We take a peek inside running a US game store.
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Nice episode. Jeff is always interesting to listen to.
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Back with another Fireside Chat for December.
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Justin Robbins joins us to chat about List Building.
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We chat with new Kings of War player Josh Edwards.
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This episode made me feel a bit old. 
Dive back in list building with Ged Courtney.
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Back with an episode on Gamer Gifts
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Thanks for the episode.
Interesting takes on the impact of the Celestians and Korgaan’s reaction.
On Korgaan: I reckon that the Primogenitors are amoral.
They’re forces of nature and Korgaan is what makes storms.
He’s used to having the might to be right by default and I think it makes sense that a culture associated with him would value enacting your will through might.
The Celestians are interlopers in the world that he and his family made, with the power to ruin it.
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I thought Episode 756, List Builder Studio with Ray Shields, was quite strong.
Although I enjoy a good army list review /list builder focused on a specific faction, I find they’re a bit repetitive if I’ve already listened to someone do a good one on the same faction, within third edition. People might put their own spin on it, or be able to factor in the latest COK changes, but generally there’s some re-treading of the same ground.
So I liked that, in this episode, Ray ranged across factions and it was more about how he approaches the game and list-building from a general standpoint. It wasn’t quite an episode talking about “the current meta”, either, which I think can sometimes end up hyper competition-focused and a bit dry.
It’s refreshing to hear someone give quite clear opinions on things, but also not cast them in stone, or be afraid to support trying less popular or common builds for factions, and see what happens.
In some posts on Fanatics, there’s a groupthink about what lists are viable, what units are trash etc. Things are presented in a very binary way, either “good” or “bad” in the game. I’ve read posts from prospective new players, who haven’t even built their army yet, and they’re being encouraged to write off half their potential faction as not good enough to bother taking purely on performance grounds. Aside from the fact that we might like to encourage people to play lists for a variety of reasons, aside from whether they are optimised for winning, I also increasingly question whether it isn’t just a bit of an echo chamber and groupthink, rather than being particularly well-founded in a lot of cases. There’s a vast gulf between something being ‘not quite optimal compared to another unit, but fine’ versus ‘because it’s not as good as another unit, it’s trash and you should never take it’. I like to hear from people who are less hyperbolic and prepared to say “it depends” or “give it a shot, and report back”. It’s a bit unfortunate that when you do hear that kind of thing, you find it refreshing and novel.
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Thanks for the feedback! I agree that the episode with Ray was a really good one which broke away from the mold at times to give us something different. For me the best ones provide a new perspective on an element of listbuilding or the way they look at the game. For example Luke Fraser was the first to articulwte the idea that you are either answering or asking questions of your opponent.
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