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This week we discuss the new Ork, CSM, and other detachments and the various changes. Surely Huron isn't priced over 115 points. Right? 00:00 Please Don't Do That Fan Art 03:27 What are we talking about today 04:20 Balance Changes 11:50 New Ork Detachment 30:38 Short Kings 42:22 Elves First Detachment 52:00 Elves Second Detachment 01:09:44 New Sisters Unit 01:13:09 The Good Guys 01:35:27...

This week we catch up on the Jan 2026 reveals and everything else we've missed. 00:00 Hobby Talk 08:42 New Years Reveals - New CSM Minis 23:20 New Aeldari 27:17 Maelstrom Book Series and Boxes 28:43 Age of Sigmar Reveals - OBR 30:52 Age of Sigmar Reveals - Tzeentch 34:27 Age of Sigmar Reveals - LRL 34:45 New Blood Bowl Elves 36:24 New Custodes 39:59 New Space Marines from 30K 40:24 New Not-Pe...

This week we discuss the army in 40k that really needed something new, and look, they got new models and detachments. We're of course talking Space Marines! And Necrons, I guess. This, and more! 00:00 Intro & Hobby Talk 07:51 New Stuff is Coming Out for Space Marines 10:49 Orbital Assault Force 15:40 Reclamation Force 21:33 Bastion Task Force 26:52 New Necron Changes 34:04 Cryptek Detachm...

Hey folks, This week we discuss the new releases announced, as well as Titus and his crews sheets as well as the winning minis for the best of 2025!   00:00 The Longest Intro Hobby Talk 18:08 New Releases - Blackheart 19:43 Models of the year 21:39 New Releases - Corpsemaster 23:41 Back to Models of the Year 32:01 AoS Models of the Year 34:50 Models of the Year from other systems 40:04 World Champ...

Hey folks. It's the funny number! This week we discuss Grotmas, Detachments, and cake. 00:00 Intro 01:43 New Grotmas Detachments just Dropped 05:05 Blood Angels Detachment 08:43 Astra Militarum Detachment 13:00 New Harlequins Detachment 16:46 New EC Detachment 23:37 New Space Wolves Detachment 27:10 Dataslate Changes - Aeldari 30:41 Dataslate Changes - Drukhari 31:38 No Changes 32:21 Thousand...

Today we discuss all the codexes and sort them into a neat list. Well, somewhat neat list. 00:00 Intro 00:48 Hobby Talk 05:16 Warhammer Quest 11:04 Preston Picks Begin 12:15 Adepta Sororitas 17:35 Adeptus Custodes 22:16 Adeptus Mechanicus 26:39 Aeldari 30:09 Astra Miliguard 33:20 Black Templars 37:00 Blood Angels 38:27 Chaos Daemons 41:51 Chaos Knights 43:32 Chaos Knights 45:53 Dark Angels 48:08 D...

This week we discuss the battle force releases, their value, the Warhammer World Championship Winner and other lists. 00:00 Intro and Hobby Update 05:01 Emperor's Children Battleforce 06:10 Astra Militarum Battleforce 07:25 Chaos Space Marines Battleforce 10:14 Leagues of Votann Battleforce 13:11 T'au Battleforce 14:46 Tyranids Battleforce 16:36 Gloomspite Gitz Battleforce 17:45 Skaven B...

00:00 Intro and Hobby Update 01:25 New Releases 04:28 Drukhari 06:27 Genestealer Cults 09:02 Grey Knights 11:15 Imperial Knights 16:05 Leagues of Votann 19:17 Necrons 22:03 Orks 25:06 Space Marines 29:38 Space Wolves 32:28 T'au Empire 35:47 Thousand Sons 39:25 World Eaters 45:29 Emperor's Children 46:27 Final Thoughts (and Tyranids) Open Play - The Warhammer 40k and Age of Sigmar Podcast...

This week we decided to review where 10th Edition started by looking at the original index releases compared to where the game is now. We look at the first half of the indexes this week, we will wrap it up in the next episode! 00:00 Hobby Talk 03:17 New Releases 11:06 Dice Reviewing 14:36 The State of the Game 15:47 Adeptus Custodes 18:35 Adeptus Mechanicus 21:50 Adepta Sororitas 24:25 Aeldari 28:...

00:00 Intro and Hobby Update 01:44 Emory's Drukhari Journey 02:55 Lady Malys 07:36 Archon 09:24 New Army Rule 18:48 Deatchments - Reapers Wager 26:36 Deatchments - Skysplinter 27:33 Deatchments - Spectacle of Spite 38:51 Deatchments - Covenite Coterie 40:37 Deatchments - Cabalite Cartel 55:20 Datasheet Glowups 01:12:46 Overall Impressions Open Play - The Warhammer 40k and Age of Sigmar Podcas...

00:00 Intro 01:05 Knights Army Rules Changes 07:38 Valor Strike Lance 20:59 Questoris Companions 28:32 Spreadhead-at-Arms 38:55 Detachment Overall Impressions 40:29 Datasheets 56:24 Things we are looking out for Open Play - The Warhammer 40k and Age of Sigmar Podcast Contact us at the following: openplaypodcast@gmail.com Join our Patreon for early access and other perks! - https://patreon.com/Open...

00:00 Intro 03:38 No More Challenger Cards 12:58 Adepta Sororitas 14:48 Adeptus Custodes 15:34 Adeptus Mechanicus 20:41 Aeldari 23:46 Astra Militarum 26:01 Black Templars 26:14 Blood Angels 27:21 Chaos Daemons 29:07 Chaos Knights 31:37 Chaos Space Marines 32:48 Dark Angels 33:57 Death Guard 35:04 Deathwatch 36:18 Drukhari 36:59 Emperor's Children 39:36 Genestealer Cults 40:37 Grey Knights 41:...

00:00 Intro & Hobby Update 04:55 Nova Open 10:14 Narrative Events 15:07 Leagues of Votann new Codex! Army Rule 18:14 The Obligatory Transport Detachment 27:57 Cthonian Beserks Detachment 35:33 Hearthfyre Arsenal Detachment 44:50 Needgaârd Oathband Detachment 50:54 Persecution Prospect Detachment 01:00:16 Datasheet Talk 01:31:29 Final Thoughts Open Play - The Warhammer 40k and Age of Sigmar Pod...

This week we bring Fabian back to discuss the Black Templar Codex! 00:00 Intro 05:14 Black Templars 09:02 Vows 14:27 Detachments - Companions of Vehemence 37:40 Detachments - Vindication Task Force 58:10 Detachments - Godhammer Assault Force 01:15:33 Datasheets 01:36:02 Final Thoughts Open Play - The Warhammer 40k and Age of Sigmar Podcast Contact us at the following: openplaypodcast@gmail.com Joi...

This week we discuss the new releases including hot Votann in your area, plus we review the GK Codex. 00:00 Intro 04:21 New Releases 23:21 Grey Knights Army Rule and First Detachment 32:33 Grey Knights - Hallowed Conclave 42:39 Grey Knights - Banishers Detachment 51:35 Grey Knights - Vehicle Detachment 59:25 Grey Knights - The Worst Detachment 01:09:27 Grey Knights - Datasheets 01:25:19 Fake Point...

This week we dive into the new releases announced, upcoming releases and the current meta with a returning guest, Mark Hertel! 00:00 Intro and Hobby Update 02:31 Codex Supplement Black Templars is Coming Out  05:50 Codex Grey Knights 09:54 Combat Patrol Space Wolves 11:04 Combat Patrol Tyranids 11:42 Special Edition Covers 12:03 Black Templars 20:35 Summer Reveals Show 21:43 New Kill Team Tomb Wor...

00:00 Intro 05:50 The New Grey Knights Box 11:18 Other New Releases 16:58 Space Wolves 19:44 New Drop Pod 23:00 FAQs 37:42 Star Talk, i mean, Stats Talk 46:32 Tournament Report - Ad Mech 01:07:40 We are getting good at this Open Play - The Warhammer 40k and Age of Sigmar Podcast Contact us at the following: openplaypodcast@gmail.com Join our Patreon for early access and other perks! - https://patr...

This week we discuss the Chaos Knight codex, and talk to one of the friends of the show who has grown a lot as a player over the last few years and his journey and thoughts on his army's codex. 00:00 Intro and Hobby Update 03:16 New Releases and Leagues 06:52 Chaos Knights Codex First Impressions 13:53 First Detachment 24:58 Second Detachment - Infernal Lance 37:28 Third Detachment - Lords of...

00:00 Intro and Hobby Talk 03:28 New Releases 09:47 New Tyranid Detachment 22:47 New Dark Angels Detachment 29:07 New CSM Detachment 34:20 Final Toughts Open Play - The Warhammer 40k and Age of Sigmar Podcast Contact us at the following: openplaypodcast@gmail.com Join our Patreon for early access and other perks! - https://patreon.com/OpenPlayPodcast Join the Discord ! - https://discord.gg/vnYJKMz...

We cover the June dataslate with our thoughts on the changes! 00:00 Hobby Update 02:30 Dataslate for June 2025 03:26 Adepta Sororitas 06:38 Adeptus Mechanicus 09:00 Aeldari 11:29 Astra Militarum 11:49 Blood Angels 12:47 Chaos Daemons 13:45 Chaos Space Marines 17:02 Dark Angels 18:39 Drukhari 19:29 Genestealer Cults 19:50 Grey Knights 20:24 Leagues of Votann 20:46 Orks 21:58 Space Marines 22:49 T&a...

00:00 Intro 01:18 Why Druikhari 04:43 Warhammer as a Hobby 07:38 Designing a new Drukhari Unit 09:45 Hopes for the Drukhari Codex 11:43 Selling Drukhari to New Players 13:36 Beeing one with the skew 14:32 The Bomber Train 16:55 Staying Consistent 20:41 New Narrative Arc for the Dukhari 22:24 Rogue Trader and the Mesed up nature of Drukhari 27:23 Balance in All Things 31:22 Favorite and Least Favor...

This episode we discuss the Dallas Open and go in depth into the Thousand Sons Codex! 00:00 Intro 03:44 Space Wolves Box Release 05:33 Dallas Open 22:22 Thousand Sons Rules Leak 28:44 The New Index Detachment 33:03 Soup Detachment 35:58 Tzaangor Detachment 42:04 Rubricae Phalanx 56:29 Datasheets 01:37:34 Codices are more balanced now 01:45:16 Outro Open Play - The Warhammer 40k and Age of Sigmar P...

This episode we go over the new Death Guard codex, talking about the detachments, and different data sheets. Will it be a stinker? We sure think so. 0:00 Intro 00:00 Intro 03:17 Preorders 06:41 AoS 09:58 Death Guard Codex First Impressions 18:17 Army Rule 19:55 Detachment - Virulent Vectorium 24:43 Detachment - Mortarion's Hammer 34:19 Detachment - Champions of Contagion 45:53 Detachment - Ta...

Howdy! This week our resident World Eater players discuss the new codex and our new ways to play? What's great? Hint: Demons, What's bad? Hint: Slaughterbound Detachment. This and more! 00:00 Intro 03:08 Warhammer Community article 05:05 Blessings 09:59 Index Detachment 27:10 Khorne Daemonkin Detachment 40:55 Possessed Slaughterbound 44:43 The Transport Detachment 50:33 Angron 53:59 Khar...

In this episode we go back and talk about our first episode and the leaks that were available at the time for 10th Edition. What did we get right? What did we get wrong? And how is Aeldari back on top again? This and more on Open Play! 00:00 Intro 04:17 Emperor's Children Talk 12:55 CSM 16:06 10th Edition Predictions Revisited 51:58 10th Ed Launch 01:01:51 Where we are at 01:20:51 Where we he...