40K Fireside

Up To Speed - Knights

The first episode in my series 'Up To Speed' designed to help you boostrap in understanding armies and changes in the meta!

Tyranids Subterranean Tierlist

Hey everyone, a quick episode ranking the tyranid datasheets for the subterranean detachment :)

Balance Dataslate Analysis

Welcome back to Episode 72 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite.The 40K Q2 balance update is out and we sit down to try to filter out the main take-aways and meta analysis from the suite of changes GW has brought to the game.Grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside,Dave & Vik-----------------------------The latest Fireside 40K Masterclass is a 7.5 hour deep dive into all aspects of playing Chaos Daemons competi...

Thousand Sons Unit Tier List

Hey guys, This is quite a visual one, but I've been slacking on uploading to Spotify for awhile - shout out to Tom A. https://40kfireside.com for more information on the master class.

A Double Guard & Eldar 5-0! | Fireside 40K

Welcome back to Episode 71 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite.This last weekend saw both of us playing at smaller events (Vik at the 100-person Glasshammer Major and Dave at the 45-person Dark Sphere GT) and going 5-0. In this episode we chat about the meta, our plans, and a do a recap of the lists/games at the tournaments we attended.Grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside,Dave & Vik----------For more conte...

70. Ynnari go 7-0 & More Dakka Nerfed!

Welcome back to Episode 70 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite.With Dave (Guard - Mechanised Assault) & Team Ignite winning the Saffron Slam Team Event and Vik going 7-0 at Sheffield Super-Major with his Ynnari, we've got plenty to discuss in this episode of Fireside 40K. More Dakka! has officially been nerfed by GW, in this episode we discuss the impact this will have on the meta and if we think the balance changes were done correctly.Grab a dr...

69. The Meta, More Dakka & Emperor's Children | Fireside 40K

Welcome back to Episode 69 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite.We go back to our roots with this one! An audio-only update on the factions we've been testing, our thoughts on the meta as a whole, tournaments we've got coming up and our thoughts on the how to improve the balance of the game.Grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside,Dave & Vik----------For more content and detailed analysis, make sure to join as ...

Aeldari & Astra Militarum at the Manchester Super-Major - Ep. 67

Welcome back to Episode 67 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite.With the massive 300-person Manchester Super Major this weekend, we finally get to take out the new Aeldari and Astra Militarum codexes to an event. The hype is real and we've both brought lots of spicy, innovative tech to the event. In this video we analyse the overall faction distribution at the event, how we feel it represents the overall meta and we go through our list design choices...

Top 10 Favourite Things from the New Guard Codex

Title says it all :) 40kFireside@gmail.com for the Guard master class!

New Guard Codex: List building Combined Arms

Hey there everyone! Chatting through the Guard Combined Arms detachment, it's the index one we're all familiar with a few changes! It's a bit of insight into how I build lists, what my thought process is, so hopefully you can take some of the points here and apply them yourself :) As mentioned in the video, if you're interested in the Guard master class with Dave send an email to 40kFireside@gmail.com. Dave will be covering all 6 detachments, with great tournament-ready lists for each one, a QnA...

Nottingham, The Meta & Guard Masterclass - Ep. 66

Enjoy everyone, if you're interested in the masterclass get in contact: 40kFireside@gmail.com

Nottingham Super Major Lists & Meta - Ep. 66

Welcome back to Episode 65 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. With the massive 400-person Nottingham Super Major this weekend, we get to see how the meta shapes up at the first big event following the Winter Balance Update and the grotmas detachments. We analyse the overall faction distribution at the event (which looks incredibly balanced and interesting!), how we feel it represents the overall meta and we go through our list/faction choice (Dave...

Winter Dataslate Singles Tier List - Ep. 65

Welcome back to Episode 64 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. Grotmas detachments galore and a full MFM/Balance Dataslate update - what a time to be a competitive 40K player! With loads of information to process/analyse, we've spent the last few days gathering our thoughts on every faction to be able to update our Fireside 40K Tier List. We've focussed on high level singles play as our benchmark and made an active effort to split up armies into di...

The busted Necrons are here!

Reviewing and list build for the new Tyranids

Hey there everyone, Walking through a review of the new tyranid detachment! I've been playing tyranids on-and-off in practice since the last WTC and this detachment got me excited for unboxing my old Tyranid Warriors again :D *A few minor corrections, the venom cannon goes to s11, and the exocrine goes to s11 also! https://youtu.be/IptkK0jfedc Thanks for listening, David Gaylard...

A Singles Faction Tier List & Fireside Membership - Ep. 64

Welcome back to Episode 63 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. It's tier list time again, we've had some time and an event each to gather our thoughts on the latest MFM update, join us for a full faction tier list and our wishlist for the next balance update due at the end of the year.[Final Tier List --> https://imgur.com/a/40k-fireside-tier-list-mKnXllz ] In this episode we also announce a huge landmark moment for us as a podcast! We've releas...

The Current State of Guard - Post Pyra Reflections - Ep. 63

Walking through the new Guard changes after playing at the Pyra Team tournament. Topics covered: About Pyra Current Key units Guard’s Role in Teams Guard in Singles Guard Weaknesses Coaching Closing David is also launching some limited coaching over the next few months. If you're interested in coaching, or if your team is interested in coaching, please feel free to get in touch at: 40kFireside@gmail.com Rates have yet to be decided, but will be on the cheaper side. Enjoy, David.

Stream game: 10 October 8pm BST

The London GT IGNITED! - Ep. 62

Welcome back to Episode 62 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. A huge shoutout to Aaron for letting us know about an initiative with the American Cancer Society called the 'Battle Against Breast Cancer' which is bringing together 25+ tournaments in the USA with live streaming from Tactical Tortoise, Wargames Live, Warpcharged Gaming and Tabletop Live. The primary way of raising money is a raffle - for more information and to buy raffle tickets, che...

LGT tier list - Ep. 61

Welcome back to Episode 61 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. Another year flies by and LGT is back! Dave, Vik and a bunch of Team Ignite are attending this year. To mix things up this episode, we thought we'd try to do a slightly unusual tier list. TO CLARIFY BEFORE THE INTERNET IMPLODES, the tier list we've done here is not ranking the strongest armies in the game, so if you've skipped through to the end and are about to shoot us an angry commen...

The WTC Recap! - Ep. 60

Welcome back to Episode 60 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. The World Team Championships (WTC) are over! New Zealand absolutely smashed it, pushing into the top 10, winning best sportsmanship and Dave coming out as the Rank No. 1 for individual rankings with his innovative Thousand Sons list. Team England had a worse time, taking some heavy losses across the event pushing them down to 7th place in the rankings. Join us as we run through how the ...

WTC Lists for Singles! - Ep. 59

Welcome back to Episode 59 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. We’ve heard lots of talk in the community that because WTC is a team event it isn’t relevant for the singles 40K meta, and we’re here to prove that theory wrong! The WTC lists are a culmination of months of preparation from some of the best players from across the world. We run through the most represented factions at the event, how they sit in the meta and an example of a WTC list for ...

The WTC Secrets Revealed! - Ep. 58

Welcome back to Episode 58 of the Fireside 40K podcast hosted by Vik Vijay & David Gaylard of Team Ignite. The World Team Championships (WTC) has come back around and lists are in! That means we are free to share our thoughts on the WTC and wider 40K meta. Tune in and hear us discuss our teams factions (Dave=New Zealand, Vik=England), a few players/teams to watch through the WTC and, as always, some spicy hot-takes. Grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside...

Edition 10.5 the fall of humans - Ep. 57

Edition 10.5! I'm sitting down with my good friend and long time UKTC Veteran Clement! We're going through some of the major changes of the BDS what we think got off too easy or got hit too hard. Hope you enjoy, let me know what your thoughts are too! R.I.P guard

Video Tutorial on New Mission - Ep. 56

Hey there everyone, I've taken some time to do a quick video review with TTS on the new missions. I'm covering the fixed + tactical + secret missions. I'm sure I've missed a few things, or read a mission slightly wrong so don't take it as gospel! Hope you enjoy, let me know what your thoughts are too!

Sisters Codex Review - Ep. 55

Heya folks, Learning the sisters codex for myself! Come and tag a a long and let me know what your thoughts are too!

ITT Recap! - Ep. 54

Hey guys, A quick recap of the 5 man ITT tournament we attended with Ignite this past weekend! If you're keen on teams, want to learn more about factions and improving as a team tune in! Enjoy,

Reviewing the CSM Codex Leaks - Ep. 53

Hey there everyone, Just a quick one today, David is running solo just doing his readthrough of the new CSM leaks, so stop on by if you want to catchup on what the new detachments are and what you could be facing on the table soon! As always grab a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode. See you by the Fireside, Vik & David

Reflections on the Balance Dataslate - Ep. 52

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

Vik wins Oxford Super-Major with Adepta Sororitas - Ep. 51

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, strat...