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So, I've been playing around with the idea of starting a 40k channel for a couple years now. Been messing with editing software, contemplating camera equipment (Holy feth that's expensive!) and deciding on the direction I'd like to take it in.

One of the things that I love about most game systems that I play in is when I can build weird and obscure lists and making them at least somewhat viable. I did this a lot back when I played MTG semi-competitively and have been having a lot of recent success with Kroot in competitive 40k. The thing is, I don't just want my channel to just be Kroot and the bits of other armies that I've managed to paint 2k points worth of as that will only last for so long and not really be anything that hasn't been done before. So for the last year, I've been shopping around the secondary market making trades and getting good deals where I can, but even so, most of the niche armies that I've been trying to build for the channel are still at best only half complete and by the time 11th rolls around, they might not even be playable armies anymore.

So I got to thinking about using TTS to supplement these armies while I work to build them for the actual table and it's really allowed my to stretch my list building creativity and come up with some crazy theme lists that I think would be pretty fun to see played. Some things I've been thinking of are:
- Full Null Maiden's Vigil (Essentially max SOS riding around in a bunch of Rhinos.)
- Guard Auxiliary (Abhumans and Cavalry)
- Tyrand Warrior Spam (Going full max Warriors in the Grotsmas detachment.)
- Tau Recon Cadre (Ghostkeels, Pathdinders, Stealthsuits, Pirahnas and Marksmen)
- Necron Anihilation Legions (Destroyers and Flayed Ones)
- Orks Speed Freaks (Lots of Warbikers, Deffkoptas, and all the variations of the racecars)

It could also allow for games with models that are damned near impossible to get anymore, like running Canoptek Court with a bunch of Tomb Sentinels and Acanthrites.

Beyond that, once I get more comfortable in TTS, it would great to make some larger scale and unique maps for narrative campaigns too.

Anyhow, one I hit on the idea, the possibilities seemed really expansive and interesting, and I do still plan to supplement them with actual games on the tabletop with my creative physical armies that are finished like my Kroot and Agents of the Imperium lists.

What I did notice though is that even with TTS being out for a while now, no one really has done batreps on youtube through them so I figured I'd pop this in here to test the waters and see if there was interest in this kind of content.

The thing is TTS isn't "real warhammer". There's no painted models; no hand crafted terrain; no fancy tables happening and no real dice rolling.

So a lot of the physical immersion is missing and instead replaced with nice looking but more functional than pretty systems.



So as a purely spectator element its not as exciting. Also sure you can use rare things; but part of the joy of rare models is seeing the actual model not just a cutout of one.




I think it would have value if the focus was on the tactical side of things. Ergo remove all the bling and decoration and focus on tactical teaching. Then you've 100% got value to engage people with.
Otherwise if its just battle reports on games its not quite the same as a real world game; its going to miss that magic something.

I'm fussy about batreps.

I might watch a particularly narrative fight- I watched the WH+ Batrep that was based on the Blood Angels vs. GSC show. I watched the Red Gobbo Christmas battle.

But in order to commit longer term than cherry picking occassional battles with a narrative focus, it would have to be a series that covered a Crusade-based escalation campaign where the presenters really emphasized the connections between the growth of the Crusade and the game.

I've found very few batreps get Crusade right.

As one of the horrible people who watch 40k games on twitch, I really enjoy watching the game unfold between two players and seeing the models pushed across the tabletop.

I guess I could hunt down some TTS games and give them a look-see, but I've never really given them.much thought when I can watch live action games.