Allies Of Convenience 40k Podcast

Bonus Episode: Las Vegas Open 2015

A one off special this week as Alex Rae and Matt Robertson get an exclusive double interview with LVO 2015 champion Sean Nayden and finalist Nick Nanavati.

For all the information about this highly prestigious event in the North American calendar, visit http://FrontlineGaming.org

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Episode 10: Robots Clowns and FAQs

This week Alex Rae is joined by Mike Collins, Adam Ryland and James Ramsey (with a late late appearance from Jesse Newton). We talk about the new Necron book in more depth, look at the first and second wave releases from the Harlequins briefly and touch on GW's FAQ and Erratas.

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Episode 9: Caledonian Ice Cream Princess

We have a full run down of the cast's experience at UK premium event 'Caledonian Uprising' including our very own James Ramsey who conquered all with his Necron Pylon list!

Speaking of Necrons, we also touch on the newly released book with our initial reactions to the changes contained therein. We will of course come back and go through this in depth at a later date.

There was also an interesting discussion on introducing new players to tournament play and how to pick up the competitive game in general which we hope you guys will find insightful!

Time stamps:

00.00 Intro 

23.40 Brief Necron codex appraisal

55:32 Caledonian Uprising tournament report

You can find out more about the Northern Warlords event mentioned in the podcast here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1526165630983650/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular

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Cast:

Alex Rae - Host

Matt Robertson

Mike Collins

James Ramsey

Adam Ryland

Gareth Donnelly

Gaz Jones

Andy Oakham

Episode 8: Caledonian Uprising Preview

The cast members look towards one of the biggest events in the UK competitive calendar after an extended holiday break!

Joined by organiser Tim King, this is a 5 hour preview of Caledonian Uprising which takes us through the history of the event, the rules pack, the cast members lists and first round match ups.

You can find out all the information on Caledonian Uprising on their Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/542549995871068/

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Episode 7: "The Farce Awakens"

For our final show of 2014 we dive straight into the newly released Blood Angels codex with Alex Rae, Matt Robertson, Mike Collins, James Ramsay and Jesse Newton. Matt also speaks to Gene Coates and Andy Gonyo about their experiences at the recent BIG and Da Boyz tournaments respectively. And Gaz Donnelly provides all you budding tournament players with a survival guide for getting ready for your next event!

This is our last show of the year and I want to thank everyone who has listened, subscribed or liked our Facebook page! The support is very much appreciated! We are planning even more next year so stay with us!

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Time stamps:

00.00 Intro

1.50 Gaz Donnelly Tournament Survival Guide

2.04:30 Bristol Independent Gaming Tournament review with Gene Coates

3.15:05 Da Boyz GT review with Andrew Gonyo

Episode 6: "Deep In Your Backfield"

Alex was away this week... but we let the inmates take over the asylum and record some great content for you! Mike Collins and Matt Robertson stepped up and went through the new Nid dataslates with James Ramsay. Matt R spoke to Andrew Gonyo about the recent Renegades GT in the USA. And Mike Collins helmed a wonderfully descriptive round table discussion of the events at the 'Allies of Convenience' (No relation) team tournament in Mansfield last week.

Don't play this one in front of small kids or your parents! Send all complaints to WeHaveAnExplicitRatingForAReason@iTunes.com

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Episode 5.2: "LictorShame (11th Company GT)"

Alex speaks to Jesse Newton and current 40k sensation Sean Nayden about their experience at the recent 11th Company GT in the USA. Sean swept the tournament with a very inventive list which included 9 Lictors!

Listen in to find out more!

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Episode 5.1: "Faith + 1 (UK GT Heat 3)"

The best competitive 40k podcast in the known universe rolls on with the first half of our coverage of a big week in gaming!

Host Alex Rae, Matt Robertson, Jesse Newton, Mike Collins are joined by Gaz Donnelly, James Ramsay, Andy Oakham and Adam Ryland as they talk through the recent UK GT Heat 3 from Warrington with a full tournament recap going through the rules pack, missions, meta at the event and a round by round breakdown of their games with an eye on strategy and tactics rather than turn by turn retellings.

We also are joined by the Heat winner and former 40kUK/Global podcast member Nathan Roberts who unleashes the secrets of his win using.... Sisters Of Battle!

With new Tyranid releases and general 40k chat as well, this is a stacked episode and we hope you enjoy it!

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UK GT Rules pack and missions - http://warhammer.org.uk/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=123471&sid=3a0b4e632130cc03477a405ab924a7b4

Episode 4: "Petitions, Esports and Superstar Players"

Another jam packed episode as we dive into the real stars of the competitive 40k scene.... the players!

Alex, Matt Robertson, James Ramsay and Jesse Newton kick off this week's show with a round up of their last two weeks, talk about the viability of Tau in 7th edition and of course THAT petition....

James Ramsay and Matt Robertson talk to top Danish player Thomas Donslund and US mainstay Nick Nanavati in two excellent Player Profiles. Gene Coates from the Liverpool Reavers tells us about the ongoing Liverpool 40k League. Matt Robertson talks to Gaz Donnelly about week 2 at the recent Battlefield Birmingham 6 event. And we host a very insightful round table discussion about the future of competitive 40k, rankings systems and increasing the scale of tournaments in general with Reece from Frontline, Chip from Torrent of Fire and Andrew Gonyo from Team USA.

Useful links:

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https://www.facebook.com/TeamSGVideos Keep up with Jesse and the Team SG guys!

http://tourneykeeper.net/ Tourney Keeper, as discussed by Thomas Donslund

https://www.facebook.com/events/289464251251715/ The Liverpool Reapers 40k League 7

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

1.19:45 Thomas Donslund player profile

2.06:14 Nick Nannavati player profile

2.22:47 Liverpool Reapers 40k League with Gene Coates

2.38:03 Battlefield Birmingham 6: Week 2 recap with Gaz Donnelly

3.09:15 Tournament rankings round table discussion with Reesius, Chip & Andrew Gonyo

Bonus Episode: Dark Eldar Special

As promised, we bring you the most in depth look at the Dark Eldar 7th Edition codex from the players that are making it work right now! We drafted in two of the most highly respected Dark Eldar specialists in the world today and went through all the things which make the new Dark Eldar book good!

Want list ideas? Tactics? Strategies? Want to make your Dark Eldar army work without resorting to the crutch of allies? It's all here in this bonus episode! One hour of chat with special guests Kayu Orellana of Germany's ETC team and Rob Fortin of Team Stomping Grounds going through their trials, tribulations and ultimately their successes so far with 7th Ed Dark Eldar!

You can check out Kayu's German blog here: http://www.40kings.de/2014/11/liveticker-northguard-challenge-hamburg/ (Use google translate to get some real gems of info on this popular German language site)

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