Posted by Carl on Jul 21, 2019 The Show of Force Episodes of The Independent Characters are some of our most popular episodes of all time. From the outset of the show we were determined to not do “Codex Overviews”. Many shows did these (and still do) and most of them turned into nothing other than each show racing to cover the latest units in an effort to be “first to the punch”, when a...

Posted by Carl on Jul 6, 2019 Episode 190 of The Independent Characters has a return to our Show of Force series – and this time it’s all about The Insidious Curse… We take a deep dive into the horror that is The Genestealer Cults! To help us out with this, we have brought in our resident Genestealer Cult player, new guest host, new member to our gaming group, AND new 40k Player (since...

Posted by Carl on Jun 15, 2019 Episode 189 of The Independent Characters sees us diving headfirst into the incredible game that is Adeptus Titanicus! We include our usual Hobby Progress section and then spend the rest of the evening doing our best to tempt Jody into joining Josh, Carl, Austin (both of them), Thom and a couple others of our group to investing in and playing Adeptus Titanicus. And to help Josh...

Posted by Carl on Jun 1, 2019 Episode 188 of The Independent Characters is our very first LIVE show! And this time around it is an episode of The Warrior Lodge! Our new equipment (thanks to our Patrons) has allowed us to make you a part of our gaming group more than ever before. This time around we are able to have a few luckly listeners join us to give their points of view on some of the topics we discuss....

Posted by Carl on May 11, 2019 Episode 187 of The Independent Characters contains brings us nearly to the end of our Heroes of 40k series with the Enigmas of the Xenos! We include our usual Hobby Progress (or lack thereof) section and then jump right into our main topic of the show. This is the first episode recorded on our new equipment. I’m still dialing in a few things but I think you will already find...

Posted by Carl on Apr 27, 2019 Episode 186 of The Independent Characters is a deep dive into the Cities of Death rules. These can be found in the narrative section of Chapter Approved 2018 as well as a slightly expanded version in the rule book for the Urban Conquest campaign set. This episode clocks in at a more reasonable two and a half hours. Which is a nice change for us from the marathon recordings we’ve...

Posted by Carl on Apr 13, 2019 Episode 185 of The Independent Characters contains about four solid hours of great content for you! After a lengthy Hobby Progress and Games Played Segment – we dive into our Champions of Warhammer 40,000. This time we explore some of the Powers of Chaos! When we are all done with that amazing topic, we have a discussion with Dave and Mel about their Kickstarter for Terrain...

Posted by Carl on Mar 14, 2019 Episode 184 of The Independent Characters brings back The Warrior Lodge! This is a moderated discussion around topics that are top of mind in the community, our Facebook Group, or just things we generally want to discuss! This episode has Carl joined by Jody, Lars, and Austin… along with a special piped in guest host, Skari from The Skaredcast! Not only that we have a great...

Posted by Carl on Mar 3, 2019 Episode 183 of The Independent Characters contains a massive four and a half hours of content for you. Now we wouldn’t normally put out an episode this long, but with the loss of the Astronomicon computer, and the replacement, and scheduling… it had been over a month since we recorded. So you try to think of it as two episodes that are each two hours and twenty minutes...

Posted by Carl on Feb 6, 2019 In some episodes lately (Episodes 179-182 specifically) we have discussed using artist inks through an airbrush. We get a LOT of questions about these inks in our Facebook Group and so in the interest of eliminating repeat questions and answers, I thought I would take a few minutes to explain what they are, how we are using them, and which ones you should look into.In particular...

Posted by Carl on Jan 23, 2019 Episode 182 of The Independent Characters brings you a new series we are launching… In the 41st Millennium there are those who stand out among all others. Shining beacons of light or blackened embers of darkness. In this new series entitled ‘Champions of 40k’, The Independent Characters take an in depth view of several of their favorite heroes in the game. In this episode we...

Posted by Carl on Jan 4, 2019 Episode 181 of The Independent Characters brings you our 2018 wrap-up episode. Let me just first say that if you do not like our Hobby Progress segments, we apologize, because this one is extra long, coming in at nearly an hour and a half as we talk about our 2018 commitments, where we succeeded or failed, and then make new ones for 2019. There is also quite a bit that was...

Posted by Carl on Dec 18, 2018 Episode 180 of The Independent Characters comes right on the heels of Episode 179 and is set to destroy your ears with four hours of Warhammer 40,000 enjoyment! First we have an in-depth Hobby Progress section with lots of fantastic tangents! Then the fun really starts with our Show of Force covering The Thousand Sons. You knew Carl could talk a lot, but you didn’t know he talks...

Posted by Carl on Dec 16, 2018 Episode 179 of The Independent Characters brings you a somewhat silly episode. We were lucky enough to have three very special guests. Jason Mullins from the Sons of Heresy Podcast, Adam Fasoldt (Loopy) from the Masters of The Forge Podcast, and Robo Ed from Life After the Cover save! Since Carl had all three of these individuals at his house, he felt it would be a travesty not to...