9 episodes

Sixes to Win is a podcast about Competitive Wargaming out of Brisbane, Australia. We aim to bring entertaining and informative conversation to Warmachine from a competitive perspective. We plan to explore all aspects of list design, competition psychology, statistical and contextual evaluation skills as well as touch on the softer topics of the hobby, including social interaction, painting and modelling and travel as all of these are intrinsic to the wargaming experience.

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Sixes to Win is a podcast about Competitive Wargaming out of Brisbane, Australia. We aim to bring entertaining and informative conversation to Warmachine from a competitive perspective. We plan to explore all aspects of list design, competition psychology, statistical and contextual evaluation skills as well as touch on the softer topics of the hobby, including social interaction, painting and modelling and travel as all of these are intrinsic to the wargaming experience.

    Roll Sixes to Win (62W) Ep9: Faction Playstyles, Dragon's Host List Review, Pressure on the table.

    Roll Sixes to Win (62W) Ep9: Faction Playstyles, Dragon's Host List Review, Pressure on the table.

    In this episode, Josh, Robin and James discuss the different playstyles that exist, and some factions that fit broadly into those playstyles, including josh dropping which mk IV faction he plans to start playing.

    We review a dragon's host list that's trying its best:
    List here: https://pastebin.com/zrUUKPDi


    Finally, we discuss what makes a player feel pressure on the table, and how you can exert pressure yourself in a warmachine game.

    • 36 min
    Roll Sixes to Win (62W) Ep8: Tournament Recap, Garryth List Review and Effective Value

    Roll Sixes to Win (62W) Ep8: Tournament Recap, Garryth List Review and Effective Value

    In this episode, Josh and Robin bemoan their failings at the recent tournament while James basks in the glory of having made Robin Suffer by writing the worlds least playable list.



    We then review a Garryth2 List with some support issues. List here: https://pastebin.com/zrUUKPDi



    Finally, we have a discussion about Effective Value in Warmachine, and talk a little about how you can better identify the important targets on any turn.

    • 33 min
    Roll Sixes to Win (62W) Ep7: Support Is Theft, A Ragemonger List Review and Upcoming Tournament Plans

    Roll Sixes to Win (62W) Ep7: Support Is Theft, A Ragemonger List Review and Upcoming Tournament Plans

    In this episode, Josh and Robin have an intervention for James where we determine whether or not he's addicted to support, and discuss how and when to use support.



    We then review a Braghen Ragemonger List with some interesting decisions. List here: https://pastebin.com/eeqZhYPe



    Then, we have a quick chat about what our plans are for our lists in the upcoming warmachine tournament, and Robin proposes a challenge to James.

    • 37 min
    Roll Sixes to Win (62W) Ep6: Why Play Mk IV? Smash The Assassinate Button, Fatigue and Sky Bombers

    Roll Sixes to Win (62W) Ep6: Why Play Mk IV? Smash The Assassinate Button, Fatigue and Sky Bombers

    In this episode, Josh, James and Robin discuss why they're even playing Mk IV, talking about what's changed with the game and how good the new models are.



    Then, we discuss when to flip to assassinating, and when to look for it mid-turn as things either go really well or really poorly.

    After this, we do an indepth discussion on the affects of fatigue at a tournament, and offer some ways to avoid it.

    Finally, we do a quick ranking of the skybombers, with the obvious omission of the sky-judicator.

    • 30 min
    Roll Sixes to Win (62W) Ep5: Just Win, Our Favourite Units and a look at the Rhinecon Khymerae Lists

    Roll Sixes to Win (62W) Ep5: Just Win, Our Favourite Units and a look at the Rhinecon Khymerae Lists

    In this episode, Josh, James and Robin discuss the key tenants of the Just Win Mentality. We then discuss what our favourite warmachine units are and why. Finally, we have a look at the winning pairing from rhinecon and discuss what we like about that list design as we discuss redundancy and efficiency in list design.

    We hope you enjoy!

    • 30 min
    Roll Sixes to Win (62W) Ep4: 5 Tips for Beginners, Our Biggest Blunders and the Evolution of a Warmachine Player

    Roll Sixes to Win (62W) Ep4: 5 Tips for Beginners, Our Biggest Blunders and the Evolution of a Warmachine Player

    In this episode, Josh, James, and Robin offer some tips on how to start out with Warmachine: how to play better and learn faster, and how to approach tournaments.

    Then, we have a quick chat about our biggest blunders in Warmachine, which includes forgetting that shifting stones are immobile and that desert hydras have sprays.

    Finally, we dissect the evolution of a Warmachine player: from humble beginnings learning not to lose to eking out every advantage humanly possible.

    We hope you enjoy!

    • 34 min

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