It's Sister Act time! Rob and Mitch discuss the new dataslate, rumors dropping for 10th, and then do a segment on the glorious Ephrael Stern and forgettable boy-toy elf friend. We also announce a changeup in the philosophy of the show that will helpfully lead to more consistent content on a more consistent basis! Also our deepest apologies - this should have gone out 2 weeks ago but I just realized that our hosting service didn't publish as expected!
Welcome back friend of the show McWerp aka Brendan Mckenzie to chat about Valorous Heart with Mitch and Rob! We talk about the VH lists that McWerp and Mitch have been cooking up, as well as Mitch's run to 3rd place at the recent International Team Tournament supermajor with this new off meta beauty. Enjoy!
New content review time! Mitch and Rob duo episode 41 to talk about the new dataslate, points changes, and Arks of Omen GT book secondaries and detachment. Enjoy the hot takes, and we look forward to digging more into the new GT season over the coming months! Spoiler: Rob *will* be talking about mortifiers.
We've hit episode 40!! For this episode we're bringing back returning guest Ash and her brand new chonky engine list - this version with a full 9 paragon warsuits as Valorous Heart! Enjoy listening to Rob and Mitch try to figure out how this super-off meta list works and how to pilot it to victory.
For this episode we have a Sister Act 40k first - Rob Helton as solo host! Rob interviews the second and third placing sisters players at the recent London Grand Tournament, the second largest event in the world (eclipsed only by the LVO). Both guests are veterans of the show, with Aidan Brocklehurst returning to talk about his amazing run to the shadow round with 2 bricks of 20 battle sisters, and Mitch making his first appearance as a guest!
After an unfortunately long delay - Sister Act 40k is back in action! We welcome new guest James Shapiro to the show to help us break down the meta bloody rose list - what's in it, why, how it plays the game, and tips for beating the current meta top dogs. Once again we apologize for the delay in content over the summer - but we are back in action and have lots of content to get out soon!
You knew this episode was coming! Beloved guest Kolby Hopkins returns triumphantly to Sister Act 40k to talk about the new GT book, points changes, and dataslate. We also cover a record-setting 17 Patreon questions about our brave new world. Ave imperator!
We're mixing it up this week! Instead of talking about our most faithful of tiny models, we instead will be discussing the humans who lovingly assemble, paint, and battle them. Rob and Mitch bring on community paragon McWerp aka Brendan McKenzie to talk community: what we look for from it, where to find it, and how to best use it to get the most from your hobby. If you listened to this episode and thought "wow the Sisters of Battle discord sounds awesome", then you should check it out! Here is a...
Mortal man is both the brick and mortar of the Emperor's Imperium, and the Sororitas know this better than most. This, of course, is why the best way to purge your enemies is with a brick of 20 battle sisters! Welcome Aidan Brocklehurst to the show to talk with Mitch and Rob about bricks - units of 20 battle sisters, how they play, how they can be buffed, and what kinds of lists want to run them. We also cover Aidan's amazing 4-1 run at Bristol with a bloody rose double brick list, where he made...
It's dataslate time! Best friend of the show John Lennon joins Mitch and Rob to talk over the massive balance update that just turned the entire 40k meta upside down. Join us for a conversation about the changes to the game generally and to the Emperor's most faithful. With double the miracles, this show promises to be double the fun!
It's rules review time! The devout duo of Mitch and Rob review the new Bloody Rose supplement in Warzone Nachmund: Vigilus alone. We talk about the juicy (and not so juicy) new warlord traits, strats, and relics handed down to us from on high in Nottingham. Enjoy! A huge thank you also to our new editor Tyler, who has edited this show together for us. You are amazing and we love you!
Tim Pinney, best friend of the show, is back to talk Nachmund! He joins Mitch and Rob to discuss the new points, secondaries, and overall game changes in the Nachmund GT pack. Though we may see darkness ahead, true belief in the Emperor (and a lot of angry sacresants) will see us prevail against the mutant, heretic, and xenos in this new season of competitive 40k!
Sister Act 40k returns to its roots with another episode on pain engines, this time talking penitent engines in 9th with the indomitable AshC. Ash is an absolute terror on the TTS circuit with her brutal 12 penitent engine list, and Mitch and Rob talk with her to learn the optimal ways to both redeem and purge heretics at the same time!
Mitch and Rob are back for episode 30 and there is so much to talk about in Sisters land! This episode is a 2 parter - first your pious hosts will talk about the new Kill Team Chalnath box set with the gorgeous (and deadly) new novitiates models. We then invite Stephen Box of Vanguard Tactics to talk about his innovative pure Order of our Martyred Lady list. He first piloted the concept to a 4-1 finish at LGT, and we have seen it crop up at other events with other pilots since. Stephen is an inn...
Mitch hosts the Sister Act 40k coverage of the London Grand Tournament, where nearly 600 players converged in north London (including your intrepid host himself!) to battle it out for glory in the first supermajor event in the UK since 2019. Mitch first interviews amazing guest Thomas Douch, who cracked the top 4 with a no-nonsense pure bloody rose sisters list. Listen in for some tips from a Sisters pro on how to navigate the current meta and how to pilot our faction at the highest levels! In a...
After a brief hiatus, Rob returns triumphantly to the show to join Mitch for a review of the Warzone Charadon: Book of Fire content for the Adepta Sororitas. We talk over the relevant Sisters fluff as well as the crunchy new rules for the Order of our Martyr'd Lady. Also Rob tells us about a new adventure he is embarking on with Jon of Goonhammer. Enjoy!
Prepare yourself for the monster part two of the Sister Act 40k 9th codex review, clocking in at 3 hours and 40 minutes of sweet, sweet content with the incomparable John Lennon and Tim Pinney. We talk about secondaries, stratagems, and all of the data sheets! One quick note - this episode was recorded before both the Lone Star Open from a few weeks ago and Charity Hammer, which just ended, but is being released after both events. Congrats to John for winning both LSO and the Charityhammer GT wi...
It's NEW CODEX TIME!! The Emperor has rewarded us for our faith with a brand new set of rules, ready to free 9th edition from all forms of xenos, traitor, and heretic. For this most exciting of topics Mitch and Rob have invited two of our all-time favorite guests onto the show, John Lennon and Tim Pinney of the Floridaman 40k podcast. In this mammoth episode we talk through orders, armywide rules, hymns, blessings, relics, and warlord traits. Stay tuned for part two, where we will finish our rev...
Welcome to our last show of the 8th edition Sisters codex! To send the old book off in style, we invited Brandon Grant, Las Vegas Open and ITC champion, on to the show to discuss his list that won the Battle for LA GT. Fear not - we also delve deep into his philosophy of list building and 9th game winning to ensure this episode better stands the test of time in a new codex world. Sadly Rob had to miss this recording, but Mitch did his best to keep the fluff fluffy and the laugh track laughing wi...
Before listening to this episode be sure to polish your power armor to a high sheen, because we have invited the one and only OG Sisters Black Library to the show - James Swallow!! Mitch & Rob talk to James about everything from his books "Faith and Fire" and "Hammer and Anvil," to keeping our torch alit through the Sisters' long dark age, to storytelling generally! And of course, your well-hyped hosts also just have to gush about the new previews, including the Abbess Sanctorum herself. Pra...
Join Mitch and Rob as they embark on their first ever inquisitorial briefing. In this new type of episode, we bring on an inquisitor famed for their ruthless dedication to purging a particular mutant, heretic, or xenos. For our first ever briefing we will be dissecting drukhari strategy, and could not have gotten a better guest than the one and only Inquisitor Skari! Join us as this famed inquisitor explains exactly what the dark kin are, how you can expect to see them play, and how to beat them...
Mitch and Rob venture into the dark depths of the Black Library for the first time in Sister Act 40k history, and emerge with an interview with author Danie Ware! Join us as we talk with Danie about her experiences writing for the Black Library. Of course, we start with Sister Superior Augusta, about whom Danie has published an awesome set of Adepta Sororitas novellas. We also talk about what it's like to write for Black Library along with Danie's other non-40k writing. We're very proud of this ...
Sister Act 40k is excited to announce that we are partnering with Justin Seo of the Warp Wanderers RTT to kick off a new TTS team event: "Noosphere Knockdown"! Signups are live right now and will run until April 3rd, with the event starting on April 5th. Justin and Innes Wilson, Scotland's WTC captain, join us to talk about how team events work generally, the structure of the Noosphere Knockdown, and the very unique event awards available. The Noosphere Knockdown is a 4 person team tournament - ...
Episode 20, "Cleansing the Noosphere" has been uploaded by our faithful techpriests! Join Mitch and Rob for a conversation with amazing guest Ashley Thompson about nundams, Tabletop Simulator (TTS), and Ashley's very unique and flexible Sisters list. At time of recording Ashley is ranked the top player on the T5S2 TTS league tables, and her takes are even hotter than her multimeltas. Enjoy!
The Adepta Sororitas bring the Emperor's divine retribution to humanity's foes in myriad ways. Most recently, this retribution has taken the form of fiery, double shooting purification from 24 inches away. That's right - it's time for a Sister Act 40k deep dive on retributors! Join stellar veteran guests Tim Pinney and Luke Grant for an extra purgeful, extra chunky deep dive. Listen in to hear our hot takes on everything from fluff to weapon loadouts to orders to where cherubs come from....
Holy Terra has blessed us with a brand new FAQ for 2021! Join Mitch, Rob, and amazing returning guest John Lennon for a journey through the changes that affect our beloved Sororitas. We talk points, changes to mission primaries and secondaries, and updates to rare rule interactions. Time for the angels to fly once more!
Mitch and Rob invite Chuck Arnett of the Best in Faction podcast (aka BIFPOD) for an extra special episode to talk about Charity Hammer 2021: Hammer Out Cancer. Charity Hammer is an amazing event run by Colin Sherman and the rest of the BIFPOD crew, and this year all money raised will be donated to both the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Foundation and the family of Vince Price, who is in a boss fight with cancer. While this year will be smaller than last year's event thanks to COVID, it promis...
With the updated weapon rules from Codex: Space Marines comes a new dawn for the Sororitas. No longer must we charge heedlessly into battle with chainswords held high, now we get to do that and also shoot stuff with scary meltaguns, just as the Emperor intended. Join Mitch and Rob as they interview Luke Grant, the winner of the Kent City Wargames GT. Luke piloted an exciting Order of Our Martyrd Lady list with 30 multimelta retributors, contemptuously purging many varieties of heretics along the...
This episode sets a record for longest mini-series to date on Sister Act 40k, as we embark on a third episode focused on the mortifier, everyone's favorite penitent failed repentia murder robot. Mitch and Rob welcome Kolby Hopkins and Jordan Gledhill back to the show for a Sister Act 40k deep dive on Rob's favorite unit. And don't worry - we promise to move on to other topics for our next episode, like maybe those hot new multimelta retributors. Also - special thanks to @VintageVodou2 on Twitter...
Rob's mortifiers have yet to atone for their sins, and so we invited Jordan Gledhill to come join us on the podcast for a second mortifier episode! Listen in to hear Jordan share his tales of glory and repentance as he took down the Red Rock Exterminatus GT with a 9 mortifier + 3 repentia party bus list. Also stay tuned - we have already recorded a mortifier deep dive with both Jordan and Kolby Hopkins from the previous episode, and we will release it soon to capstone this journey with Rob's fav...
