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Shout out Sponsor – David Daedalus

The Garage ManaGeR segment is sponsored by Chaos Orc’s Superstore

So this episode we totally failed to keep the show close to 3 hours, and yes that has been our goal. Hopefully you “short episoders” won’t abandon us for it, as I think we have a really fun episode here, full of interesting news (both for the hobby and the show!), some funny parts, new commercials (oh boy!) and enough Vampire Counts talk to fill well over 1 1/2 episodes of those “normal length” podcasts.

Seriously though, we talk a bunch about new stuff, then get into a discussion about painting paralysis (or burnout). We cover some upcoming tournaments and then settle down to discuss this new book and what we think. (I know, it’s a lot of theory-hammer, but is that so bad? You know you sit around having these same discussions in your garages and basements!)

For those of you who feel annoyed that we don’t have any “hard facts for hard lists” type stuff, don’t worry. This is going to be all David does with Warhammer until Adepticon, so after that we will revisit Sylvania and get a more educated look at the VC and their minions.

Oh, and I couldn’t resist dropping in a bit of music and other goodies. Hope you like them. What can I say? I friggin’ love Vampires!

Hope you enjoy!

Show Index

0:00-3:20 Intro and welcome

3:20-5:50 Shout out sponsor!

5:50-6:50 Commercial Break 1
News and Rumors – Forge world stuff, Chaos Dwarfs FAQ, new podcasts, correcting Andy’s corrections, a birthday greeting and voicemail!

35:46-37:02 Commercial Break 2

37:02-1:08:06 Garage ManaGeR Section brought to you by Chaos Orc Superstore
Chris has been building a lot of stuff, David has been contemplating painting suicide.
Chris has been reading about chefs, and David has been reading about space marines.
Chris got in a game, but David has been rather unsuccessful in getting a game in.

1:08:06-1:08:56 Commercial Break 3

1:08:56-1:17:25 Tournament Update brought to you by the Circle City Circuit!

1:17:25-1:18:43 Commercial Break 4

1:18:43-2:22:09 Vampire Counts!
First, fluff! How has it changed/expanded?
Next, special army rules and a few things that may require an FAQ.
Lords, heroes, core and special units.

2:22:09-2:26:20 Musical Interlude 1

2:26:20-3:14:15 Vampire Counts continues!
Crypt Horrors v Vargheists Who is stronger? More durable? Can you bring them back quick enough?
Rare choices
Black Knights v Hex Wraiths
The Mortis Engine

3:14:15-3:16:11 Musical Interlude 2

3:16:11-4:41:45 Vampire Counts still going on!
Lore of the Vampires!
Vampiric Powers and VC magic items.
Point costs and point levels
Synergy, combos and other ideas for possible lists.
Q&A from listeners

4:41:45-4:44:00 Show wrap up and close

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Sponsored by Unique Gifts & Games, Unseen Lerker, The Game Preserve, Ursa’s Den,  Battlefoam, and Weird Worlds Terrain

Shout out Sponsor – Peter McLellan

The Garage ManaGeR segment is sponsored by Chaos Orc’s Superstore

So Christopher and I chat about about the upcoming VC book, and our usual Garage ManaGeR stuff before getting into the meat of this episode. So what’s happening? Christmas is happening, that’s what!We may be into 2012, but we are bringing gifts to the various armies of the Warhammer world as we look over the army books and decide what we would do if we were able to “tweak” each book.

Hope you enjoy!

Show index:

0:00-3:52 Intro and Welcome!

3:52-4:29 New Sponsor’s Commercial! (and it’s better than the ones we’ve done….)

4:29-39:37 Shout out from Peter McLellan (Pop Daddy) followed by News and Rumors

We chat a bit about the upcoming VC and what we’ve heard as it relates to the newest pre-orders up on the GW site. David talks a bit about movies…and then has one of his rants about “pre-release haters.”

39:37 – 40:27 Commercial Break 2

40:27- 52:37 The Garage ManaGeR section pt 1. Christopher’s Modeling, gaming and reading

52:37-53:57 Commercial Break 3

53:57-1:20:55 The Garage ManaGeR section part 2 – David’s Modeling, gaming and reading

1:20:55-1:22:00 Commercial Break 4

1::22:00-1:25:45 Amazingly Truncated Tournament Scene Update brought to you by Circle City Circuit!

1:25:45-2:06:20 Gifts to the armies of the Warhammer World, pt 1.  Beasts, Brets, CD, DoC, and DE

2:06:20-2:07:20  Commercial Break 5

2:07:20-2:45:11 Gifts to the armies of the Warhammer World, pt 2. Dwarfs, Empire, HE, Lizards, OK

2:45:11- 2:46:33 Commercial Break 6

2:46:33 – 3:30:50 Gifts to the armies of the Warhammer World, pt 3. O&G, Skaven, TK, VC, WoC, WE

3:30:50-3:33:00 Show Close and End of Show Announcement
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So here is the long awaited Episode 5 of Garagegamer!
Today, we had Bryan Steele with us. He gave us a demo game and, since he is working on the fluff for the company, who better to have on and discuss the game?

Here’s the basic show breakdown without all the “Show Index” stuff from our usual episodes: We have the intro and then we talk about the producers of the game for a few minutes before going into the fluff of the game. (Since that’s the stuff Bryan’s working on…again, who better do talk about it?) We get the background of the world and the origins of the factions. This is good stuff (so good even Christopher was hooked!) and it’s a fun listen. We take a break around the 57 minute mark (57:15-57:45) and when we come back we start discussing game mechanics. Setup. The basic turn. Victory conditions. The D20 system employed by the game. Basically everything.

After that, we announce the winner of the “Dwarf King’s Hold” contest that we announced on the previous Garagegamer (yes, we know it was forever ago) and wrap up the show at about 2 hours 3 minutes.

Hope you enjoy this one. Dark Age is a cool game and with a $20 core rule book and starter faction boxes between $35 and $55 it’s easy to get started and give the game a go.
Enjoy!!!

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 Episode 39 – Best & Worst of 2011

Sponsored by Unique Gifts & Games, Unseen Lerker, The Game Preserve, Ursa’s Den and Battlefoam

Shout out Sponsor – None this Episode…(sad now.)

The Garage ManaGeR segment is sponsored by Chaos Orc’s Superstore

So Chris Yu and Grant Fetter join us this Episode as we talk about a bunch of hobby stuff, some gaming, new FAQs and our thoughts on the best GW releases (and the worst) of 2011. We have some fun as we haven’t gotten together will all four of us for the whole show in a while, so sit back and enjoy the hobby, the tangents and the fun of the last episode of 2011.

Also, after the end of the episode, because so many people are asking for it (though I can’t figure out why), we included some of the stuff that wound up on the cutting room floor.

Hope you enjoy!

Show index:

0:00-4:15 Intro and Welcome!

4:15-19:06 News and Rumors

19:06-20:26 Commercial Break 1

20:26-28:37 A question about our old power ranking contest

28:37-1:00:37 The Garage ManaGeR Section brought to you by Chaos Orc Superstore part 1 – Modeling!

1:00:37-1:01:27 Commercial Break 2

1:01:27-1:44:12 The Garage ManaGeR Section part 2 – Reading and Gaming!

This becomes a rather long discussion about Christopher and Grant’s DE v OK game. They both had an odd game and apparently learned a lot and Christopher is so disturbed by the Hellheart that he makes a bold prediction about the future of the tournament scene.

1:44:12-1:45:32 Commercial Break 3

1:45:32-1:47:54 Musical Interlude!

1:47:54-2:02:25 Tournament Scene Update brought to you by Circle City Circuit!
Tournament updates, Blood in the Sun update, and more on how David has some stupid students.

2:02:25-2:31:20 FAQ Updates for Ogres, Tomb Kings and Skaven

2:31:20-2:32:25 Commercial Break 4

2:32:25-3:09:02 Our choices for the 3 worst things from GW for the year 2011

3:09:02-3:10:00 Commercial Break 5

3:10:00-3:35:00 Our choices for the 3 best things from GW for the year 2011

3:35:00-3:38:50 Game Preserve 50 Best & Worst Contest Winner

3:38:50-3:40:58 Show Close and End of Show Announcement

3:40:58-3:42:45 After Show Clips (Spam is Crazy Tasty)

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Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!

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Episode 38 – Tamurkhan

Sponsored by Unique Gifts & Games, Unseen Lerker, The Game Preserve, Ursa’s Den and Battlefoam

Shout out Sponsor – John Doherty and Miel Vermeulen

The Garage ManaGeR segment is sponsored by Chaos Orc’s Superstore

So here we tackle the second half of “Tamurkhan: The Throne of Chaos” as well as the Chaos and Empire Bestiaries. Before that we talk about all the new releases from GW. Of Course, in the rumors section we start talking about the next (possible) army book and start wishlisting. We also have the local tournament updates as well as a short segment from The Phoenix Prince! So sit back and enjoy this one, because our whole “We are trying to keep the show under 4 hours,” thing just didn’t happen with all that tamurkhan goodness.

Also, after the end of the episode, because so many people are asking for it (though I can’t figure out why), we included some of the stuff that wound up on the cutting room floor.

WARNING! We go over the second half of the story of Tamurkhan in complete detail. If you are planning on reading the story of Tamurkhan on your own you really need to consider skipping over this part! We cover the first three of the six chapters in the Tamurkhan story. TOTAL SPOILERS!!!

Hope you enjoy!

Show index:

0:00-1:50 – Intro and Welcome

1:50-32:30 – News and rumors

New models and holiday bundles from GW and some talk about VC book rumors

32:30-33:48 – Commercial Break 1

33:48-51:24 – Hello to Daniel and the Proper Thank you to the people who donated to Christopher’s Chaos Dwarfs. Then two more shout outs for the Replace Christopher Contest.

From John Doherty and Miel Vermeulen

51:24-1:34:11 – Garage ManaGeR section brought to you by Chaos Orc Superstore

David and Christopher still haven’t fulfilled their hobby commitments, but David has taken a different hobby commitment by necessity. David talks about The Red Duke and watches a show about the cuisine of Maine. Then David played his Dwarfs against his friends VC.

1:34:11-1:35:27 – Commercial Break 2

1: 35:27-1:41:47 – Tournament Update brought to you by the Circle City Circuit

Also, an entry for Replace Topher in 2012 by Lizardmen Jeff!

1:41:47-1:46:05 – The Phoenix Prince has a few words to say about Christmas

1:46:05-2:15:16 – Tamurkhan! Chapters 4 & 5

2:15:16-2:16:16 – Commercial 3

2:16:16-2:54:06 – Tamurkhan Chapter 6

2:54:06-2:54:56 – Commercial 4

2:54:56-3:01:45 – Campaign Special Rules and interesting story driven campaign bits

3:01:45-3:34:55 – The Forces of Chaos! (and a small pronunciation lesson/taunt for our good friends at Ohiohammer!)

3:34:55-4:13:50 – The Forces of the Empire! And final thoughts on Tamurkhan and why Daivd likes story Campaigns.

4:13:50-4:19:15 – Show wrap up!

4:19:15-4:23:20 – After show clips

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Episode 37 – Christopher’s Birthday Bonanza and Tamurkhan

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Shout out Sponsor – The Zielinski Family and Andrew Sherman & Ohiohammer

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So it’s almost Christopher’s birthday and David has some surprises in store for him. In between that silliness we discuss Tamurkhan.

WARNING! We go over the story of Tamurkhan (well, the first 1/2 anyway) in complete detail. If you are planning on reading the story of Tamurkhan on your own you really need to consider skipping over this part! We cover the first three of the six chapters in the Tamurkhan story. TOTAL SPOILERS!!!

We then move on to discuss the newest official GW army list, the Choas Dwarfs. We cover every model, option, and item (except all the rules for the siege giant. We just cover a few of the cool things and leave the “standard” giant stuff behind).

We hope you enjoy this, next Episode we will finish the story, go through the Chaos and Empire units you can add to your existing books, cover the scenarios and CHristopher will probably revisit Chaos Dwarfs with a look at how he’d go about building his army (theoretically).

Hope you enjoy!

Show index:

0:00-2:21 Intro and welcome

2:21- 11:00   News and Rumors – Warpath, Necrons, more Forge World and a bunch of December GW releases.

11:00-12:40 – Shout out from the Zielinskis

12:40-14:00 – Commercial  Break 1

14:00-30:20 – Garage ManaGeR section brought to you by Chaos Orc Superstore

30:20-36:33– Tournament update brought to you by The Circle City Circuit

36:33-37:53 – Commercial Break 2

37:53-40:50 – Shout out from Andy Sherman and Ohiohammer!

40:50-1:33:25 – Tamurkhan Chapters 1 and 2 (SPOILERS!)

1:33:25-1:34:30 – Commercial Break 3

1:34:30-1:50:00 – Christopher’s Birthday Bonanza

1:50:00-2:11:54 – Tamurkhan Chapter 3 (SPOILERS!)

2:11:54-2:12:54 – Commercial Break 4

2:12:54-3:19:29 – New Official Chaos Dwarf army list – We cover the list A-Z. Next episode we will talk about the various possible builds.

3:19:29-3:20-19 – Commercial Break 5

3:20:19-4:23:30 – New Offical Chaos Dwarf army list continued!

4:23:03-4:29:35 – Preview of next episode and show close

4:29:35-4:31:08 – End of show silliness

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Episode 36 – A Fat Robot is Going to Adepticon

Sponsored by Unique Gifts & Games, Unseen Lerker, The Game Preserve, Ursa’s Den and Battlefoam

Shout out Sponsors – Ryan Taylor and Jamie Searle

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So this episode we wanted to talk about how we prep for tournaments. Of course, we don’t go to many tournaments, so we recruited some friends. That wound up becoming a whole different conversation for most of the show. We discuss a bunch of upcoming tournaments and we go over the Adepticon paint score rubric because it seems like a pretty good example of a straightforward rubric with very little room for “interpretation.”

Anyway, here’s the episode, and thanks to Grant, Chris and Jeff for coming on and being a part of the show.

Also, don’t forget that next episode is the Barnette Brithday Bash, where we begin to cover Tamurkhan, which is just about the best present GW could have given to Christopher. So, if you want to give a shout-out for Christopher’s birthday, here’s your chance.

Hope you enjoy!

Show index:

00:00-04:25 Intro and welcome

04:25-20:40  News and Rumors

There ain’t much! Tamurkhan is shipping and Necrons are out. Warpath is on the way.

We also talk a bit about what the next book might be.

20:40-21:59  Commercial Break 1

21:59-30:45  Shout outs from Ryan Taylor and Jamie Searle

And we also talk about any possible shout outs for Christopher’s Brithday episode.

30:45-1:27:39  Garage ManaGeR Section brought to you by Chaos Orc Superstore

We all talk about our modeling, a bit of reading about Harry Dresden form Lizardmen Jeff, and David’s continuing journey through the Horus Heresy. We also get a cool insight into Grant’s time working at GW and his NOT wanting to read the Black Library books.

We then get into games. Unfortunately, only Grant and David had a game, both of them against Chris Yu (who isn’t here yet!) and his Badonkadonk list.

1:27:39-1:28:44  Commercial Break 2

1:28:44-1:48:23  Tournament update brought to you by the circle city circuit!

1:48:23-1:49:21  Commercial Break 3

1:49:21- 2:05:15  Adepticon!

2:05:15-2:05:25  Pause for station identification

2:05:25-2:28:46  Adepticon Painting Rubric

2:28:46-2:29:36  Commercial Break 4

2:29:36-3:12:17  What do we do to prepare for a tournament? If you’re an old hat at going to tourneys, this may seem obvious, but we’ve been asked to address this topic and we give it our best shot (considering that Christopher and I don’t go to that many tournaments).

3:12:17-3:13:37  Commercial Break 5

3:13:37-3:20:23  Tourney prep wrap up and a plea to non-tourney players to give tournaments a try.

3:20:23-3:27:24  New Contest announced and show wrap up.

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Episode 35 – Dark Elves, Dwarfs, and Disney World!

Sponsored by Unique Gifts & Games, Unseen Lerker, The Game Preserve, Ursa’s Den and Battlefoam

Shout out Sponsor – Andrew Sherman

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So this was supposed to be a quick episode about Harrison’s and my time at the Unique Gifts & Games 2400 pt tourney. Unfortunately, Harrison and I were the only two who showed up.  So we needed to discuss other things. SO we talked about our hobby and our games and stuff. Then we decided to cover the special characters from both the Dark Elves and the Dwarfs.

Also, we are caught up on shout outs, so if you have one for next episode, there is space for you.

Hope you enjoy!

Show index:

0:00-2:50 – Intro & Welcome

2:50-13:50 – Shout out from Andrew “I just can’t figure out why BS shooting is good” Sherman for the “Replace Christopher in 2012” contest. There’s also a bit of listener email.

13:50-30:20 – News and Rumors

30:20-31:40 – Commercial Break 1

31:40-42:28 – Garage ManaGeR section brought to you by Chaos Orc Superstore!

42:28-43:38 – Commercial Break 2

43:38-59:00 – Garage ManaGeR section brought to you by Chaos Orc Superstore! (cont’d)

59:00-1:28:58 – David’s and Christopher’s Battle Reports

1:28:58-1:30:00 – Commercial Break 3

1:30:00-1:42:12 – Tournament Update brought to you by The Circle City Circuit

(I screwed up and didn’t get the update in time. There will be MUCH more on the CCC in episode 36!)

1:42:12-1:43:12 – Commercial Break 4

1:43:12-2:58:00 – Dark Elf Special Characters Review

2:58:00-2:58:50 – Commercial Break 5

2:58:50-3:23:55 – Dwarf Special Characters Review

3:23:55-3:29:20 – Game Preserve 50 “Name that Team” contest

3:29:20-3:34:00 – End of show wrap up and after show clips

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Thanks for listening! See you in a couple of weeks!