The Independent Characters | Warhammer 40k Podcast

Episode 227 of The Independent Characters has Carl and Josh attending an incredible event for Adeptus Titanicus. In this episode we will discuss what the Burning of Califax event by the Gothamos Gaming Group (or G3 for short) entailed, what our experience there was, and what it takes to run an event like this. Bear with our audio quality in the final part of the show as we piped in our guest and they didn't have a direct microphone. But we think you will find the information they provide to be useful and entertaining. If you haven't seen pictures of this event on our Facebook Group, Discord, or even posted in the Adeptus Titanicus section of Reddit, you can see them presented on YouTube as we wind our way through the episode. We hope you enjoy Episode 227. There is a lot to unpack here, and we hope you get out of it as much as we put into it! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Elite Choice 0:12:30 - Workbench and Hobby Progress NOTE: We missed the break music between these two! (We know!) 0:52:30 - Adeptus Titanicus Maximus: Part 1 1:32:00 - Adeptus Titanicus Maximus: Part 2 2:03:40 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: The Independent Characters Patreon Tablewar! - SPONSOR Herrick Games & Hobbies - SPONSOR Grimdark Terrain Games Workshop The Black Library

WARNING! This episode is best experienced on our YouTube Channel! There is a significant visual component to parts of it that really lend themselves much better to video. You have been warned! Episode 226 introduces us to a new show called The Grimdark Gauntlet! We will put our contestants through a series of challenges to determine who can come out on top! With actual prizes on the line... will they survive!? In a universe teeming with endless war, boundless lore, and intricate strategies, only the most dedicated emerge as true champions. Welcome to the ultimate test of Warhammer 40,000 knowledge and fandom! Here, contestants will face a gauntlet of rounds, each more challenging than the last, drawing from the grimdark vastness of the Warhammer 40,000 universe and the in-depth discussions of The Independent Characters Podcast. From the immaterial depths of the Warp to the echoing voices of our beloved podcast hosts, this game will probe the limits of your knowledge, dexterity, and passion. Only the truest fans stand a chance! We hope you enjoy Episode 226. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Elite Choice 0:11:00 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 0:47:10 - The Grimdark Gauntlet: Part 1 1:33:55 - The Grimdark Gauntlet: Part 2 1:52:10 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: The Independent Characters Patreon Tablewar! - SPONSOR Herrick Games & Hobbies - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library

Episode 225 of The Independent Characters has us taking a look at the State of the Galaxy. This means we are doing a review of the major changes and updates to the lore over the last 10 years or so. It used to be that nothing changed in the Warhammer 40k universe. It was always two minutes to midnight and the clock stayed there. Since 7th edition though, Games Workshop has slowly begun to evolve the lore and move the clock ever forward. We take a look at these changes and what they mean for the future of Warhammer 40k. We hope you enjoy Episode 225. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro, Guest Introduction, and Elite Choice 0:13:05 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 0:28:40 - State of the Galaxy: Part 1 1:21:50 - State of the Galaxy: Part 2 2:17:00 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: The Independent Characters Patreon Tablewar! - SPONSOR Herrick Games & Hobbies - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library

Episode 224 sees Josh and Carl joined by Aaron and Justin. If you are looking for a lot of Warhammer 40k hobby progress and games played... well this isn't going to be the episode for you. Just warning you right now. We do however, spend quite a bit of time talking about the various board games we played at our annual 'Geekend' event we do our in central California. (By the way the game we couldn't remember the name of was called Wavelength!) Eventually we get into the meat of the episode and spend some time discussing current topics within the Warhammer 40k Community (or maybe it's just our perception on the community!). Either way it is a hour and a half of discussion and we hope you share your opinions with us in our Discord server or Facebook group! We hope you enjoy Episode 224. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro, Guest Introduction, and Elite Choice 0:14:30 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 0:52:05 - The Warrior Lodge: Part 1 1:32:50 - The Warrior Lodge: Part 2 2:14:40 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: The Independent Characters Patreon Tablewar! - SPONSOR Herrick Games & Hobbies - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library

In Episode 223 of The IC's we delve back into the Underhive to take a deep dive look at House Delaque (also known as the House of Shadows)! In this episode, Josh and Carl will take a look at everything from the history of the gang, the model line, and how it is played. We hope you enjoy Episode 223. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro, Guest Introduction, and Elite Choice 0:08:15 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 0:34:00 - House of Shadows: Part 1 1:46:35 - House of Shadows: Part 2 2:14:35 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: The Independent Characters Patreon Tablewar! - SPONSOR Herrick Games & Hobbies - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library

Episode 222 of The Independent Characters delves deep into Space Hulk To help us with this we have brought one of the members of The Basement of Death, Troy! You may have heard us talk about the '3D Spacehulk' event at Adepticon many times. The Basement of Death team are the guys that put this event together. They know just a little bit about Space Hulk and Troy has come here to share his knowledge with us. We will take a short look at the history of Space Hulk, the general premise of the game, its spinoffs, and the various versions. Then we go into depth about what the guys at Basement of Death have done to expand upon it and what they have planned next! This episode is sponsored by our Patrons Kirk Bollinger and Jonathan Walter. Thank you for your help and support. We hope you enjoy the show! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro, Guest Introduction, and Elite Choice 0:07:15 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 0:43:20 - Space Hulk History and Overview 1:18:30 - Space Hulk the next level 1:54:25 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: The Independent Characters Patreon Tablewar! - SPONSOR Herrick Games & Hobbies - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library The Basement of Death Website Playin and Slayin Podcast

Episode 221 of The Independent Characters takes a look at some of our favorite models across the line of Games Workshop support for the Warhammer 40,000 universe. It isn't easy picking a favorite anything as we find out. It's like trying to decide what your favorite song is, or favorite movie. Sure it sounds simple at first, but then if you are forced to ruthlessly prioritize your choices, that's where it becomes really difficult. The models that represent the Warhammer 40,000 universe are as diverse as they are lovely. We try to narrow down our favorite models in this discussion and spend some time explaining why our biased opinion is the right one. It was meant to be a light hearted take on some of the best aspects of the game, but it turned into a demanding breakdown to pick our favorite representative models. That being said, we had a great time recording this episode, and we hope you enjoy it half as much as we did bringing it to you! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro, Guest Introduction, and Elite Choice 0:13:00 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 1:31:10 - Pinnacle of Plastic Part 1 2:04:40 - Pinnacle of Plastic Part 2 2:57:15 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: Tablewar! - SPONSOR Herrick Games & Hobbies - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library

Episode 229 of The Independent Characters embraces our motto of making you feel like a part of our gaming group by brining in two of our listeners to join us in an episode of The Warrior Lodge! For those who may not have listened before, The Warrior Lodge is a moderated discussion about a series of current topics in the 40k universe. This time around the topic of choice is the new 10th Edition of Warhammer 40,000. We hope you enjoy meeting some of our listeners and hearing a great discussion on our thoughts of the new edition so far. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro, Guest Introduction, and Elite Choice 0:11:00 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 0:50:20 - The Warrior Lodge Part 1 1:37:45 - The Warrior Lodge Part 2 2:15:15 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: Tablewar! - SPONSOR Herrick Games & Hobbies - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library

Episode 219 of The Independent Characters takes a unique look at 10th Edition and Leviathan. Warhammer 40k 10th Edition is here and so is Leviathan, the latest huge starter box from Games Workshop. Everyone knows this though. So why cover it? Well with something like this you kind of have to discuss the elephant (or new edition in this case) in the room. However, we decide to approach things a little different here at The Independent Characters. We have brought in Skye Herrick of Herrick Games and Hobbies to talk about what going through a release like this does to an Independent Retailer as well as what may have lead up to it. Rather than go into an overview discussion of the rules and how they have changed, we delve into two exciting ways to play that we are interested in. Combat Patrol and Crusade! This edition is sure to stay with us for awhile, and we hope you do as well! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro, Host Introduction, and Elite Choice 0:11:00 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 0:50:20 - 10th Edition Launch and Lead Up 1:37:45 - Combat Patrol and Crusade 2:15:15 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: Tablewar! - SPONSOR Herrick Games & Hobbies - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library

Episode 218 of The Independent Characters takes a deeper look at Aeronautica Imperialis. From the games origins, to where it currently stands, we look at the differences and similarities between the older and newer versions of the game. Additionally, we spend some time discussing where the game sits in the pantheon of games set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe and how we think you can best utilize it. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we enjoyed making it! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:05:00 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 0:22:20 - Aeronautica Imperialis: Forge World Edition 0:52:20 - Aeronautica Imperialis: Specialist Games Edition 1:29:20 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: Tablewar! - SPONSOR Herrick Games & Hobbies - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library The 40k Badcast GoFundMe for Justin Keefers House fire

Episode 217 of The Independent Characters brings you the first in a new series of deep dives into the world of Necromunda entitled Underhive Factions. Taking a playbook from the Show of Force episodes, we are doing a deep dive of the various factions in Necromunda! In this new series you can expect us to look at where the various gangs originated, how they have evolved over the years, where they fit into the overall universe of Necromunda (and Warhammer 40k), and a bit about how they play! For our first in this series, we are tackling the might House of Chains, or as they are better known, House Goliath. We think you will enjoy what we have prepared for your listening enjoyment this episode! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:16:00 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 0:49:45 - Underhive Factions: House Goliath (Part 1) 1:36:45 - Underhive Factions: House Goliath (Part 2) 2:24:30 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: Tablewar! - SPONSOR Herrick Games & Hobbies - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library The 40k Badcast Dungeon Crawler Carl Audio Book GoFundMe for Justin Keefers House fire

Episode 216 of The Independent Characters has the group covering rare and coveted Warhammer 40k Materials from the past. Over the years, Games Workshop has produced and released many very cool and specialized products for many of its ranges. The Warhammer 40,000 universe has possibly seen the most of these rare and wonderful products. In this episode, each host has selected one rare item from Warhammer 40k and do a short dive into what the item is, what it means to the Warhammer 40k universe, and then discuss why the item is of interest to them and likely the community as a whole! This is the first in a series around these types of materials. If you enjoy this episode, please let us know! If you want to hear coverage of some specific item, let us know that as well. If you didn't like the subject matter - we REALLY want to know that too! Don't forget you can also watch and listen to us on our YouTube Channel. We hope you enjoy the show. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:03:10 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 0:52:10 - Rare 40k Materials (Part 1) 1:15:15 - Rare 40k Materials (Part 2) 2:03:30 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: Tablewar! - SPONSOR Herrick Games & Hobbies - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library

Episode 215 of The Independent Characters is the long awaited return of the show!. We used this show to get ourselves back into form and also try out some new features. This is just a fairly open discussion focusing on what each of us have been up to over the last two years as well as what we are looking forward to, especially now that we have restarted the program. Please stick around after the final music to hear a very special song by our friends Doug Neale and Travis Hathcock. We miss you dearly Doug. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:08:30 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 0:41:35 - What have we been up to? 1:15:10 - What are we looking forward to? 1:44:25 - Final Thoughts and show closing 1:57:45 - Carl - A song by Douglas Neale and Travis Hathcock Relevant Links: Tablewar! - SPONSOR Herrick Games & Hobbies - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library

Episode 214 is a less formal episode as Kat and Caleb of CK Studios came to the Astronomicon to hang out with Carl, play some board games, and generally catch up. This episode talks a bit about what we have all been up to, how Covid is impacting everyones hobby but also really focuses around the current Tablewar Charities Auction which is taking place now! Be sure to go check it out. It's for a great cause and there are some fantastic prizes. The auction and drawings all end on May 10th! We hope you enjoy this episode! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction and Discussion Relevant Links: https://www.tablewar.com/Charity Adepticon CK Studios

Episode 213 is a shorter but special episode that really focuses around the current Tablewar Charities Auction which is taking place now! Be sure to go check it out. It's for a great cause and there are some fantastic prizes. However, Carl spends the majority of the episode catching up with friend of the show Colin Ward. We spend time talking about what each of us have been doing and how COVID has impacted the hobby cycle. We hope you enjoy this episode! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction and Discussion 0:45:00 - Tablewar Charities Details Relevant Links: https://www.tablewar.com/Charity Adepticon

Episode 212 of The Independent Characters is, as you know, incredibly late. We talk about that in the episode. Nothing to worry about folks, just general life and scheduling getting in the way. But the important thing is that it is now here! And boy is it! We have a show that clocks in at over three hours of content for you as we tackle the Adeptus Custodes in our Show of Force: Talons of The Emperor episode! I want to thank Jody and Justin for joining us this episode. Their commitment to the show should not go unmentioned. We really hope you enjoy this episode and we are working to get back on some semblance of a schedule for you. One last thing - during the show we misspeak about the "Sworn Guardians" rule for Adeptus Custodes. In the show we state that a unit with this ability controls an objective even if outnumbered. However, what we didn't read was the second part of the rule which states that if a unit has a similar rule (Objective Secured really), then "the objective marker is controlled by the player who has the most models within range of it as normal." Sorry for any confusion we may have caused! We hope you enjoy this episode! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:12:00 - Hobby Progress 1:07:55 - Show of Force: Talons of The Emperor Part 1 2:07:45 - Show of Force: Talons of The Emperor Part 2 3:09:45 - Final Thoughts and Show Closing Relevant Links: The ICs Patreon Tablewar! - SPONSOR Miniwargaming.com - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library https://www.tablewarcharities.org Adepticon Monument Hobbies Z-Axis Hobbies

Episode 211 of The Independent Characters brings special guest star Caleb Wissenback into the studio to talk with Justin about how to be efficient in your painting setup. Whether you have a small place with no permenant station, or all the room in the world to build a fully fledged art studio, these two will walk you through some tips and ideas on how to get over your painting speed bumps! We then spend a little time discussing how to get to the table and playing faster. We swear to you this segment was NOT brought to you by Tablewar, regardless of how many times you hear us talk about that product! One more thing - we mentioned trays and bases that you can print yourself and put into your Tablewar cases, but couldn't recall at the time the name of the company responsible. It was Z-Axis Hobbies. Apologies to them. They make an awesome product! We hope you enjoy this episode! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:18:30 - Hobby Progress 1:03:30 - Preparing for Battle - Part 1 2:14:30 - Preparing for Battle - Part 2 2:55:30 - Final Thoughts and Show Closing Relevant Links: The ICs Patreon Tablewar! - SPONSOR Miniwargaming.com - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library https://www.tablewarcharities.org Adepticon Monument Hobbies Studio X Kickstarter Z-Axis Hobbies Cult of Paint

Episode 210 of The Independent Characters returns, once again, to our series on Champions of 40k. This time we are looking at characters of the any Chaos factions for Champions of 40k: The Powers of Chaos2! Joining us this go-around is Jody and Justin. As usual we start off with a bit of hobby progress, some discussions about the fires impacting California at this time, and then we move into the main topic! We hope you enjoy the show! Time Stamps: 00:00:00 - Show Intro, Host Introduction, and Elite Choice 00:10:25 - Hobby Progress and Games Played 01:07:00 - The Powers of Chaos 2 - Part 1 02:14:00 - The Powers of Chaos 2 - Part 2 03:23:00 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: The ICs Patreon - Join us! Tablewar! - SPONSOR Tablewar Charities - SPONSOR Herrick Games and Hobbies - SPONSOR CK Studios - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library Tabletop Minions Luke APS Basing Black Magic Craft 40k Badcast

Episode 209 of The Independent Characters returns to our series on Champions of 40k. This time we are looking at characters of the any Xenos race for Champions of 40k: Enigmas of the Xenos 2! Jody bowed out of joining us this go around as this format with 4 guests would tend to run a little long (I agree with him). But he should be back for episode 210. First we go through a bit of hobby progress, where you hear all about why the Astronomicon has gone dark, and then we move into the main topic! We hope you enjoy the show! Time Stamps: 00:00:00 - Show Intro, Host Introduction, and Elite Choice 00:10:30 - Hobby Progress and Games Played 00:56:55 - Enigmas of the Xenos 2 - Part 1 01:57:15 - Enigmas of the Xenos 2 - Part 2 02:40:50 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: The ICs Patreon - Join us! Tablewar! - SPONSOR Tablewar Charities - SPONSOR Miniwargaming.com - SPONSOR CK Studios - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library Gator Foam Core Board Monument Hobbies Herrick Games and Hobbies Wargame Model Mods

Episode 208 of The Independent Characters returns to one of our favorite series... the last time we did this was January of 2019. In the 41st Millennium there are those who stand out among all others. Shining beacons of light or blackened embers of darkness. In this new series entitled 'Champions of 40k', The Independent Characters take an in depth view of several of their favorite heroes in the game. In this episode we return to explore the lore around each of them and what makes them qualified to be counted among the greatest of their kind. And in true ICs fashion, we go deeper. We look at how their model represents them, how they function on the table as well as how they compare to their fiction! This round sees us return to explore several 'Heroes of The Imperium'. We will pick our favorites and dive into how they have helped to turn back the tide of Chaos and Xenos alike. Although it turned out Jody could not join us for this episode, we do have Justin and Adan on board. We hope you enjoy our return to this series as much as we are excited to bring it to you! Time Stamps: 00:00:00 - Show Intro, Host Introduction, and Elite Choice 00:11:15 - Hobby Progress and Games Played 00:54:50 - Heroes of The Imperium 2 - Part 1 01:38:45 - Heroes of The Imperium 2 - Part 2 02:19:30 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: The ICs Patreon - Join us! Tablewar! - SPONSOR Tablewar Charities - SPONSOR Miniwargaming.com - SPONSOR CK Studios - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library

Episode 207 of The Independent Characters has us taking a look at the Rogue Trader RPG released by Fantasy Flight Games in 2009. We are joined by Josh, Jody, and Adan as we discuss the Rogue Trader RPG. We take a look at the mechanics and flavor of the game and discuss the advantages and weaknesses of it. We played through a scenario of it prior to recording and have some interesting thoughts and feedback about it. While the game is no longer being published, you can still purchase the PDF versions of it from DriveThru RPG, and it is still a valid game with a ton of potential. We hope you enjoy the show! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:09:10 - Hobby Progress 0:47:45 - Rogue Trader RPG - Part 1 1:46:50 - Rogue Trader RPG - Part 2 2:03:40 - Final Thoughts and Show Closing Relevant Links: The ICs Patreon Tablewar! - SPONSOR Miniwargaming.com - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library https://www.tablewarcharities.org Adepticon Drive Thru RPG Rogue Trader Files

Episode 206 of The Independent Characters takes a look at how the hobby is getting older, what the drawbacks and benefits to that are, what we as a community can do to bring new life to it, and how Games Workshop may be approaching an aging player base. A couple of notes however: We obviously had to record remotely, which isn't ever my first choice, but we made the best of it. Once the Shelter In Place orders are lifted, we will go back to recording in the studio while observing safety precautions. I really want to thank our Special Guest - Dave Taylor for joining us in a lengthy discussion on this topic. We meant no offence inviting him to join us on the "old guys episode"! Also do NOT forget you can use the coupon "ICMay2020" with your Tablewar purchases of FatMats, MacroMats, and GeoMats all throughout the month of May for an additional 10% off your purchase! These guys have been incredibly generous to the community over the years and as small businesses are hurting right now, go over there, take advantage of the coupon code and order something for yourself or a friend if you can do so! Time Stamps: 00:00:00 - Show Intro, Host Introduction, and Elite Choice 00:09:40 - Hobby Progress and Games Played 00:35:45 - The Greying of Warhammer 40k - Part 1 01:32:35 - The Greying of Warhammer 40k - Part 2 02:07:35 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: The ICs Patreon - Join us! Tablewar! - SPONSOR Tablewar Charities - SPONSOR Miniwargaming.com - SPONSOR CK Studios - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library

Episode 205 of The Independent Characters brings you something familiar, but at the same time, totally new. Welcome to the Community Warrior Lodge! In our continuing effort to make people feel like they are a part of our gaming group, we have invited three special guests from our Patreon group to participate in a Warrior Lodge Episode. You will get to meet Liz, Dave and Rob. Three of our most active and engaged community members! As mentioned in our last episode - we are recording all of this remotely as everyone is observing shelter in place rules. But I think we have some great topics for discussion for you. We hope you enjoy the show! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:15:00 - Hobby Progress 0:56:30 - Community Warrior Lodge - Part 1 1:47:00 - Community Warrior Lodge - Part 2 2:18:30 - Final Thoughts and Show Closing Relevant Links: The ICs Patreon Tablewar! - SPONSOR Miniwargaming.com - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library https://www.tablewarcharities.org Adepticon

Episode 204 of The Independent Characters is as late as we have ever been with a show. The current situation around the world has impacted us here as well (as you will hear on the show), but we finally were able to work out a time to record. A couple of notes however: We obviously had to record remotely, which isn't ever my first choice, but we made the best of it. Additionally, we had to pivot away from our initial topic to a Warrior Lodge for this go around. Without the ability to be with each other in person, we miss out on some of the sharing factor of the previous topic. That's ok though, we will bring it back when things return to a stable state. That being said, I think we have some solid discussion here with Carl, Jody, Justin, and Josh (The three Js!). We hope you enjoy the show and we fully expect to be back on schedule soon, and in fact we have some new ideas we think you are going to enjoy. Time Stamps: 00:00:00 - Show Intro, Host Introduction, and Elite Choice 00:10:50 - Hobby Progress and Games Played 00:41:20 - Warrior Lodge: Part 1 01:07:20 - Warrior Lodge: Part 1 01:40:20 - CK Studios Interview 02:25:10 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: The ICs Patreon - Join us! Tablewar! - SPONSOR Tablewar Charities - SPONSOR Miniwargaming.com - SPONSOR CK Studios - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library Jeremy Woods YouTube Channel

Episode 203 of The Independent Characters tackles the subject of Necromunda Campaigns and their various iterations. Now that Josh, our Specialist games Correspondent has returned from his illness, we take a deep dive into this topic. Additionally, we couldn't address this topic without pulling in a couple of experts. Namely Dan and Campbell from the 40k Badcast. They join us for a thirty minute interview about why Necromunda Campaigns are so exciting. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we enjoyed recording it. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:15:00 - Hobby Progress 1:14:00 - Necromunda Campaigns - Part 1 2:18:00 - Interview with The 40k Badcast 2:50:00 - Necromunda Campaigns - Part 2 3:28:00 - Final Thoughts and Show Closing Relevant Links: The ICs Patreon Tablewar! - SPONSOR Miniwargaming.com - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library https://www.tablewarcharities.org Adepticon

As Josh, our Specialist Games correspondent is still out sick, we felt we couldn't delay any longer. So we bring you a bit different episode of The Independent Characters. Jody and Carl pivot to discuss The Challenge from Episode 202 and discuss the lore behind each of their creations and how they would interpret their play on the Tabletop. It's a bit short for an episode of The Independent Characters - but still comes in at about an hour and a half of fun discussion. Our intention is to get Episode 203 out hopefully before Adepticon. It's a fun episode, and we hope you enjoy it! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:11:00 - Hobby Progress 0:43:00 - Heroes of The Challenge 1:16:00 - Final Thoughts and Show Closing Relevant Links: The ICs Patreon Miniwargaming.com - SPONSOR Tablewar! - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library https://www.tablewarcharities.org The Narrative Guys FB Page

Episode 202 of The Independent Characters takes a look at Extreme Narrative Gaming! We take a deep delve into how we define Narrative Gaming, and why we think it is the best way to play Warhammer 40k. We have a discussion with the Narrative Guys, and then go into how you can get into Narrative Gaming, how to develop ideas, and finally we let our imaginations run a little wild with ideas for taking these things to the next level. Event though Justin was unable to join us as planned, it's a fun episode, and we hope you enjoy it! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:10:00 - Hobby Progress 1:06:00 - Extreme Narrative Gaming - Part 1 2:21:25 - Interview with The Narrative Guys 2:55:00 - Extreme Narrative Gaming - Part 2 3:36:40 - Final Thoughts and Show Closing Relevant Links: The ICs Patreon Miniwargaming.com - SPONSOR Tablewar! - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library https://www.tablewarcharities.org The Narrative Guys FB Page

Episode 201 of The Independent Characters contains our coverage of the latest version of Apocalypse! The latest iteration of Apocalypse is something both unlike we have seen before AND familiar to long time players of Games Workshop games. Jody and Carl talk about playing through the game, some of the changes and challenges, as well as what their final take on it all is. A solid two hours and twenty minutes of content all about the most beloved... or hated... way to play a game of Warhammer 40k! So sit back and get some hobby progress done while you enjoy the show. Time Stamps: 00:00:00 - Show Intro, Host Introduction, and Elite Choice 00:07:15 - Hobby Progress and Games Played 00:45:00 - Surviving The Apocalypse: Part 1 01:19:40 - Surviving The Apocalypse: Part 2 02:15:10 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: The ICs Patreon - Join us! Tablewar! - SPONSOR Tablewar Charities - SPONSOR Miniwargaming.com - SPONSOR CK Studios - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library Goobertown Hobbies

We have finally reached our 200th episode (although somewhat late), and that means it is time to take stock of where we came from, what has changed, and where we are going. We have spent nearly 10 years (April will be 10!) looking at this hobby and at times have planted our stake in the ground and made either predictions, or taken stances. We will see how many of those have held up over the years. Where appropriate, we will provide some updates on some things that have changed. We will also discuss some of our favorite episodes and why they are still relevant. Additionally, we will take a look at where we are going from here. It's a fun episode, and we hope you enjoy it! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:10:40 - Hobby Progress 1:19:20 - Retrospective - Part 1 2:24:50 - Retrospective - Part 2 3:31:20 - Final Thoughts and Show Closing Relevant Links: The ICs Patreon Miniwargaming.com - SPONSOR Tablewar! - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library https://www.tablewarcharities.org Victoria Miniatures Australia Bushfire Fundraiser

Episode 199 of The Independent Characters is our year in review episode. Now we talked about this before, but with so many shows out there going over everything that released last year, we felt like a change was in order. We were the first show to take that route and quite honestly we were feeling like it was a bit stale anyway. This year we do something different. We speak with most of the members of our gaming group, local friends, and others to get their insight on what were the highlights, lowlights, and thoughts on plans for the future of Games Workshop. Probably our longest, and last episode of the year - this one clocks in at around four whopping hours! So sit back and get some hobby progress done while we fill your ears with our final thoughts of 2019. Happy New Year to all! May it be better for you than the last year, and may all your hobby dreams (as well as others we suppose) come true! Time Stamps: 00:00:00 - Show Intro, Host Introduction, and Elite Choice 00:09:40 - Hobby Progress and Games Played 00:46:50 - Year in Review with Jody & Carl 01:15:35 - Year in Review with Josh 01:36:30 - Year in Review with Adan 01:55:30 - Year in Review with Austin 02:20:40 - Year in Review with Brian 02:41:10 - Year in Review with Aaron, Thom, & Steve 03:06:35 - Year in Review with Matt 03:28:15 - Year in Review with Colin 04:01:15 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: The ICs Patreon - Join us! Tablewar! - SPONSOR Tablewar Charities - SPONSOR Miniwargaming.com - SPONSOR CK Studios - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library Splintermind Podcast Lords and Heroes Podcast Legalized Mischief Productions

Episode 198 of The Independent Characters is a return to an Extended Warrior Lodge! Unfortunately, Discord was having some issues with Google today and people could not log into Discord servers around the world. This prevented us from pulling in any live listeners during our live Twitch broadcast unfortunately. That's ok though, we WILL do this again! Carl is joined by Justin, Jody, and Josh... the three J's all wearing different name tags just to mess things up further! We have some great discussion and a ton of fun recording. I think it comes through. It's a fantastic episode, and we hope you enjoy it! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:19:30 - Hobby Progress 1:03:40 - Warrior Lodge - Part 1 (Cont.) 1:26:45 - Warrior Lodge - Part 2 2:27:45 - Final Thoughts and Show Closing Relevant Links: The ICs Patreon Miniwargaming.com - SPONSOR Tablewar! - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library Tablewar Charities

Episode 197 of The Independent Characters present you with a new Show of Force episode! This time we double stack it and take a look at both the Imperial and Chaos Knights in an episode we like to call Show of Force: Engines of Faith and Ruin. We're sorry, but we thought you said you LIKED long episodes... so this one clocks in at nearly four hours in length! Not only that, we have the return (some would say long overdue) of Justin to the show. After all of that great content, we have an interview with Kat and Caleb of CK Studios, talking about their experience teaching airbrushing at Warhammer World and what they have coming up for 2020. So sit back and get some hobby progress done while we talk all about Knights in 40k. Time Stamps: 00:00:00 - Show Intro, Host Introduction, and Elite Choice 00:09:40 - Hobby Progress and Games Played 00:55:20 - Show of Force: Engines of Faith and Ruin (Part 1) 02:24:30 - Show of Force: Engines of Faith and Ruin (Part 2) 03:09:30 - Interview with CK Studios 03:43:30 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: The ICs Patreon - Join us! Tablewar! - SPONSOR Tablewar Charities - SPONSOR Miniwargaming.com - SPONSOR CK Studios - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library

Episode 196 of The Independent Characters takes a close look at what happens when you have to move. How do you take your hobby with you? How do you ensure that everything transports safely? And how do you join a gaming group or form one once you arrive? We have our usual Hobby Progress section followed by a solid two hours of discussion around moving with your hobby. Then we launch into an interview with Todd from Tablewar, who is talking about the new Tablewar Charities foundation. We hope you enjoy the show as much as we enjoyed recording it! Time Stamps: 00:00:00 - Show Intro, Host Introduction, and Elite Choice 00:15:00 - Hobby Progress and Games Played 01:05:00 - Moving With Your 40k (Part 1) 01:49:00 - Moving With Your 40k (Part 2) 02:38:30 - Interview with Todd from Tablewar 03:00:20 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: The ICs Patreon - Join us! Tablewar! - SPONSOR Tablewar Charities - SPONSOR Miniwargaming.com - SPONSOR CK Studios - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library Tabletop Minions Baking Soda Bases Black Magic Craft

Episode 195 of The Independent Characters is back and to celebrate we have three guest hosts! Adan comes into town and joins, Josh and Jody to discuss Kill Team. We take a close look at where it came from, how it has evolved, and where it is going! At least where we HOPE it is going. We return with a lengthy hobby progress section, then launch right into our exciting coverage of Kill Team! We hope you enjoy the show as much as we enjoyed recording it! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro, Host Introduction, and Elite Choice 8:28:00 - Hobby Progress and Games Played 1:11:50 - Kill Team: Evolution (Part 1) 1:58:00 - Kill Team: Evolution (Part 2) 2:53:00 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: The ICs Patreon - Join us! Tablewar! - SPONSOR Miniwargaming.com - SPONSOR CK Studios - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library Command Roster GW Kill Team Editable PDF Coin Protectors (with case!)

Episode 194 of The Independent Characters is a bit of a train wreck. We aren't going to lie. When Carl was going to be doing so much traveling in September, we expected that he would be able to fit in a couple of interviews. Justin Hill, Aaron Dembski-Bowden, John French, maybe even Robin Cruddace. However, delayed flights, jetlag, expired Drivers licenses... all kinds of things conspired against him to toss those plans right out the window. In the end we wound up with a great interview (with mediocre sound quality in Bugman's Bar) with Justin Hill and then an extensive Hobby Progress and rambling intro section with Jody and Carl. This is NOT our strongest showing, but we do think it IS a fun episode. It's just not particularly well structured. Our next episode will have us back on track and back on schedule. No more traveling and just a lot of gaming. But until then we hope this episode tides you over and you enjoy it as much as we did recording it! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro, Host Introduction, and Elite Choice 0:38:50 - Hobby Progress and Games Played 1:34:50 - Show and Tell: Tactica Imperialis 1:51:45 - Interview with Black Library's Justin Hill 2:23:20 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: The ICs Patreon - Join us! Tablewar! - SPONSOR Miniwargaming.com - SPONSOR CK Studios - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library

Episode 193 of The Independent Characters arrives delayed by about two days since Carl had to deal with majore work issues all weekend. This episode we are discussing how to get some extra life out of all of your old hobby publications. Be they old campaign materials, old codexes, old mission books, or just old anything - we discuss ideas for how you can look at these things at the changing of an edition and still make them useful in your gaming experience! This episode again comes in at about two and a half hours. We know folks like the longer ones and we have some things coming up which are going to fill your time at great length. But this is a solid two hours of content and discussion... and it will also be of value to how long you get to use all that old stuff you bought. Carl and Justin are heading off to the NOVA Open after this and the month of September is incredibly busy with travel and other activities, but we will fit in new episodes where we can. Expect a lot of interviews with people in the industry and some other surprises coming up. We hope you enjoy! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro, Host Introduction, and Elite Choice 0:13:30 - Hobby Progress and Games Played 0:46:30 - The Warrior Lodge - LIVE!: Part 1 1:42:00 - The Warrior Lodge - LIVE!: Part 2 2:11:45 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: The ICs Patreon - Join us! Tablewar! - SPONSOR Miniwargaming.com - SPONSOR CK Studios - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library

Episode 192 of The Independent Characters where we run our second ever Warrior Lodge LIVE Episode! For those worried that Justin and Adan had been fired, you can put those rumors to rest as Adan flies into the area to record and Justin finally DOESN'T have to fly somewhere to teach airbrush classes! The episode comes in at a much more reasonable two and a half hours - but it's a solid two and half hours featuring some guest callers from our Patreon as well! We hope you enjoy! (Edit) I realize I neglected to edit out the portion where we drop network connectivity for live viewers. By the time I realized this it would have required pulling back the episode and just wasn't worth it. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro, Host Introduction, and Hobby Progress 1:06:45 - The Warrior Lodge - LIVE!: Part 1 1:56:30 - The Warrior Lodge - LIVE!: Part 2 2:25:00 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: The ICs Patreon - Join us! Tablewar! - SPONSOR CK Studios - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library Scharff Brushes Justin referred to

Episode 191 of The Independent Characters has us doing a deep dive into the ideas, fiction, fact, and fantasy that spawned the lore of Warhammer 40,000. If you hate long episodes, this one might not be for you as it is over 4 hours of content. But that's what the timestamps below are for! We include our usual Hobby Progress section and then we leap into an interview with none other than Miniwargaming Dave (or Chaos Dave as some call him!). We discuss some exciting things he has done lately and the new Mini Wargaming Bunker you can visit! Then we leap into the main topic of the show for about an hour and a half of solid conversation. This is followed up by an interview with Kat and Caleb from CK Studios where we discuss the entry for the NOVA Open Charity Foundation. An amazing Warlord Titan assembled and painted by some of the best in the industry. Find out how it can be yours! You may also notice fewer advertisements this episode. Thanks to our Patreon we are dropping most advertisers with two exceptions as we move forward. Tablewar and soon, Miniwargaming. We hope you enjoy the show. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:09:40 - Hobby Progress 1:13:30 - Interview with Chaos Dave 1:52:30 - Foundations of 40k - Part 1 (Cont.) 2:58:00 - Foundations of 40k - Part 2 3:35:30 - Interview with CK Studios 4:02:00 - Final Thoughts and Show Closing Relevant Links: The ICs Patreon Miniwargaming.com - SPONSOR Tablewar! - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library Josh's Contrast Paint Video NOVA Open Raffle Warlayer Kickstarter Splintermind Podcast Episode with Jody

Episode 190 of The Independent Characters has a return to our Show of Force series - and this time it's all about The Insidious Curse... We take a deep dive into the horror that is The Genestealer Cults! To help us out with this, we have brought in our resident Genestealer Cult player, new guest host, new member to our gaming group, AND new 40k Player (since January!), Matt Bruner! He is a long time friend of Jodys and we think you will love him as much as we do! We kick off the show getting to know Matt, then launch into a lengthy hobby progress and games played section with Jody talking a little bit about his experience at the Boise GT. You can hear even more about that on the Splintermind Podcast (link below). Then it's time to launch into our coverage of The Genestealer Cults. What an amazing army this is! While the concept isn't new, the army IS, and you will hear all about it here. Finally we have a short interview with Facebook Group fan-favorite Jeremy Wood. If you aren't a member of the group, you are really missing out on some incredibly work Jeremy does with his dioramas. Then it's time to say goodbye as we close out another episode. We hope you enjoy it. We couldn't figure out why it was taking so long to record... until I put it together and it is nearly four hours of content! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:16:30 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 1:22:10 - Show of Force - The Insidious Curse: Part 1 2:42:50 - Show of Force - The Insidious Curse: Part 2 3:37:10 - Interview with Jeremy Wood 3:52:10 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: KR Multicase - SPONSOR Tablewar! - SPONSOR Wargamma - SPONSOR CK Studios - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library Objective Secured Events and Podcast Splintermind Podcast Creature Caster

Episode 189 of The Independent Characters sees us diving headfirst into the incredible game that is Adeptus Titanicus! We include our usual Hobby Progress section and then spend the rest of the evening doing our best to tempt Jody into joining Josh, Carl, Austin (both of them), Thom and a couple others of our group to investing in and playing Adeptus Titanicus. And to help Josh and I convince him we brought out the big guns! Specifically, we invited game designer James Hewitt for an interview. If you don't know what James has worked on here are a couple of tastes: Age of Sigmar, Silver Tower, Blitzbowl, and of course Adeptus Titanicus. We think you will love this interview! We really hope you enjoy listening to the show as much as we enjoyed recording it! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction and Hobby Progress 0:57:15 - Adeptus Titanicus - Part 1 1:41:00 - Interview with James Hewitt 2:12:00 - Adeptus Titanicus - Part 1 (Cont.) 2:32:45 - Adeptus Titanicus - Part 2 3:17:00 - Final Thoughts and Show Closing Relevant Links: The ICs Patreon KR Multicase - SPONSOR Tablewar! - SPONSOR Wargamma - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library The Terrain Essentials Kickstarter

Episode 188 of The Independent Characters is our very first LIVE show! And this time around it is an episode of The Warrior Lodge! Our new equipment (thanks to our Patrons) has allowed us to make you a part of our gaming group more than ever before. This time around we are able to have a few luckly listeners join us to give their points of view on some of the topics we discuss. This won't be the last time we do something like this, so we hope you become just as excited about it as we are! We tackle quite a few topics and struggle our way through some new technology, but overall I think we are very pleased with how the entire thing came together. We hope you agree. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:13:40 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 1:00:00 - The Warrior Lodge - Live!: Part 1 1:35:00 - The Warrior Lodge - Live!: Part 2 2:31:00 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: KR Multicase - SPONSOR Tablewar! - SPONSOR Wargamma - SPONSOR CK Studios - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library Objective Secured Events and Podcast Live Twitch Stream of Ep188

Episode 187 of The Independent Characters contains brings us nearly to the end of our Heroes of 40k series with the Enigmas of the Xenos! We include our usual Hobby Progress (or lack thereof) section and then jump right into our main topic of the show. This is the first episode recorded on our new equipment. I'm still dialing in a few things but I think you will already find the audio quality improvements significant! We really hope you enjoy what we have prepared for you. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:08:15 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 0:50:30 - Enigmas of the Xenos Part 1 2:05:00 - Enigmas of the Xenos Part 2 3:10:00 - Final Thoughts and Show Closing Relevant Links: The ICs Patreon KR Multicase - SPONSOR Tablewar! - SPONSOR Wargamma - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library The Terrain Essentials Kickstarter

Episode 186 of The Independent Characters is a deep dive into the Cities of Death rules. These can be found in the narrative section of Chapter Approved 2018 as well as a slightly expanded version in the rule book for the Urban Conquest campaign set. This episode clocks in at a more reasonable two and a half hours. Which is a nice change for us from the marathon recordings we've been doing lately. Justin and Adan are back and we discuss what has been going on lately with about forty minutes of 'Hobby Progress'. Carl also spends a little time describing The Somnium Stars Campaign which is launching for Legendary Level Patreon members in June! Then we launch into the main topic - Exploring the Cities of Death. We will tell you why this is the best way to play Warhammer 40,000 ever! (Well maybe). We really hope you enjoy the program! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:10:30 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 1:00:00 - Cities of Death - Part 1 1:41:30 - Cities of Death - Part 2 2:12:30 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: The ICs Patreon The Black Library Tablewar! - SPONSOR KR Multicase - SPONSOR Wargamma - SPONSOR CK Studios - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library

Episode 185 of The Independent Characters contains about four solid hours of great content for you! After a lengthy Hobby Progress and Games Played Segment - we dive into our Champions of Warhammer 40,000. This time we explore some of the Powers of Chaos! When we are all done with that amazing topic, we have a discussion with Dave and Mel about their Kickstarter for Terrain Essentials, followed up by an interview with Dan and Campbell of the 40k Badcast Podcast! We love these two guys and I think you will too! We really hope you enjoy what we have prepared for you. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:24:30 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 1:17:50 - Champions of Chaos Part 1 2:30:00 - Champions of Chaos Part 2 3:30:00 - Interview with Dave and Mel - Terrain Essentials 3:48:45 - Interview with the 40k Badcast 4:04:00 - Final Thoughts and Show Closing Relevant Links: The ICs Patreon KR Multicase - SPONSOR Tablewar! - SPONSOR Wargamma - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library The Terrain Essentials Kickstarter The 40k Badcast

Episode 184 of The Independent Characters brings back The Warrior Lodge! This is a moderated discussion around topics that are top of mind in the community, our Facebook Group, or just things we generally want to discuss! This episode has Carl joined by Jody, Lars, and Austin… along with a special piped in guest host, Skari from The Skaredcast! Not only that we have a great interview with Dave Taylor speaking about Armies & Legions & Hordes, his book which was originally available through Kickstarter but is now available direct, and his new upcoming Terrain Book! You will NOT want to miss out on that Kickstarter! Stick with us as it's a great episode. We hope you enjoy this new series as much as we are excited to bring it to you! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:06:50 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 1:05:00 - The Warrior Lodge - Part 1 2:15:40 - The Warrior Lodge - Part 2 3:04:00 - Interview with Dave Taylor 3:23:50 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: The ICs Patreon Camp Fire Relief for Gamers KR Multicase - SPONSOR Tablewar! - SPONSOR Wargamma - SPONSOR CK Studios - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library The SkaredCast YouTube Channel Armies & Legions & Hordes by Dave Taylor

Episode 183 of The Independent Characters contains a massive four and a half hours of content for you. Now we wouldn't normally put out an episode this long, but with the loss of the Astronomicon computer, and the replacement, and scheduling... it had been over a month since we recorded. So you try to think of it as two episodes that are each two hours and twenty minutes long. If that wasn't excitement enough for you - this episode is all about The Death Guard! It's our Show of Force: Heralds of Decay! We go into great depth about the army and the impact it has had on the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Not only that - we have an interview with Black Library author, Chris Wraight about his novel "Lords of Silence" and the outlook of the Death Guard in general! Then, just when you think the torture is done, we have a great interview with Mike and Emma Basc! Two of the Warhammer Heroes Awards winners. We discuss what they have done to help revitalize the 40k scene in Perth Australia, their Objective Secured Podcast, and a bit about events they are running in the Perth area! Our next episode should be coming out just before Adepticon. We promise to try to make it on time this go around. But until then - we hope this keeps you busy! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:07:30 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 1:18:00 - Show of Force: Death Guard - Part 1 2:25:00 - Show of Force: Death Guard - Part 2 3:11:00 - Interview with Black Library Author Chris Wraight 3:37:00 - Show of Force: Death Guard - Part 2 (continued) 4:04:00 - Interview with Mike and Emma Basc 4:37:00 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: Camp Fire Relief for Gamers KR Multicase - SPONSOR Tablewar! - SPONSOR Wargamma - SPONSOR CK Studios - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library The Lords of Silence by Chris Wraight Objective Secured Events and Podcast Fallout Hobbies Stencils Custom Stencils US Direct Download:

Episode 182 of The Independent Characters brings you a new series we are launching… In the 41st Millennium there are those who stand out among all others. Shining beacons of light or blackened embers of darkness. In this new series entitled 'Champions of 40k', The Independent Characters take an in depth view of several of their favorite heroes in the game. In this episode we explore the lore around each of them and what makes them qualified to be counted among the greatest of their kind. And in true ICs fashion, we go deeper. We look at how their model represents them, how they function on the table as well as how they compare to their fiction! This first episode will explore several 'Heroes of The Imperium'. We will pick our favorites and dive into how they have helped to turn back the tide of Chaos and Xenos alike. After all of that, we have an interview with Teras of Geek Nation Tours, who describes some amazing new tours they have set up for the miniature gamer, role-playing gamer, and general geek enthusiast! Stick with us as it's a great episode. We hope you enjoy this new series as much as we are excited to bring it to you! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:04:35 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 1:16:05 - Heroes of The Imperium - Part 1 2:11:15 - Heroes of The Imperium - Part 2 3:09:15 - Interview with Teras from GNT 3:35:50 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: Camp Fire Relief for Gamers KR Multicase - SPONSOR Tablewar! - SPONSOR Wargamma - SPONSOR CK Studios - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library Geek Nation Tours

Episode 181 of The Independent Characters brings you our 2018 wrap-up episode. Let me just first say that if you do not like our Hobby Progress segments, we apologize, because this one is extra long, coming in at nearly an hour and a half as we talk about our 2018 commitments, where we succeeded or failed, and then make new ones for 2019. There is also quite a bit that was accomplished over the holiday break by everyone and we go into detail about all those... including a few tangents here and there. Then we launch into the 2018 Warhammer 40k review! We go over every release from Games Workshop, Black Library, and Forge World, with a sprinkling of 3rd party releases thrown in here and there. We love these episodes because it really boils down to our opinions on a lot of things here. We hope you enjoy the episode as well! PS - Yes we also realize that at the very end we forgot to mention the Primaris version of Marneus, his guards and the new Black Legion Commander... Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:07:50 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 1:34:20 - 2018 Year in Review - Part 1 2:25:15 - 2018 Year in Review - Part 2 3:07:00 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: Camp Fire Relief for Gamers Tablewar! - SPONSOR KR Multicase - SPONSOR Wargamma - SPONSOR CK Studios - SPONSOR Crystal Fortress - SPONSOR Camp Fire Relief for Gamers Info - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library Direct Download:

Episode 180 of The Independent Characters comes right on the heels of Episode 179 and is set to destroy your ears with four hours of Warhammer 40,000 enjoyment! First we have an in-depth Hobby Progress section with lots of fantastic tangents! Then the fun really starts with our Show of Force covering The Thousand Sons. You knew Carl could talk a lot, but you didn't know he talks even more when it is his favorite subject! We don't know if you will want to play a Thousand Sons army after listening to this episode, but we are CERTAIN you will consider it time well spent. We hope you enjoy. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:03:30 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 1:19:45 - Show of Force: Thousand Sons - Part 1 2:34:30 - Show of Force: Thousand Sons - Part 2 3:53:30 - Final Thoughts and show closing 2:03:45 - Jason Mullins Hobby Progress... Relevant Links: Camp Fire Relief for Gamers Tablewar! - SPONSOR KR Multicase - SPONSOR Wargamma - SPONSOR CK Studios - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library

Episode 179 of The Independent Characters brings you a somewhat silly episode. We were lucky enough to have three very special guests. Jason Mullins from the Sons of Heresy Podcast, Adam Fasoldt (Loopy) from the Masters of The Forge Podcast, and Robo Ed from Life After the Cover save! Since Carl had all three of these individuals at his house, he felt it would be a travesty not to record an episode with them! So here you go. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll kiss three buck goodbye! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:07:50 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 0:41:35 - Clash of The Titans - Part 1 1:15:45 - Clash of The Titans - Part 2 1:56:55 - Final Thoughts and show closing 2:03:45 - Jason Mullins Hobby Progress... Relevant Links: Camp Fire Relief for Gamers KR Multicase - SPONSOR Tablewar! - SPONSOR Wargamma - SPONSOR CK Studios - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library