Son of World’s End!

Some very happy news for Luke this week as he celebrates the birth of his new baby boy Benjamin! Luke has been spending much of his time enjoying the new adventure of fatherhood, and is already planning on ways to re-live his childhood vicariously through his son.

This all means of course that whilst Luke is busy with this very important event that he’ll be taking a (very) short break from the show… - but have no fear, because JJ’s on the job and is cooking up something suitably special for our next episode in the meantime!

Episode #21 - Middle Earth Massacre

This episode we’re joined once again by Matt “Shadowlord” to discuss the ins and outs of the new incarnation of the Lord of the Rings game: “War of the Ring”. We discuss the new rules in detail, and give you a rundown of some of our top picks for waging epic scale battles across the lands of Tolkien’s fantasy realm. Let the Middle Earth massacre commence!

Intro & Show News (01:36)

  • - Episode sponsors: Irresistible Force. (For details on how to sponsor an episode, check out the “Show Support” page here.)

Hobby Update (23:22)

  • - Extended Space Marine computer game trailer. <Link>
  • - New 40K buildings & other Planetstrike goodies up for pre-order. <Link>
  • - Planetstrike book details emerge. <Link>
  • - Forgeworld Imperial Aircraft releases. <Link>
  • - New Citadel brushes. <Link>

War of the Ring: Game Review (50:45)

  • - We give a high level overview of the new system, as well as discussing how it fits into the existing LOTR range and a rundown of the game mechanics in detail.

War of the Ring: Armies of Middle Earth (01:35:22)

  • - We explore the changes that the new game has made to the Lord of the Rings hobby, and go through some of our top picks from each army in the range.

Final Words (02:18:18)

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Episode #20 - An Immovable Object

We dive into the deep end this week to tackle the “Immovable Object” of much controversy in Games Workshop tournaments: Army Composition! We also catch up with Andrew Galea from Irresistible Force to chat about the National Tournament Rankings, the Australian Team Championships, and a bunch of other stuff they have going on over on the east coast. We also put an old paradox to the test… What happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object? You’ll have to listen to find out!

Intro & Show News (01:02)

  • - Episode sponsors: Irresistible Force & TerranScapes. (For details on how to sponsor an episode, check out the “Show Support” page here.)
  • - Listener “shout-out”: Robert Likins.

Hobby Update (22:12)

  • - Space Marine computer game footage teaser. <Link>
  • - Imperial Guard Hellhound preview. <Link>
  • - Imperial Guard Demolisher preview. <Link>
  • - New Imperial Guard Cities of Death Strategems. <Link>
  • - 40K Planetary Empires preview. <Link>
  • - Upcoming “Chaos in the Old World” Board Game. <Link>

Hobby Spotlight: Irresistible Force (42:07)

  • - Andrew Galea from Irresistible Force Games & Hobbies joins us to chat about some of the wonderful work they’ve got going on over on the Australian East Coast, including the National Tournament Rankings, the Australian Team Championship, and the “Army Tiers” approach to composition scoring.

Competitor’s Edge (Tournament Scoring, Part 3) (01:19:25)

  • - In the next installment of overviews of the common scoring categories at events, we take an in depth look at the difficult topic of “Army Composition”.

Final Words (02:16:48)

  • - We announce the winner of our Terranscapes contest!

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Thanks for listening, and we hope you enjoy the show!

 
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Episode #19 - Going for the Grope!

One of the biggest events of the year on the West Aussie tournament calendar has arrived - The Sandgroper Cup Blood Bowl tournament! Luke and JJ attend the event to report on the action from the pitch, for a great episode of tournament discussion, player commentary and drama from the stands. Also featuring our usual Hobby Updates, and we announce the winners of our Nick Kyme contest!

Intro & Show News (01:23)

  • - Episode sponsors: Irresistible Force. (For details on how to sponsor an episode, check out the “Show Support” page here.)
  • - Listener “shout-out”: Brian Kvitko & the “Eastern Fringe” website. <Link>
  • - We announce the winners of our Nick Kyme contest!

Hobby Update (23:52)

  • - Upcoming Warhammer Empire & Scenery releases. <Link>
  • - New LOTR Galadhrim Elves. <Link>
  • - 40K Planetstrike release schedule. <Link>
  • - Dawn of War 2 updates. <Link>

Interview: Drew Lovell (44:46)

  • - Brawl league Commissioner & chief organiser of the Sandgroper Cup tournament, Drew gives us an overview of what went into the planning of this year’s event and gives a wrapup report on the state of the league - and what the next BRAWL season will bring.

Interview: Oliver Paun & Chris Polli (Olly & Ecky) (01:24:59)

  • - Rampant trash talkers and colourful personalities alike, we chat with Olly & Ecky about the culture of the West Aussie BRAWL league and go through some tips for speeding up your Blood Bowl game play.

Interview: Julian Palmer & Morgan Richards (01:24:59)

  • -Jules and Morgs have certainly proven themselves as able coaches by winning the previous Sandgroper Cup tournament and BRAWL league respectively. We pick their brains on some of the advanced Blood Bowl plays that can win you games in a highly competitive environment.

Interview: Dave Capon (01:24:59)

  • - Our BRAWL league commissioner of “Bribery & Corruption” opens up his little black book on the dastardly schemes of the season 4 players, and we discuss a number of the other variants to the Blood Bowl game.

Final Words & Mailbag (01:57:27)

  • - We chat with the winner of the cup and respond to more listener mail.

If you’d like to leave us some feedback on this episode, please drop us a line at mail@worldsendradio.com or leave a comment here.

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Episode #18 - Grunts & Guns

The Imperial Guard have arrived! As the human legions of the Emperor roll out, we take an in depth look at what this new codex has to offer, as well as the potential nastiness that the enemies of mankind will look forward to facing. This and more of our usual hobby updates and community activity, as well as announcing yet another new contest!

Intro & Show News (01:23)

  • - Episode sponsors: Irresistible Force & TerranScapes. (For details on how to sponsor an episode, check out the “Show Support” page here.)
  • - Listener “shout-out”: Pete Dunn & the New Zealand “Fields of Blood” tournament. <Link> <E-mail>

Hobby Update (23:52)

  • - GW Planetstrike promo video. <Link>
  • - New 40K Planetstrike Terrain images. <Link>
  • - Space Marine Ironclad Dreadnought. <Link>
  • - Forthcoming Chaos releases from Forgeworld. <Link>
  • - Australian Team Championships (ATC) event. <Link>

New 40K Codex: Imperial Guard Review - “Grunts” (44:46)

  • - We discuss the fantastic new army list for the legions of mankind, starting with the Infantry portions of the force & what new tricks they bring to the 40K scene.

New 40K Codex: Imperial Guard Review - “Guns” (01:24:59)

  • - Our new codex coverage continues with the big guns, the hammers of the Emperor - the tanks of the Imperial Guard!

Final Words (01:56:03)

  • - We announce yet another new contest for our listeners!

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Thanks for listening, and we hope you enjoy the show!

 
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Bonus Episode - World’s End Mailbag

Time for something a little different this week! Welcome to our first mailbag special. This is a bonus episode sitting outside of our usual “numbered” episodes, and so we’ve taken the opportunity to answer some of our ever burgeoning pile of e-mail and also chat about some other areas of our gaming hobby outside of the GW game range. To this end we give you a detailed overview of a couple of our favourites, the dungeon bashing parody card game “Munchkin” and the colony building board game “Settlers of Catan”.

Hope you enjoy the show, and we’ll be back with our next regular episode in just 1 week from now!

Intro & Mail (00:33)

Games Night & Munchkin (27:25)

  • - Board Game Geek <Link>
  • - Munchkin game official site <Link>

Settlers of Catan (58:28)

  • - Settlers of Catan official game site <Link>

More Mail & Final Words (01:28:34)

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Episode #17 - Surviving the Hive

It’s time to journey into the dark depths of Hive Primus as we commence our coverage of the Games Workshop gang fighting skirmish game - Necromunda! We also touch base with Drew Lovell from the WA BRAWL Blood Bowl league for an update on the forthcoming action of the Sandgroper Cup tournament, and what goes into running such an event for the bloodthirsty sports fans!

In addition, we announce the winners of our Dawn of War 2 contest - and give listeners a new chance to pick up some recently released swag from the Black Library! Happy Easter everyone!

Intro & Show News (01:33)

  • - Episode sponsor: Irresistible Force. (For details on how to sponsor an episode, check out the “Show Support” page here.)
  • - Warpuppy Warhammer Video Diaries <Link>

Hobby Update (28:50)

  • - New Blood Bowl computer game site goes live! <Link>
  • - Blood Bowl Beta test announcement. <Link>
  • - Space Marine Vulkan Hestan model & Planetstrike cover. <Link>
  • - Planetstrike release rumblings. <Link>
  • - New images from Forge World Open Day 2009. <Link>

Necromunda: Game Overview (51:24)

  • - In our first look at this fantastic GW Specialist Game, we give a game overview and go through how battles in the underhive are fought.

Blood Bowl Tournaments & the Sandgroper Cup (01:24:59)

  • - We chat to our local Blood Bowl BRAWL league commissioner Drew Lovell about the upcoming Sandgroper Cup 3 tournament, as well as Blood Bowl tournaments in general.
  • - The Sandgroper Cup official website & BRAWL league website.

Final Words (01:51:54)

  • - We announce the winners of our massive Dawn of War 2 contest, and announce a new listener contest as well!

If you’d like to leave us some feedback on this episode, please drop us a line at mail@worldsendradio.com or leave a comment here.

Thanks for listening, and we hope you enjoy the show!

 
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Episode #16 - Down the Rabbit Hole

In addition to our usual news & shenadigans, in this episode we are joined by Black Library writer Nick Kyme to talk about his latest Warhammer & 40K novels, as well as to chat about what it’s generally like to write for the Black Library.

We would also like to take the opportunity to welcome our newest sponsor to the show - TerranScapes Tabletop Terrain!

Intro & Show News (00:58)

Hobby Update (26:51)

  • - New War of the Ring roster generator from the Last Alliance forum. <Link>
  • - 40K Imperial Guard rumour roundup. <Link>
  • - Updated Space Hulk re-release chatter. <Link>

Nick Kyme Interview: Part 1 (49:03)

  • - Nick gives us an overview on his writing exploits and then we chat in detail about his new Dwarf centric Warhammer Fantasy story “Honourkeeper”.

Intermission (01:12:01)

Nick Kyme Interview: Part 2 (01:15:47)

  • - We continue our interview as Nick chats about his upcoming 40K novel “Salamander”, and reveals what it’s like writing for the Black Library.
  • Nick Kyme’s official website.

Final Words (01:45:02)

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JJ’s all grown up!

In the grand tradition of the “birthday ambush” - today mark’s JJ’s special day! Leave a comment here for him here or drop him a congratulatory message via email at jj@worldsendradio.com !

Episode #15 - Bolters at Dawn

With the recent release of the fantastic new “Dawn of War 2″ computer game, in this episode we give it a test run and give you a detailed overview of what to expect. In addition we see the return of “Competitor’s Edge”, where we discuss the finer points of painting and sportsmanship scoring at tournaments.

Be sure to listen out for details of our massive new Dawn of War 2 contest!

We would also like to take the opportunity to welcome a new sponsor to the show - Irresistible Force Miniature Games & Hobbies!

Intro & Show News (01:09)

Hobby Update (16:47)

  • - Games Workshop Imperial Guard previews. <Link>
  • - New 40K Apocalypse datasheets. <Link>
  • - LOTR War of the Ring advance orders & release dates. <Link>
  • - New Lord of the Rings data files for Army Builder. <Link>

Dawn of War 2: Game Review (33:39)

  • - We give this great new computer game a test run and discuss how exactly the single player campaign and the multiplayer mode works. We also announce a fantastic new contest!

Competitor’s Edge (Tournament Scoring, Part 2) (01:10:02)

  • - We continue our overview of the common scoring categories at events and delve into “Painting” and “Sportsmanship” in more detail.

Final Words & Mailbag (01:43:49)

  • - A new gauntlet is thrown!

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