Contact Lost Warhammer 40k Podcast

Team Poland has won the WTC 2023 and we have Pumba over to talk about his WTC experience, what 'engagement' means on Team Poland and to explain the choice of players who secured the victory. That's part 1 available to anyone. Part 2 only available to our patrons is in early access mode and will only be made available to the broader public in 2-4 weeks depending on our schedule. Follow...

At Contact Lost we want to serve as an intermediary between the Polish community and the rest of the world. This time we felt it was extremely important to interview the absolute GOAT of 40k - Skark - however due to the language barrier (his English is fine at the table, but not proficient enough for a fully-fledged 2h-long interview) we recorded this one in Polish and will provide an English voic...

Join Joker who hosts Typhus and Nathan to discuss the faction spread, the most interesting match-ups in the pod phase and some of the most peculiar lists that will be there at the WTC 2023. This episode is the last of the series leading up to the event and you can follow us there by watching the Studio Stream from Thursday August 10th! Like and subscribe to stay up to date with our WTC related con...

Olivier Weiss, also known as Père Kstor, the captain of Team France joins us to talk about his country's road to the WTC. We get full insight into how structured and formalized the WTC team formation is, we discuss the pressure that stems from that level of formality as well as the community expectations related to the team's performance. Last but not least we answer some questions from th...

This episode consists of 4 parts that include interviews with captains of Team Cyprus, Team New Zealand, Team Republic of South Africa and Israel. Each of them different, each of them amazing, all of them with the same goal to join the amazing WTC community and introduce their local scenes and metas to the 40k world at large. And birds. Their national birds too. Music: Bensound

In this episode: - Tomek & Nathan speak German - 'kurwa' drops at least two times - which faction is getting banned from the German events next - shots are fired left and right - how local teams make forming a national team more difficult at times - Statistik Papa asks more than one bird question Music: Bensound

Team Sweden is up next in our WTC Crème de la Crème and who could be more fitting to answer our questions than the team's captain - Jonathan. In this one we cover the usual topics like lessons learned from the previous year or the ambition this year, but we also delve into a bunch of other interesting threads. One of them is the influence of the Internet on the competitive world at large. We a...

Creme de la Creme series hits its 7th entry with an interview about Team USA. Our special guest is Anthony Vanella of Stat Check and Art of War fame, who speaks about the American perception of the WTC and the 40k scene outside of the States. We wanted to find out if Anthony's multiple trips to Europe and playing at events over there somehow shaped his view of foreign metas and if there were a...

It's the episode that everyone has been waiting for: Tony - the captain of Team England - opens up about the challenges of managing a team of stars, why the English are the heels of the 40k scene, how his team reacts to the AnyoneButEngland hashtag and how they plan to take down their biggest rivals. Music: Bensound

In the newest episode in the WTC Creme de la Creme series tweek and Nathan talk to Ruud Steenbakkers - the playing captain of Team Netherlands. Here you will find out how Holland finds the 10th edition and what their ambition this year is. We delve into two very interesting topics: the psyche of a player and how the Dutch Captain and Coaches help players adapt to the demands of the event. The seco...

In the next episode of WTC Crème de la Crème we talk to Gabriel from Team Spain who sheds some more light onto the wargaming scene in Spain, talks about the role of a non-playing captain and the superiority of the American pidgeon over the European pidgeon. We hope you enjoy! Music: Bensound

Team Poland's Pumba is out guest this time to talk about the Polish eventful ETC/WTC history and the Polish attitude towards the event. But more importantly he gets to decide who wins the fight: an American goose vs a European goose... and it would not be an episode with Poland in its theme if there was no complaining involved so we asked Pumba about his (and his team's) feelings towards 1...

WTC Crème de la Crème takes us to Canada - home to Chris Hanes, otherwise known as CanHammerChris, and to the most notable player - Francois Lalonde. Together we talk about Team Canada's history, formation and army selection philosophy. We also used this opportunity to get some hot takes about the 10th edition from our guests and to get their opinion on whether 10th will be problematic or rath...

Contact Lost is back after a short vacation and back with a collaboration on a grand scale! We are teaming up with the World Team Championships crew not only to bring you the most interesting interviews with top teams and players attending the event, but also to host the WTC Studio which will be the information center for all your WTC needs. With this new episode we kick off the World Team Champio...

Had to reupload: In this most recent episode recorded live we talked about the Polish team that stormed Bratislava and took Gold (both the trophy and the tickets to Atlanta). To give us all the spicy details of their path to GLORY we invited Vladdi and Arek who both went to the ETC/WTC a number of times. We will check what their preparations, army choices and pairings for Bratislava looked like. W...

In this video we talk to Jay Middlecote from Mohawk Miniatures who also happens to be the head judge at the World Team Championships. We discuss the things that make the WTC stand out - the rules, the terrain and adjusting all that for the 10th edition. We also get to talk about the use of clocks at events: we delve into the topics of weaponizing clocks and deathclocking opponents and what the WTC...

In our first ever live episode we hosted the amazing Archon Skari of SkaredCast to talk about his successful 40k career as a competitive player, content creator and coach. During the 85 min long interview we got to ask about his work-life balance, ways monetizing content and also about plans for the near and more distant (like... retirement-wise) future. We also got to answer some questions from t...

'My 40k job' series continues - this time with the one and only Nick Nanavati talking about his Magnum Opus : The Art of War. Within these 70 minutes we delve into the history and formation of one of the most powerful rosters of 40k specialists out there, we talk about establishing a brand with a diversified value propositio and the techniques and methods of growing your brand, attracting...

With this new episode we kick off a brand new series called 'My 40k job' where we will be interviewing people who managed to turn their love for the hobby into a profession. The series will see our guests talking about how they came up with the ideas for their businesses, what are the typical challenges of such endeavors, how their pricing/quotations work, how they structure their offering...

In this brand new episode tweak interviews Brian Seipp and Pumba about their victory at the Alpine Cup - a 5-man teams event in Austria. Our guests, together with Typhus, Innes Wilson and Anthony Vanella from Stat Check, now secretly under the alias Slut Check have climbed to the top and have done it with style. Tune in to find out what lists they brought, how they paired and why Anthony is the lu...

Tune in for another episode of Contact Lost, this time with an update on the Polish Meta and whether it is falling behind the "western trends". We invited Pumba (Polish National Team) to talk about the biggest Polish event this year so far that he himself had organised, we talk about the top lists and how they fit the global meta. We also look at the potential impact that the Desolation...

This is the second part of the two-parter on Alex Harrison's awesome Space Wolves list that took 2nd place at Manchester GT. In the previous episode we focussed on the list itself and the rationale behind Alex's choices. This time we go into his games, his choice of secondaries and the overll tactics for all games he played. Should be a treat for both Space Wolves players and anyone who mi...

Here's a brand new episode and guess what... tweak is back! and this time he is talking with the pilot of the most interesting Space Marine army at the Manchester Super Major - Alex Harrison. This is the first episode of a two-parter where Alex talks about his list, his games and the tournament overall. In this part Alex provides interesting insights into his list building process and explains...

In this episode, Joker sits down with Typhus (Team Poland / StatCheck) and Ruud (Team NL) to discuss one of the very few 8v8 tournaments out there, which is taking place on the weekend of 18th and 19th March.   Apologies for the sound quality at times! Ruud was recording from... outside.   #warhammer40000 #warhammer40k #40k #contactlostpodcast #miniaturewargaming #tabletopgaming #contact...

In this episode, Joker interviews the winner of the Dice Crusher GT, Vladdi, about his Asuryani list and how his games went. We also talk about Craftworlds in the meta and our feelings about the WDL scoring system. #wtc40k #contactlost #contactlostpodcast #warhammer40k #warhammer40000 #warhammercompetetive #warhammercommunity #aeldari #asuryani #eldar #craftworlds #miniaturewargaming #tabletopgami...