The shouldaboosted's Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Shoulda Boosted is a Warmachine podcast focused on Western Canada, and specifically Alberta, hosted by Mark Ewanec and Brian Sinn
Some of you may not agree, but the MK3 version of Warmachine IS BETTER than the MK2 version was. Video brought to you by Darrell Duncan.
What is my take on the current state of Warmachine and Privateer Press (asked by Nick West)
New Content Overlord, Alec Luta, wants to know when hills will come back, so we talk about what they were, why they were removed, and how they could come back.
My predictions of what a Mk4 and new starter sets would look like (as suggested by Oros Wu)
Overlord Dorian joins me to talk about where we are at after all the Hengehold twitter fluff, and where we might be going.
What it means to be tilted, and what to do if you or your opponent gets tilted in Warmachine. Topic brought to you by Overlord Darrell Duncan.
I have issues with some of the things Warjax Gaming Club has said... although they are still awesome and you should subscribe to them! Their channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCszbkHeZdfS4TZR0MmsRI2g
Should Convergence have character warjacks? We all at it from the perspective of the Warmachine rules, the fluff, and what the players want.
Brawler Bios is a Warmachine podcast centered around evaluating and grading the casters in a Brawlmachine setting. In this episode Brian (Malorian) covers Bloody Barnabas in terms of a general review of the caster’s rules, a potential Brawlmachine list, then graded in terms of bring answers, asking questions, personal output, being used by new players, and being used by experienced players. Look forward to new Brawler Bios every 2 weeks.
Will of the 25 point version of Warmachine become more popular than the 25 point version? Is it already?...
Brian is joined my Ashlynn2 player Jordan and Deathchev player Stevie as they recount their games at the last event, and then talk about where Ashlynn2 and Deathchev fall in the new post update meta.
A response to Robbins Nest Studio on how to REALLY win Warmachine
His video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MueYDms1VI0
My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Malorian
My Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mrmalorian
Random Warmachine content: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MueYDms1VI0
Is spamming Tesselators with Caine3 legit jank or should it get the shank? Also, how do you get Convergence jacks on a Cygnar/Merc caster???
My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Malorian
My Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mrmalorian
Random Warmachine content: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg-gmtU1EEY
Brian is joined by Jordan to go over their games in the latest Brawlmachine event (Brian with an out of theme Caine2 list and Jordan with Syvestro), and then they talk about the value of Brawlmachine for the community and for the player.
Iain and Brian are joined by Jordan to talk about the first Steamroller in Alberta since the dark times, and cover their lists, their games, and how they see the Alberta meta going.
Iain and Brian chat about the Storm Division dynamic update and the Steamroller 2021 pack.
The sound is a bit muffled. The good news is that we will be able to record in person soon.
Brian is joined by local player Nick who is new to Warmachine and yet managed to get into the top tab of our latest Brawlmachine event. They talk about how Nick got into Warmachine, the challenges, how he prepared for the Brawlmachine event, and what he learned for next time.
Old man Brian yells and grumbles while Iain mocks him and eggs him on.
(We talk about the new Karchev/Deathjack model, and talk about it's power level, potential builds, then get into if we think it's good for the game, and how we would change it and how PP likely will fix it.)
Iain and Chris talk about their tactical maneuvers in the local 49 point Warmachine Steamroller, and Brian talks about how he ran models forward...
Iain and Brian are once more joined by Andrew to talk about their games in the 35 point Caster Swap event. Going over the games round by round, and also chatting about the format in general.
The whole team is back together to talk about the updates to Retribution, with Iain taking point on being our resident expert, Mark giving competitive insight, and Brian struggling to pronounce the names...
Iain and Brian are joined by Andrew McCorkill to talk about their games in the recent Brawlmachine league on Wartable, including the game summaries and their thoughts on the format and the tool.
Brian forces (the usually professionally scripted) contented creator juggernaut, Emanuel Class, out of his element with some unscripted questions, covering everything from under-valued casters, to the American voting system, to the future of Warmachine.
Catch more Emanuel at https://www.facebook.com/FOFCast
Iain and Brian review the newly spoiled Death and Defiled archons, and talk about their rules, their uses, and their models. Then do the only reasonable thing and argue about if they crack the top 3 archons or not ;)
Link Community Killer: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0X_MdkjiVo_ZoN3SGkSTew
Link to Malorian:
Link to Big Top Gaming: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ZkrECTkmUbrrpDX776lMA
Link to Servant of Nyrro: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtcWDdbRmOvkLjwAYN9V-tw
Iain and Malorian talk about Mercenaries, which recently dominated the VTC standings, and discuss what the problems are, what caused them, and how to fix them.
Shoulda Boosted page: https://www.facebook.com/ShouldaBoosted
Community Killer Page: https://www.facebook.com/TheCommunityKiller
Brian is joined by Chris Dancocks to talk about his experiences in the VTC (virtual WTC) as part of team Canada Beaver, and what we hope the future holds for it.
Mark and Brian drink and argue about if Brawlmachine is awesome or awful.
Our Facebook site: https://www.facebook.com/ShouldaBoosted
A Mk2 Legion player, a Mk3 Legion player, and a Community Killer get together to talk about the Legion CID in terms of the improvements to the old models.
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Crappy meme page: https://www.facebook.com/mrmalorian/
Mark and Brian review the new Malvin and Mayhem model, which then transitions into where they think PP is going with the game, and finally what they will announce in tomorrow's keynote.
Mark and Brian cover their last games in the tournament that's apparently NorCal, not SoCal, and then talk about how to best shave the pandemic rust off.
Mark and Brian talk about the SoCal Warmachine tournament on WarTable, and their thoughts on WarTable
Mark and Brian talk about the strengths and weaknesses of Infernals and what you need to do to beat them
Brian is joined by Iain, The Community Killer, to talk about how Canada and USA dealt with the cancellation of WTC differently, and then talk about Aurora2, the lists she could be good in, and where she will fall in the eventual meta.
Mark and Doug talk with Doug Hamilton, digital sculptor at Privateer Press, to talk about what it's like to work there, the best things, the worst things, the challenges us gamers don't understand, and what this new world of 3d printing means for the business.
Brian is joined by Tom Carter from Hobby Night in Canada for a talk about the current issues with Warmachine steamroller scenarios and use examples from other games to explore ways it could be improved
Mark and Brian are joined by Chris Dancocks to chat about how they got into tabletop gaming, what where the initial challenges and benefits, what it did for them long term, and what they would change if they could do it all over again.
Mark and Brian do a product review on Minicrate, covering everything from cost, to material quality, to shipping issues.
Iain and Brian talk about the rules for Gaspy4, the different ways you could play him, and then breakdown some specific lists.
Brian is joined by Tom (Luckgod) to debate which is the better Cygnar gunline caster: Sloan or Haley1.
Luckgod's FB page: https://www.facebook.com/WargamingwithLuckGod/
In Morrow's Name: https://www.facebook.com/In-Morrows-Name-108016910776195/
Brian is joined by Brant Cullen, and together they review and grade all of the Skorne warlocks. A guy who loves Skorne and a guy who hates Skorne, how could this go wrong?
Mark and Brian go through and grade all of the Infernal casters, both the masters and the traitors, and then we talk about all of the challenges the WTC is facing this year and how team members are going to have to make it work.
We have our first Discord guest, Roger Moris, come on to talk about his experience going to his first out of country convention. Warning, there is a big of an echo which we will strive to remove from future Discord recorded guests.
Brian sits down with Jordan Murphy to talk about how he did in the last Steamroller with his Khador, and primarily with his Vlad2 Doom Reaver list.
Mark and Brian give their hot takes on the new Warcaster game that we just got the first details on, and then talk about how to keep Warmachine wallet friendly
Mark is back from LVO and he talks about the Infernal lists he took, his games over the three days, and thoughts looking back on the tournament. Plus we realize our podcast is mathematically better than Line of Sight...
While Mark is busy at LVO, Kieren Trimbee joins Brian to talk about why he is enjoying Trolls, covers the recent tournament where he went undefeated, and then we chat about where Trolls are in the meta.
Mark and Brian talk about IF archons are broken, and if so how many points should they be, and are they bad for the game. Plus we talk about glitter herpes because of course we did...
Long time gamer Jordan Murphy shares his insights on how to be good at Warmachine and where Warmachine is sitting in terms of being a balanced and competitive game.
Mark, Brian, and Iain talk about why you might be in a slump and how to get out of it if you are a new, experienced, or top tier player.
Mark (Infernals) and Iain (Retribution) talk about their games at the last local Steamroller while Brian wishes he could have gone.
Mark and Brian talk about the post-oblivion conversions and how to make the 'best' WTC team
Iain McLeod joins us for our coverage of Attack X 2019. We cover our games from the Champions, Masters, and team event (while I lose my voice).
This week Mark can't make it but we are joined by David Sinn who won the last Alberta tournament with Crucible Guard.
In this episode we talk about what the post-Oblivion meta is looking like, and then talk about the Hermit and the conversions being made for it.
Aug 17th event can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/370045826425863/
We talk about Mark's adventures at Lock and Load and briefly about the new announcements made there.
July 27th Steamroller: https://www.facebook.com/events/2319948158262816/
In this episode Brian and Mark talk about what it takes to build a community from the ground up, and where we feel Alberta is now.
In this episode Mark and Brian talk about their games in the Alberta Classic and who won
Mark and Brian introduce themselves and what the podcast is all about, and then immediately jump into some controversy by calling who is going to win the 2019 Alberta Warmachine Invitational.
Alberta Classic is May 3-5: https://www.facebook.com/AlbertaClassicGC/