The Vanguard Tactics Podcast: A Warhammer Podcast
Sep 25, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min · 12 segments
The London Grand Tournament is getting closer, and with one of the biggest Warhammer 40,000 events in the world fast approaching, the pressure is starting to build. In Episode 3 of Road to LGT, Jord…
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But anyway, we're going to take you through exactly how we think about list building, because what we don't like doing is just copy and pasting.
No, we don't.
We've genuinely been trying to write lists that we would enjoy playing.
We've always, I think, we've always tried to write balance lists in all editions that we've played.
But it's becoming, we're kind of hitting roadblocks, I think.
I think that's kind of been a theme of the past few episodes is hitting roadblocks with armies that we're technically not used to.
Well, we're not actually.
We're playing two different armies that we haven't played much of.
Because I'm used to playing blood angels you're used to playing like your Templars or your custodes Whereas you're primarily playing ad mech at the moment.
I'm primarily playing space wolves So trying to make a list that we've given away
given that well They're gonna know at some point.
It's gonna wait

To reveal that I'm gotcha an ad mech So let's, there's a quick recap for people back home.

And I was playing Shield Host with the little Terminator detachment, which gave me the option for Purge or Priority.

I played Purge because you made me take it when we did a team event because you took Priority and I couldn't take it.
Yeah, for you, Custodes was very difficult, wasn't it?
Yeah.

But anyway, we're going to take you through exactly how we think about list building, because what we don't like doing is just copy and pasting.
No, we don't.
We've genuinely been trying to write lists that we would enjoy playing.
We've always, I think, we've always tried to write balance lists in all editions that we've played.
But it's becoming, we're kind of hitting roadblocks, I think.
I think that's kind of been a theme of the past few episodes is hitting roadblocks with armies that we're technically not used to.
Well, we're not actually.
We're playing two different armies that we haven't played much of.
Because I'm used to playing blood angels you're used to playing like your Templars or your custodes Whereas you're primarily playing ad mech at the moment.
I'm primarily playing space wolves So trying to make a list that we've given away
given that well They're gonna know at some point.
It's gonna wait

To reveal that I'm gotcha an ad mech So let's, there's a quick recap for people back home.

And I was playing Shield Host with the little Terminator detachment, which gave me the option for Purge or Priority.

I played Purge because you made me take it when we did a team event because you took Priority and I couldn't take it.
Yeah, for you, Custodes was very difficult, wasn't it?
Yeah.
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