Initiative One Podcast

  With Store Championship season over, we take a look at the dominance of Latari and Uthuk. Are they just more powerful than Daqan and Waiqar? We break down the math behind the units we can compare — heroes, infantry, cavalry, and siege — to see if there is a distinct numerical advantage. Where do each faction's units stand in overall efficiency, and how do upgrades and abilities factor in? We do a quick overview of our local tournament from March 17th as well as Canadian Nationals. Regional applications are due this week, so Regionals season will be upon us soon! Special thanks to FFG forum user SwagonBallZ for the excellent dice probability calculator: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tcykj2Gt7G0Y2coe7K0Uf9Rgfuay2hZIQrdWjzOgxX4/edit#gid=0   Email us at: InitiativeOnePodcast@gmail.com, check out our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/InitiativeOnePodcast/, or Tweet at us @InitOnePodcast.  Join us on our Discord server - the invite link is on our Facebook page. Thanks for listening!   "Colossu

We catch up on a few more Store Championships since our last episode, and do a recap of ours from February 24th. Uthuk have moved in to first place for wins that we know of, followed closely by Latari, and Daqan finally breaks out of their slump and earns a couple wins! What can stop the Uthuk? We talk about what we have seen from them so far and speculate about strategies to deal with them, and how accurate our predictions from our Uthuk review were (Spined Threshers: nailed it).  With Store Championships wrapping up soon, we look ahead a little bit to what's next. We also have a Discord server now, and the link is on our Facebook page, so come chat with us! All the winners we talked about on the episode are in this document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aw2L67UukEfKuQRQpsMhFBr5GdRxS-YJgMfBmY5Yf3A/edit?usp=sharing Store Championships map: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1bs4qlPd79rfsDsTrSiDH075jp-Pi2IEB&usp=sharing Email us at: InitiativeOnePodcast@gmail.com, check out our Facebook page at: https

With our store champs coming up, we look at everything we've gathered about others that have happened already. Reviewing the winners, common things we have seen between armies, and general trends gives us some ideas about the shape of the current meta. Hopefully we can give you some ideas about what to expect, what to try, and maybe something new to put on the table. We wrap up with general tournament tips from our experiences.  We would love to hear your tournament tips as well, so put them on our Facebook page if you get a chance! All the winners we talked about on the episode are in this document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aw2L67UukEfKuQRQpsMhFBr5GdRxS-YJgMfBmY5Yf3A/edit?usp=sharing Store Championships map: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1bs4qlPd79rfsDsTrSiDH075jp-Pi2IEB&usp=sharing Email us at: InitiativeOnePodcast@gmail.com, check out our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/InitiativeOnePodcast/,or Tweet at us @InitOnePodcast.  As we said, we are still interested in store champs re

Our second faction review! This time we tackle the Kari Wraithstalker faction, also known as Daqan. Can you figure out that we think Kari is really good? We take a look at units, upgrades, and some typical builds for everything. There are a few new ideas to try out, and some speculation about the Outland Scouts expansion that we'll get...at some point this year.  Store Championships map: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1bs4qlPd79rfsDsTrSiDH075jp-Pi2IEB&usp=sharing Email us at: InitiativeOnePodcast@gmail.com, check out our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/InitiativeOnePodcast/,or Tweet at us @InitOnePodcast.  We want to hear about your store championships, so send us the info if you have run or played in one. Thanks for listening!   "Colossus" "Crossing the Chasm" "Five Armies" Kevin MacLeod (incompletech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Join us for a recap of our tournament from January 20th. Justin and Shane give some insight into their experience as players, and Josh share some of what he saw while commentating. In the second half, we discuss the terrain included with the game, how to stat and use your own custom three-dimensional terrain, and some of the re stules about it.  You can check out the videos from our tournament on our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOzBvBKj7v_rEqWrtcEf-Iw?view_as=public), links here: Rounds 1 & 2: https://youtu.be/23OQtO4Msks Round 3: https://youtu.be/4sGWoJXe5hQ Tournament Pack (Deployment and Objectives, tournament rules): https://diu7u4f1bbc3e.cloudfront.net/ui/000210.pdf Store Championships map: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1bs4qlPd79rfsDsTrSiDH075jp-Pi2IEB&usp=sharing Email us at: InitiativeOnePodcast@gmail.com, check out our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/InitiativeOnePodcast/,or Tweet at us @InitOnePodcast.  Let us know what you think of the show, tell us what

No Runewars news since December 4th, and no Initiative One episode since December 13th? They must both be cancelled! In all seriousness though, check out our second listener-driven discussion. We chat about play styles, army builds, strategies, and do some deep soul-searching about the roots of our Reanimate hate. Were we wrong all this time? Find out on this episode! Don't forget - check our our tournament stream on Saturday, 1/20, starting at 11:00am EST. Links will be on our Facebook page and the FFG forums. Store Championships map: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1bs4qlPd79rfsDsTrSiDH075jp-Pi2IEB&usp=sharing Email us at: InitiativeOnePodcast@gmail.com, check out our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/InitiativeOnePodcast/,or Tweet at us @InitOnePodcast.  Let us know what you think of the show, tell us what topics you are interested in hearing us talk about on future episodes, or just say hi!  Thanks for listening!   "Colossus" "Crossing the Chasm" "Five Armies" Kevin MacLeod (incompletech.com

Join us for our first community-generated episode. We try to respond to the questions we have had so far from our listeners about community building and the future of the game.  Store Championships map: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1bs4qlPd79rfsDsTrSiDH075jp-Pi2IEB&usp=sharing Email us at: InitiativeOnePodcast@gmail.com, check out our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/InitiativeOnePodcast/,or Tweet at us @InitOnePodcast.  Let us know what you think of the show, tell us what topics you are interested in hearing us talk about on future episodes, or just say hi!  Thanks for listening!   "Colossus" "Crossing the Chasm" "Five Armies" Kevin MacLeod (incompletech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Bonus Content! We continue with the Uthuk, and unveil our super secret Uthuk Armies. Each host built an army with the two core boxes and one infantry command box, and we reveal them in this episode. Email us at: InitiativeOnePodcast@gmail.com, check out our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/InitiativeOnePodcast/,or Tweet at us @InitOnePodcast.  Let us know what you think of the show, tell us what topics you are interested in hearing us talk about on future episodes, or just say hi!  Thanks for listening!   "Colossus" "Crossing the Chasm" "Five Armies" Kevin MacLeod (incompletech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Join us for our review of the Uthuk Army and Infantry Command Expansions. We cover all the contents of the new faction releases, and are joined by a special guest host! Clearly Josh can't remember what to call the runes, so every time he says "volatile," just pretend he is saying "unstable." Email us at: InitiativeOnePodcast@gmail.com, check out our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/InitiativeOnePodcast/,or Tweet at us @InitOnePodcast.  Let us know what you think of the show, tell us what topics you are interested in hearing us talk about on future episodes, or just say hi!  Thanks for listening!   "Colossus" "Crossing the Chasm" "Five Armies" Kevin MacLeod (incompletech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Our first episode! Get to know us a little bit, and hear our thoughts about the Heavy Crossbowmen, Death Knights, and some Worlds reactions.  Email us at: InitiativeOnePodcast@gmail.com, and check out our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/InitiativeOnePodcast/. Let us know what you think of the show, tell us what topics you are interested in hearing us talk about on future episodes, or just say hi!   "Colossus" "Crossing the Chasm" "Five Armies" Kevin MacLeod (incompletech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/