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Episode 188 of The Independent Characters is our very first LIVE show! And this time around it is an episode of The Warrior Lodge! Our new equipment (thanks to our Patrons) has allowed us to make you a part of our gaming group more than ever before. This time around we are able to have a few luckly listeners join us to give their points of view on some of the topics we discuss. This won't be the last time we do something like this, so we hope you become just as excited about it as we are! We tackle quite a few topics and struggle our way through some new technology, but overall I think we are very pleased with how the entire thing came together. We hope you agree. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:13:40 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 1:00:00 - The Warrior Lodge - Live!: Part 1 1:35:00 - The Warrior Lodge - Live!: Part 2 2:31:00 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: KR Multicase - SPONSOR Tablewar! - SPONSOR Wargamma - SPONSOR CK Studios - SPONSOR Forge World Games Worksh

Episode 187 of The Independent Characters contains brings us nearly to the end of our Heroes of 40k series with the Enigmas of the Xenos! We include our usual Hobby Progress (or lack thereof) section and then jump right into our main topic of the show. This is the first episode recorded on our new equipment. I'm still dialing in a few things but I think you will already find the audio quality improvements significant! We really hope you enjoy what we have prepared for you. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:08:15 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 0:50:30 - Enigmas of the Xenos Part 1 2:05:00 - Enigmas of the Xenos Part 2 3:10:00 - Final Thoughts and Show Closing Relevant Links: The ICs Patreon KR Multicase - SPONSOR Tablewar! - SPONSOR Wargamma - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library The Terrain Essentials Kickstarter  

Episode 186 of The Independent Characters is a deep dive into the Cities of Death rules. These can be found in the narrative section of Chapter Approved 2018 as well as a slightly expanded version in the rule book for the Urban Conquest campaign set. This episode clocks in at a more reasonable two and a half hours. Which is a nice change for us from the marathon recordings we’ve been doing lately. Justin and Adan are back and we discuss what has been going on lately with about forty minutes of ‘Hobby Progress’. Carl also spends a little time describing The Somnium Stars Campaign which is launching for Legendary Level Patreon members in June! Then we launch into the main topic - Exploring the Cities of Death. We will tell you why this is the best way to play Warhammer 40,000 ever! (Well maybe). We really hope you enjoy the program! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:10:30 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 1:00:00 - Cities of Death - Part 1 1:41:30 - Cities of Death - Part 2 2:12:30 - Final

Episode 185 of The Independent Characters contains about four solid hours of great content for you! After a lengthy Hobby Progress and Games Played Segment - we dive into our Champions of Warhammer 40,000. This time we explore some of the Powers of Chaos! When we are all done with that amazing topic, we have a discussion with Dave and Mel about their Kickstarter for Terrain Essentials, followed up by an interview with Dan and Campbell of the 40k Badcast Podcast! We love these two guys and I think you will too! We really hope you enjoy what we have prepared for you. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:24:30 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 1:17:50 - Champions of Chaos Part 1 2:30:00 - Champions of Chaos Part 2 3:30:00 - Interview with Dave and Mel - Terrain Essentials 3:48:45 - Interview with the 40k Badcast 4:04:00 - Final Thoughts and Show Closing Relevant Links: The ICs Patreon KR Multicase - SPONSOR Tablewar! - SPONSOR Wargamma - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library

Episode 184 of The Independent Characters brings back The Warrior Lodge! This is a moderated discussion around topics that are top of mind in the community, our Facebook Group, or just things we generally want to discuss! This episode has Carl joined by Jody, Lars, and Austin… along with a special piped in guest host, Skari from The Skaredcast! Not only that we have a great interview with Dave Taylor speaking about Armies & Legions & Hordes, his book which was originally available through Kickstarter but is now available direct, and his new upcoming Terrain Book! You will NOT want to miss out on that Kickstarter! Stick with us as it’s a great episode. We hope you enjoy this new series as much as we are excited to bring it to you! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:06:50 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 1:05:00 - The Warrior Lodge - Part 1 2:15:40 - The Warrior Lodge - Part 2 3:04:00 - Interview with Dave Taylor 3:23:50 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links:

Episode 183 of The Independent Characters contains a massive four and a half hours of content for you. Now we wouldn't normally put out an episode this long, but with the loss of the Astronomicon computer, and the replacement, and scheduling... it had been over a month since we recorded. So you try to think of it as two episodes that are each two hours and twenty minutes long. If that wasn't excitement enough for you - this episode is all about The Death Guard! It's our Show of Force: Heralds of Decay! We go into great depth about the army and the impact it has had on the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Not only that - we have an interview with Black Library author, Chris Wraight about his novel "Lords of Silence" and the outlook of the Death Guard in general! Then, just when you think the torture is done, we have a great interview with Mike and Emma Basc! Two of the Warhammer Heroes Awards winners. We discuss what they have done to help revitalize the 40k scene in Perth Australia, their Objective Secured Podcast,

Episode 182 of The Independent Characters brings you a new series we are launching… In the 41st Millennium there are those who stand out among all others. Shining beacons of light or blackened embers of darkness. In this new series entitled ‘Champions of 40k’, The Independent Characters take an in depth view of several of their favorite heroes in the game. In this episode we explore the lore around each of them and what makes them qualified to be counted among the greatest of their kind. And in true ICs fashion, we go deeper. We look at how their model represents them, how they function on the table as well as how they compare to their fiction! This first episode will explore several ‘Heroes of The Imperium’. We will pick our favorites and dive into how they have helped to turn back the tide of Chaos and Xenos alike. After all of that, we have an interview with Teras of Geek Nation Tours, who describes some amazing new tours they have set up for the miniature gamer, role-playing gamer, and general geek enthus

Episode 181 of The Independent Characters brings you our 2018 wrap-up episode. Let me just first say that if you do not like our Hobby Progress segments, we apologize, because this one is extra long, coming in at nearly an hour and a half as we talk about our 2018 commitments, where we succeeded or failed, and then make new ones for 2019. There is also quite a bit that was accomplished over the holiday break by everyone and we go into detail about all those... including a few tangents here and there. Then we launch into the 2018 Warhammer 40k review! We go over every release from Games Workshop, Black Library, and Forge World, with a sprinkling of 3rd party releases thrown in here and there. We love these episodes because it really boils down to our opinions on a lot of things here. We hope you enjoy the episode as well! PS - Yes we also realize that at the very end we forgot to mention the Primaris version of Marneus, his guards and the new Black Legion Commander...   Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and H

Episode 180 of The Independent Characters comes right on the heels of Episode 179 and is set to destroy your ears with four hours of Warhammer 40,000 enjoyment! First we have an in-depth Hobby Progress section with lots of fantastic tangents! Then the fun really starts with our Show of Force covering The Thousand Sons. You knew Carl could talk a lot, but you didn’t know he talks even more when it is his favorite subject! We don’t know if you will want to play a Thousand Sons army after listening to this episode, but we are CERTAIN you will consider it time well spent. We hope you enjoy. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:03:30 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 1:19:45 - Show of Force: Thousand Sons - Part 1 2:34:30 - Show of Force: Thousand Sons - Part 2 3:53:30 - Final Thoughts and show closing 2:03:45 - Jason Mullins Hobby Progress... Relevant Links: Camp Fire Relief for Gamers Tablewar! - SPONSOR KR Multicase - SPONSOR Wargamma - SPONSOR CK Studios - SPONSOR Forge World Games Worksho

Episode 179 of The Independent Characters brings you a somewhat silly episode. We were lucky enough to have three very special guests. Jason Mullins from the Sons of Heresy Podcast, Adam Fasoldt (Loopy) from the Masters of The Forge Podcast, and Robo Ed from Life After the Cover save! Since Carl had all three of these individuals at his house, he felt it would be a travesty not to record an episode with them! So here you go. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll kiss three buck goodbye! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:07:50 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 0:41:35 - Clash of The Titans - Part 1 1:15:45 - Clash of The Titans - Part 2 1:56:55 - Final Thoughts and show closing 2:03:45 - Jason Mullins Hobby Progress... Relevant Links: Camp Fire Relief for Gamers KR Multicase - SPONSOR Tablewar! - SPONSOR Wargamma - SPONSOR CK Studios - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library  

Episode 178 of The Independent Characters brings you about two and a half hours of fun, laughter, and Warhammer 40k. Not necessarily in that order. We have our usual Hobby Progress and Games Played section which goes on for quite awhile as we have three guests in studio. However, the conversation diverges here from time to time and we bring up some interesting points along the way. Then we launch into our Warrior Lodge Episode - where we have a moderated discussion about several topics close to us personally and gathered from the ICs Facebook Group and larger Warhammer 40k Community. We hope you enjoy the show! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:03:55 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 1:24:30 - Warrior Lodge Part 1 1:57:15 - Warrior Lodge Part 2 2:41:30 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: KR Multicase - SPONSOR Tablewar! - SPONSOR Wargamma - SPONSOR CK Studios - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library Architects of Destruction  

Episode 177 of The Independent Characters brings you nearly three hours of entertainment! As usual we have our hobby progress section in which we introduce our guest host, Austin Lin. Austin is an incredibly talented airbrush painter, a Space Wolf (and Tau) player, and all around good guy. Then we finally get to the meat of the episode - our Show of Force episode on The Executioners of the Emperor: The Space Wolves! Many people have waited a long time for this, and here it is. We hope you enjoy the show! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:12:00 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 0:56:00 - Show of Force: The Space Wolves - Part 1 2:03:10 - Show of Force: The Space Wolves - Part 2 2:46:00 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: KR Multicase - SPONSOR Tablewar! - SPONSOR Wargamma - SPONSOR CK Studios - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library Architects of Destruction  

Episode 176 of The Independent Characters is finally here! We bring you nearly three hours of content... and yes, as some of you had feared, we have a slight echo in the new Astronomicon. We will have that fixed before next episode though and it isn't terrible. This episode we are discussing the "Pillars" of the Warhammer 40k Hobby. These are the components that, in our mind, make up the hobby as Games Workshop sees it. It's an episode full of opinions and deeper thoughts. We hope you enjoy! We then take a look and give our opinions on a recent New York Times article titled "In praise of mediocrity". An interesting article about hobbies and what drives us. We hope you enjoy the show! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:03:10 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 1:05:50 - The Pillars of the Hobby: Part 1 1:11:30 - The Pillars of the Hobby: Part 2 2:06:20 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: KR Multicase - SPONSOR Tablewar! - SPONSOR Wargamma - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop

Episode 175 of The Independent Characters brings you over three hours of entertainment for your earholes! After our standard Hobby Progress section, we spend some time discussing Chapter Approved 2017 - and where we think and hope it would go in 2018. Adan did a lot of research on this one so you are in for a treat. We then have a couple of interview for you that we think you might enjoy. Last, but certainly not least, after the final music we have an hour long interview with Black Library Author (and all around gentleman) John French. For our Forbidden Lore segment, we cover everything about his latest book: Horusian War - Incarnation. Spoilers abound so be warned! We hope you enjoy the show! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:03:10 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 0:47:50 - Chapter Approved 2017: Part 1 1:11:30 - Chapter Approved 2017: Part 2 1:41:30 - Architects of Destruction Kickstarter Interview 1:57:25 - Interview with Greg Dann 2:06:20 - Final Thoughts and show closing 2:11:15 -

Episode 174 of The Independent Characters compares two of Games Workshops skirmish game offerings. It's Necromunda vs Kill Team! A lot of discussion has revolved around whether or not Games Workshop has made the right decision in releasing another skirmish game. Is there enough room for both of these games in the 40k Universe? We discuss the ins and outs of both of these games, their systems, and how they are released and give you our final opinions on what GW has done right, and wrong. Carl is joined again by Jody and Austin as guest hosts as we take a deep dive beneath the hive cities of Necromunda and wage war across the tight confines of Kill Team. Don't forget, if you are looking for the best surface to play your Kill Team Encounters on - you can find them at Tablewar.com where their new Kill Team sized mats will blow you away. Use the Tablewar code for The Independent Characters (IC201808) in the month of August for a further 10% off your order! We hope you enjoy the show! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show I

Episode 173 of The Independent Characters introduce a new guest host, Austin! Carl met Austin at Adepticon just before he moved to the area and has already become a fantastic member of our gaming group. So after we introduce you to Austin, we have Jody and Josh join as well for a long Warrior Lodge episode. For those who don’t already know, The Warrior Lodge is a moderated discussion around several topics. We get various opinions and thoughts on things related to Games Workshop, Warhammer 40k, and the community in general. This episode was recorded on several different days so I apologize now for some of the disjointed feel of each segment. In a couple of places I reference segments that come later - however, they actually came PRIOR to me mentioning them on the show. Either way… deal with it! The topics and conversations are great. Not only do we have all of that for you, we also include an interview with Joe from Firmer Terra, the makers of The Alpha Gaming Table, as well as Dave Taylor about the current NO

Episode 172 of The Independent Characters is our Show of Force episode on Deathwatch! We have been unable to schedule time to record for nearly a month so we play a little catch up with each other and see how things have been going on the hobbby front before moving into our lengthy coverage of The Deathwatch. After that, we have a short interview with CK Studios to hear how their trip to the UK (and Warhammer World of course!) went, as well as the class they taught there. We hope you enjoy the show! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:03:20 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 0:55:45 - Show of Force: Deathwatch (Part 1) 1:49:50 - Show of Force: Deathwatch (Part 2) 2:23:00 - Interview with CK Studios 2:47:40 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: KR Multicase - SPONSOR Tablewar! - SPONSOR Wargamma - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library Geek Nation Tours  

Episode 171 of The Independent Characters sees us return for the final installment of our Chaos Resurgent series. This time around we talk everything Tzeentch! Prepare yourselves for a lengthy and productive hobby progress and games played section and then prepare to be mystified as we cover the topic of our fourth and final Chaos God in a descent into madness! We hope you enjoy the show! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:06:00 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 1:11:00 - Chaos Resurgent: Tzeentch (Part 1) 1:58:35 - Chaos Resurgent: Tzeentch (Part 2) 2:38:45 - Final Thoughts and show closing Relevant Links: KR Multicase - SPONSOR Tablewar! - SPONSOR Wargamma - SPONSOR Forge World Games Workshop The Black Library Armies & Legions & Hordes Gamefor App Geek Nation Tours Ft Worth ICs Meetup Email address - Lucas.w.lyon@gmail.com  

Episode 170 of The Independent Characters has us discussing Adepticon 2018. It was through the generous purchases of listeners such as yourselves that we were able to make it possible for all of us to go and meet with various guests that you will hear over the next few episodes (including this one!) After a lengthy Hobby Progress section we will move into a discussion about Adepticon 2018. This is followed up by three separate interviews. The first is with Dave Taylor in support of his Armies & Legions & Hordes kickstarter. You should really check this thing out as it only has a couple of days left as of this recording. Then we move into an interview with Uncle Atom of Tabletop Minions fame to speak about his companies app 'Gamefor' which you may find interesting. And last, but certainly not least, we have an interview with Teras of Geek Nation Tours We hope you enjoy the show! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:04:22 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 1:13:00 - Adepticon 2018 2:07

Episode 169 of The Independent Characters continues our four part series looking into each of the Chaos Gods. This episode, we are covering Slaanesh. While this Chaos Gods future is somewhat up in the air at the moment, we have high hopes that GW will embrace the deity for all it is worth, and in all aspects. We think you will enjoy this Chaos Resurgent episode! We also include in this episode two different interviews. One interview is with Colin Ward, from Legalized Mischief Productions and the other is from Kat & Caleb of CK Studios. We think there is some great information in both of these pieces. We really hope you enjoy what we have for you in Episode 169! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Show Intro and Host Introduction 0:04:30 - Workbench and Hobby Progress 0:51:30 - Legalized Mischief Interview 1:15:30 - Chaos Resurgent: Slaanesh (Part 1) 2:05:40 - Chaos Resurgent: Slaanesh (Part 2) 2:31:40 - CK Studios Interview 2:47:30 - Final Thoughts and Show Closing Relevant Links: KR Multicase - SPONSOR Tablewar! -