40K Fireside

Hey guys, Vik and I have had some time, and a few games to have a good thoughtful discussion on the balance dataslate. What do you think was great about the update? Did you think anything big was missed? We'd love to hear your comments, if you agree or disagree! Vik & David

Welcome back to Episode 51 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. With our stream game on hold until we get the points update (please comment with factions you'd like to see, looking likely to be Guard vs Sisters at this rate!), we're back to our usual programme, but we'll be giving updates asap! In this episode we discuss Vik's 7-0 winning run at the 250 person Oxford Super-Major with his beloved Adepta Sororitas. We talk through his match-ups, strategy and the tech he brought in his list to help him get through to a super-major win. As always grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside,

Welcome back to Episode 50.1 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. How did we get to episode 50 all of a sudden?! Thank you all for your support and feedback throughout the process, and we hope you've enjoyed joining us on the journey. We've split this episode into two halves - this episode is our usual podcast discussion where we'll be focussing on the imminent points update and what we'd like to see to improve the game. We'll also be discussing the 250+ person Oxford Super-Major this weekend, where Vik will be competing using his Adepta Sororitas. Due to popular demand, we'll be doing a live stream game for Episode 50.2 as soon as we've got the updated points in. Keep your eyes peeled for advertising on the exact date and time for this. If you have any preference on what faction you'd like to see us play, leave a comment! As always grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside, Dave & Vik

Welcome back to Episode 49 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. You've heard of Commander Farsight, Commander Shadowsun...but have you heard of (Tank?) Commander David Gaylard? Dave's looking for a new army to start and in this episode we do a read through of the new codex to see if joining The Greater Good is the right choice! Grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside, Dave & Vik

Welcome back to Episode 48 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. We attended the UKTC Manchester Super-Major last week, one of the largest super-major events in the global calendar. Dave continues his rampage with Astra Militarum, going through all the way to the finals, finishing in 2nd place! Vik's taken to opportunity to try something a bit different with Grey Knights, going for a full vehicle skew with 3 Land Raider Redeemers! In this episode we run through our list-build process, the meta, and our games at Manchester. Grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside, Dave & Vik

Hey everyone, Today I'm joined by Brian Siepp from team Ignite! Brian and I are going to Amsterdam this weekend to play in the 8 man team event in the Netherlands! Huge shoutout to Ruud for putting the tournament on. Hope you enjoy! #40k #warhammer #40kFireside #firesidepodcast #fireside Dave & Brian

Welcome back to Episode 44 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. Nothing stimulates discussion and consolidates thoughts like a competitive 40K faction tier list. With a bit of time to digest the latest balance dataslate, we discuss each faction in the game in detail and rationalise where we think they sit relative to each other in power level for competitive singles tournaments. As always, enjoy and feel free to leave a question or feedback in the comments! We're sure this one will generate a lot of discussion! Also, if you’re listening to this on a podcast platform, we’d recommend subscribing to the YouTube channel so you can see the accompanying video for this content! Dave & Vik

Winning Super-Majors with Guard! (banter alert) https://youtu.be/m9bq91MXXqQ Welcome back to Episode 46 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. The Astra Militarum Saga continues! Just when we thought it was all over and the dust had settled, the downvotes had ended - Dave goes ahead and wins the South Coast Super-Major with Guard. We run through his games, his list, his strategy and some of the cool micro-strategy he has been developing with the Astra Militarum. We also discuss potential reasons for the disparity between the statistical metrics used in 40K and the actual power level of factions. Grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside, Dave & Vik

*Apologies, new software, bad audio quality* Welcome back to Episode 45 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. We thought we'd mix it up this time and go back to our roots with a podcast audio episode where we'll be doing a tournament recap of the Northampton GT from this past weekend. Vik went with a hyper-MSU post-dataslate version of Aeldari and Dave continues to innovate & refine his Astra Militarum. Listen in to see how we got on and our take-aways from the event! We created quite a storm in our Post-Dataslate Tier List (check out episode 44 - the previous one!) by putting Astra Militarum right up there in the top tier. It's been a journey following the internet's response to that one and we put out a little rant in this episode about the peculiar way the 40K community responds to these kinds of things and whether we think anything has changed with our opinion on the tier list. Grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode! Dave & Vik

Welcome back to Episode 43 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. The moment we've been waiting for is here! The first Dataslate of 2024 has dropped and has exceeded our expectations with how comprehensive the changes are. This episode we go through the key changes for the previously strongest/weakest armies in the meta as well as the armies that we personally play (Vik= Sisters + GK + Drukhari + CSM + Aeldari, Dave= Necrons + Guard + Daemons + Aeldari). We also discuss where we think the overall meta may end up and which armies we think will be dominant in this quarter. As always, enjoy and feel free to leave a question or feedback in the comments! Also, if you’re listening to this on a podcast platform, we’d recommend subscribing to the YouTube channel so you can see the accompanying video for this content! Dave & Vik

Hey guys! First time we're here doing a two person recap on the meta + we discuss lists from the Nottingham super major coming up this weekend! Please let us know if you have some feedback for this format :) And yes, I tried to play Jazz through my speakers, and honestly I was worried that I was going to get copyright flagged!

Welcome back to Episode 41 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. It’s been a while but Vik is back to catch-up with Dave on the latest 40K super majors we’ve attended (Coventry and Leicester) and how we got on. We focus on our main take aways from these tournaments and the lessons we continue to learn on how to be better competitive 40K players. With the recent release of Necrons (check out Dave’s review at https://youtu.be/uNiE6hZbSB0?si=8H8530KGoAAU6xsE) and Ad Mech, we discuss where we think they sit in the meta and their relative power levels. We also chat about the things we expect to see in the balance dataslate and where we predict the meta might end up. As always, enjoy and feel free to leave a question or feedback in the comments! Also, if you’re listening to this on a podcast platform, we’d recommend subscribing to the YouTube channel as we play to do a lot more live content on there in 2024! Dave & Vik

Hey there everyone, trying a new thing this time :) Thought I'd cover the new Necrons release! I've been a Necron fan for alittle while and they're an army I really enjoy - mainly because I enjoyed reducing the amount of fun my opponent had! Hope you guys like the new format, and sorry about that scrolling ticker the entire time. Feedback would be really appreciated so we could improve on this format!

Recap of the WCW :)

Welcome back to Episode 38 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. It's been a bit quiet on the 40K scene as we close in on the Warhammer World Championship in Atlanta next weekend - with Team Ignite sending almost the entire team across, we catch up on what we've been practicing since LGT and where are minds are at regarding the current meta. Dave, Chris Radford and Boris Michev took down a 4-man team event in Cardiff, we do a recap of the event and discuss why we think team events have had such a surge in popularity. Vik is bringing the Adepta Sororitas to the Cardiff Super-Major and discusses the thought process behind his list design and why he thinks Sisters are secretly one of the best factions in the game! As always, enjoy and feel free to leave a question or feedback in the comments! Dave & Vik

Welcome back to Episode 37 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. We've got special guest Liam VSL of Team Ignite with us for this episode who, this past weekend, became the 2023 LGT Champion. We could not be more happy for his success as we've long held the opinion that Liam VSL is one of the most technically gifted / talented players in the world. He runs through the Chaos Space Marine list he brought to the event and the run that led to his name being engraved on the LGT Trophy. LGT was a huge event for Team Ignite with all 8 of our players participating in some part of the event and going 4-1 (our newest member, Majson of WTC winning Team Poland, playing in the invitationals and judging the main event). Chris Radford took CSM through to 6-0 before losing in the shadow round to finish in 9th Place, and Vik took Aeldari through to the Quarter-Finals losing to Liam VSL, finishing in 5th Place. Dave and Vik also do a quick run-through of their run and thoughts on their Astra Militarum / Aeldari lists respectively. As always, enjoy and feel free to leave a question or feedback in the comments! Dave, Vik & Liam

Hey All, Welcome back to Episode 36 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. We've had our first balance dataslate of 10th Edition which has brought a whole host of game-wide rules changes and impactful points changes across the entire range of armies. We've taken the past few weeks to practice and gather our thoughts on where we think things will settle on the meta. With LGT this weekend, we think this is the perfect time to analyse our practice data and see how it compares to the faction representation at LGT. Vik's back on Aeldari for LGT and Dave's on his favourite Astra Militarum with lots of innovation, we go through our lists and the decision points of why we made the choices we did. The meta is at an incredibly interesting point currently with lots of rock-paper-scissors matchups so keep your eyes peeled for some post-LGT analysis next week where we see what trends appear and what factions rise to the top of the meta. Enjoy and as always please feel free to leave us a comment if you have any feedback or questions we can help with! Dave & Vik

Hey All, Welcome back to Episode 35 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. There's little argument to be had that the singles meta isn't in the best spot at the moment , but there's hope in the form of a Balance Dataslate in September! We've got the talented Brian Seipp of Team Ignite on as a guest today to discuss our thoughts on the meta as it stands and potential solutions that might work to correct factions at the top + bottom of the power rankings. As always, enjoy, let us know what you think and see you by the Fireside, Dave & Vik

CROWDFUNDING - Liam VSL, a member of Team Ignite, Team Belgium and one of the best players in the world is currently crowd funding in order to be able to attend the World Championships in Atlanta (he's a student currently and wouldn't be able to attend otherwise). If you'd like to help out you can read more and support via this link : https://gofund.me/503cdd81 Hey All, Welcome back to Episode 34 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. The World Team Championships (WTC) were last weekend with Dave and I attending for the first time with Team New Zealand and Team England respectively. We both agree this was absolutely the best tournament we've ever attended - the challenge, the atmosphere, the sense of community, all completely unmatchable. We discuss our expectations, goals, results and give a run down for each round including some more details on our games (Vik = Thousand Sons, Dave = Deathwatch). As always, enjoy, let us know what you think and see you by the Fireside, Dave & Vik

Hey All, Welcome back to Episode 33 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. With the secrecy of WTC list submission behind us and everything in the open now, we're finally able to share some more of the details of what we've been up to over the past month. We're both attending our first WTC (World Team Championship) this year, Vik with Team England and Dave with Team New Zealand. In this episode we take a deep dive into the preparation phase for an event of this magnitude and contrast the differences/similarities between preparing for a singles vs team event. We discuss the meta, our army/faction choices as well as our goals/expectations for the event! As always, enjoy, let us know what you think and see you by the Fireside, Dave & Vik