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In this episode of the “Grown Men Playing With Toys” podcast, Erik and Steve do one of the most uncomfortable things in 40K — they turn the camera on themselves and ask the question: what kind of mistakes do I actually make, and why do I keep making them?

Erik spent the downtime between episodes doing what any self-respecting 40K nerd would do — combing through every battle report he’s ever posted and building a full scouting report on himself. What he found wasn’t pretty. Steve, meanwhile, discovers that he’s been living inside his own set of mistakes without ever naming them. Together they explore:

• The macro strategy mistake — why building the “meta list” can be the worst thing you do if it fights your natural play style
• The micro strategy mistake — why the most exciting moment in your turn might also be the one that costs you the game
• The emotional tells that every player has — and why knowing yours is half the battle
• Rules mistakes — why they’re inevitable, why they sting differently than every other kind, and why the community sometimes loses its mind over them
• Whether there’s ever a good way to resolve a rules dispute when it’s just you, your opponent, and a barn full of painted plastic

Whether you’ve ever rage-rolled into a Repulsor Executioner, burned your entire CP budget on a unit that was already going to win the fight, or found yourself in a tense standoff over whether a rule means what you think it means — this one’s for you.r you.

Links mentioned in the podcast:

CSM Renegades Raiders movement mistakes

Orks over swing into Fulgrim