BattleMallet Podcast

Jason, Jerod, and Tres catch up and give their review of the Daggok's Stab-ladz warband and Malevolent Masks Rivals deck! Blog: https://blog.battle-mallet.com/2023/12/daggoks-stab-ladz-malevolent-masks.html Cherokee Open: https://frontlinegaming.org/2023/10/31/cherokee-2024/ 00:18 - Intro 29:57 - Daggok's Stab-ladz 1:03:20 - Malevolent Masks 1:28:14 - Outro Links: Site: https://www.battle-mallet.c...

Jason and Jerod chat with Zack Newcome about his experience at the World Championships of Warhammer (Congrats to Champion Aman from Path to Glory)! See the top 8 decks in the deck library: https://www.battle-mallet.com/nemesis-decks Reach out to Zack in Discord (ours or the other online Underworlds Discord servers) if you're interested in Underworlds at the Cherokee Open: https://frontlinegaming.o...

Jerod, Tres, and Jason review Warhammer Underworlds Deathgorge, including the rules changes, the new warbands (Cyreni's Razors & the Thricefold Discord), and the new rivals decks (Breakneck Slaughter & Force of Frost) Blog: https://blog.battle-mallet.com/2023/10/deathgorge-review-1-rulebook-cyrenis.html Unboxing Video: https://youtu.be/GK04A7rX3E8 0:19 - Intro 12:47 - Rulebook Review 33:54...

Jerod, Tres, and Jason recount their 2023 NOVA Open, starting with the trip up and ending with the Warhammer Underworlds Grand Clash. Hear about all the games played, drinks had, and memories made! Best Demo: REM Racers 0:19 - Intro & Wednesday (NOVA Layout and initial thoughts, 40k) 43:22 - Thursday (40k, Dune Imperium, Board Game Lounge) 53:02 - Friday (Demos, Liar's Dice) 1:14:36 - Saturday...

Join Jerod, Tres, and Jason as they give their review of Skabbik's Plaquepack and the Paths of Prophecy Rivals deck. Blog: https://blog.battle-mallet.com/2023/08/wyrdhallow-review-3-skabbiks-plaguepack.html 0:19 - Intro 43:50 - Skabbik's Plaguepack 1:28:32 - Paths of Prophecy 1:50:08 - Outro Links: Site: https://www.battle-mallet.com Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/battlemalletpodcast Twitter:...

Join Jerod, Tres, and Jason as they give their review of the Headsmen's Cursed Warband and Voidcursed Thralls Rivals deck. Blog: https://blog.battle-mallet.com/2023/06/wyrdhollow-review-2-headsmens-curse-and.html 0:17 - Intro 16:03 - Headsmen's Curse & Voidcursed Thralls 1:14:42 - Outro Shout Outs! Underworlds DB for adding a link to our Nemesis Library from his site! Links: Site: https://www.batt...

Join Jerod, Tres, and Jason as they give their review of Wyrdhollow box, including both warbands and both rivals decks! Blog: https://blog.battle-mallet.com/2023/05/wyrdhollow-review-1-domitans-stormcoven.html 0:17 - Intro 22:23 - Domitan's Stormcoven & Ephilim's Pandaemonium 1:13:19 - Seismic Shock & Toxic Terrors 1:44:00 - Outro Shout Outs! What the Hex?! Wyrdhollow Episode Alberta Classic Grand...

Join Jerod, Tres, and Jason give their review of Gryselle's Arenai & the Beastbound Assault Rivals deck, focusing on those cards you'd want to see early in a Rivals game and then dipping into Nemesis Play. Blog: https://blog.battle-mallet.com/2023/03/gnarlwood-rivals-review-3-gryselles.html 0:17 - Intro 8:25 - Gryselle's Arenai 44:25 - Beastbound Assault 1:14:42 - Outro Shout Outs! One Day Tournam...

Join Jerod, Tres, and Jason as they catch up on what they've been up to since the holidays and Jason and Jerod recount their recent Nemesis Tournament experience! 0:17 - Intro & Catching Up 24:17 - Nemesis Tournament 1:14:31 - Outro Links: Site: https://www.battle-mallet.com Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/battlemalletpodcast Twitter:  https://twitter.com/battlemallet1 Instagram:  https://inst...

In this episode, Jason, Jerod, and Tres give their Rivals & Nemesis review of the Grinkrak's Looncourt and the Fearsome Fortress Rivals deck! Blog: https://blog.battle-mallet.com/2022/12/gnarlwood-rivals-review-2-grinkraks.html 0:16 - Intro & Catching Up 15:36 - Grinkrak's Looncourt 57:28 - Fearsome Fortress 1:43:40 - Outro Links: Site: https://www.battle-mallet.com Facebook:  https://www.facebook...

In this episode, Jason, Jerod, and Tres are joined by Brian and Skyler from the What the Hex?! podcast to discuss initial thoughts on running events in the Nemesis and Rivals formats! We also spend some time with Brian and Skyler getting to hear about their journeys as gamers! 0:18 - Intro & Catching Up 16:11 - Get to Know Brian and Skyler 49:37 - Thoughts on Rivals & Nemesis Events 1:49:59 - Outr...

In this episode, Jason, Jerod, and Tres give their normal Rivals review of the warbands and decks that come in the Gnarlwood box. We also want to announce our new website, which includes a full library of starter Nemesis Decks for every warband released to date. We kept things accessible for new players by only using those decks that can be purchased separately (or are included in the Gnarlwood bo...

In this episode, Jason, Jerod, and Tres discuss the rules changes that are coming with Gnarlwood. We're looking forward to objective tokens starting face-up, shared reaction windows, and so much more! 0:20 - Intro and catching up 19:00 - Gnarlwood Main Rules Changes 1:18:05 - Outro Socials: Blog:  https://blog.battle-mallet.com Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/battlemalletpodcast Twitter:  http...

In this episode, Jason, Jerod, and Tres run through their NOVA experience, from the preparations on the days before to the trip home on the final day. NOTE: Jason and Jerod talked about the Warhammer Underworlds Grand Clash (Friday) in Episode 42, so if you missed it, go back and check it out! 0:18 - Intro 2:13 - Prep & the Ride Up 24:12 - Wednesday Afternoon/Evening 58:21 - Thursday (Age of Sigma...

In this episode, Jason and Jerod cover their experience at the NOVA clash, provide their Rivals Review of the Gorchosen of Dromm & Deadly Depths AND also sit down with Gerard "The Professor" Padro to talk about winning the NOVA clash and the rest of his experience at NOVA. Blog: https://blog.battle-mallet.com/2022/09/nethermaze-rivals-review-4-gorechosen.html The Professor's Deck: UnderworldsDB Li...

In the latest in our Rivals Review series, Jason, Tres, and Jerod cover the 3rd Nethermaze Warband: Hexbane's Hunters and dig into our thoughts on the Drifting Tides Domain gambit card. Blog: https://blog.battle-mallet.com/2022/08/nethermaze-rivals-review-3-hexbanes.html 0:19 - Intro & Catching Up 14:14 - Hexbane's Hunters 1:16:57 - Outro Socials: Blog:  https://blog.battle-mallet.com Facebook:  h...

In the latest in our Rivals Review series, Jason, Tres, and Jerod cover the two Rivals Decks from White Dwarf 478: Vainglorious Raiders and Patient Lurkers. We also give our reaction to the new warband shown during the Skirmish games preview: Hexbane's Hunters! Blog: https://blog.battle-mallet.com/2022/07/nethermaze-rivals-review-2-vainglorious.html 0:18 - Intro & Catching Up 17:34 - Patient Lurke...

In this episode, Jerod, Jason, and Tres address the Force Dynamic-powered elephant in the room: the Exiled Dead. We go over what makes them strong and offer our tips and tricks for dealing with them. Blog: https://blog.battle-mallet.com/2022/05/are-exiled-dead-your-appalling-end.html 0:00 - Intro 10:02 - Analyzing the Exiled Dead 1:12:14 - Outro Socials: Blog:  https://blog.battle-mallet.com Faceb...

In the latest in our Rivals Review series, we cover the Exiled Dead (the last Harrowdeep warband) and the Shadeborn and Skittershank's Clawpack (the first two warband in Nethermaze)! Exiled Dead blog: https://blog.battle-mallet.com/2022/04/harrowdeep-rivals-review-3-exiled-dead.html Shadeborn and Skittershank's Clawpack blog: https://blog.battle-mallet.com/2022/04/nethermaze-rivals-review-shadebor...

In this episode, we discuss the Glory Points article and review the Maze Breachers Rivals deck from White Dwarf 475 and give our gut reactions to the pending pre-orders of Warhammer Underworlds: Nethermaze (GET HYPE!) and the Exiled Dead. Blog (Maze Breachers Rivals review): https://blog.battle-mallet.com/2022/04/harrowdeep-rivals-review-2-maze.html   13:14 - Maze Breachers Rivals Deck review 56:5...

In this episode, we introduce Secondary Objectives, episodes that cover multiple topics, games, or events. We're joined by Gerard "The Professor" Padro, who shares his Adepticon Underworlds experience with us and we talk about the events we've registered for at NOVA! To read more about Gerard's Lady Harrow deck, check out the Set the Tempo Blog . To read about what events Danny, Jason, Jerod, and...

In this episode, we cover the recent Rivals Plus tournament that Jason TO'ed and dig into the supplemental decks available for building a Rivals Plus deck. In our Rivals Plus review, we continue the trend of picking out our top three objectives, gambits, and upgrades, but we break down our rating by objective card strength, gambit card strength, and upgrade card strength. Blog form of the Rivals P...

In this episode, we continue (and wrap up for now!) our dive into the Rivals format. We catch up with Tres (so good to have him back on the show!) and his return to Underworlds via Rivals. Then we give an overview of each of the Harrowdeep Warbands released so far & the Illusory Might deck in the Rivals format (written up as a blog on https://blog.battle-mallet.com/2022/01/harrowdeep-warbands-riva...

In this episode, we dive into the Rivals format, giving an overview of each of the Direchasm Warbands in the Rivals format (written up as a blog on https://blog.battle-mallet.com/2022/01/direchasm-warbands-rivals-review.html ). For each Warband, we briefly cover the fighters, key Objective and Power Cards, the type of boards you'd want to use, and their playstyle. We also cover some tips on how to...

In this episode, we dive into the Rivals format, giving an overview of each of the Beastgrave Warbands in the Rivals format (written up as a blog on https://blog.battle-mallet.com ). For each Warband, we briefly cover the fighters, key Objective and Power Cards, the type of boards you'd want to use, and their playstyle. We also cover some tips on how to tackle each Warband and rate them on a Bronz...