The Iterators Podcast

Ever wondered how to use military tactics and strategy in your games? Well you're in luck! In this episode of the Iterators Podcast, we interview a United States Marine Corps officer in how to integrate a military strategy called the "OODA Loop" into your wargaming experience!  Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 09:14 - What is the OODA Loop military doctrine 34:11 - Seeing the OODA LO...

After a bit of a hiatus, The Iterators Podcast is BACK with a brand new episode on how to integrate  Inductii into you force! Check it out as we will cover your legion's inductii and find fun and narrative ways to bring them to life on the tabletop. Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 3:57 - Ideas to integrate Legion Inductii into your force 1:52:00 -Outro Sponsors:  Oil Spill Painting Studio htt...

New Missions for your Horus Heresy games? ✅ Horus Heresy Narrative Crusade System? ✅ 30k rules for the plastic Admech range to flesh out your mechanicum? ✅ Playable Eldar in the Horus Heresy? ✅ Oli from the Panoptica team is back on the podcast and talking about all the projects they've been up to to help bring some spice to your 30k games! Check it out as we cover all this in our latest...

Can you bring Imperial Guard in the Horus Heresy? How viable can that possibly be? In this episode, The Iterators discuss how to bring the stories of the common soldier to life on the tabletop. Let's show those Astartes that they aren't the only ones that can have compelling storylines!  Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 8:35 - Setting the scene: Audio Drama 13:54 - Where you could draw in...

Join Josh and Daniel in this episode where we talk with the event organizers for the main Horus Heresy events for Adepticon 2023! In this episode, we do a deep dive into what inspired the narrative for the event,  how the event played out, and tips and tricks on how you could bring narrative event gaming to your local community. We hope you will enjoy it! Get all the latest information about the T...

In arguably our most controversial episode to date, the Iterators interview a former meta 40k tournament player and talked about his transition to being a narrative Horus Heresy player.  We hope you enjoy the episode and please let us know if you find the episode helpful for your community!  Sponsors:   Oil Spill Painting Studio https://linktr.ee/OilSpillPaintingStudio Hangar 18 Hobbies https://ww...

Join Josh and Daniel in this episode where we delve into the Liber Panoptica ruleset! In this episode, we are joined by Walrus, the team leader of the Panoptica project, to get a firm understanding of what the Liber Panoptica and Liber Centura rules are as well as a peak under the hood in the process of how rules are developed. We hope you enjoy the episode and see if Liber Panoptica would be usef...

Neuter your army list??? Why would I ever want to do that?!?! In this episode, Josh and Daniel explain how they go about creating narrative army lists for their Horus Heresy games. Join us in our discussion of discovering the underrated beauty of narrative list building in 30k and how that could add so much to the enjoyment of your hobby experience!  We hope you enjoy the episode!  Sponsors:   Oil...

From the Danish Vikings to Lawrence of Arabia, in this episode Daniel, Josh, & Josh discuss the the Loyalist Legions' Warlord traits and how you could leverage the lore to build your character.  We will discuss the unique aspects of each of the Loyalist Legions' Warlord Traits and give our impressions of how these traits relate to the culture of the legion and how you can create a un...

In this episode, Daniel & Josh discuss the the Traitor Legions' Warlord traits and how you could leverage the lore to build your character. We will discuss the unique aspects of each of the Traitor Legions' Warlord Traits and give our first impressions of how these traits tie into the culture of the legion and how they may connect to historical figures. Later on in the podcast, we wi...

In this episode, Daniel & Josh discuss the techniques we use to help new players find the right legion for them. We break down exactly how we approach the challenge of finding an army that interest you and how you can use these same techniques when choosing a Legion for yourself!  Additionally, we give a rapid-fire description of each Legion and what grand strategies & tactics they excel a...

In this episode we will discuss the how to create immersive battle reports that immortalize the stories you play on the tabletop and help develop a fun roleplaying narrative for any campaign of game you play. Our guest Josh break down how he accomplishes this and and gives examples as to how YOU can try this out with your friends when playing games. Additionally, we have linked a battle report tha...

In this episode we will discuss the how to bring history to life by using your Horus Heresy army to grab inspiration and role-play stories found in history on the tabletop.  We break down the process and talk about an easy to replicate template YOU can use give this concept a go when building you Legion! We hope you will enjoy it!  Timestamps: 0:00 - Introducing the concept of using history to ins...

In this episode we will be discussing everything Horus Heresy related for LVO 2022 with our guest Alex, the Event organizer for LVO’s 30k events! He will discuss all the exciting plans he has for the event ( no spoilers ) and do a deep dive into what what inspired the narrative behind the event planning. We hope you will enjoy it!  Timestamps: 0:00 - Introducing Alex and LVO 5:55 - Return to Istva...

This is the first episode of our ongoing series titled "What We Play & Why We play it" where we talk about, well...just that! We will be discussing Josh's Night Lords and what inspired him to both carve out the narrative to his force and how the narrative impacts his list building. We hope you will enjoy it!  Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro into the series & discussing what we will...

In this episode we will discuss the how to make your flesh out making a backstory for your characters using history as inspiration.  We break down the process and talk about an easy to replicate template YOU can use to so this process for your characters.  Lastly we how you how the process works LIVE by creating a character using the template discussed in part 1 and 2 of the episode. We hope you e...

In this episode we will discuss the what the Centurion & Decurion game modes are for 30k and why these game systems makes it EXTREMELY easy to get started playing The Horus  Heresy. Would you like to contact us?  Instagram: the.iterators.podcast Facebook: The Iterators Podcast Discord: The Iterators Podcast Music: Fall of Titan - Composer: Tim N Audio / Producer: SparksArtifex Sound Library —...

Hello and welcome to the Iterators Podcast! In this episode we will introduce ourselves and discuss the range of topics that we will feature in our podcast. We will also talk about why getting into 30k is probably one of the best decisions you could make! Timestamps: 4:28 - Get HYPED about 30k 17:52 - Honestly, how easy is it to get into 30k? 33:07 - Who are we? 40:27 - Why play 30k? Would you lik...

In this episode we will discuss how to build a squad The Iterators Podcast way! We will introduce 3 lore-focused tips we use when we are constructing a new unit for our legion. Give it a go and let us know how it worked out for you!  Timestamps: 4:17 - What are the 3 tips we use when making a new unit?  19:42 - A live example of putting these 3 tips in action! Would you like to contact us?  Instag...