strigoi as an army • Strengths and weaknesses of a standard vampire counts army and typical army lists • Whats different about a strigio army and their tactics • Strengths of a Strigoi army as well as some tips for beating them • Whats different about Toms particular list and how he uses it if you need some inspiration • What units to choose against different races • How to use vampire magic and compliment it with certain units • Using deployment to stifle the enemy army • The different roles of ghouls, skeletons and zombies. • Using Ethereal units and how to deal with them • Black coaches and how to keep adding wounds to it (Toms record is 26 wounds haha) • The lore of the Strigoi • Using speed to your advantage as a Strigoi army • How to win without relying on magic • The tactic of Creating ranked units in the game rather than bringing them • How an enemy can beat vampire counts using their weaknesses against them • Hot to make your enemy save their dispel dice, allowing you to cast more spells • Strigoi can not have magic item but how their bloodline powers make up for it • Magic items to use against VC Click the link below to get 10% off Tom's 3D printing store THEBEASTFORGE today: bit.ly/thebeastforge10 This episode was sponsored by WAR OF THE EVERCHOSEN, a 6th edition tablet event: https://www.talesfromtheoldworld.com/event-details/tales-from-the-old-world-vengence

In this episode with Max Cooper of Bearfoot Miniatures YouTube channel, we go over: • Why Max chose Tzeentch as his army • The strength of a Tzeenth army & effective tactics • Tactics for to fighting AGAINST Tzeentch and how to beat them • How to use Tzeentch magic AND how to deal with it when playing against them • What number of power dice to expect & how to use up an opponents dice. • Different types of lists you are going to see and their strengths • The most potent magic items the army can use. • Using fast cavalry in a tzeentch armies (instead of typical chariots!) • Controversial Opinions on dispel scrolls • Using fleeing units to earn victory • Interesting Tzeentch novels and stories • Favourite areas of the lore • And just General northerness from the lancshire lad Visit Bearfoot miniatures YouTube Channel today: https://www.youtube.com/@BearfootMiniatures This episode was sponsored by WAR OF THE EVERCHOSEN, a 6th edition tablet event: https://www.talesfromtheoldworld.com/event-details/tales-from-the-old-world-vengence