#3 How to play and beat BEASTMEN armies (Feat. Phil Ashton)

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