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[This episode is BONUS CONTENT; discussions and series intended to be more casual in tone, complementing our other episodes. This book club episode is a discussion covering the novel Helsreach (2010) by Aaron Dembski-Bowden, performed by Jonathan Keeble. There will be spoilers.]

A true classic of Warhammer 40,000 literature. This Black Templars-centric novel focuses on fan-favourite character Merek Grimaldus, a Chaplain who is sentenced to defend Hive Helsreach upon the world of Armageddon from an incomprehensibly large Ork Waaagh! What follows is an epic tragedy of humanity defending their home to the last.

Our next Book Club will be Adrian Tchaikovsky's 'Starseer's Ruin', a Seraphon novel for the Age of Sigmar universe, released in 2025.

For a playlist of our previous Book Club episodes, see: https://feeds.captivate.fm/ttpfieldmanual/book-club/

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro and covering the plot

14:17 Looking deeper into the Black Templars and overall narrative

22:27 Grimaldus post-novel

29:32 Playing Black Templars, the Ordinatus Armageddon, and other fun moments throughout

38:20 Outro discussion and next book

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TTP Field Manual is brought to you by Joshy and Jonny, best friends and tabletop gaming fans from their local group, Trust the Process Hobbies. We use this podcast as a platform to share our ramblings about the hobby (though we cannot shut up about Warhammer).

By day, Joshy is a therapist; by night, an RPG aficionado raised on Final Fantasy and years of crafting his own Dungeons & Dragons worlds. Jonny, a technician, spends his downtime conquering more video games than Joshy can keep track of.

Our occasional guest Zakky has a passion for buying things he then has to build.

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