The Poorhammer Podcast

"On this episode, Brad dragged Eric to record a surprise Bonus Episode! In this next hour, learn how many factions can turn $500 into a 2,000 point army. No need to do the research and price calculations yourself, as our hosts are experts in turning sleepless hours into a pleasant conversation about how many dollars you can spend on plastic toys and other wise decisions. "

On this episode, Brad and Eric dissect the latest Balance Changes, in preparation for Arks of Omen. Prepare for a more than an hour long episode where the opinions and predictions discussed represent the exact reality of the future meta. Prepare to paint that vehicle model that you bought three summers ago and to put your favorite army on the shelf. It’s time for Poorhammer.

On this episode, Brad and Eric continue their character build series with something they’re calling Ms. Frizzle’s Murder Bus. Today's Students? Custodes! Today’s teacher? Fire and Pain! So hop on in and buckle up for today’s field trip. Rhino, do your stuff!

On this episode, Brad and Eric do a deep dive on the dynasties of the Necrons! Necrons recently got a lot of changes in Arks of Omen that hopefully will improve the internal balance when it comes to picking subfactions. Which one is Brad most excited to play? Tune in to find out!

On this episode, Brad and Eric dive into how to pick your second (or sixth) faction in 40k/AoS. What brought you to your second army? Lore, art, or being sick of broken flight stands on all your drones? Which one is Brad most excited to play for his 16th army and why is it still not Space Marines? Will Eric ever finish his Orks? Tune in to find out very few of these answers!

On this episode, Brad and Eric try to find out each faction’s best equivalent for one of the most beloved cornerstones of the game, the Dreadnought. Find out which models are good at punching, shooting, exploding, soaking damage, and taking four turns to get to the enemy in this very informative class.

On this episode, Brad teaches Eric the most indispensable, obligatory, compulsory, essential, mandatory, required, vital, de rigueur, needed, imperative, high-priority, necessary knowledge to play tabletop Warhammer 40k: the Lore. Tune in to discover the best ways to start reading lore on this very fun episode, Wink wink.

On this episode, Brad and Eric discuss their idea for a new introduction box to onboard new players and get them playing games quicker! Is it a stroke of genius that will make Games Workshop billions or a controversial new step that will crash and burn the company's image forever? You’ll have to listen to find out and be sure to send in your take on the matter.

On this episode, Brad and Eric bring you a new Character Build, courtesy of one of our patrons. Pick up your boat, rod and worms because today we will be gone fishing with a Lord Discordant on Helstalker.

CHAOS REIGNS! On this episode, Brad and Eric talk about Chaos Space Marines! The day is finally here! Grab your popkhorne, sit comfortably in your Skull Throne and enjoy this lore episode disguised as faction focus to uncover which Legion is the best for you.

On this episode, Brad and Eric fill the holes in their (armies’) holes with absolute units that most likely will never come …into being. You too can join the hunt to find a hover bike or a big mech with a bigger sword to fill that gaping hole in your heart.

On this episode, Brad and Eric discuss 40k’s newest game mode, Boarding Actions. From good ways to setup the battlefield to play, to what datasheets and strategies they think are good to run, join in to discover the goods and the less good bits of running the best set of rules that GW made in recent memory.

On this episode, Brad and Eric discuss the HUGE reveals from Adepticon 2023, like new Age of Sigmar dinosaur models, a new Primarch, the Lion, new Horus Heresy and Kill team releases, but most importantly… yes, you guessed it right, Underworld models! So buckle up because if we count the number of new things we are getting, we are definitely getting to 10th.

On this episode, Brad and Eric find out each faction’s best equivalent for one of the most iconic guys on the block, the Knights. Find out which models are good at being tall, looking good on the battlefield and losing some games.

On this episode, Brad and Eric go through all the Combat Patrol and Boarding Patrol discount boxes and compare their real value to build an army, so you can make an informed decision when deciding to start a new Warhammer 40k army (assuming you are better than Brad and have a little bit of self control, of course).

On this episode, Brad and Eric walk down memory lane to visit all of the “fun” moments the 9th edition codices have brought us. From unintentional F1 racing lists to insanely spicy squirt guns we’ve seen it all this edition. Surely 10th Edition will be without any balance issues and this episode won’t have a sequel in 2 to 3 years.

On this episode, Brad and Eric talk about what armies are better suited for the Competitive, the Creative and the Unga Bunga types of player. Sometimes you wake up and choose violence. Sometimes you wake up and choose coffee au latte. Whichever is your mood for the day, the boys can help you decide which of the armies you need to dust off on that day.

On this episode, Brad and Eric debut a new series discussing specific 40k army lists that display different ways to play your favorite army. Find out what unit is bestest to distract your opponent from your true objectives and how much dakka can you squeeze in a single army. Also, while you are here, don’t forget to read The Infinite and the Divine!

On this episode, Brad and Eric discuss the book “The Lion Son of the Forest” by Mike Brooks. Even though you could guess what happens in this book without reading it, the episode is free of spoilers (except for the first act). Tune in to find out how to improve your personality in just ten thousand years and what words are hard to pronounce even by the most skilled voice actors.

On this episode, Brad and Eric share their knowledge on how to approach each facet of Warhammer’s hobby when you are a beginner, based on their shared experiences as newcomers on Warhammer a few years ago. Today’s show is full of tips and tricks on how to proceed when acquiring your first models, paint, hobby tools and more!

On this episode, Brad and Eric say their farewells to the 9th Edition by talking about every Codex… well… at least those listed in GW’s website. Get ready to dive deep into the grim darkness as we unveil which book had the best design and which factions deserved better.

On this episode, Brad and Eric go through the journey of collecting the sadistic Drukhari. Our knowledgeable hosts share invaluable tips on where to get the best bits to assemble a Drukhari army, and what painting techniques can bring out the sinister beauty of the Xenos raiders.

On this episode, Brad and Eric welcome you to our Book Club featuring The Infinite and the Divine! In this remarkable 40k novel by Robert Rath, two powerful beings start as enemies only to find themselves in love just after a few centuries of looking at each other’s morally questionable decisions.

There is no time to explain! Follow me on the most information packed episode ever, where Brad and Eric, inspired by the speedrun community, try to sell you on every army in the 40k universe in the short span of 20 minutes!

It's time for Brad and Eric to unload all their stockpiled desire to talk about 10th edition! As a byproduct, you have yourselves a magnificent 3 hour conversation. On this episode, everything is discussed, from Army rules to datasheets. So grab a chair, some unpainted models and tune in for a perfect review from specialists who haven’t played a single game using the rules discussed!

On this episode, Brad and Eric reevaluate the value contained on the Combat Patrol Boxes for each faction. Which raised in value? Which got worse? Tune in to find out!

On this episode, Brad and Eric bring you back to one of the most exciting moments in everyone’s childhood: Math Class!!! But this time, instead of learning how to figure out the length of all the sides on a triangle, we optimize how to massacre our opponents on the battlefield!

On this episode, Brad and Eric try to find out each faction’s best equivalent for one of the most basic transports of the game, the Rhino. Find out which models are good at being free, not having any good weapons and not having clean well designed transport rules.

On this episode, Brad and Eric reflect on the Rule of 3’s positives and negatives, and discuss alternative rules that could possibly make list building more interesting while still not restraining creativity too much. This will end in some amount of people completely missing the point and being extremely mad. Luckily they don’t read episode descriptions.

"On this episode, Brad and Eric go through all factions evaluating how difficult they are to paint from the perspective of the average painter. Some factions take really well to simple and approachable techniques, while others require a bit more painting knowledge to achieve the style seen on the box art… wait a second this is a re-do episode! Remember how you felt when you realized the cinema industry was becoming just remakes and Marvel movies? Now you get to feel the same while listening to your favorite podcast too!"

On this episode, Brad, Eric and Berilio sit down for 5 hours of recording to answer 95+ questions from you! Why would they do that? Well, that’s our Special Episode in celebration of hitting the warhammer milestone of 40k subscribers on Youtube!

On this episode, Brad, Eric expand on one of the questions that were submitted for last episode: “Which Faction would you like to add and/or remove from 40k?”. Let’s discuss how to better distribute each alien race and political alignment in a way that makes the game more fun for everybody.

On this episode, Brad shares his experience on attending GenCon 2023, including playing Kill Team, Warcry, and Blood Bowl. He also took the opportunity to interview Sergay, Community Manager for Owl Cat, developer of the upcoming Warhammer game Rogue Trader. Tune in to find the best ramen places near GenCon and how to pull the worst armies possible from random boxes.

The end is nigh! Next week GW’s Official App for 40K list building is going to hide behind a paywall forever! On this episode, Brad and Eric will discuss all the goods and bads of the official App and its alternatives, so you can better inform yourself on which tool to use! Battlescribe? Rosterizer? New Recruit? ... Google Sheets? If you are nostalgic for the 90’s website design, and wanna find out how Brad got his wife angry once more, waste no time and tune in to find out!

"Roses are red Space Marines are blue Brad and Eric recorded this episode Just for you This week, tune in to be flooded by a list of the most important paints that you cannot miss."

On this week’s episode, Brad and Eric are joined by Jen to discuss their hottest takes on WARHAMMER 10TH EDITION. Our hosts now have played more than 30 games combined and are eager to share their opinions on the best and worst parts of the edition so far! What problems do the Codices need to fix? What changes to the game were right and improved the play experience? Tune in to find out.

On this week’s episode, Brad and Eric let their anger and frustration dominate them on this BALANCE DATASLATE HOT TAKES. I will remind you, this is what Brad sounds like when he likes something. Now imagine what he sounds like when he hates something.

On this week’s episode, Brad and Eric use and abuse the good will of the patrons to bring you a massive amount of DATA! This episode, we take a very interesting look at the cost associated with each army and other relevant notes, like how many of their datasheets are out of print? How many points of Space Marines can you get? How much does it cost to OWN EVERYTHING?

On this week’s episode, Brad drags the editor Berilio on air to show you a Magic Trick! Tune in to learn a very useful hobby hack on visualizing paint schemes for the low price of acquiring photoshop!

On this week’s episode, Brad and Eric welcome a guest a little less special than our editor Berilio, Bricky, from Adeptus Ridiculous and DiceCheck! Our hosts will take this unique opportunity to have an extensive conversation about the most important topic that there is in 40K: Codex Artwork! Find out which are the best and worst codex covers from 9th and 10th edition, ranked on an easy table from S to D. This episode is better enjoyed if you listen from your couch wearing our new sweats.

On this week’s episode, Brad and Eric talk about the core concept of the Smash Captain, one of warhammer’s most famous builds. Get familiarized with its characteristics and find out how to effectively build them in 10th edition. Also in this episode, find out how Brad and Eric’s terrible decisions and hatred for Space Marines made new ways to torture our hosts possible via the Patreon.

On this week’s episode, Brad and Eric discuss in depth the new 10th Edition Tyranid Codex. Which subfactions have the most powerful enhancements? Which subfactions are a flavor miss? Tune in to find out.

On this week’s episode, Gork and Mork conjure up the wackiest race 40k’s universe will ever see! Every faction is compelled to present a driver for our entertainment. These contestants will participate in a brutal race against each other, to determine who is the fastest, strongest, smartest faction of all!

"On this week’s episode, Brad and Eric finally become a proud pair of dads to a NEW WAY TO PLAY 40K! Horde Mode is a Co-op way to play 40k with your friends, with rules created and maintained by the community. On this episode, find out all about how to play the game mode, how it came to existence, what motivated the design decisions behind the rules and more! Stop reading this right now and download the PDF rules in the link above, listen to the episode and go hype your friends to play your first game!"

On this week’s episode, Brad and Eric have to break the news for you: Unfortunately, your faction sucks! Find out which are the smallest annoying things that collecting each faction has and you never find out until you start collecting them.

On this week’s episode, Brad and Eric lay back on their couch with calculators in hand accompanied by old goonhammer articles to compare this year’s Combo Army Boxes with the ones we had on previous christmas. Let’s find out how the current boxes hold in prices and value in comparison to their older cousins.

On this week’s episode, Brad and Eric do a Live Episode with the Patrons, revisiting many episodes from this year, addressing comments and giving their updates on the topics. Legends say this was a seamless recording without any distractions or off-topics. No harm was made to any editors during the recordings.

On this week’s episode, Brad and Eric discuss what every faction most want for next year, considering all the changes that Warhammer 40k 10th Edition has brought to the table. Does Space Marines need a 97th Captain? Does Astra Militarum needs more cadians? Find out this and more right now!

On this week’s episode, Brad hosts a Quiz Show with Eric, Berilio and Jen with the topic no other than Warhammer 40k! Eric must win this game to defend his honor and position of co-host of the podcast!

On this week’s episode, Brad and Eric go through many YouTube content creators that they watch and recommend. Looking for Hobby content? Gameplay? Competitive News? We got you covered. And for your convenience, here is a list and link of everyone and every video that we mentioned on air: