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Grown Men Playing with Toys

by Steve and Erik

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Latest episodes

52 - It’s a Trap!: Stress-Testing Lists and Knowing Your Lose Condition

October 19, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

Send us Fan Mail The last balance update dropped Necrons Canoptek Court to 2 Detachment Points and Cousin Josh was ready to celebrate. Erik saw it and called it fool’s gold before the ink was dry on the update. The guys use that…
51 - Show Me the Doctrines!: Breaking Down the New Space Marine Codex

October 5, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min

Send us Fan Mail The Space Marine codex is here and Erik is more excited than he's been about anything not named Emperor's Children. With Cousin Josh along for the ride, the guys dig into how swapping Oath of Moment for combat doctrines…
50 - Hold On to Your Butts: Riding the 11th Edition Codex Rollercoaster

September 27, 2026 · 59 min

Send us Fan Mail Erik opens with a feeling of the day that turns Steve's stomach. With the Orks codex out, Space Marines days away, Custodes about to be on preorder, and balance updates coming fast, 11th Edition feels like the top of a…
49 - Michelangelo vs. the Assembly Line: Three Perspectives on Painting in Warhammer 40K

September 21, 2026 · 1 hr 23 min

Send us Fan Mail Cousin Josh joins Erik and Steve for a full hobby episode on the painting side of 40K. Erik sits at the assembly-line extreme, Steve at the masterpiece extreme, and Josh in the middle, where the guys hypothesize that most…
48 - Burning Bright: Playing as the Underdog in Warhammer 40K

September 14, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

Send us Fan Mail Cousin Josh joins Erik and Steve again as they break down a game between Erik and his oldest son that turns into a masterclass on underdog strategy. Erik's son, fully back into 11th Edition, decides he can't beat his dad's…

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47 - Shake the Snow Globe: A Check In On Some Of Our Favorite Factions

September 5, 2026 · 1 hr 16 min

Send us Fan Mail Cousin Josh joins the chat (literally) for the first time, heckling Erik and Steve from the sidelines while they take a step back from the week-to-week to talk macro direction of where their favorite factions are headed…
46 - The Nerfing Eye of Sauron: Erik's Favorite Factions Take One on the Chin

August 30, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min

Send us Fan Mail A balance update dropped this past week and several of Erik's favorite factions got hit with nerfs. Steve declares it a "feelings podcast" and the guys work through Erik's frustration before landing on the real point: how…
45 - Finding Your Nemo: Faction vs Force Disposition Specialization

August 22, 2026 · 1 hr 16 min

Send us Fan Mail Team USA won WTC and Steve blindsides Erik by admitting that he has fanboyed over it a bit. The guys break down how a Guard player ground out key tournament-clinching wins and why "keep it simple and execute flawlessly"…
44 - My Other Army Is a Flowchart: The Deliverability Problem

August 15, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min

Send us Fan Mail Erik is back on Orks and built a "just for fun" Da Big Hunt list that somehow tabled a CSM Defiler heavy army despite calling the Waaagh! in Round 1. This has Steve's attention and the guys dive into why this strategy…
43 - Are You Not Entertained?: Why Playing 40K at Your LGS Hits Different

August 7, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

Send us Fan Mail Erik and Steve were supposed to sneak out for a game at the Local Game Store (LGS) this week and instead got stuck at home, so naturally they spent forty-five minutes turning that disappointment into a full breakdown of…
42 - I'm Not Dead Yet: 40K's First Balance Update

July 31, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min

Send us Fan Mail Steve is fighting off a Nurgle infection, Erik is fighting off bad habits with Cursed Legion Necrons, and everybody on the internet is convinced their faction is dead. Spoiler....they're not dead yet. Erik and Steve are…
41 - Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho: Barnhammer's First Taste of 11th Edition

July 21, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min

Send us Fan Mail Erik is back from vacation to find that Barnhammer has been played without him. He's definitely not feeling jealous, FOMO, or left out and DEFINITELY is not punishing Steve for organizing it without him by making Steve…

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About the show

Grown Men Playing With Toys is a Warhammer 40,000 podcast about getting better at the game without it feeling like a job or chore. Join longtime friends Erik and Steve for practical discussions of strategy, list building, painting, and the lessons learned from games that went brilliantly.....or spectacularly wrong. Drawing on their systems engineering backgrounds and different approaches to 40K, they explore where casual and competitive play meet, with plenty of stories and friendly disagreements along the way. This is a podcast for players who enjoy thinking seriously about their toy soldiers and laughing with the friends across the table. They said we were too old. We said, “Hold our dice!”