Episode 30 – I’m a Brad, Brad Man!

In this episode of the Tactical Squad, Jon and Liz interview Warhammer 40,000: Conquest lead designer, Brad Andres.  We take a look back at Planetfall and Legions of Death and a look forward at what’s to come in the Death World cycle.

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If you are reading this Sunday morning, July 10, join us on our Game Night Kit tournament livestream at 1pm EDT here: https://www.twitch.tv/401games.  With the Canada Post strike looming, I don’t think we’ll be giving out prizes this week, but we’ll be hanging out in chat.

2015 Canadian National Championship 9/4/2015

Two weeks ago the 2015 Canadian National Championship for Warhammer 40:000: Conquest took place in Toronto at Fan Expo Canada. We had 21 players sign-up for a full day of Conquest. Two players had byes from regionals events so they went straight through to round 2. There were plenty of temptations on the convention floor, but our entrants were there to conquer the Traxis Sector.

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Interview with Brad Andres

The Tactical Squad, much like our Space Marine brethren, are not fond of losing, but sometimes we’re definitely pulling some Lamenter’s luck with the technical mishaps we deal with as a podcast. We were hoping to bring you an hour-long interview with conquest designer Brad Andres that was recorded over a month ago, but the machine spirit was weak and the interview was mangled like some horrible Tzeentchian fiend, twisted beyond all recognition into a hideous chimera of Brad, Liz, Jon and Alex’s voices.

Emperor willing, we will prevail by releasing the contents of the interview as a full length-article on our website. Apologies to Brad, as he shared some great stories about his experiences in designing and developer the game as well as his history with Warhammer 40,000 universe.  Let’s get right into it. Read More