In Episode 45 we chat to Asger Sams Granerud, organiser of Giant fanatic and all round nice chap, about the pitfalls and perils of running a large 8th edition tournament so soon after the launch of the new edition.  Ben Johnson also went to the cardiff carnage this week, we chat about what went on at that event.

Intro (1.00)

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• Ian Scovell sponsors the show.  Check out his tournament at Triple Helix Games in Westbury It sounds like a great event to get into the swing of 8th edition.

Fortnight in Fantasy (9.50)

• Ben J goes to the Cardiff Carnage.

Asger talks about Giant Fanatic (25.00)

• We talk about the comp system in place at Giant Fanatic and the ideas that went into writing it.

Final Word (1:18.00)

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The ETC Live bonus episode is now avaliable to download.

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Episode 44 is packed full of reports from the ETC and the UK’s first 8th edition tournament, Autumn Incursion.

Intro (1.00)

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News (5.20)

• Mantic Games announce the kings of war game

Fortnight in Fantasy (8.00)

• Ben J goes to The Autumn Incursion.
• More 8th Edition talk.

The ETC Report (1:05.00)

• We talk about the ETC
• Don’t forget to check out The Bonus ETC live episode.  Download it HERE or get on iTunes

Final Word (2:04.00)

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In episode 43 we are looking forwards to the ETC but managed to contain out excitement and concentrate on some juicy 8th edition discussions.  We talk about our thoughts of 8th edition 1 month in

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In episode 42 we talk about all the ETC releated.  the 2010 event is only a few days away and we chat to Andrew Galea from Rankings HQ about the new European Team Championships website and Paul Bridge from Team Denmark about the ETC army lists.  We also take a look at the 8th edition rulebook FAQ

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Images of the contents of the Island of Blood 8th Edition box set has surfaced on the net.

Shout out to Warseer for the pics.

In episode 41 we talk about our visit to the Warhammer Launch party at Warhammer world.

Intro (1.00)

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Fortnight in Fantasy (4.00)

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• Ben J’s Painted Terrain <Link>

Warhammer Launch Party (47.55)

• We talk about the Warhammer Launch open day Photos on the forums <Link>

8th Edition FAQ’s (1:17.45)

• We have a quick chat about the 8th edition Faq’s <Link>

Final Word (1:24.50)

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In episode 40 we are joined by, in person, Gav Thorpe. He chats freely about his time at games workshop and what goes on behind the scenes in games development.   He also talks about his writing for the Black Library and his new Crown of Blood Series for Angry Robot.

Intro (1.33)

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Gav Thorpe Interview (5.38)

• over 2 hours with the Loremaster himself. The man who helped shape GW and Warhammer over the last 14 years
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• Black Library <Link>
• Angry Robot <Link>

Final Word (2:19.20)

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Fortnight in Fantasy (38.32)

• ETC 6 nations at firestorm games
• Ben J’s terrain photos on the snake eyes section <Link>

Terrain in 8th Editon (47.10)

• A look at how the new terrain works in 8th ed and how we see it being played at tournaments.

How to wrte an army for 8th Edition (1:14.50)

• How to write and army list for the new edition.  No huge insights, just a quick chat about the methods we are using to discover what’s hot and what’s not in the new game.

Final Word (1:34.15)

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• Ronnie Renton from Mantic Games announces the competition winner
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The latest warhammer commentaries video is on the GW website.  In this video, veteran games developer Jervis Johnson gives us the lowdown on the rules section of the Warhammer rulebook.

The 2nd Warhammer Commentaries video has been posted on the GW website. In this commentary video, games developer Phil Kelly gives us some insight into the development of the background section of the Warhammer rulebook

Games Workshop have released the first in a range of awesome videos to promote the launch of Warhammer 8th Edition.  In this one games developer Jeremy Vetock provides an insight into the Battles section of the Warhammer rulebook. Check out Warhammer Commentaries – Warhammer Battles or watch it below.

The Bad Dice forums are now open!

As of now, the old Snake Eyes forums are now open to the public.  To view the forums visit www.baddice.co.uk/forum

If you are an existing Snake Eyes member you now have access to the ‘Snake Eyes only’ section which contains all the exclusive bonus recordings, discounts and contests.

WARHAMMER IS HERE!!! Well not quite just yet, but we have read the book, played some games and now we will talk all about it!

In episode 38 we dissect the 8th edition rulebook, this was a live show with a packed chatroom and some questions coming in from the guys at home.

We have 3 new competitions in this episode. , first up you can win a copy of 8th edition by writing a battle report and posting it on the Snake eyes or Og Games forums.

Mantic Games are giving away £50 worth of products to one lucky listener, all you have to do is visit the Mantic Games blog,  find the special bad dice password and email it to bencurry@baddice.co.uk

And finally we are giving away a copy of Unseen Lerker magazine to a random new Snake Eyes sign up.

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We are broadcasting live on Wednesday 16th June, at 7.30 PM BST (GMT +1)

In this show will will be having a full review of the Warhammer 8th edition Rulebook!

Don’t miss out on your chance to be part of the show! Join the chat and watch the show at www.baddice.co.uk/live

Games Workshop have released thier advance orders for warhammer 8th edition that includes a great range of templates, accessories and even some minatures!

You can see the official GW webiste here

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So after our interview with Ronnie from Mantic Games I thought I would do a quick price comparison.

So i’ll start with the easy one, the Mantic Games MALAK’S LEGION OF DEATH – ARMY DEAL. This box set comes in at £99 on the Mantic webstore and an additional Ghoul Troop deal for £20.

That gives you the following stuff.

Vampire on winged nightmare/hellsteed
2x Vampires on foot
Wight King BSB
Wight King on foot

50 Ghouls
40 Skellies
40 Grave Guard
5 Black knights
5 Wraiths

So using 4 of the characters (Lord on foot, Vamp on foot, Vamp on Hellsteed and a Wight BSB) and all the troops, with relevant command group upgrades, the army comes in at 2350 points. THATS WITH NO MAGIC ITEMS OR POWERS!! So throw in a couple of hundred points worth of magic trinkets and powers (that could be as much as 600 points if you really wanted!) and you get either a 2500 point army, or you can scale the troops back to 2250 and have lots spare to raise with.

So now i’m going to have a look at the equivalent GW stuff.

Starting with the characters.

You get a Blood Dragon on winged nightmare, Konrad and Manfred on foot, The aristocratic Lady vampire, and a Wight BSB.

The troops are 5 boxes of ghouls, 4 boxes of skellies and 4 boxes of Grave guard, 5 Black knights and 5 Wraiths.

All of that comes in at £342.50. You can save yourself a bit of cash by dropping the winged nightmare down to a Mounted Manfred (use it as a hellsteed still), and using chaos knight instead of black knights (converting them with some random ghoul and skellies bitz) it comes down to £311. I looked at using the battalion boxes to bring the price down more but it includes zombies and a corpse cart so wouldn’t make a good comparison.

So on a £vs£ comparison you are looking at £119 vs £311.

With the Mantic stuff you also get Free foam carry cases, posters, the Mantic points system and You also get 2 Screaming skull catapults (incase you decide to do tomb kings too)

The main problem that Mantic has at the moment is a lack of Zombies,(which are in the pipeline) Dire wolves and fellbats. But there is nothing stopping you using the Games workshop range to fill the gaps.

You can buy both of these armies for 15% off RRP at www.OGGames.co.uk

In Episode 37 we pay a visit to Mantic Towers and chat with Ronnie Renton about their fantastic range of Fantasy miniatures.  Its also magazine time and we look at Tales of Battle, Unseen Lerker and White Dwarf.

We Launch 2 new competitions, first up you can win a copy of 8th edition by writing a battle report and posting it on the Snake eyes or Og Games forums.

Mantic Games are giving away £50 worth of products to one lucky listener, all you have to do is visit the Mantic Games blog,  find the special bad dice password and email it to bencurry@baddice.co.uk

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In Episode 36 we are fresh from the Unseen Lerker Tempest Rising tournament and discuss how the weekend went.  We have a new website sponsor, Madfly-Art Studios, check them out at www.madfly-art.com

2 new recordings have been added to the Snake Eyes section, Charles Black talks about how to become a better general and we chat to players on location at Tempest Rising.

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From the GW Newsletter:

New Warhammer: almost here!

Since we announced the new edition of Warhammer back in April, the excitement has been slowly building. Across the land hobbyists have begun gathering their forces in preparation of the mighty battles that lie ahead; in hushed whispers they’ve talked about what might lie within the 528-pages of the new Warhammer rulebook. Well prepare to ramp your excitement up a notch – Warhammer will be available to advance order from the 15th of June. Inspired by the clockwork creations of the engineers of Altdorf, we’ve today added a swish countdown clock to games-workshop.com, so you’ll know exactly how many minutes and seconds to go before you can order your copy.

To thank you for subscribing to our newsletter (these images won’t be shown anywhere else!) we thought we’d give you a sneak peek inside the new book. And don’t forget that June’s issue of White Dwarf is out this weekend and contains more exclusive information and pictures from the new Warhammer rulebook.

Enjoy.