The Warzone Heresy Podcast

In this episode of the Warzone Heresy Podcast, the team look back on The Depths of Gehenna Part I, our latest Horus Heresy narrative event held at Dominion in Ayr. The war for the floating hive city of Tethys has begun. Loyalist and Traitor forces descended upon the storm-wracked ocean world, battling through the sprawling hive in a struggle for control of its vital infrastructure and hidden secre...

As the Great Crusade advanced, the Emperor's light burned away the shadows of Old Night and reveled many human enclaves locked in a desperate war for survival. Now, just as the Imperium was set to elevate mankind into a new golden age, the flames of betrayal will drown these same fledgling bastions of stability in a tide of blood and carnage. Far from the light of Sol, in the myth-drenched rumours...

With a new edition comes new events, and the opening phases of The Canticle Wars: The Fires of Elmghast about to begin! Chris sits down with Paddy from Dundee to go over the forces which have answered the Warmaster/Emperor's call and are set to fight it out in the Carcass Straits.

The rumours were true! The new edition of The Horus Heresy has been released, and much like everyone else in the hobby, the gang have some thoughts. Have they played any games of 3.0 yet to inform these opinions? No, but Nick, Struan, and returning guest Craig are back again regardless to share their hot takes (ding!) about what they like and don't like about the new edition.

While we wait for the much anticipated 3rd Edition of The Horus Heresy, the gang receive some fresh intelligence. Or is it counter-intelligence? Or is it counter-counter-intelligence? Special guests from the Scottish Community Craig and James join to help (or maybe hinder) Nick sort through the secrets of the Alpha Legion. The guys talk about the backstory, the multifaceted ways of configuring the...

Emergency Broadcast! The rumours are swirling. Grainy pictures abound. Are the rumours true, is there a new edition of Horus Heresy inbound? Or, as they say, is it all hearsay? In a rare timely episode Chris, Straun, and Nick are here with some wild speculation, plenty of red hot takes, and speculation about what's to come in the new edition that definitely won't be proven wrong in a mere 24 hours...

The gang are back on track this week with some classic Heresy content. Joining your usual compère Nick is prolific Dundonian Lloyd, from the Scottish Heresy Community and our very own Tom! This episode we take a look at the original bad guys, the Sons of Horus. The guys talk about the backstory, why they love the Legion and how they tactically use them on the table! Oh and Nick makes a rare rules...

A bit of a divergence this week as the team tackle a different game system! Join Chris, Nick and Special Guest John-Luke from our Heresy Community as we discuss all things WWII!

In the first podcast of 2025, Alex, Graham, Nick and Tom discuss recent hobby developments and personal projects, our upcoming events we are running and more!

Please ignore all the screaming... This week Chris is joined by special guest David from the Dundee Heresy Scene as they discuss all things Night Lords, with a particular focus on building a narrative but effective army, that takes full advantage of all the rules interactions this most spooky of legions has.

After a brief hiatus due to real life events, the gang is back to discuss everyone's favourite tabletop wargame - The Horus Heresy! In this month's episode, our two in-house 3rd Legion Peacocks are here to discuss all things Phoenician, looking at the narrative backstory, some of the models and their preferred way to play them!

Hull is other people, at least that's what they say. This week Chris and Graham are joined by the lovely Andy of Garage Gaming in Hull to preview their event 'The Liberation of Bucephala IV' that some of the team are attending. Find out about the fabled Garage, learn some of Andy's event design ethos and just what exactly is Chip Spice? Its all this week on the Warzone Heresy Scotland Podcast!

Join Chris as he is joined by two of the other Event Organising Teams in Scotland, Team Dundee with Lloyd and David and Team Dumfries with Simon and Matthew, to discuss their upcoming events, their event design process and the Scottish Heresy Scene in General! Can highly recommend their events which are to be found in the links below! - Graham Dundee event: https://www.facebook.com/events_invite_o...

Join Alex, Struan and Nick as we take a deep dive into the new Beta-Garmon book and discuss the new rules for Blackshields, Shattered Legions and more. Will Nick launch into yet another bitter diatribe about rules? Will Alex be re-enthused by the return of his prodigal sons? and will Struan come to terms with the ever increasing podcast length? Find out in this months Warzone Heresy Scotland podca...

The Xth Legion played an integral part in the backstory to our famous 'Gatekeeper Sequence'. Chris and Straun, the two of the team with big Iron Hands armies look into our favourite bionic madlads today. We take a dive into the background and fluff the legion and what attracted us to the glorious tenth. We discuss our forces and the design ethos behind them, and how we think best to play them.

Today Nick (Less ranting this time) and Tom discuss the latest FAQ changes to the game we love, and go over which aspects they do and don't like, as well as future changes they'd like to see and what they would do differently.

In the final episode of the three-parter the team discuss how the results came in and our 'Skynet' Score recording system, as well as an overview of our character advancement and cool moments that occurred during the event. (Spoiler: Daemonic Loyalists). We also do a quick review of our prizes and our thoughts on that for folk looking to run their own events. Finally we have a... Tirade, by Nick a...

The lads are back in a special 'Three-parter' discussing all the Kharthage event in full detail. In the second part of the mega-sode Chris and Nick take a deep dive into the background of 'The Gatekeeper', our overarching Villain across our first event trilogy. Have a listen to find out all about the backstory and design process for a true AI evil!

The lads are back in a special 'Three-parter' discussing all the Kharthage event in full detail. In this first part we discuss mission design, prize support and our general ethos when looking at running an event. Tune in for the elevator music, stay for the banter.

The team return to discuss the things they love about the heresy (The game!) including the narrative, game mechanics and more. We are not responsible for mysterious distant eldritch chanting or the appearance of Samus.

The team return to discuss developments in the Horus Heresy and where they think the game is going in the future. And as always we bemoan the over-exuberance of the VIIth Legion!

The team return for a discussion on the recently released "Siege of Cthonia" book, as well as put forward their own views on upcoming units to be released, Legiones Imperialis, and more! Recorded August 2023

The lads return to the podcast universe with a discussion of the new ruleset and what we like and dislike about it.

First ever episode where the team discuss their recent event "The Harrowing of Safehold".