The Mortal Realms Podcast

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Episode 18 - Spear of Shadows Review In this episode we're cracking open Eight Lamentations: Spear of Shadows by Josh Reynolds. We'll be trying out a new book review format where we'll cover the broad plot, key figures and what the story could mean for the future of the Mortal Realms. If you're watching us on YouTube, please like the episode and subscribe to this channel. And if you're listening on your favorite Podcast app please leave us a review to help us share more stories with the AoS community. Status tokens: https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/mortal-realms-status-tokens Eric Twitter: https://twitter.com/StoneMonkGamer Davy Twitter: https://twitter.com/Red_Zeke Paul Twitter: https://twitter.com/Pjschard Aaron Twitter: https://twitter.com/ABohler

Episode 17 - Trail of Fears Skirmish Campaign In this episode we'll return to Shyish to talk about our local take on the Age of Sigmar skirmish system, and how to really dial up the narrative elements. We'll discuss how the story of the campaign is coming together from the players' perspectives. Listen to us on iTunes or search for Mortal Realms on your favorite Podcast app and leave us a review. Or watch us on YouTube, like and subscribe and share your comments down below. Not covering the GHB2017: 18:54 Story Phase: 20:00 Davy leaves: 36:40 Campaign Phase: 1:08:00 Status tokens: https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/mortal-realms-status-tokens Eric Twitter: https://twitter.com/StoneMonkGamer Davy Twitter: https://twitter.com/Red_Zeke Paul Twitter: https://twitter.com/Pjschard Aaron Twitter: https://twitter.com/ABohler

Minisode 3 - Kidshammer and Stephen Duall A very special stand-alone Hero Phase interview. Get some real, long term growth in your gaming community! Won't someboy please think of the children! We'd love to hear from you! Drop us a line at mortalrealms@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter - Eric @stonemonkgamer, Davy @red_zeke, Paul @pjschard and Aaron @abohler. Support the Show Leave us an iTunes Review - so more people find us Status Tokens - Free DIY Download or $15 for 60 full-color tokens https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/mortal-realms-status-tokens

Episode 16 - Plague Garden: Josh Reynolds takes the Hallowed Knights to the Nurgle's Realm. Our second multi-cast format. You can watch our ugly mugs on our youtube channel. Apologies for the choppy start, we're still learning the new format! Community Phase: Path to Glory! GHB2017! AoS NEON page! Campaign Phase: Coalescence and our local narrative skirmish campaign. Story Phase: Plague Garden by Josh Reynolds... Good or Super Good? Signoff. We'd love to hear from you! Drop us a line at mortalrealms@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter - Eric @stonemonkgamer, Davy @red_zeke, Paul @pjschard and Aaron @abohler. Support the Show Leave us an iTunes Review - so more people find us Status Tokens - Free DIY Download or $15 for 60 full-color tokens https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/mortal-realms-status-tokens

Episode 15 - Coalescence: From the Global Narrative event down to the local And now for something... different. The first episode of the new multi-cast format (ask Eric). You can find us on youtube and eventually- livecast. Let us know what you think! Community Phase: Coalescence- a global narrative event! Story Phase: The tale behind Coalescence Hero Phase: Paul Wagner hosts the local Coalescence event Campaign Phase: What are we bringing? Signoff. We'd love to hear from you! Drop us a line at mortalrealms@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter - Eric @stonemonkgamer, Davy @red_zeke, Paul @pjschard and Aaron @abohler. Support the Show Leave us an iTunes Review - so more people find us Status Tokens - Free DIY Download or $15 for 60 full-color tokens https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/mortal-realms-status-tokens

Episode 14 - City of Secrets: Tzeentch and the Struggle for Sigmar's newest cities In this episode we take a look at the newest Age of Sigmar novel: City of Secrets by Nick Horth. We also pick through the story elements of the Disciples of Tzeentch Battletome and what both mean for the ongoing narrative in the Age of Sigmar. Also please welcome a new guest host- Aaron! Community Phase: Coalescence- a global narrative event! Story Phase: City of Secrets and Battletom Disciples of Tzeentch Hero Phase: Continuing your Monthly Game Night Hobby Phase: Terrain considerations Campaign Phase: Narrative list building with Disciples of Tzeentch Signoff. We'd love to hear from you! Drop us a line at mortalrealms@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter - Eric @stonemonkgamer, Davy @red_zeke, and Aaron @abohler. Support the Show Leave us an iTunes Review - so more people find us Status Tokens - Free DIY Download or $15 for 60 full-color tokens https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/mortal-realms-status-tokens

Episode 13 - All-Gates: Sigmar’s Alliance vs. Archaon’s Eight Points In this episode we will be concluding the Realmgate wars with All-gates. Sigmar is striking all 8 gates simultaneously with re-forged alliances, a crescendo to his campaign to drive back chaos. Community Phase: Warhammer Community and Warhammer TV Story Phase: All-Gates Campaign book Hero Phase: First Monthly Game Night Hobby Phase: Using models and kits from 40k Campaign Phase: Annihilation of Shyish Homebrew Map Campaign Signoff. We'd love to hear from you! Drop us a line at mortalrealms@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter - Eric @stonemonkgamer and Davy @red_zeke Support the Show Leave us an iTunes Review - so more people find us Status Tokens - Free DIY Download or $15 for 60 full-color tokens https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/mortal-realms-status-tokens

Episode 12 - Endless Destruction at Holy Havoc In this episode we bring on Steve Herner as a guest to discuss the recent Holy Havoc tournament that he ran, and talk about the tables, games, and stories behind the event. 00:08:12 The Community Phase- RAW, Community site, Holy Havoc and Holy Wars 00:19:08 The Story Phase- The tales behind Holy Havoc 1:53:05 The Hero Phase- Making your event unique. What else can an event offer to players out there? 2:10:37 Hobby Phase- How to encourage hobby with your tournament structure 2:28:05 Campaign Phase- Endless Destruction on the field of battle at Holy Havoc 3:12:00 Outro/adios We'd love to hear from you! Leave us an iTunes Review - so more people find us Drop us a line at mortalrealms@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter - Eric @stonemonkgamer and Davy @red_zeke Support the show! We have Mortal Realm Status tokens available as a FREE DIY printable download, or for $15.00 USD plus Shipping you can have 60 full color, high-quality lazer cut tokens to help you keep track of the synergies on your battlefield. Go to thegamecrafters.com/games/mortal-realms-status-tokens Original - https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/mortal-realms-status-tokens Desert - https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/mortal-realms-status-tokens-desert

Episode 11 - A Year In the Mortal Realms In this episode we will be covering the first year of the Age of Sigmar game, and the Mortal Realms podcast, including favorite moments, thoughts on trends, and hopes for the future. We'd love to hear from you! Leave us an iTunes Review - so more people find us Drop us a line at mortalrealms@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter - Eric @stonemonkgamer and Davy @red_zeke Support the show! We have Mortal Realm Status tokens available as a FREE DIY printable download, or for $15.00 USD plus Shipping you can have 60 full color, high-quality lazer cut tokens to help you keep track of the synergies on your battlefield. Go to thegamecrafters.com/games/mortal-realms-status-tokens Original - https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/mortal-realms-status-tokens Desert - https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/mortal-realms-status-tokens-desert

Episode 10 - Godbeast: Archaon tries to corrupt the remaining Zodiacal Creatures In this episode we will be covering the events of Godbeasts, the penultimate chapter of the Realmgate Wars. War rages across Aqshy and Ghyran as the pieces are moved into place for the final phase of the opening conflict of the Age of Sigmar. We also welcome co-host of the Combat Phase, Kenny Lull Time stamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:11 - Community Phase: T&T Cards, Desert Status Tokens, Holy Havoc, Realms at War ‘16 0:21 - Story Phase: GodBeasts 2:22 - Hero Phase: General’s Handbook 2:34 - Hobby Phase: Kenny Lull’s Fyreslayer’s army 2:47 - Campaign Phase: Fyreslayers on the table after 60 games 3:10 - Signoff. We'd love to hear from you! Leave us an iTunes Review - so more people find us Drop us a line at mortalrealms@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter - Eric @stonemonkgamer and Davy @red_zeke Support the show! We have Mortal Realm Status tokens available as a FREE DIY printable download, or for $15.00 USD plus Shipping you can have 60 full color, high-quality lazer cut tokens to help you keep track of the synergies on your battlefield. Go to thegamecrafters.com/games/mortal-realms-status-tokens Original - https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/mortal-realms-status-tokens Desert - https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/mortal-realms-status-tokens-desert

Episode 9 - Ghur: The Celestial Vindicators and The Knights Excelsior in the Realm of Beasts In this episode we discover Ghur as we cover Warbeast by Gav Thorpe. We learn about the Realm of Beasts and get a better look at what it means to be Stormcast and the conflicting philosophies of Theuderis Silverhand and Arkas Warbeast as they strike against the Clans Pestilens. We will also be chatting with the Mr. Ben Curry of Bad Dice about community building and whatever else takes our fancy! Time stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:14:25 - Community Phase: New podcasts, General's handbook, and TGA 0:28:17 - Story Phase: Warbeast by Gav Thorpe 2:20:53 - Hero Phase: You can us in the club, bottle fulla bub. 2:45:06 - Hobby Phase: Pondering the Realm of Beasts 2:57:15 - Campaign Phase: DIY battalions, time of war ideas 3:08:02 - Signoff. We'd love to hear from you! Leave us an iTunes Review - so more people can find us and get in on the fun. Drop us a line at mortalrealms@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter - Eric @stonemonkgamer and Davy @red_zeke

Minisode 2 - Seasons of War: Games Workshop launches their Global Campaign In this episode we will be discussing Season of War the age of Sigmar 4 week narrative campaign produced by Games Workshop running from 14 July to 14 August. The 4 Grand Alliances are focusing their fight around controlling 3 cities in the Ghyran, the realm of Life, their fate hanging in the balance. Control of the cities ebbs and flows as Battles are won and warscrolls are painted in the name of your alliance. The Status of each city is viewable in real time as results are reported to local Warhammer stores and participating gaming store. Muster your forces and prepare for WAR! Duration 38 minutes! We'd love to hear from you! Leave us an iTunes Review - so more people can find us and get in on the fun. EMAIL: mortalrealms@gmail.com Twitter: @MortalRealms Eric @StonemonkGamer on twitter Davy @Red_Zeke on twitter Support the show! We have Mortal Realm Status tokens available as a FREE DIY printable download, or for $15.00 USD plus Shipping you can have 60 full color, high-quality lazer cut tokens to help you keep track of the synergies on your battlefield. Go to thegamecrafters.com/games/mortal-realms-status-tokens

Episode 8 - Ghyran: The Hallowed Knights and Sylvaneth in the Realm of Life In this episode we will be heading back to Ghyran as we cover Wardens of the Everqueen by C L Werner. Lorus Grymn, Lord Castellant and current leader of the Steel Souls, a chamber of the Hallowed Knights stormhost, is sworn to carry on the mission of finding and protecting Alarielle, the Everqueen. We will also be gushing over an amazing Sylvaneth army created by our co-host this episode, Kelly Freiborg. Time stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:19:49 - Community Phase: CTA Community, Status Tokens 0:24:36 - Story Phase: Wardens of the Everqueen by C L Werner 1:28:29 - Hero Phase: Silver Tower 1:34:07 - Hobby Phase: Kelly Freiborg’s Sylvaneth Army 1:51:58 - Campaign Phase: Sylvaneth on the table at Adepticon 2:01:01 - Signoff. We'd love to hear from you! Leave us an iTunes Review - so more people can find us and get in on the fun. Drop us a line at mortalrealms@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter - Eric @stonemonkgamer and Davy @red_zeke

Episode 7 - Character Highlight: Archaon. A monster sized episode for a monster sized character. The Mortal Realms are defined by their characters as much as their locations and we take a look at The Grand Marshall of the Apocalypse in the background and on the tabletop. Additionally, we get to talk to Warhammer World's Everchosen himself, Matt Sprange as well as our usual segment talk. Time stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro and initial discussion 0:07:08 - Community Phase: Matthew Sprange and the Campaigning through the Age of Sigmar storyline. 0:37:30 - Story Phase: Archaon in Chaos Battletome Everchosen and Balance of Power 1:48:14 - Hero Phase: Build a scenario library 2:00:25 - Hobby Phase: Tying an army together 2:14:41 - Campaign Phase: Rhellion and Archaon- together at last. 2:52:51 - Signoff. We'd love to hear from you! Drop us a line at mortalrealms@gmail.com, or follow us on Twitter - Eric @stonemonkgamer and Davy @red_zeke. Diary of a Tabletop Gamer: https://ttgamingdiary.wordpress.com

In our first ever Minisode we go a bit off-script and try a rambly format. We talk about our anticipations for the ‘convention’ style tournament, and then later we recap how the event went with batreps and summary judgements of our 1 day at the 3 day event. We'd love to hear from you! Drop us a line at mortalrealms@gmail.com, or follow us on Twitter - Eric @stonemonkgamer, Davy @red_zeke, and Mal @mortalrealms. Paul Wagner is @pjschard.

Episode 6: The Bullhearts Search the Realm of Death. We take a look at the Black Library audio dramas, mengelminatures.com, Grand Alliance books and talk about Eric's death army on the painting and gaming table. Have a listen as we muse on the role of Nagash in the Realmgate wars, ponder the mechanics of the mortal realms, try to shake the grip of Nurgle, and use the word "implication" a lot. Time stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro and initial discussion 0:08:07 - Community Phase: Mengel Miniatures and the Endless Deserts 0:18:57 - Story Phase: From Prisoner of the Black Sun to Bridge of Seven Sorrows, by Josh Reynolds 1:53:25 - Hero Phase: Get ye a Grand Alliance book! 1:59:47 - Hobby Phase: Telling a story with your death army. 2:13:11 - Campaign Phase: Our look at Death units on the tabletop 2:38:36 - Signoff. We'd love to hear from you! Drop us a line at mortalrealms@gmail.com, or follow us on Twitter - Eric @stonemonkgamer, Davy @red_zeke, and Mal @mortalrealms. Eric's youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6364hl44fMvHp7IgR8ExLg

Episode 5: Into the Realm of Chamon. We take a look at the background, games, and hobby in the Realm of Chamon. Plenty of talk about Tzeentch, the Hanging Valleys of Anvrok, Celestial Dragons, Shard gates and metal based terrain. Time stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:03:44 - Community Phase: Creation from the community, Warhammer World, Quiz app 0:13:30 - Story Phase: Storm of Blades and The Eldritch Fortress by Guy Haley 1:20:54 - Hero Phase: Centerpiece models to Lure your friends. 1:29:50 - Hobby Phase: How do you build terrain of Metal 1:38:31 - Campaign Phase: A look at Battleplans and Time of War from Chamon 1:46:46 - Signoff. We'd love to hear from you! Drop us a line at mortalrealms@gmail.com, or follow us on Twitter - Eric @stonemonkgamer, Davy @red_zeke, and Mal @mortalrealms.

Episode 4: GHyran and the Hallowed Knights. We take a look at the background, games, and hobby in the Realm of Life. Plenty of talk about Nurgle, the Greenglades, bidets, world pimples and jungle terrain. 0:00:00 - Intro 0:05:30 - Community Phase: A look at wargames.cererbros.net 0:11:48 - Story Phase: A first glimpse at the background. 1:17:20 - Hero Phase: The Gates of Dawn and War In the Hidden Vale by Josh Reynolds 1:26:20 - Hobby Phase: Mal’s Jungle Table and @holyhammerhern @tinracersteve 1:42:38 - Campaign Phase: A look at 7 scenarios and Time of War from Ghyran 2:09:09 - Signoff We'd love to hear from you! Drop us a line at mortalrealms@gmail.com, or follow us on Twitter - Eric @stonemonkgamer, Davy @red_zeke, and Mal @mortalrealms.