The Normal Blokes 40k Podcast

19/03/2024

On Episode 144, Luke is joined by special guest Dan who is a newcomer into the competitive 40k world. Luke has been coaching Dan in his journey, starting from garage games, to going undefeated at singles events, to competing at team events. Dan talks about his experiences and lessons learned along the way. This will be a great listen for those newcomers who want to get involved in the competitive scene!

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Listen to The Normal Blokes 40k Podcast on Spotify. A podcast dedicated to improving the 40k competitive experience.

12/03/2024

On Episode 143, the guys do something a little bit different - Nathan and Liam discuss their time playing at the recent TNA Age of Sigmar event! Have a listen to these 40k regulars tackling a new system, and how they found it. They did... surprisingly well!

As always, let us know what you think, leave a message or a review to help others see what we’re about. If you like what you hear and what were about, head on over to our Patreon to help us continue to develop better quality content.

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A podcast dedicated to improving the 40k competitive experience.

30/01/2024

Episode 142 - January 2024 Teams Recap!

On this week's episode, the guys go over their weekend at Gladiator Gaming's January teams event. They discuss how their lists performed, and some of the things they're working on into the future. We ended up coming 4th overall - thanks to all our amazing opponents and to Josh for once again running a great event!

As always, let us know what you think, leave a message or a review to help others see what we’re about. If you like what you hear and what were about, head on over to our Patreon to help us continue to develop better quality content.
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16/01/2024

Episode 141 - Team Events and Pairings!

On this episode, Liam and Dineeth go through their team's not-so-normal lists for the upcoming Gladiator Gaming teams event and run through their approach to pairings. A fun listen for those who are keen to enjoy more teams style events, as well as have a plan going into the pairings process!

As always, let us know what you think, leave a message or a review to help others see what we’re about. If you like what you hear and what were about, head on over to our Patreon to help us continue to develop better quality content.

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07/12/2023

MOVEMBER RAFFLE DRAW!!!

How many Normal Blokes does it take to run a live stream? We don't know, because we can't 🤣.

Here's our failed attempt to interact with our audience live, in audio-only form! We'll put up a list of prizes in the comments, but we wanted to take the time to thank all the sponsors, prize suppliers and community members who supported the Movember campaign this year!

07/12/2023

The Gladiator Gaming/TNB Movember Raffle prize is drawn tonight at 6pm! Get in with your last donations to go in the draw for these amazing prizes!

Donation link:
https://au.movember.com/team/2444294?fbclid=IwAR1CvrisOng9Z13x2VZ6STQ-k_goDRGE3DuwBJ3D74RTsAHUhHVHjIF6Opk

We were honoured by Ben of Beard and Blade Supply Co with 5 sets of their new trimmer's. Thats $500 worth of great quality trimmers.

https://www.beardandblade.com.au/collections/beard-blade/products/hero-beard-trimmer-by-beard-blade

Henry from PMMT has also gifted us two table mats with matching objective markers and a number of gaming widgets sets.

https://www.facebook.com/polymathtabletop

The lovely people from Haven Designs Works have come to the party with their awesome candles!

https://www.havendesignworks.com.au/

Introducing the Hero Beard Trimmer by Beard & Blade - the ultimate grooming solution for your beard and body. With a long-lasting battery, precision wheel with 40 length settings, and Zero blade attachment for super-close trimming, the Hero Trimmer gives you a perfect trim every time.

06/12/2023

Thanks everyone for your amazing contribution to our Movember campaign!!!!

We’ll be doing a Facebook Live Thursday 6pm (Queensland time) to draw the prizes from the list of those who donated!!!

16/11/2023

Liam checking in from the World Championships of Warhammer, over in Atlanta USA... stuck in the so called "murder pod"!!

Round 2 finishing up, with a nice 2:0 vs two aeldari opponents.

Check out this event, being held at the hyatt regency hotel... a true world class event!!

16/11/2023

On Episode 140, the guys discuss their recent performance at the Gladiator Gaming Teams Event. They go through their games, how 10th Edition teams 40k feels, and some of the things they learnt along the way. This is by far one of our funnier episodes, listen out for the hosts absolutely losing it after the 40-minute mark...

We're currently in the middle of our Movember campaign! Donate below and have a chance to win some awesome prizes:

https://movember.com/t/the-normal-blokes-gladiator-gaming?mc=1

As always, let us know what you think, leave a message or a review to help others see what we’re about. If you like what you hear and what were about, head on over to our Patreon to help us continue to develop better quality content.

www.patreon.com/thenormalblokes
Our iTunes link:

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-normal-blokes-40k-podcast/id1403812259?mt=2

Our Spotify Link:

https://open.spotify.com/show/1byEVMsUx6Z7auuGJWciH9?si=XWaE8pSvRNK_oblnttbtwg

Our podcast is also online on:

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02/11/2023

On Episode 139, Dineeth and Jordan discuss some of the cool combinations they are seeing in the new 10th Edition Space Marines Codex. This book is deep! Have a listen to some of our thoughts, but we're keen to see what you all do with it too!

A reminder that our Movember campaign is firing up! Check it out: https://movember.com/t/the-normal-blokes-gladiator-gaming?mc=1

As always, let us know what you think, leave a message or a review to help others see what we’re about. If you like what you hear and what were about, head on over to our Patreon to help us continue to develop better quality content.

www.patreon.com/thenormalblokes

Our iTunes link:

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-normal-blokes-40k-podcast/id1403812259?mt=2

Our Spotify Link:

https://open.spotify.com/show/1byEVMsUx6Z7auuGJWciH9?si=XWaE8pSvRNK_oblnttbtwg

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Listen to The Normal Blokes 40k Podcast on Spotify. A podcast dedicated to improving the 40k competitive experience.

23/10/2023

The Movember Raffle prize support is growing! Here are just some of the amazing prizes on offer!

Check out the earlier post on details on the donation link!

We were honoured by Ben of Beard and Blade Supply Co with 5 sets of their new trimmer's. Thats $500 worth of great quality trimmers.

https://www.beardandblade.com.au/collections/beard-blade/products/hero-beard-trimmer-by-beard-blade

Henry from PMMT has also gifted us two table mats with matching objective markers and a number of gaming widgets sets.

https://www.facebook.com/polymathtabletop

The lovely people from Haven Designs Works have come to the party with their awesome candles!

https://www.havendesignworks.com.au/

Donation link below:

https://au.movember.com/team/2444294?fbclid=IwAR1CvrisOng9Z13x2VZ6STQ-k_goDRGE3DuwBJ3D74RTsAHUhHVHjIF6Opk

11/10/2023

TNB/GLADIATOR GAMING MOVEMBER CAMPAIGN!

It's that time of year again! This year, we're teaming up with Joshua McGowan at Gladiator Gaming for our Movember campaign! Josh has organized a whole lot of prizes to raffle away, which can be found on this post:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/145025342881338/permalink/1283396789044182/?mibextid=oMANbw

A link to donate directly to Josh, or via the Movember link below are available. Donations will be tracked and the prizes will be raffled off at the end of November - get behind a good cause!

https://au.movember.com/team/2444294

Movember, the month formerly known as November, is a moustache growing charity event held during November each year that raises funds and awareness for men's health.

16/09/2023

On Episode 138, Luke is joined by Jordan and Michael Mientjes to discuss the 100 player, 3 day event in Brisbane, Australia. Michael placed 2nd at this event and Luke placed 3rd, so we discuss our lists and our event experience. Jordan, recently returning to the game, gives us his perspective coming into 10th. We then finish by talking about the new update and how we see that impacting the meta.

For Michael's podcast, check out:
https://spotify.link/SHQq9zH8bEb

As always, let us know what you think, leave a message or a review to help others see what we’re about. If you like what you hear and what were about, head on over to our Patreon to help us continue to develop better quality content.

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Our iTunes link:

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Our Spotify Link:
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07/09/2023

On Episode 137, Liam comes on to talk about his role as captain for Team Australia at WTC 2023. We discuss the process of team selection, navigating being the voice for the team leading up to the event and leading from the front during the rounds. We also go over the rounds that Team Australia had on their path to 3rd place!

As always, let us know what you think, leave a message or a review to help others see what we’re about. If you like what you hear and what were about, head on over to our Patreon to help us continue to develop better quality content.

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Our iTunes link:

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Our Spotify Link:

https://open.spotify.com/show/1byEVMsUx6Z7auuGJWciH9?si=XWaE8pSvRNK_oblnttbtwg

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04/09/2023

Thanks to Northside Alliance for hosting an awesome event!

400 games played over 3 days, medals awarded, raffles drawn, venue packed away and that's it for TNAO 2023.

Thanks to the players who helped us make the event a great experience and to the club TO team for their work this weekend.

Big congratulations to the top performers:
1st - Brodie Middleton
2nd - Michael Mientjes
3rd - Luke Pearce
4th - Matt Falzon

Thanks to sponsors and partners:
WarGamers Hub, Gladiator Gaming, Oceanic Champions Circuit and Art of War Down Under, Queensland Gamers Guild Inc and to our venue hosts the Kedron-Wavell.

It takes a community to make events like these work so thanks to our Qld sibling tabletop gaming groups who turned out to the event: Ipswich Tabletop Association, Brisbane Lowrollers Gaming Club, The Normal Blokes 40k Podcast, ETHOS and 2nd Legion Tabletop Wargaming Group. We received a LOT of terrain support from Gladiator Gaming and Qld Gamer's Guild - thank you Josh and John. (send us a message if we missed you sorry).

TNAO will be back in 2024 and we will be sending out a request for feedback in the coming weeks. If you have any feedback in the meantime you can send it to this page or to [email protected].

Finally - keep an eye on QLD40Ktournaments for coming events and tournaments in the Queensland scene.

28/08/2023

On the second part of our WTC 2023 coverage, Dineeth interviews Team Australia super-coach Ben Way! We discuss what being part of the support team entails, and some of the things that can be unlocked with a solid and well-constructed group of coaches.

As always, let us know what you think, leave a message or a review to help others see what we’re about. If you like what you hear and what were about, head on over to our Patreon to help us continue to develop better quality content.

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Our iTunes link:

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22/08/2023

To kick off our coverage of WTC: World Team Championship 2023 on Episode 135, we're joined by Team Australia's Imperial Knights player Will Milton! Have a listen to Will's journey, starting competitive 40k in early 9th and making his way onto the national team. We break down his stellar Warmaster singles performance, as well as his role in the team.

As always, let us know what you think, leave a message or a review to help others see what we’re about. If you like what you hear and what were about, head on over to our Patreon to help us continue to develop better quality content.

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09/08/2023

In this episode Luke and Nathan are joined by Oliver Johnson and Jacob Warn to discuss the Gladiator Gaming Teams Event in Brisbane Australia. The Normal Blokes team won the event, with Oliver and Jacobs team coming in second! We discuss our team designs and some of our key lists. We also talk about our matchup pairings and rounds as we battled through this tough event.

As always, let us know what you think, leave a message or a review to help others see what we’re about. If you like what you hear and what were about, head on over to our Patreon to help us continue to develop better quality content.

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09/08/2023

Our host Liam Hackett is currently playing on stream at the WTC Warmaster singles! Check it out!

BCP: https://www.bestcoastpairings.com/event/HDxMwXLMOy

05/08/2023

Let’s goooooooo!

Finally the day has come!
Team Aus fly out today!
(Minus 1x Alex T )

We want to take this opportunity to thank all of our sponsors - without you we wouldn’t be getting ready to return to Belgium to defend our title!

To the Aussie 40K community - we can feel your support behind us and it means the world.

Keep an eye on this page for updates when we land in Belgium throughout the week of the Teams and Warmasters events!

Let’s show the world what we are about!
Let’s Farking GOOOO!
BDE 💪🇦🇺

28/07/2023

Episode 133 has Nathan and Dineeth discuss some of the new missions we're seeing in 10th Edition 40k. The guys go through some of the big changes from 9th, as well as how terrain has impacted the way we play and build lists. We also briefly discuss teams 40k in 10th, following a great event over the weekend - the Steel City Showdown - run by Southern Cross Wargaming!

As always, let us know what you think, leave a message or a review to help others see what we’re about. If you like what you hear and what were about, head on over to our Patreon to help us continue to develop better quality content.

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Our iTunes link:

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10/07/2023

In episode 132, Luke is joined by Simon Gojkovic to discuss the state of the meta post update. We talk about how the top tier armies, Eldar, Tsons, GSC and knights all function and potential strategies to combat them in the meta. Simon is a previous team Australia and team Queensland player. He, along with his Ethos club they have started a new podcast, check them out!

Check out Ethos and all their content:

Facebook: Ethos – https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090357142385

Spotify, iTunes, YouTube and Rumble: Ethos Australia 40k Podcast

As always, let us know what you think, leave a message or a review to help others see what we’re about. If you like what you hear and what were about, head on over to our Patreon to help us continue to develop better quality content.

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To view the event on BCP and the army lists: https://www.bestcoastpairings.com/event/PTA90RJ324?active_tab=overview

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05/07/2023

Episode 131 – Winners interview: first team tournament of 10th

On this episode, Luke is joined by Oliver Johnson and Wayne Russell to discuss their team’s win at the Gladiator Gaming Team Tournament! This 90 player tournament consisted of 19 teams who battled it out for the first glory of 10th in Brisbane, Australia.

We discuss Captain Oliver and Wayne’s team lists and how they performed in the meta. We discuss the strategy behind each of their lists and how they paired into other teams. Lastly, we rank their faction power and discuss the changes each player would make to their list after their first tournament win.

As always, let us know what you think, leave a message or a review to help others see what we’re about. If you like what you hear and what were about, head on over to our Patreon to help us continue to develop better quality content.

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To view the event on BCP and the army lists: https://www.bestcoastpairings.com/event/PTA90RJ324?active_tab=overview

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https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-normal-blokes-40k-podcast/id1403812259?mt=2

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13/06/2023

Episode 130 - The 10th Commandment

On this episode, the guys dive into the 10th Edition Core Rules which were recently released by GW. We go through some of the major changes that players will have to adapt to, as well as what we think may be some of the early winners in terms of unit and army strength. Look out for our continued coverage of 10th Edition as the releases commence!

As always, let us know what you think, leave a message or a review to help others see what we’re about. If you like what you hear and what were about, head on over to our Patreon to help us continue to develop better quality content.

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Our iTunes link:

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16/05/2023

With 10th edition about a month away, we're keen to send off 9th ed by trying some of the weirder concepts we can come up with, with Nathan's Freebooter Orks (led by an amazing Stompa painted by Nic Wright) taking on Wayne's World Eaters, led by Angron and a Lord of Skulls.

Despite dropping Angron early and getting the Lord of Skulls down to 3 wounds, the World Eaters ran over the Orks in the late game, with a resurrected Angron and the damaged Lord of Skulls helping to table the Orks for a 91-59 victory for Khorne.

What weird lists are you keen to try out before 10th edition?

11/05/2023

On our ANZTC recap episode, we're joined by Will Milton from Team Queensland and Dean Sinnbeck, Victorian captain, to throw some friendly banter and discusss their rounds at the event! Victoria had an amazing run coming 2nd, and Queensland once again had a convincing win!

*If you want even more great content about ANZTC, the Ethos podcast team just put up their review too, have a listen!

As always, let us know what you think, leave a message or a review to help others see what we’re about. If you like what you hear and what were about, head on over to our Patreon to help us continue to develop better quality content.

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30/04/2023

A huge first GT win for the man himself, Wayne Russell! Awesome work at Winter Warfest mate!

25/04/2023

Episode 128 - ANZTC 2023 List Review!

On this week's episode, the guys go through the ANZTC Lists for the upcoming team event and go through what some of the cool tools some states/territories are bringing. Listen in if you want to hear what's being done all around Australia and New Zealand on the cutting edge of teams 40k!

As always, let us know what you think, leave a message or a review to help others see what we’re about. If you like what you hear and what were about, head on over to our Patreon to help us continue to develop better quality content.

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Our iTunes link:

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‎Leisure · 2023

16/04/2023

On Episode 127, Dineeth and Liam are joined by hobby legend Nic Wright to talk about how he plans and executes both personal hobby projects and large army commissions. As a palate cleanser from our usual competitive content, this one's for those of you who are keen to enter 10th Edition with a new faction or army. Nic talks about some of the ways he tackles bigger operations, as well as some things he uses to glean inspiration and ideas from. Have a listen and enjoy!

As always, let us know what you think, leave a message or a review to help others see what we’re about. If you like what you hear and what were about, head on over to our Patreon to help us continue to develop better quality content.

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Our iTunes link:

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