Posted by Carl on 10 31st, 2014

Posted by Carl on Jan 19, 2015 As you have perhaps heard by now, at the end of April 2015 I will be ending the run of The Independent Characters. This is something I have been considering for the past few months and the decision to end the show is based on several factors. Family time, my personal time to actually play the game and hobby (which is impacted tremendously by the time it takes to produce the show),...

Posted by Carl on Jan 19, 2015 Episode 116 of The Independent Characters arrives in your ears to discuss Horus Heresy Book 4: Conquest! This episode is part one of our two part coverage of the latest Horus Heresy book, and in this one we are discussing the background and setting for book four. We will discuss notable battles in the area and the various planets around which the fighting occurs. All of this and...

Posted by Carl on Dec 31, 2014 It has been an incredible year. I have attempted to sum up my top moments as they relate to gaming. 1 – Horus Heresy Gaming at Warhammer World What could be better than playing Horus Heresy with great friends, the actual creators of the game itself, and on amazing terrain at Warhammer World. Nothing really. I’ll let the picture speak for me, but there was over 10,000 points...

Posted by Carl on Dec 30, 2014 Episode 115 is finally here! Bryce and Adan join Carl to discuss the 2014 Warhammer 40k Year in Review. And what a year it was! We had heard late LAST year that Games Workshop was going to be moving even faster than 2013 and we don’t see how anyone could have predicted the pace and sheer amount of releases that took place! We cover every aspect of Warhammer 40k releases,...

Posted by Carl on Dec 14, 2014 Episode 114 of The Independent Characters is a lengthy discussion about playing Warhammer 40k both inexpensively and then how to embelish your play to take things to the next level. As usual we have a Hobby Progress and Games Played segment, where we meander a bit and talk about some new developments in the 40k Community over the last week. Namely base sizes and rumors of the 40k...

Posted by Carl on Nov 30, 2014 Episode 113 of The Independent Characters is full of Chaosy Goodness! Once we get the hobby progress and games played out of the way we launch into a lengthy discussion and review about Imperial Armour 13: War Machines of The Lost and The Damned! With both Justin and Carl being very excited Chaos players, we take an in depth look at this book. Then, when you think you cannot...

Posted by Carl on Nov 15, 2014 In Episode 112 sees The Independent Characters return from their short break. Carl has returned from Nottingham and The Black Library Weekender and we spend time talking about a massive amount of hobby progress and games played and then spend time discussing The Black Library Weekender and what occurred there. We want to thank you for your patience while we took a short hiatus....

Posted by Carl on Oct 13, 2014 In Episode 111 of The Independent Characters has us covering the enigmatic Eldar in Show of Force: Aspects of The Fallen Empire. We will go into great depth about this historic Warhammer 40k force. We discuss the background, and all the support you can get for the Eldar from Black Library, Forge world and elsewhere before we discuss some of the rules that make this army great! As...