Thursday 31 December 2015

Episode 20: Year and Review, 2016 Hobby Resolutions and Battle for the Abyss!

Happy New Year! In this holiday episode of the podcast we present the ten(-ish) biggest 30k news items of 2015 and then discuss ours and our listeners' 2016 hobby goals. We then finally fulfill our promise of talking about Battle for the Abyss by Ben Counter and turn it into a drinking game with predictable results.... We hope you enjoy it!



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Episode 20

00:00  Introduction

8:30  News

28:58  2015 Year in Review

1:39:20  2016 Hobby Resolutions

2:05:11   Book Club: Battle for the Abyss

3:34:47  Vox-Box

4:10:50  Two-Week Hobby Challenge

Closing song is "Tapper du pied" by B.A.R.F.


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Saturday 19 December 2015

Episode 19: Victory is Vengeance, Chaos, and Vengeful Spirit Part III

In this episode we finally have a discussion about the Victory is Vengeance / Tactical Strike rules from Book III, examining some of the problems that need to be addressed if one wants to run a campaign. We then address some of the many comments we received regarding our argument about the nature of Chaos, before concluding our analysis of Vengeful Spirit by Graham McNeill.



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The Age of Darkness Episode 19

00:00  Introduction

17:14  News

41:51  Victory is Vengeance

1:31:14  Book Club: Vengeful Spirit Part III

2:36:46  Vox-Box

3:03:10  Two-Week Hobby  Challenge

Closing song is "Anal-Team" by Necrass

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Saturday 5 December 2015

Episode 18: Garro, Washes and Filters, and Vengeful Spirit Part II

In Episode 18 of the Age of Darkness Podcast, we talk about the newly released Nathaniel Garro, delve into how washes and filters work, and then pick up our discussion of the novel Vengeful Spirit by Graham McNeill, where our our analysis of Horus' adventures in the Realm of Chaos turns into a rather heated argument over the very nature of the Ruinious Powers.



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The Age of Darkness Episode 18

00:00  Introduction

02:35  News

27:30  Washes and Filters

58:43  Book Club: Vengeful Spirit Part II

1:55:55  Two-Week Hobby  Challenge

Closing song is "Chief Rebel Angel" by Entombed off "Morning Star"

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Saturday 28 November 2015

Battlecast III: 1250 pts Zone Mortalis Iron Warriors vs. Solar Auxilia

Finally another Battlecast! This episode features a tense Zone Mortalis engagement in the ruined trenches of Ark'alask-Septimus between the Traitor Iron Warriors and the Loyalist Solar Auxilia! Check out pictures from the battle below!



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Battlecast III

Pictures below the fold!


Friday 20 November 2015

Episode 17: Betrayal at Calth and Vengeful Spirit Part 1

Alright here's episode 17! This time we pick up where we left off last time and discuss Betrayal at Calth and what it means for the 30k hobby, and then begin our analysis of the novel Vengeful Spirit by perennial favourite Graham McNeill. We then close out the show as usual with the Vox Box and the Two-Week Hobby Challenge! Thanks for listening!



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The Age of Darkness Episode 17

0:00  Introduction
 5:33  News

41:45 Betrayal at Calth

1:16:05 Book Club: Vengeful Spirit by Graham McNeill Part 1

2:25:53  Vox Box

2:40:18  Two-Week Hobby Challenge

Closing song is "War Master" by Bolt Thrower (yes again!) off the Peel Sessions EP

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Friday 6 November 2015

Episode 16: Decals, Unit-Taxes, and the Crimson Fist

In this episode of the Age of Darkness Podcast we have a veritable smorgasbord of topics: we begin by making amends for a 30k on a budget list that we missed, then we talk new stuff, including of course Betrayal at Calth, and then move into a rare hobby segment and bring up applying decals, before diving into Book Club where we analyse the Battle of Phall with The Crimson Fist by John French. We of course end the show with the Vox Box and the Two-Week Hobby Challenge. Cheers!



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The Age of Darkness Episode 16

0:00  Introduction

14:51  New Stuff and Betrayal at Calth

50:25  Applying Decals

1:09:50  Unit Taxes and Over-Costed Units

1:34:34  Book Club: The Crimson Fist by John French

2:34:40  Vox Box

2:58:35  Two-Week Hobby Challenge

Closing song is "Into the Void" by Black Sabbath

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Saturday 24 October 2015

Episode 15: 40k Open Day, 30k on a Budget Competition, and Fallen Angels

Alright folks this is a long one! In Episode 15 we discuss news and rumours from the 40k Open Day, we finally judge our 30k on a budget competition (and have a hell of a hard time doing it!), and then in Book Club we complete our two-part Dark Angels spectacular with Fallen Angels by Mike Lee. Thanks for listening!




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The Age of Darkness Episode 15

0:00  Introduction

8:03  40k Open Day News and Rumours

58:07  30k on a Budget Competition Finale

2:29:47  Book Club: Fallen Angels by Mike Lee 
 
3:37:04  Vox Box

3:48:53  Two-Week Hobby Challenge

Closing song is "Pit of Zombies" by Cannibal Corpse 
 
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Friday 9 October 2015

Episode 14: Conquest System Part 3 and Descent of Angels by Mitchel Scanlon

And here's episode 14! In this one we complete our discussion of the Conquest Campaign System, looking at characters and attempting to build our own campaign! We then start our two-part series on the First Legion with Descent of Angels in Book Club! Thanks for listening!



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The Age of Darkness Episode 14

0:00  Introduction

6:51  New Stuff

23:40  Conquest Campaign System Part 3

1:41:03  Book Club: Descent of Angels by Mitchel Scanlon

2:24:03  Two-Week Hobby Challenge, Closing Song

Closing song is "Darkness Descends" Dark Angel
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Sunday 27 September 2015

Battlecast II: 2500 pts Dark Angels vs Iron Warriors

And it's time for another Battlecast! The episode features a bloody bout between the Iron Warrior and Dark Angels. Will the First Legion succeed in storming the fortifications held by the sons of Olympia? Tune in to find out!



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Battlecast II

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Thursday 24 September 2015

Episode 13: Conquest Campaign System Part 2, Unremembered Empire Redux

Lucky episode 13! This week we continue our discussion of the Conquest Campaign System by talking about some of the optional rules you can bolt onto the basic system we explained last time. Then in Book Club, we go back to the beginning and reappraise Unremembered Empire by Dan Abnett. Have your comments made us change our minds about the book? Tune in to find out!



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The Age of Darkness Episode 13

0:00  Introduction

14:41  New Stuff

21:01  Conquest Campaign System Part2

1:12:44  Book Club: Unremembered Empire by Dan Abnett Redux 

2:06:30  Two-Week Hobby Challenge, Closing Song

Closing song is "Cenotaph" by Bolt Thrower (from "War Master")

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Monday 14 September 2015

Episode 12: Conquest Campaign System Part 1, Vulkan Lives

And here's episode 12! In this one we begin our three part series about the Conquest campaign system, attempting to break it down and encourage more people to use it! We then delve into the book Vulkan Lives by Nick Kyme! As usual thanks for listening!

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The Age of Darkness Episode 12

0:00  Introduction

14:10  New Stuff

29:55  Conquest Campaign System Part 1

1:10:59  Book Club: Vulkan Lives by Nick Kyme 

1:259:05  Two-Week Hobby Challenge, Closing Song

Closing song is "Madhouse" by Anthrax (from "Spreading the Disease")

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Sunday 6 September 2015

Battlecast I : Iron Warriors vs. Iron Hands 2000 pts


Battlecast I coming at you! In this first episode of our periodic battle report podcast, the Age of Darkness presents a fierce firefight between the IVth and Xth Legions in the Ark'alask-Septimus Warzone. Who will emerge the victor? Tune in to find out!

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Battlecast I

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Saturday 29 August 2015

Episode 11: 30k on a Budget Competition and False Gods

Episode 11 is here! In this latest chapter we talk about Mark's recent Apocalypse extravaganza and then dive back again into 30k on a budget, dealing with some listener feedback and announcing a competition! We are then joined by Kenny from the Combat Phase Podcast to discuss Graham McNeill's novel False Gods, where the collective awesomeness of such a confluence overpowered our meager technological resources resulting in some choppiness in the audio quality, although hopefully not enough to be overly bothersome to our deal listeners... Once again thanks for listening!

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The Age of Darkness Episode 11

0:00  Introduction and New Stuff

17:12  Apocalypse!

46:13 30k on Budget Update and Competition

1:28:05  The First Heretic Comments

1:38:36  Book Club: False Gods by Graham McNeill with Kenny from Combat Phase

2:22:06  Two-Week Hobby Challenge, Closing Song

Closing song is "Carnivores" by Circle of Tyrants (ft. Necro, Ill Bill, Goretex, & Mr. Hyde)

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Friday 14 August 2015

Episode 10: Global Heresy, More 30k vs. Xenos, and Part 2 of The First Heretic

In this tenth (!) episode of The Age of Darkness Podcast, we discuss our part of the latest Global Heresy Campaign: the war for the Harkarialis System! We then update our 30k vs. Xenos segment with a special guest who only plays filthy Eldar and Orks. After washing ourselves off from being around such a person, we delve into The First Heretic by Aaron Dembski-Bowden for a second helping of awesome. Thanks for listening!

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The Age of Darkness Episode 10

0:00  Introduction

11:00 New Stuff!

22:45 Global Heresy: The Siege of Ark'alask-Septimus

34:40   30k vs. Xenos Part II

1:09:48  Book Club: The First Heretic by Aaron Dembski-Bowden Part II

2:08:13  Two-Week Hobby Challenge, Closing Song

Closing song is "Destroy the Orcs" by Three Inches of Blood (from Advance and Vanquish)

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Friday 31 July 2015

Episode 9: Holy Hell Heresy Plastics! Also Part I of The First Heretic

So the rumours were correct and we have evidence of 30k plastic sprues. In this episode we discuss what this means for our little niche-within-a-niche, and then begin our conversation about The First Heretic by Aaron Dembski-Bowden. This one's a wee shorter than usual due to some technical issues forcing us to ditch a whole segment, but what survived the cut should be up to our usual quality, or lack thereof...

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The Age of Darkness Episode 9

0:00  Introduction


0:50  Plastics and other new stuff but mainly plastics!

36:14  War of Lies


43:37  Book Club: The First Heretic by Aaron Dembski-Bowden Part I

1:34:58  Two-Week Hobby Challenge, Closing Song

Closing song is "Havenless" by Enslaved

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Saturday 18 July 2015

Episode 8: Forge World Open Day, Top Primarchs, Battle Reports, and The Outcast Dead

And here comes Episode 8! Now that Calth is out of the way, we can finally come around to some requests from our listeners! After looking at new stuff previewed at the Forge World Open Day (Perturabo!!!) we'll be talking Primarchs, describing some more detailed battle reports, and discussing The Outcast Dead by Graham McNeil!

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The Age of Darkness Episode 8

0:00  Introduction

3:26  Forge World Open Day

34:37  Top Primarchs

1:18:07  Battle Reports

2:19:14  Book Club: The Outcast Dad by Graham McNeil

3:28:44  Two-Week Hobby Challenge, Closing Song

Closing song is "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" by Blue Oyster Cult

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Wednesday 1 July 2015

Episode 7: Calth Extravaganza Part Two! Ultramarines, Word Bearers, Crusade Army List, and Know No Fear Concluded

And now for the second act of our Calth extravaganza! In this monster-length episode we continue where we left off last time with a discussion of the Ultramarines and Word Bearers Legions as well as additions to the Crusade Army List from Tempest. We then conclude our analysis of Know No Fear by Dan Abnett delving into the thorny issue of who truly won the Battle of Calth. Thanks for listening!

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The Age of Darkness Episode 7

0:00  Introduction

7:18  The Ultramarines Legion

1:04:06  The Word Bearers Legion and Crusade Army List Updates

2:26:21  Book Club: Know no Fear by Dan Abnett Part 2

3:18:39  Two-week hobby challenge, closing song

Closing song is "The Haunted" by Rigor Mortis (from the "Freaks" EP)

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Thursday 18 June 2015

Episode 6: All Calth All the Time part one! Core Missions, Imperialis Militia and Warp Cults, and Know No Fear!

Episode 6 of the Age of Darkness Podcast is finally out! This is the first of our two-part Calth discussion where we break down all the awesomeness that is Book V Tempest! We talk Core Missions, the Imperialis Militia and Warp Cults army list, and begin our analysis of Know No Fear by Dan Abnett! As usual thanks for listening!

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The Age of Darkness Episode 6

0:00  Introduction

9:58  Age of Darkness Core Missions

44:22  Imperial Militia and Warp Cults Army List

2:01:22  Book Club: Know no Fear by Dan Abnett

2:35:42  Two-week hobby challenge, closing song

Closing song is "Suffer the Children" by Napalm Death

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Thursday 4 June 2015

Episode 5: 30k on a Budget Update, Overcosted Troops, and Mechanicum by Graham McNeil

Episode 5 coming at ya! In this show we update our 30k on a budget segment, fixing some bad math and responding to a listener request for doing Night Lords without breaking the bank. We then gripe about some overcosted troops choices in the Crusade Army List. Finally in Book Club we discuss Mechanicum by Graham McNeil. As usual thanks for listening!

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The Age of Darkness Episode 5

0:00  Introduction and new stuff

11:45  30k on a budget update

35:46  Recent battles

45:38  Overcosted troops

1:13:50  Book Club: Mechanicum by Graham McNeil

2:09:34  Two-week hobby challenge, closing song

Closing song is "Killing Technology" by Voivod 

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Wednesday 20 May 2015

Episode 4: Warhammer World, Modelling Rivets, and the Thramas Crusade

In episode 4 of the Age of Darkness Podcast we discuss new Horus Heresy stuff previewed and released at Warhammer World, demonstrate an easy way to model rivets using fabric paint, and talk about some games we played over the weekend. In Book Club we look at the Thramas Crusade as it is described in the short stories and novellas Savage Weapons, The Lion, and Prince of Crows. Thanks for listening!

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The Age of Darkness Episode 4

0:00 Introduction and shout-outs

36:42  Modelling rivets with fabric paint

45:17  Recent games

1:15:58  Book Club: The Thramas Crusade

2:24:26  Two-week hobby challenge, closing song

Closing song is "The Red Army" by Jesse Holmz (off Stories from the East)

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Wednesday 6 May 2015

Episode 3: New Stuff, 30k on a Budget, and Fear to Tread

In this third episode of the Age of Darkness Podcast we do the obligatory new stuff segment and talk about some recent games we've played. We then argue that it is indeed possible to get into 30k on a budget, and go through a bit of an intellectual exercise in order to prove it. Finally, in Book Club we discuss Fear to Tread by James Swallow, and conclude as is our way with the two-week hobby challenge. Thanks for listening!

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The Age of Darkness Podcast Episode 3

0:00  News and battle reports

49:58   Getting into 30k on a budget

1:12:41  Book club: Fear to Tread by James Swallow

2:04:00  Two-week hobby challenge, closing song

Closing song is "At Dawn they Sleep" by Slayer (off Hell Awaits)

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Tuesday 21 April 2015

The Age of Darkness Episode 2

In this second episode of the Age of Darkness Podcast we talk about some recent and upcoming releases from Forge World (Warlord Titan!!!!) and discuss the army lists we plan on fielding in an upcoming event (while struggling with how hard it is to fit everything we want in a 30k army). In Book Club we analyse Mary Sues and Lords of Iron in Angel Exterminatus by Graham McNeil. Finally we conclude with the two-week hobby challenge and see if someone is going into the box of shame. We are overwhelmed with the warm response the inaugural episode of our podcast was received with, and we hope that we continue to entertain! Thanks for listening!

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The Age of Darkness Podcast Episode 2

0:00  Introduction and news (Warlord Titan!!!)

25:45  Army list discussion

1:15:15  Book club: Angel Exterminatus by Graham McNeil

2:14:12  Two-week hobby challenge, closing song

Closing song is "Colonel Russell Williams" by Mesrine (off the Mesrine / Entrails Massacre 7" split)

The Age of Darkness Podcast can be contacted at ageofdarknesspodcast@gmail.com

Saturday 11 April 2015

The Age of Darkness Episode 1

The first episode of the Age of Darkness Podcast is available here! This first time 'round we discuss how Legions fare against Ork and Eldar armies when one is starting off in the 30k hobby, and then dissect the Black Library novel Unremembered Empire by Dan Abnett. We sincerely hope that you enjoy this episode and will be with us as we continue our adventures in the 30k hobby (while also hopefully improving our podcasting skills!) Thanks for listening!

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The Age of Darkness Podcast episode 1

0:00   Introductions

13:17   Starting 30k against Ork and Eldar armies

50:19   Book club discussion of Unremembered Empire by Dan Abnett

1:50:10   Conclusion, next episode's book club subject, two week hobby challenge