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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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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.

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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)

• - Chaos Cultist fan fiction story <Link>
• - GW Blood Bowl Rules & Resources <Link>
• - Printable Blood Bowl pitches <Link>
• - Blood Bowl fan forums: <Ausbowl Link> <Talk Blood Bowl Link> <NAF Link>
• - BRAWL league website.
• - WestGamer Forums <Link>

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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)

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

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)

• - “Kiss My Axe & Drink My Beer” by Blue Oyster Cult & the Mythic crew. Download here.

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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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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