The 40k Lorecast

 On today’s cast we start our coverage of the Death Watch, the special forces of the Space Marines. We start with a quick overview of what the Death Watch are and then dive a bit into their two different founding stories (one was way better than the other). After that we talk about how a Space Marine joins the Death Watch, both the official and common practice as well as the Black Shield style. Fr...

 On today’s cast we are doing a John special. This cast is a dive into some our favorite broken rules of the game over the past 20+ years. A fun trip down memory lane, some of those memories are little bad for some players. We open with explaining Rules As Written and how that sets up some of these funny interactions. After that we dive head first into some glorious things like: no pre-measuring,...

On Today’s cast we conclude our coverage of the Space Wolves. Today’s cast is completely about the epic characters that make up the Space Wolf Lore. We open with a quick bit about the Space Wolves’ opinion on remembrancers. From there we go hard and jump through some of our personal favorites including Bjorn, Harl Greyweaver, Logan Grimnar, Ulrik the Slayer, Njal Stormcaller, the 13th great compan...

On Today’s cast we start our coverage of the Space Wolves. We open with the creation of the 6th legion by the emperor and its initial design and function in the Galaxy. From there we move into Leman Russ and his arrival on Fenris, and ascension to the leader of the Space Wolf legion. After this we move onto how an aspirant is chosen and then how they become a Space Wolf. Then we focus on the Space...

On today's cast we conclude our coverage of the Tau. We start with a breakdown of their styles of battle Mont’ka, Kauyon, and of course shield drone jubilee. After that we dive into the warfare technology of drones, battle suits and weaponry. From there we go into the expansion history of the Tau with the Spheres. From there we dive into Far sight, Shadowsun, and close with Aun’va. Patreon Mer...

On Today’s cast we start our coverage of the Tau. What they are, where they come from, and their history. We open with the surprise they were to the imperium, going from stone age to plasma in less than 60,000 years. From there we dive into the story of rise of the Tau and the introduction of the Ethereal. Then how the Ethereals changed the Tau into the full Caste structures that helped them rise...

On Today’s cast we conclude our listener cast on “where are the Primarchs now” with a focus on the Loyalists. After a very quick trip into very dead Ferrus Manus, we spend a bunch of time on John’s favorite Primarch Guilliman. He is awesome, sorry. Then we throw Brad a bone and jump into Leman Russ. We follow this up with Sangunius and Corax, and then Vulkan. Then we make Brad admit that Rogal Dor...

On today’s cast we dive into a listener requested topic “where are the Primarchs now.” We decided to do the first cast on the traitor Primarchs. We open with a quick bit on Horus, but then move onto a much longer coverage of Konrad Curze. Then a recap of Mortarian from our Typhus casts, followed by a deeper dive into Peturabo & Angron. Then we go through another quick recap of Magnus from our...

On today's cast we conclude our coverage of the Drukhari. We open with a very deep dive into the Wych cults of the Drukhari, their organization functions and features. After this we jump over to the Covens, to talk about their origins before the fall and the incredible powers they now wield within the Dark Realm. From there we dive into our personal favorite units in the Drukhari line the merc...

On Today’s cast we continue our coverage of the Drukhari.  We open up with the restructuring of the Drukhari in the image that Vect wants. We then focus on the Kabals, their structure, how they rise, and of course a deep dive on their leaders the Archons. From there we move into the most terrifying element of the Drukhari their Real-Space raids. We then close with a dive into the vehicles and weap...

On todays cast, We start our coverage of the Dark Eldar with a Focus on the fall of the Eldar from their perspective. We then spend more time on the webway and how it functions as an in between of the Materium and Immaterium. After that we dive into Commorragh both the city proper and the dark realm itself. We then close on the rise of Vect. Patreon Merchandise Discord Link: Our Website Retro Reca...

 On Today’s cast we conclude our coverage on the Adeptus Sororitas. We start with a recap of the restricting of the Adeptus Sororitas after the death to Goge Vandire. From there we jump into what a living saint is (kind of a daemon). Then we spend some happy fun times talking about the nightmare units of the sisters (penitent engines are just wrong. We then conclude by focusing on a few key charac...

On Today’s cast we begin our coverage on the Adeptus Sororitas. We start with a recap of the rise of Ecclesiarchy, the why and the how of its growth. After this we spend time talking about the rise and reign of terror or Goge Vandire. Namely his employment of the Daughters of the Emperor from San Leor. Then we go into the conflict between Vandire and the forces of the Imperium, and of course the t...

On Today’s cast we finish up our coverage of the Adeptus Mechanicus. We start with what the machine spirit is (our bad on missing that on the last cast). We then dive into the growth of the value and thus the power of the Adeptus Mechanics within the Imperium, followed by a dive into the nightmare that is a forge world. After that we jump into the nightmare beings that are the Skitarii and Kataphr...

On today’s cast we begin our dive into the Adeptus Mechanicus. We open with the origins of the Adeptus Mechanicus from well before the even the unification wars. From there we move onto the civil war that engulfed Mars that led to the rise of the Mechanicum. We then do a quick jump into the formation of Servitors and their value to the Mechanicum. After this we move into the arrival of the Emperor...

On today’s cast we conclude our coverage of the Grey Knights. We start off with a focus on Malcador’s secret Titan moon project and poor Garo. We then dive into the origin story of Ianus and again some Malcador. After that we jump into the specialized weaponry and armor of the Grey Knights. From there we tell some of the better stories of the Grey Knights and their feats. We end though on the grea...

On today's cast we start our coverage of the Grey Knights by focusing on their origin from the Horus Heresy. We open with, arguably the most exciting book of the Horus Heresy the Flight of the Eisenstein. From Nathaniel Garro’s discovery of the rebellion, through his journey back to Terra. After that we focus on the formation of the Knights Errant and their adventures in service to Malcador. W...

On todays cast we conclude our coverage of the Lore of Mortarian and Typhus. We open with the events leading up to the Istvaan III massacre and the Flight of the Eisenstein. Thereby marking the first serious public rift between Mortarian and Typhus. We then spend some time talking about each of their paths post drop site massacre. After that we dive into the conversion of the Death Guard to servan...

On today's cast we begin our coverage of the story of the Death Guard. Namely that stories of Mortarian and Typhus. We start with the story of Mortarian’s arrival on Barbarus and the revolution he leads there. Then the arrival of the Emperor and Mortarian taking control of his legion. From there we flip over to the origins of Typhus and his rise next to Mortarian. From his early days on Barbar...

On todays Episode we conclude our coverage of the Officio Assassinorum. We dive into all 6 temples, actually we even cover the short lived 7th temple. We focus first on each factions style and purpose. We then move onto their equipment and weaponry and how said equipment and weaponry help them achieve their missions. We then have a little fun talking about some of the crazy stories from the lore a...

On todays episode we begin our coverage of the Officio Assassinorum. We start with a quick delve into the Schola Progenium, and get out of that as quickly as possible. We then talk about the history of the Assassins on Terra from before the Unification Wars up to the start of the Great Crusade. Then we talk a lot about the value the Assassin brought to the Imperium during the Great Crusade and the...

On today’s episode, we dive into the Sisters of Silence. We start with an in depth dive into the Pariah gene. From there we talk about the mysterious rise of the sisters from the unification wars into the great crusade with the daughters of the Crow. We then talk about what a sister of silence is and how they function as an organization. We then move onto their growth during the great crusade and...

On Today’s episode we dive into the Adeptus Custodes. We start with the process of making a Custode, both the creation and training of them. We then move into their history within the Imperium and what their purpose was for the emperor and how it evolved as the imperium grew and changed. We then move into their resurgence at the conclusion of Abaddon’s 13th black crusade. We then finish with a div...

On today's episode we conclude (for now) our coverage of the Eldar. We dive into the weaponry and vehicles that the Eldar bring to bear on the battlefield. With some especial fan-boying about how broken and annoying they have been over the editions. We then jump into Wraithhosts who are both amazing and, in the case of the Wraith Knight, game breaking. Because we had some time left over, we de...

On today's episode we continue or coverage of the Eldar. Our focus today is on both the Aspect Warriors themselves as well as their founders the Phoenix Lords. We open with what an Exarch is and how they function in the Aspects. From there we cover each of the Aspects, what they are, how they wage battle, and all the fun levels of broken they have been on the tabletop over the years. We then d...