Art of War - The Competitive 40k Network

Hello! I am joined by an amazing Scandinavian duo, Patrick Woods and Axel Ryden to chat about units that have never been good in 10th edition and what can be done to make then viable. It's a damn good time and was a great way to hang with mates whilst awaiting the anticipated points changes.  Hope you enjoy. 

In this week's episode Nick interviews return guest Innes Wilson. Innes talks about his wealth of experience with the new Genestealer Cult Outlander Claw list. We go through how it operates, and cover everything you need to know about Genestealer Cult.  In part two of the show, available to our patrons deep dive the various matchups Innes has faced in his multiple tournament outings with Genesteal...

This week the amazing editor in chief for all Art of War audio productions joins us in a show that is years overdue. Adam sits down and delves into the mind of a man who polishes the products you have come to enjoy, helping me at least sound like i know what i am on about.  He is an amazing individual and I am super lucky to have been working with him from Episode 1! Also Shout out to Seamus's Mum...

In this week's episode Nick interviews Grant Kauffman. Grant talks to us about what it was like having Nick coach his team at Champion's cup. How having an active and knowledgeable coach helped influence their rounds the Champion's Cup. And, of course, his amazing undefeated Death Guard army list. In part two of the show, available to our patrons deep dive into all of the rounds Grant played. We g...

Adam reels in three juggernauts from the LGT this past weekend, with 2nd place Brian Seipp, and top ten finishers Innes Wilson and David Gaylard.  We have an awesome chat about the event, what is working amazingly well and anything they'd like to see change, their trials and victories, discussing the meta and analysing some of the pretty wild finishes for some very obscure factions.  Hope you enjo...

In this week's episode Nick interviews Eric Forsman. Eric talks to us about community development, team tournaments, and his team composition for the Champion's Cup  In this episode we go over Eric's role within the team with his Tyranids, and how he dealt with real challenges as a team Captain. In part two of the show, available to our patrons deep dive into all of the rounds Tundra Tactics playe...

Greetings Soup enjoyers. Games Workshop threw us a curveball by making Imperial Soup it's very own Codex, in a very strange way. This is a pretty dang unique book that has some really really bad portions that don't really make sense by todays measuring sticks, but also some shining jewels and spicy that i think will take many by surprise! I am joined by Jeremy Martino of Team Australia for the rev...

In this week's episode Nick interviews Jason McKenzie, Jason is fresh off the back of a first place victory at the Smite Club Open with his Retaliation Cadre Tau! In this episode we go over Jason's journey with the hobby, how to improve, and his Tau army and strategy! In part two of the show, available to our patrons deep dive into all of Jason's games with play by play tactics and strategies from...

Greetings one and all and welcome to another tier list. I am joined by the lovely Nathan Herring and Jeremy Atkinson from Stat Check to help me update our living faction ladder. We do this periodically throughout the life of the game and this episode makes our 13th faction ladder update! We go over where we left off on the last ladder what things looked like then, all 20 weeks ago, and update it p...

In this week's  episode Nick interviews Derek Apsche, Derek is fresh off the back of a first place victory at the NOVA Open with his Max Cultist Chaos army! They go into all of the details for how it works and how Derek came up with it here! In part two of the show, available to our patrons deep dive into all of Derek's games with play by play tactics and strategies from the man himself! To suppor...

Hello wonderful denizens of the 41st milenium. I am back from my crazy month of travel and back in the recording booth, joined by a trio of Australian WTC team members do discuss the state of the game.  We chat things we like, dislike and would like changed in addition to how the current balance stacks up against past golden periods of competitive play!

In this week's very special episode Nick interviews Justin Moore, a long time War Room member. Just in fresh off the back of amazing first place victory at the Texas Open with his Double Monolith Necrons! They go into all of the details for how it works here. In part two of the show, available to our patrons deep dive into all of Justin's games with play by play tactics and strategies from the man...

In this week's episode, Nick interviews Thousand Sons player  David Gaylard.  Player Name: David Gaylard Team Name: New Zealand Factions Used: Thousand Sons Army Points: 1990 Army Enhancements (list on which model): - Lord of Forbidden Lore (on Char1: Exalted Sorcerer on Disc of Tzeentch) - & Arcane Vortex (on Char4: Infernal Master) - & Umbralefic Crystal (on Char5: Infernal Master) Detac...

Adam is joined by the band new wtc ambassador, John Lennon for the review of the bloodiest of Angels!

In this week's very special episode Nick and John Lennon reveal a discussion they had a month ago before the WTC competition.  They reveal their read on the competition, and their analyses of the team compositions.  In part two of the show, available to our patrons we revisit the discussion one month later after the results of the WTC were in. We go through USA's composition and their overall pair...

Hello lovely people, thanks for hanging in there while I was away at the WTC! I hope you caught and enjoyed the coverage.  This week we recap the action with the French Champions, going over their line up, preparation, list construction and delving into what it takes to win this most prestigious of events. Hope you love it. 

In this week's episode, Nick interviews WTC and Warmaster Champion Olivier Weiss of France. We talk about their dominating performance, their team composition, what it takes to become the World Chaps of the hardest tournament in the world and much more. In part two of the show, available to our patrons we talk about Olivier's approach to his 15 round marathon, sportsmanship, and how he pilots his...

In this week's episode Nick and Alex talk about the brand new and shine Ad Mech army, after their big glow up from Pariah Nexus. We talk about how Alex got into Warhammer, his love for the underappreciated armies, and how his Ad Mech list operates as a strategic level. In part two of the show, available to our patrons we talk about some of Alex's toughest and most interesting games from his two re...

In this week's episode Nick and Eric talk about a new and emerging style of Ork list which Eric piloted at the American Team Championships. We talk about Eric's relationship with 40k over the years, how to get better at the game, and hear from the champ himself about how his team won the event. In part two of the show, available to our patrons we talk about Eric's match ups, theory, and tactics, a...

This week I am joined by the amazing Frank from 40k Dirt Sheets and Nathan the stats-dad from Statcheck. We delve deep into the faction, detachment and even unit stats for the World Team Championships of 40k that are going down in a weeks time! Hope you love it.

In this week's episode Nick and Ben talk about a very new and exciting Dark Angels Gladius list which Ben piloted to the semi-finals of the Shefield 40k Super Major in England. We learn a lot about how it works and the overall meta in the UK In part two of the show, available to our patrons we talk about Ben's match ups, theory, and tactics in this audio battle report To support the show please ch...

Hello lovely people this week i get my mad lad Matt Morosoli on to assist me in unpacking 3 nations of note at the WTC this year. We go through each list with as fine a tooth comb as we can, detailing what it's good/bad into, divining the purpose of it in said 8-player lineup and anything else we can conjure. We deep dive into Team Poland, the reigning defending WTC champs of 2023, Team Norway who...

New meta incoming! Nick and Scott talk about his amazing 5-0 run with the newest and most exciting Adepta Sororitas detachment, the Bringers of Flame! We learn about how it works and break down the list in part 1. In part two of the show, available to our patrons we talk about Scott's match ups, theory, and tactics in this audio battle report To support the show please check out our patreon for we...

This week we dive into the world of the weird with full segments on the state of: Orks, Tau, Votann and Necrons. Adam is joined by respective experts to discover how these factions are coping with the 10.5 changes and evolving with this ever changing meta!

New meta incoming! Nick and David talk about his amazing 6-0 run with a reimagined Necron Hypercrypt list! We learn about how it works in part one. In part two of the show, available to our patrons we talk about the list and Davids games in this audio battle report of his tournament. To support the show please check out our patreon for weekly exclusive content patreon.com/aow40k Link to War Room -...