Episode 159 - How to Pick the Right Army (Imperial Edition)

The Independent Characters | Warhammer 40k Podcast

Carl Tuttle

Workshop, Marine, Space, Tyranid, Warhammer, Eldar, Leisure, Hobbies, Forge, Ork, 40k, World, Games

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🗓️ 14 August 2017

⏱️ 234 minutes

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Summary

Episode 159 of The Independent Characters revisits the question “What army should I play?”. Strap in because this is a long episode with some great pieces!

Back in Episodes 42 and 43 we ran two linked shows which explored each of the faction (on the surface) and sought to answer just that. At the time, the show notes were so long the hosts decided it would be better to break it up into two episodes. One which was an Imperial Edition, and the other which was a Xenos Edition.

Those are some great episodes, but that was all the way back in 5th edition and SO much has changed since then (and some things have stayed the same!) that we felt it was time to update this series.

We aim to provide you the definitive guide for looking at all your choices for Warhammer 40,000 armies and making the right one for you.

The first of these episodes, the Imperial Edition, is this one. But don't worry, we are going to follow up episode 159 with an updated version of the Xenos Edition in episode 160, by the end of the month.

Additionally, we have a couple of AMAZING interviews. The first is with Jes Bickham of the Warhammer 40k Design Studio! We ask him a bunch of questions around the development of the game and gain some insights into what the thinking was on many of the questions that have arisen since it’s release. THEN we talk to Dave Taylor, who tells us all about the NOVA Open Charitable Foundations efforts to raise money for those in need, and how you can get a chance to win some amazing prizes by helping out.

We hope you enjoy the show!

Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction
0:08:45 - Workbench and Hobby Progress
0:58:50 - Which Army should you choose? Imperial Edition (Part 1)
2:03:00 - Which Army should you choose? Imperial Edition (Part 2)
2:58:00 - Interview: Jes Bickham Warhammer Studios
3:29:00 - Interview: Dave Taylor for NOVA Open Charitable Foundation
3:48:30 - Show Closing

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Transcript

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0:00.0	I'm going to Welcome to the Independent Characters episode 159, this is Carl. This is a Don. 159 this is Carl this is a don't and this
0:24.0	Justin so this episode we are going to be doing kind of a rehash of an episode we did
0:29.7	many years ago where we are trying to answer the question for people what
0:35.3	army should I choose when I'm starting 40k. This episode or this topic actually
0:41.0	is broken down into two episodes, episode 159 and 160, which will be out in a few weeks.
0:46.0	And in this episode, we're really going to be focusing on the Imperial Forces that are available to you within Warhammer 40k.
0:53.4	So, which is good because there's a lot to go through.
0:55.9	Yeah, there is.
0:56.9	Well, there's going to be a lot to go through in episode 160 too.
0:59.3	That's true.
1:00.5	So a couple things I just want to mention before we kind of kick it off.
1:05.0	Take a look at Geek Nation tours. There's a link in the show notes to them.
1:10.0	They have brought back their UK Miniatures tour which has been moved to
1:15.6	September 2018. I am still planning on going so it's going to be a great time and
1:21.1	you have plenty of time to sign up and commit to going.
1:24.2	Also, Las Vegas Open tickets are on sale right now. I'm going to Las Vegas Open.
1:29.7	I'm going to Las Vegas Open. I'm going to try. You're not going. Okay so we've got... I'm going to try man. Are you really? Yeah. Did you buy your ticket? No. Okay. If I do go I know myself I'm'm just gonna go hang out and maybe play like something easy
1:44.8	I'm just playing open games and stuff I've had a couple people already
1:47.2	Yeah, me too play with me so I got you Drew. It's it's cool. Yeah, I mean play 40 k in Vegas and then you
1:54.4	kind of over Vegas is the thing yeah I did a lot of Vegas in my 20s and early 30s
2:00.0	great restaurants so okay but but it is a cool scene.
2:04.2	There's a lot of cool people there.
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