Warhammer 40K: Balance Dataslate Kicks of 2023 with a Bang- FTN

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Jan 9 2023

The Balance Data Slate is set to take the meta by storm as soon as it is adopted by the crowd at large.

Wow – er body gets free wargear. Well, almost everyone.

Due to some leaks there was quite a bit of hysteria around what might have been with the points adjustments but now the news is out and in people’s hands they can see it’s really not so bad. There are a few big tournaments coming up soon that may put the breaks on it due to it getting released near their rules/army cut off dates.

Adam walks us through a lot of the changes from a purely competitive standpoint. IE, the things that might matter the most to you if you’re making a matched play list and heading to a tournament soon.

This will absolutely shake up the meta a little bit. I say a little bit because I don’t think this really changes the factions people have been playing recently, if they weren’t just fair weather fans. It will certainly change what some of them take in the faction but nothing that wholesale warps someone’s collection.

Flamers got a massive change but I seriously doubt it will change the amount people take or the frequency that you see them. You’ll still need to prepare for them.

Marines… Marine player rejoice. You have a LOT more options in your list now. I’m getting players all around the world writing in saying how much fun they are having writing new Marine lists on the back of these changes. But what no one knows yet – will it actually matter? Will we see Marines start to circulate in the top tables?

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With this episode, we slide our way to the end of the year and ease on into 2023. We let Adam gush over the Azrael leaks but also spend a brief amount of time reminiscing about the figures we painted this year while looking forward to hanging out with each other just after the New Year rings. Thanks for listening.

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Paul Murphy, the man behind Forge the Narrative, the #1 Warhammer 40K podcast. Podcaster and Columnist at Bell of Lost Souls. I've been playing and covering Warhammer since 1991 - Rogue Trader Alumni! I've won several major Warhammer events including Adepticon.

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