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Three Moves Ahead

Three Moves Ahead 377: Warhammer, Glorious Warhammer

Three Moves Ahead

Idle Thumbs

Strategy, Games & Hobbies, War, Strategy Games, Games, War Games, Video Games

4.8532 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2016

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

This week Rob, Fraser Brown, and Jonathan Bolding get together to talk about the Warhammer universe. There has been no shortage of Warhammer (both 40K and non-40K) games lately, with Games Workshop throwing the proverbial spaghetti against the wall to see what sticks. Amidst the vast swaths of mediocre to bad games, however, there are gems that accurately capture the macabre gravitas of the Warhammer universe.

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0:00.0

Good evening. You are listening to Three Moves Ahead, and I'm your host, Rob Zakeney.

0:03.6

Joining me today, we have freelance writer, Fraser Brown.

0:06.7

Hello.

0:07.8

We also welcome back our friend, freelance writer, John Bolding.

0:11.0

Hello.

0:12.3

So today we're going to be discussing the grim darkness of the far future, as well as the rise of chaos in the old world.

0:20.4

That's right.

0:21.3

It is time to celebrate Warhammer Christmas, that most magical time of year, when we

0:28.0

consider that the open heart is like a fortress with the gates unbarred.

0:34.6

So, Fraser, this was kind of your idea.

0:36.7

You've been on a bit, you've been kind of jonesing to discuss all things Warhammer.

0:40.7

And I'm curious, what brought this on?

0:44.7

Because I can't escape it.

0:47.1

It is impossible to escape the Warhammer at the moment.

0:51.5

I mean, if you look at the last couple of years how many bloody Warhammer games

0:56.5

have come out, it's a bit ridiculous, but also wonderful, which is why it's great that we're

1:02.6

able to discuss it on the most festive time of year. But also because I've just been playing

1:08.6

quite a few lately, catching up on ones I missed. I didn't play a lot of Blood Bowl too, because I was, I've just been playing quite a few lately, catching up on ones I missed.

1:11.6

I didn't play a lot of Blood Bowl too because I'm not a huge fan of the American football

1:17.6

analogue, but I've been getting into that. It's quite a lot of fun.

1:21.6

And I was also reviewing the new Total War Warhammer expansion, Realm of the Wood Elves, which is very,

1:30.3

very good if you're much better at games than I am. It's quite tricky, and I did get my

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