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#Warmahordes players, help me welcome Monsters & Mechanics, a new dojo podcast. What sets them apart? They actually test the lists they dojo and put their money where their mouths are. The pilot episode of Monsters and Mechanics, a list building and play test podcast. Focusing on dojoing lists, cool combos and synergies, and various other tech, as well as our experiences when we put our money where our mouth is when we test our dojo out. C&C is welcome

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Season 4 Ratcatchers review

Season 4 Ratcatchers review #guildball #midwestwargaming

The Season 4 Ratcatchers are here and I can’t be more excited!

In this article I will go over the differences with you, share my opinions with you, talk about my experience with the guild and make bold predictions.

Captain Piper, the most interesting man in Season 3 somehow got more interesting in Season 4! Let’s look at his changes. On the front of his card, his playbook stayed the same and so…

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Explosive Brew….. Season 4 Brewers: What else could go wrong for Stave?

Explosive Brew….. Season 4 Brewers: What else could go wrong for Stave? Mike White breaking down your favorite Season 4 Brewers! #GuildBall #Season4 #EmbargoLifted

     Just like that Season 3 has come to an end, a season which felt much longer then the rest but oddly now that’s it over seems like just yesterday it started. During that time Brewers saw quite a ride from a bottom tier “funsy” guild to a top tier hyper competitive one. We saw the Cat Missle, the why play Esters to why would you play anyone but Esters, and the introduction of Nerficimate…

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Explosive Brew: Brewers Free Cities Draft And Why Amber Shouldn't Be Your First Pick

Explosive Brew: Brewers Free Cities Draft And Why Amber Shouldn't Be Your First Pick #guildball #midwestwargaming

              Steamforged Games is pulling all the stops for this upcoming Season 4. From redefinition of guild design, more streamlined cards, upcoming Steamcon’s full reveal of Season 4, and now they threw in a new draft campaign for guilds to add another player to their rosters. The hype is real and it’s an exciting time to see where Guildball is headed come Season 4. With all the new stuff…

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The Pitch, Ep. 18. A new way to play Blacksmiths #guildball #midwestwargaming In this special episode of The Pitch Lance reviews all 6 of the Navigators and then at the 56:00 mark, Dan unveils his tempo theory and reveals a new way to play the Blacksmiths competitively.

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Interview with STC 2018 winners, Team Dojo-1

Interview with STC 2018 winners, Team Dojo-1 #guildball #midwestwargaming

This past weekend 36 coaches travelled to North Carolina to compete in the most competitive US Team Tournament of 2018. Thirteen of the top 50 US coaches were present for this event, including two who were ranked in the top 10. The 36 coaches formed twelve teams of three and at the end of the day Team Dojo-1, coached by Mike Rhodes, Joshua White and Jake Smith came out on top.  Congratulations!

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Midwestwargaming is looking for more contributors!

Do you frequently write well-thought out tactical guides on forums but struggle to get views? Are you a mini painter who knows an absurd amount of basing techniques or hobby hacks? Have you thought about making a wargaming podcast but don’t know how? Or are you just someone who plays wargames and has an opinion?

If any of the above describes you then we’d love to invite you to join our community…

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House Shyeel Podcasters Season 3 Episode 1: New Beginnings and Retribution CID. #warmahordes Old Host Adam Williams is joined by new Host Elias Thury to talk about the proposed changes in the CID, as well as thoughts and opinions on the proposed changes.

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The Pitch, Ep.17

The Pitch, Ep.17 Fire Team Alpha vs Fried Twinkie #guildball #midwestwargaming

  Dan and Lance are here to hit you up with our Vet Cinder hot takes, ask some tough questions about the Blacksmiths Guild and then we each brew our own Blacksmith list and go head to head. Later in the episode we do another round of questions from the GUBS.

If you are new to Blacksmiths check out Lance’s original article telling you who to play. It’s timeless. http://midwestwargaming.com/beginner…

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Longshanks Leaders from the South

Leaders of Longshanks tours the South. #guildball #midwestwargaming

  If you think Longshanks is awesome and you want to support them than take a hop over to their page and consider subscribing here.

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Longshanks leaders of the Midwest, part 2

Longshanks leaders of the Midwest, part 2: Indiana, Ohio, Michigan & Nebraska #guildball #midwestwargaming

I previously made a segment on the value of Longshanks and the ranking leaders of Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota. You can find part 1 here. That article was easy for me to write because I’ve seen all of those Longshanks leaders at local conventions . For part two, however, I had to do a lot of internet sleuthing because I’ve never met anyone on this list. Thankfully, the Guild Ball…

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The Pitch, Ep.14

The Pitch, Ep.14 MuseOn Con wrap-up #guildball #midwestwargaming

  Dan and Lance return from our annual Iowa-based convention and we share our experiences. We both met lots of cool people and we do our best to namedrop and give thanks. In addition we cover lots of Falconer news and briefly talk about Vengeance, that other less important convention.

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The Pitch, Ep.12 Introducing the Brewer's new flag bearer. #midwestwargaming #guildball Dan and Lance make a comeback. Dan announced that the show was over due to scheduling conflicts but Adepticon revived the spark and the two are going to keep churning out opinions. Dan is absent for most of this episode though, instead his brother, Mike White, shares his Adepticon success with Brewers.

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The Pitch, Ep.11

The Pitch, Ep.11 Rats and Auto-Includes with Rage Quit Wire #guildball #midwestwargaming

  Dan and Lance start off episode 11 with a discussion on the Ratcatchers with guest host Pete Kain from the podcast Rage Quit Wire. After we finish oozing about the new disease-ridden guild we segway over into a discussion about every guild and thier auto-include models.   Dan & Lance don’t want your money, but you can show support by leaving likes and comments on iTunes…

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The Pitch, Ep.9 Top 10 ball fondlers and Fast Pitch Q&A Dan and Lance had a slow news week so we instead decided to do another list. This time Lance ranks the top 10 ball fondlers in the game and then they both answer listener questions.

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The Pitch, Ep.8 Blacksmith captains ranked worst to first. #guildball #midwestwargaming For our first episode of 2018 Lance and Dan break from thier normal news-reporting habits and get into the nitty gritty of Blacksmiths.