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Episode 258 of The Independent Characters discusses the future of Narrative Warhammer 40,000!

With the rumors and timetable of a new edition of Warhammer 40,000 ramping up, Episode 258 sees The Independent Characters discussing where we would like to see the focus of narrative style games shift.

This episode contains round-table speculation on what Crusade (or its successor) might look like in the next edition, plus a wish-list to Games Workshop for more social, story-first support.

Additionally we have an interview with the founder and creator of the Rapid Fire Dicebox! This is a really great product that I have seen in person and really thought it was thematically clever. I neglected to lead into the interview - but it comes just before the show closing.

We hope you enjoy Episode 258.

Time Stamps:

• 0:00:00 - Show Intro, Elite Choice, Hobby Progress, & Games Played
• 0:54:00 - The Future of Narrative Part 1
• 1:42:45 - The Future of Narrative Part 2
• 1:42:45 - Interview: The Rapid Fire Dice Box!
• 2:54:00 - Final Thoughts and show closing

Relevant Links:

• The Independent Characters Patreon
• Tablewar! - SPONSOR
• Herrick Games & Hobbies - SPONSOR
• Adepticon
• Goblin Hobbies - Makers of the Stampin' Plates
• Maelstrom Mixer
• Rapid Fire Dicebox
• Rapid Fire Dicebox Kickstarter
• Games Workshop
• The Black Library

This episode of The Independent Characters starts off with the usual segments. With Josh out of town, Chelle is stepping in to discuss elite choice, hobby progress, and games played.

Then we pivot to discussions with on of the folks who have created and organized this years Maelstrom Mixer, a large narrative event in San Jose. Brett joins us to discuss what it took to put on the event, what they learned from previous years, and where it is going in the future!

Carl attended last year and had a fantastic time. So we will talk about the event, but also pull back the curtain on how one runs something like this.

We hope you enjoy this episode!

Time Stamps:

• 0:00:00 - Show Intro, Elite Choice, Hobby Progress
• 1:02:20 - The Maelstrom Mixer
• 2:21:45 - Final Thoughts and show closing

Relevant Links:

• The Independent Characters Patreon
• Tablewar! - SPONSOR
• Herrick Games & Hobbies - SPONSOR
• Adepticon
• Goblin Hobbies - Makers of the Stampin' Plates
• The Imperial Truth Podcast (Greg Dann's Charity discussed)
• Maelstrom Mixer
• Games Workshop
• The Black Library

Episode 256 of The Independent Characters is a long one... and we even reigned it in! We had a lot to talk about here.

We revisit episode 72, where we looked deep into the history and current issues of White Dwarf. In this episode we bridge the gap between episode 72 and now, in an episode we titled White Dwarf: Now and Again. Nearly 12 years have passed since our last coverage of this topic and it was due for a refresh as White Dwarf itself seems to have gone through many refreshes.

To help us with this discussion, we are joined by Campbell from the 40k Badcast again. He always brings some great insight.

We hope you enjoy Episode 256... and are here for the four hour episode!

Time Stamps:

• 0:00:00 - Show Intro, Elite Choice, Hobby Progress
• 0:44:35 - White Dwarf: Now and Again Pt 1
• 2:52:35 - White Dwarf: Now and Again Pt 2
• 3:46:10 - Final Thoughts and show closing

Relevant Links:

• The Independent Characters Patreon
• Tablewar! - SPONSOR
• Herrick Games & Hobbies - SPONSOR
• Adepticon
• Goblin Hobbies - Makers of the Stampin' Plates
• Creature Caster
• Arsenal Miniatures Game
• Bushido Miniatures Game
• Maelstrom Mixer
• Games Workshop
• The Black Library

Episode 255 of The Independent Characters is all about our experience at Adepticon 2025! We are back from Milwaukee and along with Josh, Chelle, and Carl will be a host of interviews with those of us who went to AdeptiCon in 2025.

We had to repost this since Chelle decided she wants to join this episode. She says that she has "Things to say" about AdeptiCon. What that is... is any of our guesses!

We will talk about the events and classes we attended as well as the people we met and spoke with. Finally we will give our opinions on this years AdeptiCon and how it performs in it's new location!

We hope you enjoy Episode 255.

Time Stamps:

• 0:00:00 - Show Intro, Elite Choice
• 0:12:45 - Hobby Progress, & Games Played
• 0:54:00 - Adepticon 2025 Review
• 1:42:45 - Interview with Blake & Ed of LAtCS
• 2:09:45 - Interview with Craig & Skye
• 2:35:45 - Interview with Travis of LAtCS
• 2:54:00 - Final Thoughts and show closing

Relevant Links:

• The Independent Characters Patreon
• Tablewar! - SPONSOR
• Herrick Games & Hobbies - SPONSOR
• Adepticon
• Goblin Hobbies - Makers of the Stampin' Plates
• Creature Caster
• Arsenal Miniatures Game
• Bushido Miniatures Game
• Maelstrom Mixer
• Basement of Death (the Space Hulk guys!)
• Games Workshop
• The Black Library

Episode 254 of The Independent Characters brings in a couple of amazing guests to join us in The Warrior Lodge! First we have Liz Apke, prolific painter and awesome IC's Community Member. You're going to love what she has to say about the Grand Narrative.

We also bring in Troy Weis. One of the amazing event coordinators of the now famous Space Hulk event at Adepticon and one of the hosts of the Playin' and Slayin' Podcast from the Basement of Death guys.

There is some really great conversation this episode. Some things that made our hosts really stop and consider different opinions here. We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we did recording it.

Welcome to Episode 254

Time Stamps:

• 0:00:00 - Show Intro, Elite Choice, Hobby Progress, & Games Played
• 0:45:10 - The Warrior Lodge - 6 Questions!
• 2:16:05 - Final Thoughts and show closing

Relevant Links:

• The Independent Characters Patreon
• Tablewar! - SPONSOR
• Herrick Games & Hobbies - SPONSOR
• Goblin Hobbies - Makers of the Stampin' Plates
• Maelstrom Mixer
• Playin' & Slayin' Podcast
• Games Workshop
• The Black Library