Tyrants on the Field

Its that time of year again Bokur Brawl and that means a team event with lists to go over in mass with a week ahead preview. So I've once again locked myself in the bunker and will review each and every list for this event by team. And then give you who I think has the best chances. In this first episode we explore Teams 1 thru 8 of the field. Its a long strange Trip folks let's dance.

In this episode I talk about the 2024 update for Warmachine Mrk4 and the sr2024 Steamroller document. Highlighting my thoughts on Dusk, Winterkorp and Orgoth  as well as general state of the game post update and post new Steamroller.  Try to contextualize the list building changes in the new ecosystem to sr2024 and highlighting some initial thoughts.

We have a fresh preview up of Steamroller 2024 by Privateer Press so I do a read through and react of the packet.

In this very special tyrants on the Field we go deep into the numbers of the wtc that just finished today. Going over top placing teams, some top players and go deep on the aggregate numbers for games played by faction and win rates and then deep diving into how those win rates were cultivated. Join me on this journey into the numbers to better see the meta matrix of the this WTC.

in our final installment we review the 3 American teams and then play favorites by saying which team constructions I think have the best chances going into the WTC.

We take a deep look at Norway and Findland and the Mercs team and finish off with South Africa

We enjoy a hearty serving of two Danish teams, the Belgian Team and the Portuguese team as we continue going team by team list by list through the WTC 2023 for warmachine. 

Only 3 teams in this episode in honor of the number 3 that and I went quite deep on these 3 teams lists being their was only one team for each of the countries.    Full lists here https://www.longshanks.org/event/11059/

Part 2 of our going over every list i the WTC talking through the list. Team composition and speculating.    full lists here https://www.longshanks.org/event/11059/

Its WTC time that's right list have been locked and released upon the world and the WOrld team championship mear weeks away 1 man ventures to go through all the lists discuss each team discuss each list and talk team composition. This is a multiple part episode.   This episode covers  The 3 Swedish teams and our Neighbors to the North Team Canada.   Find full lists here https://www.longshanks.org/...

I do a silly commercial about the recent unpleasant delays. And then I talk a bunch about my new obsession the battleforge scenarios and why I want a lot not all of their elements to be the basis of mk4 steamroller. I go deep and nerdy into the game design here. and If you want even more thoughts on it I have them on our blog.  perspective/ https://cheatedfatesblogging.wordpress.com/2023/06/12/hoi...

We talk structures, We have a parody commercial. We go deep into the structure of building from a rules perspective give our opinions and our favorite ideas for how to better incorporate these interesting terrain features into the game. Reminder we have launched a Youtube Channel specializing in battle reports we are currently working through the Black Tide Campaign. More battle reports coming soo...

Episode 2 drops in talking WTC changes, 75 vs 100 and its effect and ripples across the comp land scape. Also talk a bit about legacy and its excellent showing at Adepticon. We break down the top 8 a bit and have some thoughts about overall power level this edition and why its driving fundamental play. 

Coming at you like Redlined Jackal its Tyrants on the Field. The new kid on the Warmachine podcast block freshly created for Mrk4 by veteran Wargamer Joe. In this very special first episode we talk about the secret to getting better in your end game by using the newbie focused recon as a way to practice with you post attrition models.    Music by; "Tyrant" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed...

So after spending a lot of time inside, I decided to talk a bit about starting up the game useing the two player starter and how it fits into the existing starter products the allegiance boxes. We talk a bit about how you 2 can play 2 commande2 games with just the 2 player starter and an allegiance box and we discuss the allegiance boxes as starting points for collecting.   I will be doing some up...

In todays episode we talk about the preview wyrd released of Kirai and the court of 2 as the other half of the 2 player combo starter box for The Other Side and malifaux. We do a unit review and talk about why Kirai is insane value in a 2 player game more so than a single commander game.    special thanks to  Jimmy Kennedy in 1996 Scream Gundam Wing theme song the kenner toy company 1986  and Styx...

On this very special episode of Coordinated strike we talk 2 player starter set announcement. We overview big red herself Sonnia Criid and discuss why she's worth it in a 2 commander game. We also go over Gatling gunners and guild mages to round out the Guild experience. We talk about the FB page and the vassal module update made by the community.    opening gag: Olivia Rodrigo theme song: Hell's...

Well long time no see, or I guess listen. Life went nuts on me my kids are growing like weeds and have taken up most of my time inbetween episodes. But with the recent events I felt it important to get back behind a mic and at least try to do something positive. I give you an attempt to at least give you all something.  We talk about the current state of the industry, we talk a small bit about War...

Balance errata lands and we go deep on it. Enjoy.

Jam packed episode where we go campaigning for a variety of things. For support post gencon, support at gencon, we talk about our hopes for what we see and expect in the upcoming balance errata. As well as talk about a recent game we had into KE with out gibberhordes. We also talk about the campaign system I made for the game and where to find it as its unofficial and just for personal amusement I...

We go deep on the favorite canadian in the came. Charlie Edmonton.

We are back, My wife had twins so time's been at a premium. But back at it with a quick show about Pitched Assault and list roles.

On today's show we go over the List I've been brewing for the last few weeks. As I recently got a second Alpha Crawler and was looking at a way to play him in a list and went back to a list a I had used in testing but hadn't utilized since I got the actual models in. The List King of All Monsters 2 Commander Gibbering Hordes Horomatangi +Unnatural Growth +1 +Tide Caller+1 +Relic of Ancient Malifau...

On Today's Show we talk about the importance of the Stratagem decks. Additionally I dive into some stratagems that are excellent at producing value in the one commander game. 

I love games, I have a long history of them and I had sever writers block looking for something to do an episode on post Captaincon. Thankfully my old buddy Justin Gibbs went on the twitter after I asked for help and Gave me a wonderful question of what he wanted to hear about. So its very Much Justin's Fault if you don't like this episode. But If you like it I'll take full credit, lol. This isn't...