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Look at this, another episode, less than a half year apart, watch out world, indeed!

In this episode we're joined by the ever lovely Matt, and the saltiest of pricks, Nick and Good Nick.

We opt to look into and talk about Warhammer The Old World, are thoughts on the rules, balance and factions, espcially coming from a very happy, healthy 6th edition scene in Victoria. We also briefly recap our first (as far as we're aware) ToW event that we've attended.

Now an extra sodium warning is almost certainly required in this episode, so you've been warned, but Matt is there, to counter-act the general gripes of both Nicks, so buckle up, lock in and get ready to call the ambulance!

We're back, after like...less than usual!

In Todays Ep we're joined by the Majority of the 3rd-A-Palooza EO team (Being 'Prime' Nick, Good Nick and Matt) to have a little look back on..well...Australia's Biggest 3rd Edition event in the last 20 years*...

We touch on the thoughts on moving to Third for the event, our experiences with it when we were younger, our armies and projects that led into the event as well as some quick run downs of the games we played. By and large it was a blast and keep an eye out for 3rd-A-Palooza 2025: Armageddon!

Also...Nathan, you've been called out for your Orks running...running like cowards... be aware..

3AP: Eye of Terror Event Page for any who are interested: https://www.facebook.com/events/896026382193657

Hope you enjoy!

*no metric to prove this by, but the bar is pretty low.

Well... this episode definitely hasn't been sitting, dusty and unloved in a corner somewhere.

Finally gave it a quick and dirty mix for all you suckers still listening to DTATS.

In this episode we're (initially) Joined by Nick, Good Nick, Jomane and Stuart to recap on the amazing adventure of Shoreheim, a weekend long, freeform Mordheim campaign we played. Was an absolute blast! At some point the new-dad Matt joins us as we veer into talking about 3rd Edition 40k and what that may look like in the year to come for us..and Stuart disappears at some point.

There is also promise of a link to a video of Matt and Nick at their first ever tournament..so enjoy..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LqR2rUZMfk&t=42s

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Good Afternoon All!Finally another episode, this one was actually intended for a much quicker release, but due to Audacity kicking Nicks computer in the junk and a heavy dash of DILLIGAF, here we are, with an episode being released 4.5 odd months after recording!This episode was recorded right off the back of the excellent Uprising 2023 event, ran by Ben Cockchamper ( ;) ). To chat about this we have Matt acting as our erstwhile host, with the delightful Good Nick and Jomane joining in and Nick trolling away in the background. Not only that we have Ben in to join the conversation in regards to Uprising 2023 and giving us at least some insight into organising it and herding cats for a 20 year old game system.Jomane also touches base a bit on Marvel Crisis Protocol as there was a sister event running at the same venue for that. But MCP is for nerds, so we digress.Any way, enjoy it! We won't promise any more recordings..but hell... you can dream! **As always, adult content advisory**

Good morning/afternoon and evening all!   We're back with a brand new invention, talking about stuff from 30k to legion.    So obviously we've been gone for the best part of forever, but your reprieve is no longer!   Tonight we're joined by Nick, Matt and the ever delightful Jomane. We start off quickly talking about the new Shatter Point skirmish game set in the Star Wars universe by Atomic Mass Games, followed by a quick recap of the amazing reACT 30k narrative event run by our very own DJ and how it singlehandedly rekindled our love for 30k! Finally after this we touch on our current 'squeeze' that being Star Wars Legion..then as usual eventually degrade into hobby ADD as is our standard move.As always please feel free to use and abuse us in any format you see fit!

Good morning/afternoon/evening all!After a massive reprieve from our meandering crap talk, we're back! This week we are doing nothing but some sweet sweet heresy talk!This episode we are joined by Nick, Corey, Matt, Jomane and DJ to talk all things Heresy.First up we touch upon the 'recent' event ran by Nick, the Vaults of Enterigar, a quick rundown here and there about games, running it ect.Following this Nick, DJ and Matt touch upon their games at (and an amazing send off for HH 1.0) Preferred Enemy 2022, ran by the ever delightful Golden! Corey tries some ham fisted spruiking of his upcoming event The Siege of Tharax Prime also. Finally Nick becomes and even saltier bastard and complains about some issues he sees with 2.0, and goes over the game that both himself and Jomane had that proceeding afternoon. DJ also touches upon his thoughts of his first game also. Finally there is some talk of the Liber Obscurus within the episode which is a catch all document Nick is working off for the completely missing units of HH2.0: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1acIVawYZO-Ew1M8ll1rCB_SreqaYOhq1?usp=sharingFor anyone interested in the Siege of Tharax Prime: https://fb.me/e/1nnoR6Vvs

Good Evening all!Many apologies for the very, very, very late episode, well over a week since it was recorded!   On this Ep we are joined, as always, by Nick, Corey, Jomane, with Jay and the stalwart of the Heresy Community, Corey's Arch-Nemesis, the ever amazing Adam Tr...rpppzic... Golden!  We cover over the bad bloody between Corey and Golden, go through some of the hosts lists for enterigar and as ever, talk utter shite and about many things hobby! Do Enjoy!

Good Morning all!We have the first part of the Enterigar Fluff Series out for your aural pleasure. We get the ever amazing Jay to punch through some of your fluff, then mercilessly critique it afterwords ;).This episode we cover: The Spiriox Shield Host By Dylan CosgroveImperial Fists 110th Company Assault Cadre Lachlan BryceThe Alpha Legion By Kieran DouglasThe Storm Cabal By Sam Bruton.Link for the fluff document if you want a read yourself or to have a squiz at the pictures that came in: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ua5JmonSX5El8Pxvh7ZBfYnIfaIlrz8EhrjVkoIqT-k/edit?usp=sharingHope you enjoy and we'll hopefully get the rest done early next week!

They will not force us......they will stop deggrraaadiiing uuus.....Ahem, yes ok.On tonights episode we trot through a brief recap of the amazing Uprising 2022 run by the ever delightful Ben 'Cocks-Camper', a 36 odd player event for a dead game system!We are, as always, joined by Nick, Corey, Jomane and Matt, with Ben yet again delighting us with his presence to go after his after event thoughts on the event. We also go through very quick, broad game recaps and even talk of possible upcoming 6th events!

Good morning y'all!Last night we were joined, as usual, by Nick, Corey, Matt, the ever-delightful Jomane and our extra special guest, Ben Kochskamper, the TO of the upcoming 6th ed fantasy event, Uprising 22!We did have some technical difficulties this episode and lost a good whack of recording, which is never fun, expcially as we broke open the meta of AoS, got a direct call into Putin and fixed up the Ukrainian issue and solved the equation to the meaning of life... but that is all lost now.What we are left with is us getting Ben to critique our lists for Uprsing 22, some general thoughts on 6th ed WHFB and as always, much blathering about nothing! Enjoy!

Good morning gang! I was positively lazy getting this one mixed this week, so expect another ep within a few days!!   Any way, the other night we were jointed by Nick, Jay, Mitch, Stuart and Corey.   After many weeks of trying to wrangle both Mitch and Jay into the same cast we managed it!   Tonight we talk about the all new heresy leaks, heard here first* so listen in, click like and subscribe!    Next up predominantly Nick, Jay and Mitch prattle on about the amazing-sauce that is the Horus Heresy Space Hulk modification, I suggest you hit up Ossified Mods https://ossifiedsite.wordpress.com/ , he has done some amazing work on all types of rule systems (including Badab War stuff which is oh so dear to Nick's black, withered heart!)   Finally we devolve into the general crap talk that you all apparently keep coming back for!    Also the 'fat guy' Corey was attempting to describe was Rob Corddry..idiot.    Space Hulk: The Horus Heresy: https://ossifiedsite.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/space-hulk-horus-heresy-v0.2.pdf Ossified Mods FB: https://www.facebook.com/ossifiedmods *note these heresy leaks are not at all new, they are flapping around on the internet and we have no extra insight into them than anyone else ;)

Goood evening, good afternoon and goodnight! We're back again from the earbleed section for our 6.75 listeners! This episode we are joined, as ever, by Nick, Corey and Matt, but with the added bonus of the delights that are Jomane and DJ.We go through our standard hobby catch up and meandering conversations to delve into the amazing boys trip down to the Illuka retreat where we smashed out some games of WHFB 6th ed, kilos of meat and many, many, many litres of grog. Each of the boys runs through their games of 6th as well as our general love of one of the better game systems that GW has put out (sans its horrific rulebook!) we also wander a bit into 30k territory which isn't uncommon for us.

Good Morning all!! Last night we had on the show Nick, Corey, Jomane, DJ, Chris and the ever elven Mitch! Just a bit of a filler episode before we journey off on our 6th ed weekend of grog, shit talk and dice rolling!First up we catch up on what everyone has been frantically modeling away on, followed by a quick run down of our 2k lists which we'll be predominantly using for the Storm of Chaos/End Times campaign weekend. We then do a quick dive into the the fantastic "The Night Before the Battle" That was released in a Warhammer Chronicles army (which I, upon checking, said old mate Toumas wrote, but it seems like it was a certain Nigel Stillman, so apologies to both parties who no doubt listen to this stellar cast). We will be again using this to add some character and flavour to the event! Finally we follow some meandering trips down memory lane and wax lyrical about all sorts of stuff, less hobby in this part, but plenty of shit talk, prime hobby background ear-bleed fodder! Enjoy!

Good evening all!Actually back in a decent time frame this time, shocking I know!Tonight we are joined by Nick, Corey, Jomane and Jay with his ever so sexy voice! There is, as always, some completely unneeded preamble that I should have cut, followed by a bit of a hobby catch up. After the standard fare, we opt to run through some games of WHFB 6th ed we had just a few days ago, including a nice big multiplayer battle. Also we touch upon a themed weekend catch up a large group of us will be having come late January. It will be loosely based around Storm of Chaos/End Times (just because Nick wants to run Vlad), with a myriad of other fun, generally drinking or shame based rules tied in on top! You want sixth content? You got it? A toothing baby? Why Not! Jay's rabid army ADHD? Yup, its here!

Good Morning, Evening or what ever timezone it may be for you! We are back from our real life induced hiatus.Given Victoria got out of its lockdown around the last episode, it actually has allowed the boys to get out, play some games and see some people!This episode we're joined by Nick, Corey, Matt and the ever lovely Jomane. Aside from the standard amount of shit talk, we delve into our early thoughts of playing 6th, we go over games we've enjoyed, weird bits we've found and just in general why WHFB 6th is the Dux Nuts!

Good morning again all!!This week we are joined by Nick, Corey, Matt, Byron, Jomane, Chris and Tommy (I've probably forgotten someone).This episode we opt go over our little one week challenge, that being creating our own Empire Province Rule, Terrain, Unit and Magic Item. We go over everyone's offerings, change up OP/non-thematic units and come to a consensus on units everyone is happy with! If you want to check them out, jump over to here. We also set our new hobby goals for the coming fortnight and...as per usual, segway, get distracted and talk a lot of shit.

Goooood mooorning Reikland!!This week we are joined (as always) by Nick, Corey, Matt and a variety of other despots such as DJ, Chris, Tommy and the dude from those non-chafe jocks adds, Jomane! This episode we touch on our Terrain Pledges, but more importantly we do a bit of a deep dive into which Empire Factions we are all doing for our empire civil war campaign, the reasoning behind the time period we've selected and what got us all excited for it... To see the 'completed' terrain pledges, jump on over to: https://www.facebook.com/DudesTalkingAboutToySoldiers/ Enjoy the ear bleed!

Gooooood Evening Vietnam!! Or whoever else is downloading!I (Nick) would first quickly apologies that for some reason I actually forgot to put the gaming etiquette clip in last weeks podcast, so it is now taped onto the end of this one!   This episode we are joined by Nick, Corey, Matt, DJ, Tommy, Byron, Jomane and Chris! We catch up on where everyone is at with their terrain challenges, as well as Chris sharing the secrets to running a decent campaign!Following that we have a new, upbeat staple of the show, the Hobby Happies, here the boys have a chat about something that has made them happy..in relation to the hobby... over the past week! Some light in these dark times!Following that we have the titular Movies that Model Us... or more fittingly... movies we watch while modeling, or series, or podcasts...but you get the jist! Finally we have the promised gaming etiquette bleatfest, so buckle up, get the table salt out and sprinkle accordingly!! As always,  feel free to hit us up on the book of faces to see any pics or to just sling general abuse our way! https://www.facebook.com/DudesTalkingAboutToySoldiers/Enjoy the Ear Bleed Section!

Good Sunday all, bit slack on the upload on my behalf, but oh the joys of adulting!!   This episode we are joined by Nick, Corey, Matt, DJ, Jay, Jomane, Chris, Stuart and Tommy.We go over go over our week in the hobby, what we did and how we did it. Jay has introduced an amazing segment to try and shift our cynical, salty, bleating natures a bit, Hobby Happies (Better name pending, any ideas shoot us a message!), things that we have enjoyed over the previous week. To bring the mood back down we rabbit hole into general gaming etiquette, from 'in game' preparedness to general demeanor and attempting to be fair and match the mood of your opponent! We follow up with our 'completed' challenges and what terrain we'll be looking to do over the next fortnight! Check out the uploaded challenge pictures at the book of faces page! https://www.facebook.com/DudesTalkingAboutToySoldiers/

Good morning all, once again, we bring you some pure, ear-bleed fodder!This episode we are joined (as always) by Nick, Corey, Matt..as well as the more whimsical Byron, DJ, Chris, Tommy and even Stuart jumping in between dadding to destroy awesome trains of thought! This episode we touch on manner of things, hobby round up, the release and thoughts on Cathay, or as Corey likes to put it 'Kathy', Nick decides to be extra salty (how out of form...) and we touch upon the joys of Gatekeeping and if it is just a buzzword that is thrown around.We also talk about our next challenge, drawing our eyes toward one of the most important aspects of our hobby, but one which always gets over looked..... listen in to find out what it is!!..... It's terrain, we aren't doing any of that desperate, click-baity shit here! Also feel free to follow us on the book of faces for pictures of challenges, random musings and posting of hobby progress!!https://www.facebook.com/DudesTalkingAboutToySoldiers/

Good afternoon all, late posting due to myself (Nick) being a lazy sack!!This episode we were joined by Nick, Matt, Corey, Jomane, Chris, Byron, Stuart, Jay and an impromptu drop in from Pat with some interesting background images on his webcam. We talk a bit about the Empire civil war and some of its factions warring around, challenges or failed challenges as well as all sorts of blather and talk of a book club.Pics of 'completed' Challenges on the Facebook page!    As always, feel free to enjoy, or hate, its up to you! But prepare your ears!

This week we are joined by Nick, Corey, Matt, DJ, Jomane, Chris and Tommy talking about the fantasy hobby challenges we had to finish this week. We obviously wax lyrical about all sorts of things ranging reminiscing about Malifaux, Throwing shade and Quickshade and how much many of the hosts are loving the old school Gotrek and Felix Novels.Below are the results of peoples challenges, some passed, others failed and therefore owe a sixer to the group next time we catch up! Please jump to your Facebook page to look up the 'completed' challenges.

Good day to all!!This episode we bring you the second part of 'hosts/friends of the podcasts' armies, or at least planned armies.This episode is very similar to the last one, so if you loved that, and we all know you did, you'll lap this bad boy up also!We are joined by Nick, Corey, Matt, DJ as well as extra special guests Jomane, Byron, Chris 'the fucking filth demon" Lamaccia and Jordan in a 6th edition expose on what armies people have left over from other editions! We also opted to set some challenges for everyone so as to keep the hobby mojo running.Finally, because we are a totally professional podcast... something we promised to post in the notes:The Laying Down the Lore podcast, which takes people through the labyrinthine WHFB lore in an awesome, easy and fun to digest manner!! If you're hear listening to us, do yourself a favour and listen to some people that know what they are doing!Enjoy!

Good morning all, time for some more ear-bleed ammunition for your listening displeasure!We are joined this episode by Nick, Matt, Corey, DJ, Jay and Tommy talking about what armies they will be running in our 6th edition revival!Many of the boys give a brief bit of background fluff on their armies, as well as the starting lists we'll be looking at using. All of that with plenty of irreverent shit talk floating around! Also feel free to follow on Facebook and Insta and we'll try and get some pictures up!https://www.facebook.com/people/Dudes-Talking-About-Toy-Soldiers/

It's true, Corey really is!But on another note we cover the second half of the 30k Draft episode with people going over their very thoroughly researched and well crafted lists!This episode we are joined by Nick, Matt, Corey, Dj, Jay, Dave, Tim, Jomane, Lachie, Chris and Mr.X filling in for Patrick. There is highs, lows ebbs and flows and even our first little technical difficulty. We hope you enjoy the large volume of blather, especially for our brother hobbiests locked into our homes in Victoria and NSW (fuck you Gladys).

Another episode for your listening (dis)pleasure. This evening we had a larger than usual panel on for our 30k Draft! We were joined by Nick, Matt, Corey, DJ, Jay, Pat and a couple of first timers (and hopefully to become regulars) Jomane, Chris, Lachie and Tim, with Dave also tagging along in spirit.  We go over the Legions and RoWs we've been assigned, then proceed to have 10 rounds of drafting units for our armies with Tim failing magnificently multiple times! We'll be giving everyone a week to math hammer their most filthy or thematic lists out with their units and will come back, talk them over and critique them. We may even try and get some TTS games up with the lists!  Following is the spread sheet of assigned units and RoWs for anyone interested. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11cUGYQbB8PDVebUGRknDcmJXm7gK8BXHVVtIQKcIMQA/edit?usp=sharing

Little bit of a change up (and don't worry we'll be back to 30k, ear-bleed content next ep!) as we are talking about some Warhammer Fantasy Battles. We are joined by Nick, Corey, Matt, Stuart, DJ, Jay, Jordan and even a lil bit of Tommy for this evenings chat! Aside from some hideous amounts of shit talk and meandering stories, we touch on when and where WHFB first touched us, generally as poor, defenseless teens. What armies we did back in the day and what we are looking forward to running in our 6th ed revamp!You now get to see our hobby butterfly-esque nature as we flitter from game to game, system to system and bottle to bottle.  We hope you enjoy the most raw-doggingest episode yet!

Tonight we are joined by Nick, Corey, Matt, Jay, DJ and the Defender of Humanity himself.    We have opted to go over the Vaults of Enterigar players pack. There is a good whack of rules added for the event as well as some semi-custom missions. We go over the fluff and reasoning about some of the rules changes and how they may work out on the battlefield.Toward the end of the episode we see the latest update on The Old World, GW's Fantasty Reboot, and we may veer off wildly and talk about that for a bit. The event has been delayed due to the 31st/1st pending this most recently delightful COVID lockdown we've copped in the neck!

On tonights episode we do a 'quick' and not overly thorough run down of the second half of the field for the peeps rocking up to Vaults of Enterigar. We are joined tonight by Nick, Corey, Matt, Jay and DJ for all the opinions you never knew you didn't want!  Highlights of tonight will no doubt be Corey's failing at list writing and then laying down some big swinging dick shade against the ever delightful Golden.

Here we just talk shit about peoples list for the upcoming Vaults of Enterigar event. Well....as long as we don't cop another lock down, thanks NSW.We're joined by Nick, Corey, Matt, DJ, Jay, Patrick,Tommy and the Defender of Humanity. Lists were rated on mainly how neat they were submitted, in what font and how many vindicators where in them!