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A podcast focusing on the lore of the sprawling Warhammer 40,000 universe. With tongues firmly in our cheeks, we will help you to separate Drukhari from Dark Angels, Tyranids from Tau, and Craftworlds from Chaos Marines, and generally answer the burning question “what’s up with this Warhammer 40K stuff”Join Ben and Cral, a couple of self-confessed Warhammer noobs, as they journey into a fantasy institution guided by ageing fanboy Darren as he attempts to distill and summarise 30 years worth of Warhammer knowledge into bite-sized chunks. Informative, irreverent, and largely irrelevant, Laying Down The Lore will come to be your indispensable guide to the world of Warhammer 40,000.
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![25: ”MOOOOOOO!” | Warhammer 40K: Intro to Tyranids Pt2](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16032127/LDTL-40K-Podbean-Thumbnail-EP25_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Jul 03, 2024
25: ”MOOOOOOO!” | Warhammer 40K: Intro to Tyranids Pt2
Wednesday Jul 03, 2024
Wednesday Jul 03, 2024
Picking up from last episode we look at the most common forms of tyranids lifeforms and their roles within an invasion force. From Ripper swarms to the Carnifex we discuss some of the more esoteric forms that have evolved from their “humble” beginnings in 2nd/3rd edition. We then explore the four great tyrannic wars that have so devastated the Imperium and the role the machiavellian Inquisitor Kryptman plays in fighting this existential terror.
![24: ”Duck Rupturer” | Warhammer 40K: Intro to Tyranids Pt1](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16032127/LDTL-40K-Podbean-Thumbnail-EP24_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Jun 05, 2024
24: ”Duck Rupturer” | Warhammer 40K: Intro to Tyranids Pt1
Wednesday Jun 05, 2024
Wednesday Jun 05, 2024
CIARO! <horrified screeching noises> Welcome to the first of our two part summary of the Tyranids. The not at all Xenomorph inspired faction from Starcraft Warhammer 40K. We examine who the tyranids are, where they are from, their forms and weapon symbiotes. We close out the episode with a look at how they process a world from an arboreal sphere of goodness to barren rock of badness.
![23: ”Hive Huel” | Warhammer 40K: Intro to Genestealer Cults Pt2](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16032127/LDTL-40K-Podbean-Thumbnail-EP23_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday May 01, 2024
23: ”Hive Huel” | Warhammer 40K: Intro to Genestealer Cults Pt2
Wednesday May 01, 2024
Wednesday May 01, 2024
Following on from last episode we delve deeper into the Genestealer Cults and look at how they expand beyond their borders and corrupt the various institutions on a given planet. We look at how they take over a Planetary Defence Force and prepare the planet for the return of the Star Children. We then catalogue the many and varied troop types and heroes such cults have at their disposal.
![22: ”Shut Up Ben” | Warhammer 40K: Intro to Genestealer Cults Pt1](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16032127/LDTL-40K-Podbean-Thumbnail-EP22_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Apr 03, 2024
22: ”Shut Up Ben” | Warhammer 40K: Intro to Genestealer Cults Pt1
Wednesday Apr 03, 2024
Wednesday Apr 03, 2024
In this episode we dive into all things Genestealery. From their hallowed origins in the pages of Rogue Trader to their first appearance in plastic as the enemy within Space Hulks. He look at the early army lists and methods of deploying their associated cults, including chaos cults. We then explore how communities become infected with the Genestealer Cults and they types of worlds such cults can thrive upon.
![21: ”Battle Lunge” | Warhammer 40K: Harlequins](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16032127/LDTL-40K-Podbean-Thumbnail-EP21_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Mar 06, 2024
21: ”Battle Lunge” | Warhammer 40K: Harlequins
Wednesday Mar 06, 2024
Wednesday Mar 06, 2024
In this episode we sashay into the topic of Harlequin Troupes, masters of the webway, balletic violence and protectors of the Black Library. We explore their evolution, tactics and purpose. We look at the Death Jesters, Shadow Seers and Solitaires and their abilities. We close out the episode with a fun-time chat about the role they will play in the end of all things.
![20: ”L for Elf” | Warhammer 40K: Drukhari](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16032127/LDTL-40K-Podbean-Thumbnail-EP20_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
20: ”L for Elf” | Warhammer 40K: Drukhari
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
In this episode we veeeeeery carefully look at the webway city of Commorragh and its inhabitants, the Drukhari. We explore their origins and the formation and expansion of their dreaded city. We look at the 3 main power groups; Drukhari Kabals, Wych Cults, and Haemonculus Covens, and the ruler of the city, Asdrubael Vect.
![19: ”Star Sodomy” | Warhammer 40K: Aeldari - Craftworlds & Exodites](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16032127/LDTL-40K-Podbean-Thumbnail-EP19_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Jan 03, 2024
19: ”Star Sodomy” | Warhammer 40K: Aeldari - Craftworlds & Exodites
Wednesday Jan 03, 2024
Wednesday Jan 03, 2024
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In our first Eldar … *cough* pardon me. In our first Aeldari episode we look at the history of this once majestic race. Originally pitched and branded as “Space Elves” we move from their origins as space pirates to the fateful issue of White Dwarf 127 where Craftworlds appeared fully formed. We dive into the quagmire of their fall and perhaps spend a bit too much time focused on the Death Orgy phase. We take a gander at Aspect Warriors, the significance of the Path system and the role Aeldari psykers play in their leadership. We close out the episode with an examination of the Exodites, those Aeldari who fled The Fall and sought a more arboreal lifestyle.
![18: ”Hodge Podge” | Warhammer 40K: Chaos - Corrupted Legions, Renegades & Warbands](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16032127/LDTL-40K-Podbean-Thumbnail-EP18_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
18: ”Hodge Podge” | Warhammer 40K: Chaos - Corrupted Legions, Renegades & Warbands
Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
In this episode we follow the fate of those legions that fell to Chaos during the Horus Heresy. We briefly describe the events of 10,000 years for all nine before turning our attention to their evolving organisation and their Daemon Primarchs and the Arch-Warlord, Abaddon the Despoiler. We summarise the campaigns of the despoiler, the Black Crusades. We then pivot to explore the fates of a series of once loyal chapters of space marines that fall of Chaos and the reasons they did so, specifically the Astral Claws of the Badab War. Finally, we look at the innumerable Chaos Space Marine warbands that plague the Imperium at large, their structure, motivations and tactics.