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That's why I have rattled on, from day one.

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In the last episode before we hit our venerable 200th, we're rolling through the realms with a short history of Warhammer Underworlds. We may even get a few things right. We bring in the whole crew and talk about the game that we've played for so long, where it's been and all the many twists and turns along the way.

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Oh, would that be the start of a long, violent history

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The latest warband has arrived for Warhammer Underworld's - Thyrielle's Zephyrites. Phil and Davy breeze on in to catch up on who's blowing into town. Will they rock us like a hurricane or just blow?

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Underworlds Underground Podcast

Path to Glory Podcast

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It's a long way to heaven, and a short way to hell

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Davy, and Skyler sit down with Jake from Tabletop Battles (formerly Goonhammer) and talk about ways to change things up and keep your games of Underworlds feeling new.

Skyler's Raging Bull deck

Skyler's Whack-a-Foe deck

Jake's Morgok Pop-a-Squat deck

Staggerers Challenge Decks

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And all the lines you wrote to me were lies

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Davy sits down with the Jonas and Thomas, stewards of the recent Copenhagen Grand Clash (with 38 attendees!). We talk about what made it successful and some ideas about how to build an event of your own.

Please note- there were some technical difficulties which means this one falls a little short of our usual dubious levels of audio excellence. But please enjoy the content nonetheless!

Imitation of Life miniatures (note- link is not yet up at time of publishing)

Val's community FAQ

Warhammer World Team Championships

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Copenhagen, what a wad of flavor

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Or close up the wall with our Wisconsin dead. Phil interviews our contingent of new fathers who took a break from child rearing to take a spin through Adepticon. Have a listen to their experience there during the annual pilgrimage to our nearest and dearest Grand Clash.

Pale King's award winning painting

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But Jesus, when it rains, how it pours

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Davy pulls in Madtown's resident mad scientist Jacob Wellner for a chat about The Exiled Dead. The dentist and his loyal horde of electro zombies present a truly different way to go about playing the game. The chat covers a deep dive into the warband itself and all the prospective pairings.

Wellner's Exiled Dead DS/WR deck

Agents of Sigmar talk about the meta

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And the dead start to walk in their masquerade

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Davy talks to Brandon who took the Cherokee Open down with Spiteclaw's Swarm. We use this as an opportunity to deep dive what may now be the premier Take and Hold warband. Listen to Brandon's take on the warband and his games with the revamped OG Skaven warband.

Brandon's deck

UniGeo Studio's first Underworlds batrep

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Cities aflame in the summertime

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Phil and Davy run through the new Rivals deck Nexus of Power, and the new warband Thanatek's Tithe. Will they shake up a meta already roiled from the latest balance update? Or will they be lost

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Thanatek's Tithe Blog coverage

Nexus of Power blog coverage

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Pay me what you owe me

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Skyler, Brian, and Davy hop on to discuss the full spread of buffs, nerfs and everything in between doled out by GW this week. Plenty of warband changes and couple plot cards receiving some big tweaks. What does it all mean?

Impossibly fast balance analysis from Staggerers

The same from Starting Hex!

And a video take from CFC

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Welcome to Garden-talk with your hosts Phil and Brian. They talk about how to plant and harvest responsibly, respecting the seven traditional cycles of gardening, including but not limited to Withering, Despair, and Gnarly Uses for Internal Organs.

Feature Token placement from Spent Glory

Underworlds Underground is back baaybeeee

R77 posits that Underworlds is too boring right now

Jaws a different way from Staggerers

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Oooo wah-ah-ah-ah

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We reach back to a fun twist that Zach used for the game back in first edition. Randomly generate a warband and randomly generate a deck pairing. Phil and Davy get put through the ringer with exactly those randomly generated pairings as performed by Zach and Skyler. Listen for the deck building thought processes and our experiences playing with them.

Staggerers challenge decks

Hexodus returns?

Starting Hexodus

Davy's Deck build

Phil's first iteration

Phil's second iteration

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I must confess my destiny's manifest

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Phil and Davy aren't talking about the hottest deck this week. Instead, we're taking a look at set that might be flying under the radar. Or is it? We talk our experiences running Hunting Grounds, what we've learned, what warbands go well with it, and what it might pair with.

Spanish Language state of the meta

"Why I'm really into Underworlds"

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Nobody's at home

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Holy cow did a lot of stuff happen for Underworlds in 2025. The gang reflects on everything we saw. Come with us down memory lane as we highlight some of our faves, and maybe get on the gripe train about a few pet peeves too.

Spent Glory Board Selection

Staggerers December Update Review

Goonhammer December Update Coverage

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All you ever wanted/ Is it getting away

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By listener request: Zach and Phil talk deck building. We visited this topic in Ep 129, but that was one edition and almost two years ago! Zach and Phil break down general considerations

Battle Mallet's Top Cards from each Rivals deck at WCW

Staggerers' Deck Repository

Goonhammer's High Risk Objective Rundown

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He's hiding something from the rest of us

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Here at WTH we love a dark horse story, and though the player wasn't a dark horse, his warband choice was. We talk to G who was responsible for one of the more intriguing storylines at worlds- with his brilliant run with Kurnoth's Heralds. Phil and Davy interview about his thoughts about the warband and its performance.

G's Deck for 7th place at Worlds

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I was hunting for answers down in the dark When suddenly I had a better thought

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Phil, Brian, and Davy talk about what we learned at Worlds- what we got right, what we got wrong, how comprehensive the Polish victory was and how the future might be now, old man. Plus, Fantasy Draft results!

Staggerers Deck Repository including Worlds Decks

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I may be crazy

Have ourselves a good time

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We try our hand at the new hottest thing in tabletop gaming that is definitely real and not something we just made up. The gang tries a fantasy draft for performance at Worlds, perhaps a useful framework for discussing what's strong and what we think we might see there! Listen as we make dubious choices throughout!

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Spinnerite's Underworld's Dice Calculator

All our blog coverage of the new releases

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For those of you still think we're from England/ We're not/ No

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Brian, Zach and Phil run through their latest experiences with the new warbands, decks and boards. Come listen to their joys and laments as they describe the harrowing experience of navigating the Spitewood.

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All our blog coverage of the new releases

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Don't you lie to me

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Brian and Davy breakdown all sixteen (!) new warbands from Warbands of Spitewood. Some old favorites return, but have they returned with their flavor intact? Are old problems, problems still? Have a listen for your old loves and new favorites.

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All our blog coverage of the new releases

Love Letter to Brethren of the Bolt

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Let me break myself apart Instead and scatter to my birds

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How much wood would a Spitewood woodspite spite if a Spitewood woodspite could spite wood?! Phil and Skyler break down the new expansion box, including the Kurnoth Heralds, Blood of the Bull, and the rivals decks: Deadly Synergy and Hunting Grounds. New hexes, new boards, new warbands, new decks. So much more. Check our next episode, for the 16 newly released warbands!

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Spent Glory's Meta in Review

Goonhammer Year in Review

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I prayed it wouldn't come to this but you forced my hand

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With our Q3 team tournament in the bag, we found ourselves pondering the niches and corners of deck pairings and warbands. A great example is Phil's latest obsession- Hexbane's Hunters.

Phil's Reckless/Edge deck

Staggerers Underworlds Superlatives

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I don't know what's good for me

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Davy made it back from trying to rep the Midwest out in Washington DC at NOVA Open's Grand Clash. Da Kunnin Krew had an outing in the DC swamps. Listen to the crew break it down.

Davy's Deck

Spent Glory's Warbands for new players guide

Goonhammer's Warband Resource

Jon Grant's Custom Underworlds Board

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It's not because it is the grand old seat

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The crew assembles to talk favorites in second edition so far. Rambling but fun free-form discussion of the game as it stands and what we like about it.

In Defense of Playing for Fun

Goonhammer Board Tutorial

Path to Glory Interview the Winning Italian Team from WTC

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History repeats itself

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Brian breaks down the Tacoma open with Andrew and Fish, covering their experiences and their eventual face off!

Fishmode's Deluge of Articles

Staggerers Dexamples w/ Raging Slayers

The latest from Goonhammer

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Doused in mud, soaked in bleach

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The Big Summer Reveal came out and boy was there a lot to see for Underworlds. We got a peek at two brand new warbands from some longed-for factions, new boards, new decks, new mechanics. Oh, and 16 more warbands from Underworlds' past.

Staggerers' coverage of WTC

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What are you thinking? Just give me your reasons

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Kamandora's Blades and Raging Slayers arrive. We considered running this whole episode as a shouting match/punch-out to stay on the angry theme. We break down the latest to arrive in Aqshy's underworlds. Phil, Brian and Davy run though the highlights.

Agents of Sigmar: Battle of the Bads

Staggerers Underworlds Deck Repository

Cinderfall Gaming: Underworlds, 2nd edition batrep playlist

Card by card review for Kamandora's Blades

Card by card review of Raging Slayers

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As you go insane, go insane

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It's a matchup from our Q2: Davy's Dread Pageant vs Jake's Morgok's Krushas. This is an audio batrep that has a publicly available video version- we recommend checking that out at : The Mortal Realms YouTube channel

Crit Focus Channel: One Year of Second Edition

Goonhammer Underworlds coverage

Davy's Dread Pageant Deck

Jake's Krushas Deck

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You think you got, oh you think you got it

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Davy interviews Bobby and Brian about their valiant raiding party sent to the Great White North at the Canadian Tabletop Championship.

Samski's Article about Mollog at the Alberta Classic

Brian's Gardeners Deck

Bobby's Borgitz Deck

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Hours on the phone, Not the same to go home

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Phil, Zach, and Skyler talk through the latest balance update for Underworlds. Change by change, we talk repercussions and first impressions.

Staggerers coverage of the balance changes

Critical Focus Channel's coverage of the balance update

Spent Glory: Dromm and Reckless Fury assessment

Set the Tempo: Playing around Objective Cards

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It must change

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Phil, Zach, and Skyler live build a deck using the Realmstone Raiders rivals deck. Listen to a discussion of warband pairings, deck pairings, as our crew makes some spicy lemonade.

The Assembled Deck

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Staggerers Deck repository now including decks from Realmstone Raiders

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Every gambler knows that the secret to survivin' Is knowin' what to throw away and knowing what to keep

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That deck belongs in a museum! Phil, Davy, and Brian talk the new releases on pre-order: Knives of the Crone and Realmstone Raiders. We got some play reps in with these and are reporting back with initial thoughts.

Our Blog coverage of Knives of the Crone

Our blog coverage of the Realmstone Raiders deck

Cinderfall Gaming's Channel

Starting Hex's article on deck size

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Look into my eyes/ I'm not coming back

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Audio batrep time! Bobby and Davy bring two of first edition's boogeymen out of storage. It's Ephilim's Pandaemonium vs Mollog's Mob. Brian emcees the matchup of yesteryear's titans.

Our Q2 Worlds Qualifier Event

The B.U.U.D.I. (Underworld's dice odds tool)

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Who will protect the ones I love when I'm asleep?

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Tales of woe, tales of glory. We return from Adepticon and recount our highs and lows. Davy, Zach, Skyler, and Brian all convene.

Our Q2 Worlds Qualifier Event

Dan Knight's Edge of the Knife Article on Spent Glory

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You spend another day Trying to be infamous and turn around

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The whole crew is working their way across Wisconsin, dodging gangs of rollerskaters, clowns and mimes. We return to the Dear Diary from yesteryear to catch everyone's hopes, dreams and expectations at the Adepticon Grand Clash.

Our Q2 Golden Ticket Event

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Then there's moments when it clears And I've been waiting

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Who's the strongest of them all? Skyler, Phil, Brian and our newest member, Zach talk meta considerations in the run-up to our big event: Adepticon. Listen for thoughts on warbands to be ready for, decks to consider and pairings to watch.

Our Q2 Golden Ticket Event

The Alberta Classic

The Ottawa Canadian Tabletop Championships

The Edmonton Open

Our Q3 Team event

R77's Amazing Stats Project

ITC Ranking System

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Seeing things that we may never see again

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Val and Davy talk about the experience of bringing your kid to a big event, and that intersection between parenting and playing games together. Let us know your thoughts on the subject!

Benelux Clash Details

Bacon's Bits Is Back

Critico Y Culo's interview with Volomir

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The kids are alright

But I will find my way

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Phil and Davy take the new stuff and crash it together. Davy runs an Edge of the Knife build with Grymwatch, while Phil tries his hand at grabbing some beasts. Skyler emcees.

Phil's Beastgrabbaz Deck

Davy's Grym Knives

Battle Mallet Deck Library

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Put my thing down flip it and reverse it

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Phil and Davy take a look at Borgitz Beastgrabbaz and the Edge of the Knife. Are the sneaky Grotz going to be tricking all the occupants of Embergard? And will Edge of the Knife tip the scales away from elite warbands? We take some first stabs. Let us know if we're wrong!

Q1 Throwdown (March 1st)

Q2 Throwdown (June 21st)

Q3 Throwdown (Sep 13th)

Staggerers analysis of Countdown to Cataclysm

Goonhammer guide to deckbuilding

Spent Glory's Coverage of LVO

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And while our blood's still young It's so young, it runs

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The whole gang is here for a look back at a whirlwind 2024 and ahead at 2025. Listen as we wax nostalgic of the storms of releases, the great events, the friends met and made, and a look ahead at what we hope to see in the new year of second edition.

RHeaven90's printable resources

Alkeminis YouTube channel

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Can we pause right here? It's my favorite part

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Phil and Skyler return to the land of dinosaurs to talk the Jaws of Itzl. Basking in the heat of a lovely new Seraphon release, they talk what it's like to run these new big boys on the block (and their friendly snakes) now that there's some reps under the belt.

Battle Mallet's Deck Library

Spent Glory's 2024 in review

Spent Glory: How to be a more courteous opponent

R77's statistics project

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You're in the jungle baby, you're gonna die

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Brian and Davy talk their latest obsession- cultivation! Get your rusty shears, your infected seed stock, take a deep breath and join us in the plague garden. We talk our experience with Nurgle's latest.

Davy's Ruined Garden deck

Brian's Less cool unnamed deck

Spent Glory November Highlights

Staggerers coverage of Cyreni's Razors at Worlds

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Through the network of branches lies the abyss

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What the Hex!? comes at you with three different perspectives from the World Championships of Warhammer- playing, judging, and participating. Listen to a total love fest, as we recount the experience and share our thoughts on what it means for the wider Underworlds experience. Also listen as Davy's health slowly degrades over the course of the episode.

Iba's Underworlds Youtube Channel

What the Hex's Underworlds Release Blog

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When it come to this music, we stay relentless

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So. Many. Options. Man, this is a great time to be in Underworlds. After these pre-releases get out and about, we have, effectively, 33 new warbands to try out, and six decks to build from. Brian and Davy cover the new releases, including a blitz round!

Set the Tempo Returns!

What the Hex's Underworlds Release Blog

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'Cause you know I'm on fire so stomp me out

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Earlier this week we got thirteen warbands worth of rules! Skyler and Phil break down everything from Farstriders to Stab-Ladz as the flames keep burning in Embergard!

What the Hex's Underworlds Release Blog

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Where we belong

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Brian and Davy take a closer look at each of the four rivals decks and two warbands contained in the Warhammer Underworlds:Embergard box. We talk about the highlights from each deck and what we've been enjoying with the first taste of Emberstone burning in our throats.

  • Thanks to GW for the preview materials making this episode possible.

What the Hex's Underworlds Release Blog

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Whole crew for this one! We talk first impressions and all the changes that are coming to us with the second edition of Warhammer Underworlds: Embergard. What a time to be in the game!

Two notes:

  • This episode was recorded well in advance, so there's a few things that we didn't know at the time of recording. They'll make themselves obvious!

  • Thanks to GW for the preview materials making this episode possible.

What the Hex's Underworlds Release Blog

Monkey's Hex attack success odds

Goonhammer Underworlds content

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You got me open got me jonesin' for an episode

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A broad collection of the community's hopes and fears for second edition. AND- Phil and Davy struggle to keep up with the deluge of reveals coming out of Warhammer Community.

Critical Hit Games

What the Decks!?! first look at 2nd edition

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Honey in you there's a raging flood. And I am drowning where I stand

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The crew breaks down all the reveals we've seen to date. Second edition is coming! What can we read from the tea leaves (or just straight up reveals) that have been dosed out from Warhammer Community. A little bit anxious, a lotta bit hype. Come give a listen.

Official First Playthrough Video

What the Decks!?! first look at 2nd edition

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All we have to do is be brave/ and be kind

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Davy, and two of the BattleMallet crew talk about the many many reasons to stay involved and play the game. What's your motivation?

Spent Glory Blog

What the Decks!?! YouTube Playlist

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Be Your Motivation

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The crew tries to make Brian jealous about everything he missed at NOVA 2024. We had a blast, and we want to tell you about it!

R77's deep dive on his Underworlds statistics

Thricefold Discord Love Letter on Spent Glory

Gerard on Battle Mallet

What the Decks!?! YouTube Playlist

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He'll make ya famous... Davy hosts with a very special guest- Emmett! What's it like to be a kid in Underworlds? Going to a big event? Emmett and Davy cover it all.

Agents of Sigmar: What Comes Next?

What the Decks!?! YouTube Playlist

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I live and die forever there Right there in that divine

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Brian and Davy come back early with a rundown of the most impactful changes and clarifications in the latest errata/FAQ that dropped last week. Where do Rimewyrm's Bite, Breakneck Slaughter, and the rest land with these changes?

The latest from Cinderfall Gaming

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'Cause in these times, these changing times A transition is occurring and I am not blind

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Brian leads Davy and Phil through an episode all about counterplay in the current Wintermaw meta. What to keep in mind against some of the most common decks we see out there. Come for an uncharacteristically freewheeling conversation about anticipating what your opponent is doing.

Spent Glory's Wyrdhollow Counterplay

Spent Glory's Gnarlwood Counterplay

Charge To Win Site

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You thought you had all the answers You won't be able to make them pay

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Phil, Brian and Skyler talk about the feel of the Wintermaw meta. Not necessarily "what's best or worst", but what's interesting. Free form conversation of where we're at and what we're enjoying.

Running the Goonhammer Open Warhammer Underworlds event

Get your event on BCP

Come to our World Championship Qualifier!

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Monsters, false prophets schemin'

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So you know how to run an event, but what if you're the one that needs to get everyone together. Brian and Skyler bring in Jake from the Goonhammer open to talk about what you need to know about running an event. Another in the "evergreen" series.

Goonhammer (be on the lookout for WU articles)

Battle Mallet Organized Play

Consolidated Underworlds FAQ

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What the Decks!?! YouTube Playlist

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Don't blink, you might miss out on the magic

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An entry in our "evergreen" series. As we prepare for attending some big events of our own, we thought we'd put together a guide for anyone thinking about their first or their thirty-first event and wanting to know what to keep in mind during the preparation. Brian, Davy, and Phil host.

Contender Series: Practice

How to Use Underworldsdb (from Crit Focus Channel)

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What the Decks!?! YouTube Playlist

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And I'm gettin' ready to get down

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Anders was headed to a World Chamionships of Warhammer qualifier event, so he did what anyone would do... he reached for the (checks notes) Wurmspat?!?! Anders, you crazy! But anyone who knows the guy, knows that was the only warband he could have picked when it really came down to it. Hear about how it went with this, an underdog of warbands.

Love Letter to Wurmspat

Deck Guide on BattleMallet

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What the Decks!?! YouTube Playlist

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Oh, I'm diseased/ I don't mind

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Skyler leads an overview of the deck-building considerations for the universal rivals decks we didn't get to in our first treatment of the topic way back in episode 110 (!!). We're looking to making this a regular installment at the end of each season. Let us know what you think!

Æ Bræt

Goldberry Games

CFC's 11 easily overlooked rules

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A performance deserving of standing ovations

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WTH and Underworlds Underground go head to head once more, with Hungering Parasitic Parrots and star cross'd lovers seeing who can claim bragging rights in a inter-podcast throwdown. Mike Prime (aka) Sleeksbowl guests!

Sleeksbowl's Black Spot Deck

Phil's Zondara/Delvers deck

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Then they pile up the bodies And I'll say "That'll learn ya!"

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Tom Bond of Steel City Underworlds and Chatting Crit fame returns to Warhammer Underworlds. We took a moment to talk about how that feels, and what advice we could pass on to other players thinking of returning.

Agents of Sigmar

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Twenty thousand roads I went down, down, down/ And they all lead me straight back home to you

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Ten new decks or warbands in the past few months. What does it all mean?! We run a round table discussing what we've observed in the clutches of the newly developing meta. We go release by release and see what we've learned after those first impressions and hot takes.

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Another day / I wanna live / Just another day

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Right in the middle of all the madness of releases, we also made our annual pilgrimage to Adepticon. Here are Brian, Phil, and Skyler to regale you with tales of Nemesis, Championship, and how we learned that the real arena combat was the friends we made along the way.

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I never thought in the end there would be so much beauty

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Deeper into the Deathgorge we go! Phil and Skyler break down what's in the new core box with a look at a couple rules updates, two new warbands and two new universal rivals decks that may shake things up quite a bit.

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Brethren of the Bolt

The Skinnerkin

Rimewyrm's Bite

Hungering Parasite

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I can feel it in my bones, it's over And I'm breakin'

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Somehow, Mollog returned. We know you're scared. It's okay, we are too. That's why we brought the wonderful Jaz, resident Troll Queen to take a first look at this overhauled legend of the Nightvault era and settle us all down.

This is our sixth and final entry in our Week of Warhammer Underworlds. Thanks for listening to this marathon of content!

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Troooooollolololollolololol

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Zarbag's Gitz have infested the Deathgorge with a shiny new rivals deck that they definitely didn't nick off someone. Brian scurries to his entry point in Warhammer Underworlds and Skyler helps him take a whirl down memory lane.

This is our fifth(!) entry in our Week of Warhammer Underworlds. Stay tuned for daily episodes until we've covered all the content there is to see!

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Let me introduce you to my new bad habit

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Spiteclaw is the greatest, yes-yes. Unless Krrk is... Phil and Davy discuss this most cunning of warbands and their incomparable genius. The hosts are united in one purpose and definitely not seeking to backstab one another.

This is our fourth entry in our Week of Warhammer Underworlds. Stay tuned for daily episodes until we've covered all the content there is to see!

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Aroused and frenzied they scurry, encircling death

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The Briar Queen and her ghostly goons terrorized us back in the Nightvault. Will they do so again? Are they just a pile of glory bleed, or are they the ghostiest ghosts that ever ghosted? Check in with Davy and Skyler on this one.

This is our third entry in our Week of Warhammer Underworlds. Stay tuned for daily episodes until we've covered all the content there is to see!

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Though it's been a while now I can still feel so much pain

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The latest universal rivals deck has arrived and it may need to thaw out a little before we can bust it out. Are you ready for powerful timelocked upgrades? How about objectives all about hanging in enemy territory? Stay frosty, my friends.

This is our second entry in our Week of Warhammer Underworlds. Stay tuned for daily episodes until we've covered all the content there is to see!

Skabbik's Rimepack

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Driven south to the land of the snow and ice To a place where nobody's been

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Ah, love. It overcomes all, does it not? Come listen while Phil and Davy break down Zondara's Gravebreakers one of the many new releases dropping in March. Stay till the end when we hastily assemble a deck with the new warband. Is it any good? TBD!

Daring Love

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So let them say your hair's too long Cause I don't care, with you I can't go wrong

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Time for a throwdown! We've been running the new local hotness (Masks! Ahhhh-ahhh!) up against the tippy-top of the meta. Listen as Mournful Masks take on Domitan's Frostcoven

Monkey's Hex Blog

Canadian Tabletop Championships

Alberta Classic

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But sometimes at night when the cold winds moan In a long black veil, she cries o'er my bones

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Skyler, Brian and Davy provide some general thoughts on building a deck. Rules of thumb, what to consider, and how to evaluate your choices. Got someone in your local just learning to deck build? Pass this one along!

M2on2 Underworlds Batrep content

Polish Individual Championship

Canadian Tabletop Championships

Alberta Classic

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The great mind skatin' through space and time

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We fought tigers and Mike Tyson, lost our money and our teeth, but we had a blast, and we're here to tell you about it. Davy, Skyler, and Brian recount the incredible weekend we had at LVO 2024.

Honza's Global Event Calendar

The Crit Focus Channel (with background lore)

Pink Slip Game courtesy of Shadeglass Reflections!

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I've been rewarded with you

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Join us for a very special episode. Every LVO bound member of our local community recorded a brief set of thoughts covering their thoughts and expectations going in to LVO. Hear from Jaz, Alexx, Bobby, Brian, Davy, and Skyler.

Did you know you can buy TMR and What the Hex swag?

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The weird and the novelties/ Don't ever change

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Hey, y'all heard about this latest Errata/FAQ/FAR? It's a big deal. Brian, Davy, and Skyler break it down and share our thoughts after it's been in the wild for a week. Just in time for LVO, and we can't wait to see what shakes out.

Chop's podcast: Three Men & A Wargame

Spent Glory: Going to Your First Tournament

Consolidated, Searchable FAQ

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You’re such a perfect match

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Like the Goblin King at the ball, we're super into fabulous masks, but you still know who we are because of our fabulous hair! The latest universal rivals deck is out and it's Malevolent Masks. We're hyped on this one. Listen to us getting all gussied up for the great Masquerade!

The Updated Spent Glory blog

Our blog coverage of Malevolent Masks

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Ask about me, I'm gon' bust a move

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Phil and Davy take a look at the New Krule Kids on the Block. Are we dreamin' of schemin' with these boys? Are they the new Krulest thing, or do the totally drool? Have a listen, and let us know what you think of this crew.

Card by card review of Stab-Ladz

Our blog coverage of Malevolent Masks

WathLab's amazing Chosen Axes overhaul

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Of course I was offended

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Bonus episode! To celebrate our 100,000th download, we released an early episode interviewing the Dutch World's team- Willy and Val. Listen as we break down the journey of the Gorechosen and Headkrakka decks.

Willy's Gorechosen deck

Val's Neckbreaka's MadMob

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Dan is dit misschien het moment dat je/ De cirkel doorbreekt

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Please welcome G. to the podcast as we talk about his and Brian's experience at the World Championships of Warhammer. One went as a judge, and one went as a judge of men's souls, bringing one the sauciest choices to the big dance. We talk all about this first of its kind event!

Check out G's Voidcursed Tide, hosted on BattleMallet's Nemesis library.

Battle Mallet's Ep 55: World's with Zack Newcome

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The World. Championships. of. Warhammer. It's here! 17 players are duking it out for Warhammer Underworlds Supremacy and Davy and Phil are here to discuss the warband breakdown and likely pairings. And we still can't remember card names!

Davy guests on Underworlds Underground

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Davy and Phil keep it chill while the rest of the gang cools their heels for one more week. Force of Frost, what does it do? Even more magic support? Without a plot lock? Yowza. If that's enough, you can entertain yourself by listening to Davy not remember that non-spell gambits are called ploys.

Nine Lives PTG Article

Spent Glory - The Ping Meta is Fine

Card by card review of Force of Frost

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All is cold and frozen

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I feel the need... the need for speed! Can Davy and Phil skate all the way through this episode without going in a flat spin out to sea? Is this a nice shot in the arm for non-magic aggro? Or is this frozen in its tracks by the positioning issues it brings?

Underdogs Blog talks Grymwatch

Sleek's Bowl: Tooth and Applause

Underworlds Underground Episode 2

Card by card review of Breakneck Slaughter

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When I bounce back and they know I done caught my breath

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Skyler and Phil, the kings of the deep take a dive in to the aethersea to cover Cyreni's Razors. Is playing this warband just swimming against the current, or are you riding that hammertide all the way to the golden beaches of glory? Listen for highlight cards, playstyles, and good deck pairings.

The New Underworlds Underground Podcast!

Underworlds Metawatch!

Battle Mallet's lovely Deathgorge gallery

Card by card review of Cyreni's Razors

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Vengeance is the law for thee A thousand leagues below the sea

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Three demons so obnoxious they got put into detention and two hosts so obnoxious they got assigned to this episode. What the Hex's two most dedicated Chaos devotees dig into a truly unique warband. Listen as we break down our favorite aspects of this warband, including likely Nemesis and Champs pairings.

Card by card review of the Thricefold Discord

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Reverently whisper your goodbye

I've got an empty feeling deep inside

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We got goosebumps over here! Welcome to the Deathgorge! The whole crew is here for a broad overview of rules changes, and the whole swathe of new warbands and decks. We are super hyped and hope you are too. Check it out for all the latest!

Our card by card blog coverage

Skyler's Rules change log

The Critical Focus Channel

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Saints, Saviors, Soldiers, Scholars

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With a new season imminently inbound, it's a great opportunity to bring new players on board. We've created an audio document for you to pass on to any nascent or prospective players. Skip ahead to the 9:30 mark if you want to jump straight to the main topic!

Spent Glory has a new website!

Void Cursed Thralls Meta analysis

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Our crew has returned from NOVA and they're here to regale us with tales of their exploits. Phil and Davy chat with Skyler and Bobby about good times, good friends, and good games.

LVO Grand Clash

Nemesis Deck Library, including all our NOVA decks

Give Sparkhammer Minis a follow!

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'Cause wherever you may roam/ Remember who you know

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It's the long promised Plaguepack audio batrep!  Phil emcees while Davy pilots a Plaguepack Voidcursed combo into Skyler's Soulraid Toxic Terrors build.  Who will prevail!?!

Davy's Voidpack

Skyler's Terrorfish

The Centre of Attention Blog

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I am the plague

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Phil and Davy chat about what went down at our local, and share some thoughts about the meta.  Listen if you like:  the adjective "thinky", Davy finding new ways to self-sabotage, and indoctrination of the next generation.

Spent Glory's Format Overview

Kyros' Baa-aa-aa-d to the Bone Article

Our Paths of Prophecy Coverage

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The fate that I'm facing not like other men

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Despite all delays, we're still just rats in the states.  It's a deluge of disease, a bubonic boogaloo, an eruption of corruption.  Come listen to the crew chat about the Plaguepack and our first impressions and experiences.  (Note:  Shipping delays means at time of publishing, we still don't have a preview copy for Paths of Prophecy, so we can't offer you any content on that front!)

Blog coverage of the Plaguepack

Play in our Q3 event!

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I still believe that I cannot be saved

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With so many beautiful Universal Rivals decks at this ball, however will we pick which to dance with?  Skyler, Davy, and Brian run through the currently available Universal decks, discussing strengths, limitations, and pairings with each for Nemesis and Championship.

Battle Mallet's excellent Nemesis deck archive

Play in our Q3 event!

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Tell the bookie put a bet on "not a damn thing will go wrong

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Here it be, the field test of last episode's deck build.  And who better to pilot than the guy who wasn't even there in the first place?  It's Headsmen's Curse vs. Domitan's Stormcoven.  Will heads roll, or will magic reign supreme?

The Spent Glory Blog

Our Headsmen's/Fearsome Fortress Build from Ep 108

Phil's Stormcoven build

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When my head rolls off/ someone else's will turn

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Judge this deck, lest ye be judged.  Skyler, Josh and Phil sit down to live build a Headsmen's deck.  Did they do a good job, or did they all earn condemned counters?  You be the judge (and jury and executioner).

The deck (in all its glory?)

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No mercy from the edge of the blade

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What a great time to bring new players into the game... or welcome back new players.  We take a look at the new starter set, not from the perspective of gnarly ol' veterans, but from the perspective of a returning player- and from a teaching point of view.  Full house on this one!

The Independent Characters Podcast

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And you will learn to survive me

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Wow.  Wyrdhollow is barely settling in and we've got two re-worked warbands, one brand new one, and one of the weirdest universal Rivals decks we've ever seen.  Check it out on this overview of it all.  And click below for blog coverage of each of these releases.

https://www.themortalrealms.com/underworlds-releases/headsmen

https://www.themortalrealms.com/underworlds-releases/sepulchral

https://www.themortalrealms.com/underworlds-releases/farstriders

https://www.themortalrealms.com/underworlds-releases/voidcursed

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I am only a nameless soul/ staring into a pure black void

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It is complete. The great battle of our time. In a double header, the whole crew talks Trashfire tournament and our first outing with Wyrdhollow season in organized play with the Madtown Throwdown Q2.

Our Hero and Tormentor, Sleek's Bowl

The Spent Glory Blog

Davy's Old Black Magic

Skyler's Blackpowder Maps

Brian's Turret Vortemis

Josh's Relic Rulebreaker Mollog

Phil's Vaults Mysterium Guardians

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no more reining in

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We're just getting started with the Wyrdhollow season, and thought we'd kick it off with a battle to the death between Davy's Stormcoven and Phil's Pandaemonium:

Davy's Stormcoven Deck

Phil's Pandaemonium Deck

Cinderfall Gaming Underworlds Battle Reports

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A change gonna come, oh yes, it will

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Can you feel that?  In the air?  That special feeling, that crackle?  That's magic, baby!  Welcome to Wyrdhollow!  Phil and Davy talk the new warbands, decks, and rules.  Check out card-by-card coverage below:

Domitan's Stormcoven cards

Ephilim's Pandaemonium

Seismic Shock Universal Rivals Deck

Toxic Terrors Universal Rivals Deck

Truth and Claw - Xandire's Nemesis

Madtown Throwdown Q2

They say that you're too weird for me

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Return of the debate-isode: It's championship vs. nemesis and we're going to decide which is better!  Give a listen as ice-cold logic meets fiery speeches in a verbal deathmatch for the soul of the game.

Sons of Velmorn deep-dive on Determined Effort

Our Q2 Throwdown Event

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You feel it, concede it

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We return, (triumphant?), from Adepticon.  Listen as these savages create another monster 'sode to give you the deets of the ACon Grand Clash.  These heartless heathens have no regard for their poor editor, but they've got the glory to do what they want.

Flaviuz's breakdown of the new boards

The stand-up crew from the Dice Heroes

Battle Mallet's Nemesis deck archive

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Air's thin, I can't win but I still keep runnin

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Biggest. Episode. Ever.  A walk down memory lane with the history of Warhammer Underworlds as seen through the prism of one hundred episodes of What the Hex.  Come join the whole crew as we break down where we've come from.  In way, way more than 30 minutes.

Plus- our Trashfire Tourney drawing!

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Watch that dude, inspect that fool, still standing

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Phil and Davy try to go toe to toe in the arena of the mind discussing the merits of Gryselle's Arenai.  Come listen about the newest queens of the fighting pits.  Thanks of course to GW for a review copy for this episode.

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Perhaps you prefer blog coverage?

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Here I am Rock you like a hurricane

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Listen as Phil and Skyler take the new beta rules out for a spin with a matchup of the former (still?) titans of the meta, The Gnarlspirit Pack, cutting their teeth against the former (still?) briny deeps of Blackpowder's Buccaneers.

Staggerers Blog

Shadeglass App/Tournament Organizer

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Fend off the enemy/ Sing out the jubilee

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We had the lovely opportunity to throw down in a Championship format event locally before we shift gears into Nemesis mode (Nemimode?).  Have a listen for what we learned from our event.

WathLab's lovely Chosen Axes puzzle.

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Memorized by the glory

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Adepticon's Grand Clash has been designated as a Nemesis event, so we go full Battle Mallet (less those pesky hosts) and talk Nemesis meta, factions, considerations and so forth.

Format Guide on Underdogs

Agents of Sigmar YouTube Channel

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the mother of karma

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Are there too many warbands in the game right now?  In the grand tradition of Chatting Crit, we try to come at both sides of the issue.  Give a listen and let us know what you think of this format!

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The differences pale when compared to the similarity they share

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The Sons band together to try to cast down Grinkrak's Fearsome Fortress in today's audio batrep.  Come for the crits and stay for Davy's positioning mistakes!

Come play in the Madtown Throwdown!

Mandarga's Mystery Project

Brian's Looncourt Deck

Looncourt... but Nemesis

Davy's (but actually Chad's) Velmorn deck

Velmorn... but Nemesis

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Between our quests we sequin vestsAnd impersonate Clark Gable

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Grinkrak's Looncourt is storming the gates of the Fearsome Fortress in today's episode.  The two latest releases for Warhammer Underworlds are coming in to close out 2022 and we break down our first impressions.

Come play in the Madtown Throwdown!

R77's Underworlds Blog

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Every fortress fallsIt is not the end

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Do you have a strong local scene?  Would you like to have one?  We've been fortunate here and we're looking to share some of our tips for success with you.  The new year is on the way and Underworlds has never been in a better position for welcoming new players.  The real league... was the friends we made along the way.

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Sleek's Bowl!

Our league format

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When they hear you and you thought they wouldn't listen It's like an anthem that the whole world's singin'

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If they can take a break from fighting over their dad's will, maybe those Sons of Velmorn can get it together.  Josh and Davy talk trying to build a championship deck for the overlooked half of Gnarlwood.

Underdogs Blog

Josh's Deck

Davy's Deck

Phil's Deck

Listen to Battle Mallet!

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I'll never forget you / Through the stories that I've heard

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What is this, a crossover episode?  Battle Mallet's Jerod squares of against our own Phil and a Gnarlwood out of the box Nemesis battle.  Listen to their recap of the rumble in the jungle!

Jerod's Velmorn Delvers Nemesis Deck

Phil's Teeth, Claws and Gnarlspirit Nemesis Deck

Listen to Battle Mallet!

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I'm tearing away from it/ Because I know I can

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You know where you are?!  You're in the jungle, baby!  You're gonna die!  We all are!  This is a release with a lot of big, big changes and Phil and Davy try to grapple with them all.  Do we succeed?  Or do we get turned into tasty compost for the Gnarloaks?  Give it a listen!

Why we Need Nemesis and Championship

Beardgrave!

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Go to war kid I'll give you any weapon you like

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Or: "Good riddance Hunger, you won't be missed" and other slam poetry.  The full crew talks a round table as the clock runs out on Direchasm with an impending return to Ghur in the mix.  We talk our favorites introductions to the game over the past year, and take a look at the cards that will leave us soon.

Flavius's amazing Gnarlwood board breakdown

Handful of Dice's Painters Spotlight

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Nothing wrong/ No, nothing wrong/ With a lie

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Please welcome to the fold: Skyler (OmniOps), Brian (homicida1_llama) and Josh (MySizeFitzAll) who join the show to help us put the Gorechosen through their paces.

Brian's Deck (change that Draught!)

Davy's Shadeborn

Set the Tempo's Enraged

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Quench the thirst, drown the sorrow

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The Gorechosen are here!  Phil and Davy look at the faction cards through the lens of building a championship deck with them.  Listen as we forge a deck built of rage, wrath and fury.

Blog post for the deck

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Gorechosen Faction Cards

Gorechosen Universal Cards

Deadly Depths Cards

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All but perished by now, but you can't erase the grin from those backyard skulls

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Phil and Davy pick apart the process of building a championship Hexbane deck.  Listen as we criminally neglect Weapon's of Justice!

Check out WathLab's Chosen Axes overhaul

The Deck Assembled

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And I'ma get mad deep like a threat Blow up your project, then take all your assets

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Nobody expects the Sigmarite Inquisition!  Our chief weapon is surprise, surprise and dad jokes, dad jokes and surprise!  Phil and Davy get into it coming at you with an audio battle report using the brand new Hexbane's Hunters.  Make sure you check out our card by card blog content on the new releases.

Hexbane Faction Cards

Hexbane Universals

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Abandon all reason, Avoid all eye contact

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Meta got you down?  Why not take a step to the side, take a walk on the bloody side?  Phil and Davy talk playing outside the meta, with who else?  Garrek's Reavers.

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We're gathered here to maim and kill, cause this is what we choose

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New Rivals decks you say?  Phil and Davy try to assemble a pair of Rivals Plus decks using the Vainglorious Raiders and Patient Lurkers decks published in White Dwarf Magazine (and available online),

Phil's Vainglorious Swarm

Davy's Patient Despoilers

Come Play a Tournament With Us!

Content Creators Links

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Look fine in our threads!

I'm holding back

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A discussion with Grymwatch connoisseur Nick about his recent outing with the noble ghouls at Bugman's.  We talk the deck, of course and why we think they have a strong place in the current meta.

Note: We encountered some audio difficulties during recording.  Apologies for the dip in sound quality!

Nick's Deck

Come Play a Tournament With Us!

Content Creators Links

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Humans held on eating flesh

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Hey- there's a lot of folks making stuff for Warhammer Underworlds out there.  Maybe you've missed a few.  We run down everything we can find.  If you think we missed something, let us know!

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All the things that people do in winter

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Underrated cards!  You know what else is underrated?  Releasing the episode on time.  Apologies- it was a real "plague on both our houses" situation.  Tune in for all the awesome listener submissions!

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In these little moments, get your cards out/ I am waiting

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Audio batrep time!  Brian slinks his way on to What the Hex, dropping smoke bombs and flinging throwing stars.  Phil takes the reins to put our freshly raised electro-zombos through their stumbling paces.  Remember to send in your idea of overlooked and underrated gems!

Set the Tempo's Breakdown of the Early Nethermaze Meta

The shambolic deck we built

Brian's Clawpack

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Best killer in the land

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Davy and Phil shamble through an Exiled Dead deck build.  Is it crafted with the mad genius of Deintalos, or is this more of a Bault creation?  Come have a listen as we piece this together on the fly. 

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The shambolic deck we built

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To shock you like you won't believe

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Just a big ol' pile of Universals. How is one to cope?  Davy and Phil break down some of the overall trends and standouts for the season.

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The shadow/ The shadow I remember

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It's heeeeere!  Get hyped!  Phil and Davy threw down head to head with the Shadeborn and Clawpack to test out the dizzying depths of the Nethermaze.

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Battle Mallet Podcast

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You'd rather pursue death than admit defeat

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And it smells like victory.  Requizen comes on for a deep dive in the "how I built this deck" episode of his Spiteclaw's Swarm that very nearly went the distance at Adepticon 2022.  Come have a listen.

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The Alberta Classic

Baconborne's look at Kainan in the current meta

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Better men have died for less, but the rats get fat no matter where you've been

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Here it is, our recap of our experience of the Adepticon 2022 Grand Clash.  Did all that practice pay off?  Or should we have snuck in a few more reps...

Mandarga's Blade Coven Guide

Compaq's Battle at Bugman's

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Don't you battle we'll kill you / We'll rip you up and tear you in two

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Time for just a few last cycles before the Grand Clash.  We go at it in  a practice game.  Who will be Purified?  Who will be Krushed?

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If I want it, it's mine/ You can't stop me

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We've almost seen all the Grand Alliance cards for the season, a mechanic new to the Harrowdeep season.  Phil and Davy take a deep dive into what the current pool looks like, what it means for the game, and what it might look like in the future.

Determined Effort Blog

Monkey's Hex Objective Placement

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First you must do something before you swim

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Like a pack of cartoon hyenas, we stumble and bumble our way towards our first Grand Clash in... 30 years?  How long has it been? We turn our beautiful minds towards preparing for a grand clash- some of our thought processes, a lot of unstructured meta commentary, all overseen by the wisdom of Jimmy.

Monkey's Hex: Objective Placement

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I keep the wolves at bay

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Is this episode even here?  Who can say?  Phil and Davy talk Illusory Might, particularly from a Rivals perspective.  What can we learn from that approach?  How many times will we accidentally start talking a lot about Championship?

WTH Survey

Godsworn Gamer/Martin's Illusionary Pageant

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Look at the lies we've swallowed

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All aboard the Plunder Bus with the Grunderbuss!  Phil and Davy talk that new pirate style.

WTH Survey

Set the Tempo is Dead. Long live Set the Tempo!

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Smoke is blacking out the sun At night I pray and clean my gun

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With RG knocking down two online events with the Starblood stalkers, it's time for Phil and the champ to discuss how good they are and Davy to lament about losing to them.

WTH Survey

RG's deck

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'Cause I need that bitter hand/ That struck me blind/ To keep my eyes from closing

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What does the future hold in store?  We don't know, but that won't stop us opining on the matter.  Come have a leisurely chat about what may be to come in Harrowdeep.  (Note:  Please forgive the reduced sound quality.  This is the last week we'll be recording on the road)

WTH Survey

Vassal Clash lists from Underworldsdb

Straight Outta Shadespire Top 8 via Deckers

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Good luck findin' your peace of mind/ Bein' born into these brutal times

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During this time of year, give yourself the gift of a bigger local meta.  Get out there and recruit with our new player guide with special guest Skyler.

The Gloryseekers Blog

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But you will learn to mind me

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Davy and Phil have entered Harrowdeep, but have they delved to greedily and too deep?  Can you even hold objectives any more.  We chat hold objective play in Season 5.  Stay after the credits to listen to us not remember the names of any cards.  Or all the cards.

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'Cause if you think nobody wants it/ Just throw it away and you will see/ Someone will have it before you can count one, two, three

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Once good friends with a working relationship based on mutual respect, Set the Tempo and What the Hex!?! are at each others' throats.  There's only one way to solve this and that's a good ol' fashioned death match.  Brought to you in audio format!

Our Krule Deck

Set the Tempo's Truthseekers

Truthseekers version 2

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I should have fought him...

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Better.  Stronger. Faster.  But most of all, more Kunnin'.  We try our hand at a Krulebuild, in preparation for a Kontent Kreator Deathmatch, with Matt from Set the Tempo.  

Our Krule Deck

Set the Tempo's Truthseekers

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This slowly seeping straight through the crust

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It's Harrowdeep Day!  There's a ton to go through- Phil and Davy break down the varied rules changes, new keywords and updates to the game.  Get hype!

Path to Glory review

Can You Roll a Crit review

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So deep/ So, so deep

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The waiting is the hardest part, amirite?  To pass the time, Matt and Davy take a note from Matt and build some decks with Beastgrave rotated out.  We talk about the why, who we think is well positioned, and a little about where we went with our decks.

Davy's Dubious Defensive Wurmspat

Phil's Filthy Fifth Foray For Starblood

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You coming along?

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Join Matt, Davy and Phil for a Direchasm/Season 4 retrospective.  We take a look at some of our favorite, cards, memories, and mechanics and do a little bit of musing on what's to come in Season 5.

Set the Tempo

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I recall it all forever

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Phil and Davy coming at you, building a combo deck live on air.  With Arena Mortis 2 providing a new set of combo cards we thought we'd see what we could do to put a deck together that dips into that strategy.

The Deck!

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You always build it better the second time around

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C-c-c-crossover!   Strap in for a long ride, WTH fans.  You're in Story Phase territory now.  We pull some of the rest of the TMR network in to cover the Direchasm Anthology

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And I'll die on this mountain/ this mountain's my home

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Hey Mollog, thanks for keeping Spinefin's throne warm.  You can take a hike now, ya big nerd!  We bring Mandarga, author of the Underdogs blog. to talk Soulraid.  With a lot of quality reps, he can really let us know what makes this warband tick, and why Spinefin should be the next president of Underworlds.

Mandarga's List

The Gloryseekers' take on Soulraid

HEXODUS

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You can find you a hollow shelter of stone/ Anytime you get low

Cause you ain't seen nothing yet

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Good morning ladies and gentlemen!  With apologies to the late great Purple One, we're taking an updated look at control play with Set the Tempo's Matt.  After his very excellent article covering Control play we decided to finally get off our butts and pull him in for an episode.  We'll cover definition, iconic cards and warbands, and the state of play in the current game.

Also mentioned:

The Gloryseekers: Building on a Budget

Matt's Dread Pageant control

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Wouldn't you like to look good in a cool shirt?

You've lost and I control you.

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Are you Underworlds curious?  We've got an episode designed to be passed on to anyone looking to get into the game, especially with the evergreen starter set released in 2021.  We bring on special guest Aaron to talk about the new player experience.

Can You Roll a Crit!?! Getting Started

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Here we stand and here we fight / All your fallen heroes

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We hit the two most relevant things in today's Warhammer Underworlds meta- the new shiny FAR list and Eyes of the Nine.  Please welcome Norway's own Erik (aka ErikErik) while he helps us through this upheaval by preaching us to embrace change.  Or the Changer of Ways.

Taylor's Tournament Info

Age of Sigmar Box Set Giveaway

Erik's Pre-FAR List

Erik's post-FAR list

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It's gotta be a change in my life

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There's only two sure things in life... that GW will release a warband when we're not ready, and that when the going gets tough, Phil and Davy will make someone else do the hard work.  Please welcome Tommy, terror of the Vassal Clashes to the 'cast to talk Kainan's Reapers. 

Wathlab's Incredible Deployment Guide (cycle through images at the top)

Battle for Salvation has returned!

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Tommy's Reapers Deck

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I think I've met the end of the world

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Podcast!  Transform to something that can keep up with these releases, like... I dunno... a semi-truck?  Oh, and ROLL OUT!  Phil and Davy talk some of our fave Universals from Mad-Mob and Kainan's Reapers.  

Keep Chopping Blog

Set the Tempo Blog

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My body's built much braver 'cause I once befriended it

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We bring Zach in from Cozy Serpent gaming and all the Discords everywhere to talk Silent Menace.  Listen for two people with hot takes and one with a measured, well-informed take.

Cozy Serpent Gaming

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You know what I fear, the end is always near

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Like a bunch of undead hungry, hungry hippos, the Crimson Court have had all hands on deck the past month. What have we learned after taking them out for a spin? More importantly, what has Tabletop Sydney learned? Benji guests on this episode to chat about their awesome channel and all things vampire.

Benji's Deck

WTH Deck

Tabletop Sydney

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If we were vampires and death was a joke...

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Super hot off the presses- we talk about those Orruks so savage they don't need no clothes!  What's the latest greenskin addition got in store for Direchasm?

Tabletop Sydney Best of 5 Series

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the shore of your face will turn to bone

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Good lord.  No time for anything clever, there is a veritable flood of releases.  Seriously.  Get a paddle, we gotta get outta here.  We're covering the (now apparently very old) news of the Crimson Court universals. 

Tabletop Sydney Best of 5 Series

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My trials in the fire, The Crucible made me hot

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Phil and Davy, your essential seneschals sent y'all this beefy episode to talk about the latest permanent additions to the card pool.  A real walk down memory lane for these guys, let me tell ya.

Phwwooaarhammer blog

No Gitz, No Glory

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Yo, bring that back, rewind, I spit 'em again

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Davy and Phil get in the weeds with Bold Deeds, turn the page on Martial Mage, and somethingsomething schmesistance on Haughty Resistance.  Do we find this set of universals interesting?  Judging by the number of times we used that adjective... YES.  Listen to the end for Davy to get the answer wrong to his own trivia question.

I FEEL THE NEED.  THE NEED... FOR SPEED. (How to get to max move)

(NOTE:  Davy was wrong- there's a warband that can go... even faster!)

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All we ever had is hunger

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"Long have I waited..."  Thus spake Phil!  Listen while we ponder the celestial significance of this latest warband.  Listen while Phil sticks the landing on pronouncing names and Davy pretends he totally knew that too.  Listen to how many times Davy describes a feature as not nothin'.

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Please don't let the past be my fate

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Dropping at the exact time when our befuddlement about the whereabouts of the Starblood Stalkers is rendered instantly obsolete, Phil and Davy take a look at the latest universals to impact the meta.

Tabletop Sydney

Set the Tempo

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...A quite handsome beast I might add.

Are objectives burning down around us, or will it be all sound, no fury (or smash)?  Phil and Davy are back for a hot, hot take on the arrival of the Ravagers.  Join us for a ramble through some dubious predictions on the impact of the last warband to arrive before Phil finds his forever-warband.

Also: Somewhere, Phil and Davy are still trying to remember Fecula and Targor's names.  For shame!

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Desecrate it, Desecrate it all/ Call broken arrow and level this ground

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So we're back up in the game Running things to keep our swing Letting all the people know That we're back to run the show

Did you know that, and I think I'm saying this right, "DIER KASM" is out?  Let us tell you all about it!  The full WTH crew is back and in the mix.

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A sickness has poisoned my time/ And I searched for a cure, but it blinded my sight

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Back flip!  Somersault!  Parkour!  The Coven is coming at you like a pack of howler monkeys!  Pop culture reference!  Phil breaks down the WTH?!? first impressions of the latest aggro glass cannons to arrive.  Tune in to learn more!

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No end to suffering/ All hail our mighty Queen

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Like that Sepulchral Guard petitioner, emerging from the depths, WTH?!? comes crawling back out of the ground!  Phil takes the reins with a quick look at the big boys of Beastgrave Wave 4.  Is there room in this meta for some good ol' fashioned, aggro?  Is it the second coming of Gurzag?  What's with these objective holding surges?  All this and more in the latest What the Hex?!?.

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Watch me bash this beat like a skull

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Sprinting out of the depths of Shadespire and into the Beastgrave come the cannibal savages- the CritDef crew.  Wait, no... Garrek's Reavers.  And yes, we know in between the time that we recorded this those Path to Glory scoundrels released an episode on the same topic, but... Podcast Khorne cares note from whence the audio flows...  Matthew Martine guests!

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I NEED YOUR SKULL!

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How does one play Warhammer Underworlds when you can't leave your home?  Online, you say?  So do we.  Aaron joins us for a chat about the Steel Sky productions game and what you should know!

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We're all in this thing together Walkin' the line between faith and fear

And that is just the way we remain

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Need something to listen to from your bunker, 20 floors below sea level?Recorded in anticipation of ACon, we talk about what we would expect to encounter in the wilds of today's tournaments.  Phil, Davy and special guest: the looming spectre of Covid-19.

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"Yeah we're comin' back in with another bomb track.."

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We've got a fever, and the only cure is more fever.  Wurmspat are in the house, along with the one and only John Wynn Rees.  Take a deep breath and come give it a listen.

Community Shoutouts:

Call it Shadespire's Wurmspat stats

Battle Mallet's Hex Ed ep

Jimmy Molini's Sepulchral Guard on the Battlecast

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I'm diseased/ I don't mind

It's a disease and they're all green/ It emanates from their being

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Recorded hot on the heels of the full reveal of the new warbands and then kept in cold storage like Hrothgorn's snack stash, we've got the latest episode coming at ya.  Geoff Osbourne returns to discuss the universals from the latest wave.

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Chat on the Mortal Realms discord.

My mind's a mile a minute/ my thoughts they bark like hounds

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Two-time grand clash winner Sandro guests to talk about how he took down one of the most competitive fields to date with his Grymwatch.  We break down his deck, thought process, strategies, and games.

Sandro's Winning Deck

Next episode: The latest universals from Mantrappers and Wurmspat.

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This time around I'ma make it clear / Spoke some things into the universe and they appeared

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As an addendum to our last episode, we get a second take from Max Bernstein of the BFS:U podcast.

Max's Deck

Next week:  An interview with Sandro to talk about his Grand Clash victory in the UK with Grymwatch.

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All Max's many many many music recommendations.

Just kidding, one more.

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In an unexpectedly timely episode, our crew brings in a local headhunter, Cam, to talk Lady Harrow's Mournflight.  The banshees are stealthing in to a crucial place in the meta and we talk about why.

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Miniature Fight Club: The best Underworlds batreps you'll ever see...

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And besides you're a ghost to most before they notice/ That you ever had a hair or a hide

When I lived alone/ Is there a ghost in my house?

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Phil and Davy break down a different way of looking at the game.  We talk risk evaluation.  Did we keep it more exciting than actuarial science?  You be the judge.

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school of hard knocks/ I took night classes

just lookin' for a needle/ that's lost in the sand

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Happy 2020 all!  We'll be back with our regularly scheduled episode on time and in short order, but in the meantime, the Mortal Realms podcast family recorded a year end cross over.  The hosts of The Story Phase, Dogs of Warcry and What the Hex?! take a look at the year behind and the year ahead.

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Max Bernstein has escaped his jailers at Battle for Salvation and guests with us- bringing one of his signature segments: Keys to Salvation.  Tune in for a broad spectrum of gameplay tips and musical recommendations.

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Battle for Salvation podcast

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Branches falling down / From sources underground

And I will try to fix you

A little vision of the truth in a world of lies

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Thanks to everyone who entered!  We pulled a winner out of the hat today, and we'll be back with our full episode in 5 more days.  See you then!

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Welcome to asylum!  We've managed to bribe the guards to let loose the rare deckbuilding beast: Madskullz himself!  Progenitor of the Festering and Hungering (F&H) skaven build, what else does the madman have in store?

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And the worms, they will climb the rugged ladder of your spine/ We're all mad here

I just toss that ham on the fryin pan/ like spam

They don't scurry when something bigger comes their way

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Bumper episode to go with our one-year anniversary as a podcast.  We bring the wonderful Geoff Osborne on to chat the most recent deluge of releases and a year of podcasting in Warhammer Underworlds.  We also announce our first ever listener contest!  Thanks for listening everyone!

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I am gonna make it through this year, if it kills me

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Do you even read bro?  Benny's Cursebreakers and Adam's Eyes do.  They both brought tomes to the Warhammer World Grand Clash and they're here to talk about it.  Phil and Davy host.

(Note: Benny's audio got rough during the recap, so you can get his WHW experience as a bonus episode, coming soon!  Apologies, and thanks for understanding.)

Adam's Eyes Deck

Benny's Cursebreakers Deck

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You would seem so frail/ In the cold of the night/ When the armies of emotion/ Go out to fight.

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Third week in a row of What the Hex?! content.  Here's where we admit it was all a dare to see if we could get you sick of hearing our voices.  But here's the sugar with your medicine: The inimitable Aman Khusro!  We talk bringing your decks up to date with all the latest tectonic shifts in game play.  Have a listen.

Podcasts we mention:

Path to Glory

CritDef

BattleMallet

Battle for Salvation: Warhammer Underworlds Podcast

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"The darkness is falling, the sky has turned gray/ A hound in the distance is starting to bay"

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B-b-b-bonus content!  The good folks at Steel Sky Productions took some time from their schedule last month to record an episode with us about the development of Warhammer Underworlds: Online!  Get as hyped as we are about this!

(Note: Despite our best efforts at the time, we couldn't get the team to let slip the third warband.  Spoiler alert: It's Sepulchral Guard!)

Warhammer Underworlds: Online Discord Link

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"I am the voice of the next generation/ Completely digital"

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Ah, those tasty, tasty objectives.  They're cool again, ya heard?  Listen to the master at work as Dean Bilz talks with us about the principles of objective play. 

NOTE:  This episode was recorded prior to the release of Beastgrave, but we believe the principles hold true, regardless.  Have a listen.

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That echo chorus lied to me with its "Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on" 

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Season 3 is upon us!  And those still abed in Season 2 will think themselves accurs'd, they were not here!  Geoff Moore of Claim the City fame (infamy?) joins us in a discussion of the new season and the accompanying tidal wave of news!  Listener questions too, natch.

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Claim the City FB page

"I found the darkness in my neighbor/ I found the fire in the frost"

"Broke my heart to leave the city/ I mean it broke what wasn't broken in there already"

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Your head still spinning from that card rotation?  It spun us right round baby.  Right round.  This episode, we bring on Dean Bilz to talk the impact of rotating out the universals from Season 1.  We have a deluge of listener questions about the impact on the community, the meta, specific cards and more.

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"and I'm left behind/as the seasons roll on by"

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What's the only thing worse than being trapped in a nightmare city and being forced to fight to the death over and over again?  It's being trapped in a hellish arena within a nightmare city and being forced to fight the death over and over again.  Come get trapped with Phil and Davy while we chat about Dreadfane.

Cards we discuss.

And the Condemnors ones

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"'Cause dread and fear should not be confused/ By dread I'm inspired, by fear I'm amused"

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Matthew "Redhand" Martine drops in from Atlanta to chat with us about a Season 1 throwback, the mighty Magore and his Fiends.  We take a look at the fighters, cards, strengths and weaknesses of this classic powerhouse.

Don't forget to check out Matt's new podcast: CritDef!

As always we'd love to chat.  Get in touch at:

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[Note: We had an equipment issue that is apparent with additional background noise on one end of the conversation- apologies- and we'll get it solved next time around!]

Recommended listening:

"You are the blood that I may see you"

"Raining blood/from a lacerated sky"

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An episode for our developing player series, we talk about some general rules of thumb you can apply to your games.  Like any rules, there are exceptions.  And those have exceptions.  But the exceptions to the exceptions?  Ironclad.  Have a listen, and don't forget to share your thoughts on your own Rules of Thumb.

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Eric's Twitter: @stonemonkgamer

"First rule of thumb you gave: promise not to fade away"

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Beastgrave, y'all!  We talk about what we think is on the way, and then take the opportunity to look back at Nightvault.  Geoff Osborne guests and helps us reminisce on our favorites from Season 2.

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Recommended listening:

Night Descending by Iron & Wine

Beast in Black by Beast in Black

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Like a couple of weird, melty faced dudes in a bad prequel, Phil and Davy are here to shout at you about the latest developments in Warhammer Underworlds.  That didn't make any sense.  Does this episode make any sense?  There's only one way to be sure.  Have a listen.

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"No one man should have all that power"

"I have found what I came for"

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Reactions- powerful, complicated, and a crucial part of the game.  We break 'em down with Jonathan Davis of the Path to Glory podcast and the Wigglehammer blog.

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"There's a splinter in your eye and it reads react. R. E. A. C... T."

NOTE: The BAR dropped shortly after we recorded, so note that some of the Keep them Guessing discussion is now a moot point!

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How 'bout them Guardians?! They've really been growing on the community of late.  We try to get to the root of what makes this warband hotter than a pepper sprout.  Plant pun.

Tony Field of the very excellent blog, The End Phase guests.

"galang a lang a lang lang"

"the legacy that I leave behind/ be the seed that'll keep the flame"

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Hey, y'all heard about these new-fangled flyin' duardin? They might be good.  Geoff Moore of Claim the City fame thinks so.  Come have a listen while we break them down.  They may be short, but this episode is lonnnnggggg....

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"Send lawyers, guns, and money..."

Claim the City FB Page

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or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Control

Michael Carlin arrives to defend defensive play!  Gather round and listen.

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you know you like it, it's callin' your name

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Ermegerd!  Mergerr!  Here's the conception to execution of Phil's Magore's fiend deck at Acon.  We break the deck down and go over performance, and some thoughts on this aggro Magore's Fiends deck.

Link to Phil's Magore's Fiends deck

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"If I put too much blood on the page..."

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Davy, Aaron, and Phil break down every Godsworn Hunt deck at Adepticon's Grand Clash!  It's a short list.

Link to Davy's Godsworn deck

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"I'm just like you baby, I'm on the hunt."

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Preparing for a tournament or event?  You need a montage.  Here's how you can make your own.  

[Note:  We'll be covering out Adepticon decks and performance over the next couple episodes.  Let us know what you'd like to hear about first- Godsworn Hunt or Magore's!]

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This episode's recommended listening:  

I Come Prepared by K'Naan from Troubadour

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How many cards should you include in your power deck?  The crew takes a run at this question with the help of the right honorable Stephen Vann.  

For more of Stephen's analysis on the game, check out: http://www.callitshadespire.com/

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This episode's recommended listening is Feelgood by Numbers by The Go! Team from Thunder, Lightning, Strike.

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OMG, that ploy is like, so random!  LOL!  Texting!  Phil, Aaron, and Davy break down the ploys that need a die roll to work.  Are those cards worth your time?  Come talk it over with us.

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www.themortalrealms.com/underworlds for Aaron's promo database

Today's recommended listening:  Tumbling Dice (cover) by The Gaslight Anthem (orig. Rolling Stones)

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Booyakasha!  Davy, Phil, and Aaron are back, and flappin' our gums about the big beast stomping through the meta.  Chosen Axes!  jkjkjk.  We're talking of course, about Mollog's Mob.

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Recommended listening:  Die Monster Die by Misfits

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Fresh off their tournament experience, did the fellas come back as Heroes All, or did they have to Accept Inevitability?  Find out in this run-down of our experiences with our Eyes, Reavers, and Swarm decks.  You know, the meta defining stuff.

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Links: List of promos

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Recommended listening: Settle for a Draw by Arctic Monkeys

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Engage tournament preparation mode!  (Note: Deck list links below)

Want to know how the Warhammer Underworlds elite prepare for a tournament?  Then you should probably check out some of those UK blogs we mentioned in our second episode!  Want to know how three average players prep?  Then check out this episode.  We cover what Aaron, Phil, and Davy are bringing to Waaaghpaca in January 2019.

Aaron's Spiteclaw's Swarm Deck

Phil's Eyes of the Nine Deck

Davy's Reavers deck

Recommended listening:

Sure Shot by Beastie Boys

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Banned and restricted you say?  Now that the heat of its initial release has passed, we'll evaluate the BAR with the help of the cold light of day and a month of gaming and list building.  Did we just come to the same conclusions that better players figured out on Day 1?  You'll have to listen to find out!

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Suggested listening:  One or the Other by Paula Abdul

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It's time to count up all the glory you scored this year with Davy and Phil!  That's right, it's the third end phase of 2018, so what better way to go out than with a gripping discussion of third end phase objectives.

Let us know what your favorites are!

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This episode's suggested listening:  The Rip from Third by Portishead

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You thought breakfast was the most important meal of the day, but you were wrong- it’s information. You know, the… information meal… Work with me. And if you’re like us, then you’re hungry. Hungry for more Underworlds Content. Well we’ve got a full selection of places for you to feed to your heart’s content- we discuss Underworlds blogs, YouTube, deck builders, and podcasts. Links below!

Podcasts

http://claimthecitypodcast.com/

https://www.facebook.com/bfsuwpodcast/

YouTube

(Agents of Sigmar) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgHUrefFPIx5_ppXbwqT4Pw

(The BattleCast) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwrgILS6HpvM2vwSX8sgHjQ

(miniwargaming) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SjgoiNDAHU&list=PLliZQodsai-igFr9ez1iNdmEOqFSjVv8k

(guerilla miniature games) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOznp-K5u9k&list=PLzrPO7KIAtwUwUaQymXrgJTMeNR60FpaZ

Blogs

http://www.callitshadespire.com/

https://steelcityunderworlds.com/

https://katophranerelic.com/

https://canyourollacrit.com/

Deckbuilders

https://deckbuilder.warhammerunderworlds.com/

http://www.underworldsdb.com/

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The stunning debut of What the Hex?!

In the aftermath of the Banned and Restricted-quake, Phil and Davy take a look at push ploys.  They may not be the sexiest, but they're always useful.  Am I talking about the hosts or the ploys?  Tune in to find out!

Get in touch with us on Twitter at @wthcast and let us know what you think!