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Here's a quick video I've done after a game I've played recently. These shooting change are massive, the mission changes and the terrain changes are all making for good fast shooting being powerful!
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40K Fireside
Fireside Podcast · Leisure & Travel · English
Current rank 1 and 2 ITC David Gaylard and Vik Vijay have begun hosting the 40K Fireside Podcast! We're both multiple super major winnings and we tell our perspectives on the game in our conversation-based podcast.
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9 Jul 2026 · 22 min
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3 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 58 min
Best Armies to START 11th Edition with!
Hey everyone, we're back for an EPIC ranking of what we think are some of the best armies to get into if you're starting 11th edition. Starting a new army can be tough and a significant monetary investment, so follow along to et the pros and cons of factions you might be interested in :)See you all again soon - by the Fireside,Vik & DaveCheck out our E-courses for competitive Warhammer at https://40kfireside.com#warhammer #40kFireside #firesidepodcast #firesideJoin this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyYYtA8JdF-04NKO7ZmORkQ/joinFor Business Inquiries:…
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16 Jun 2026 · 56 min
A really positive 11th edition launch - 35 games in.
Vik and I sat down to talk through 11th now that we’ve got most of the rules, even if points are still the missing piece. Dave is about 35 games in, while Vik is coming at it from the “read the rules, built lists, haven’t played yet” angle. Short version: we’re pretty positive. Not in a “GW nailed everything” way, but this is a much stronger launch state than we expected. It feels like there’s already a real game here. 1. Scoring feels very different The old 10th edition plan of “hold my expansion, deny yours, win on primary” doesn’t really work the same way anymore. Because missions are…
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11 Jun 2026 · 23 min
Guard Disposition Breakdown
Hey everyone! The Guar detachments + dispositions have been released so I'm giving it a read through and giving my initial impressions :) Enjoy! let me know what you think is strong, what you're interested in testing too!
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11 May 2026 · 15 min
Part 1: Summary of 11th Edition Warhammer Changes
In this video I go through the key 11th Edition Warhammer 40,000 spoilers confirmed so far by Games Workshop.I cover the new detachment points system, changes to list building, enhancements becoming unit upgrades, character updates, asymmetric primary missions, force dispositions, terrain-based objectives, and the changes to secondary scoring.This is part one of my 11th Edition breakdown, aimed at getting you quickly up to speed with the biggest changes and what they could mean for competitive 40K.Chapters:00:00 Welcome to 40K Fireside00:57 11th Edition Spoilers Overview01:30 Detachments and…
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1 May 2026 · 12 min
Using GW's revealed rules to demonstrate the fight phase
Play Hey everyone, we're back! David and Vik are excited about 11th edition launch so we thought we'd do a segment on the fight phase. We've had the majority of the rules shown by WarCom already, and it's easily enough to demonstrate some of the new things you can do. The key takeaways are: - no mention of base-to-base requirements - engagement range is now 2" - you roll your charge before performing the charge move - models need to end within 1", or 2" of the charge target - the OVERRUN ability is game changing becuase it allows a second pile in, so your units can move REALLY far! Let us…
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Can Warhammer 40,000 actually be simulated?In this video, I break down one of the hardest problems I’ve been thinking about for a long time: whether it’s possible to simulate 40k to a meaningful standard, and where you would even begin.I cover a bit of my own background in machine learning and competitive 40k, some of the previous work I’ve done with Atlas, and why I think this is such a fascinating challenge. We look at earlier game-solving milestones like chess, Go, and StarCraft II, what made those problems solvable, and why 40k is awkward in a completely different way.In particular, I…
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1 Apr 2026 · 19 min
NEW Ceramite Sentinels Detachment
Hey everyone, April fools, SM gets a new detachment - not a joke it seems! A quick recap on the new Ceramite Sentinels detachment. In short, it gives more-or-less your entire army, when it activates, RR1's to hit and wound - pretty nice effeciency buff. But that comes at the cost of not playing blades/gladius to get combat doctrines. Bobby G seems pretty sweet with RR1's to hit and wound, one of his big downsides (same as C'tan really). There's a few good enhancements, 2+ get back up on Gravis Cap, fallback shoot and charge on something like terminators perhaps? The stratagems are pretty…
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