PLEASE, BEFORE YOU COMMENT: read through this list of problems with this episode that I've already found, thx! I'll probably swap out the photo of the building my studio is in (in the intro) and use a photoof a bunch of my miniatures fighting in my terrain, and THEN the nuke goes off? Probably. I forgot to put Josh's Instagram into the video. I've added it to the description, and you should go follow him - instagram.com/warsteinstudios The 3D tiles we played on are from Secret Weapon Miniatures - their Tablescapes Tiles system. The design seen here is called "Urban Streets - Damaged" I believe. The wrecked tank in the street is also from Secret Weapon Miniatures. I should have rolled the dice on that first flesh wound roll (for the Scout with the combat knife at 7:50), not Josh. We did it right after that. There is a weird hum from the mics that comes in and out. I don't believe it happens on the new camera. I was zoomed in too closely in many shots. We gotta get the BattleScribe sheets off the table. They're too bright. The camera doesn't focus well or quickly at close distances. The new camera is much better in this aspect. Probably a good idea to use a dice tray in the future. We did in the second batrep I filmed a few weeks ago, so we'll see how it looks on the next one. I'm pretty sure we messed up the flesh wound roll at 22:46 - but I need to check the FAQ. And then the errata. And then the designer's notes. Then I'll still do it wrong, I suspect. The Primaris had one wound at 43:40 and should have hit on 4+ and not on 3+. At 44:30, if I had advantage, then I'm not sure why we had Josh go first. Beats me.
Tabletop Minions when rolling flesh wounds, the amount of dice rolled is based on the damage characteristic of the weapon that caused the model to drop to 0 wounds. For example, 2 successful wounds of a 1 damage gun will only cause 1 injury roll since the damage is one. But one successful wounds for a damage 3 gun will cause 3 injury tolls. When the injury rolls are made, you pick the highest result not all of the results. So when you roll 2 dice for an injury if they are both 2s then you still only take 1 flesh wounds since the highest result was a 2.
At 40:50. You roll for the injury roll with the amount of dice equal to the damage characteristic of the weapon used, regardles of the wounds the target started with. So in this case, hitting a primaris with a D2 shot brings him down to 0 wounds and gives you 2 dice on injury roll (Core book pg 32 Injury Rolls - Damage Characteristic - 2nd paragraph)
Watched half of it and really enjoyed what I have seen so far. Dice tray isn't a big deal. Just watch Winter SEO or Table Top Tactics. They do some of the best bet reps for 40k and they never use a tray. Don't be to hard on yourself. This was a great first batrep and really looking forward to the next one.
I suggest you do a lay out shot of the 'armies' before they are deployed, showing us the figs (nice slow motion rotating close up view would be optimal if possible). This will give you the chance to tell us what they are and what they are armed with. For larger forces, do a standard block formation display. This can also be done for the Kill Team, specially if the paint job is eh. Give yourself a good 5 seconds per fig, specially to really show off the work from guys like Josh and Sam. If you are skilled enough with your editing, adding text at the bottom with names, gear, and points to reinforce the information. At this point, folks should be introduced to the forces and artists can show off their work, win/win in my book. For the board, give yourself a good chance to walk around the table to show the entire lay out as you describe the terrain and objectives. Now folks will have a better idea of why figs are at certain locations and the tactics behind it. Kill Team is easier since it is a smaller board, but this is also possible with larger games (at least a panning shot along one edge). During this time you can tell folks what the terrain is, mat, tiles, etc... dropping all the names so they can be covered. If you do use a dice tray, use your second camera to focus on the dice rolls. Then you can edit back and forth between your cameras. If you don't want to do that, use your second camera to focus on the board from a elevated position or from the opponent's position. TBH, I think your camera work was fine for the most part and your pacing seemed fine. When you change screens, maybe having a score/objective listed. Good luck!
I’m not sure why you were so hesitant to put this out. It’s much better than most batreps out the. A few rules issues, but overall a great vid. Please do more of these. 😀
I appreciate it. The next one is filmed already. I'm going to start by trying to do one a month and then go where it takes me from there. Thanks for watching!
The intro when describing each other’s Kill Team would be better if you showed each model as you talk about them. My favorite part of watching batreps is seeing the cool models and terrain.
As someone who is just getting into Kill Team, I really appreciate the brief explanation before every roll to indicate exactly why you are rolling and what your target result is. Great video!
Very fine content. You’re going to make mistakes. Everyone does, even the professionals. It will get better over time. My main question is, did you have fun playing, filming and editing it? That is what matters and will drive you to do more. You’ve got my support. Keep up the amazing work and keep inspiring others to contribute to the hobby.
10:36 Little mistake! Even if you take multiple "wounds" from separate attacks from a gun in Kill Team, you only ever roll the number of dice equal to the weapon damage for injury rolls I.e. if you get hit by a flamer 6 times, all succeeding, because it's only damage 1, you only ever rolll 1 injury die. And, if you take 2 hits from a Damage 3 weapon you only roll 3 injury dice, because it's damage 3 :) Hope that helps, Uncle Atom! :)
@David Kaczmarczyk That is actually incorrect. Three injury dice would be rolled. Page 32 of the core rule book states “If a model loses its last wound to an attack that has a Damage characteristic of more than 1, the player whose model made the attack rolls a number of dice equal to that characteristic...”. So, even if the model had 3 wounds and got hit by a 3-damage weapon, it’d still be 3 dice on the injury roll.
@Andrew Durance Yes. It takes away the number of wounds from the model of the damage characteristic. If the damage takes the number of wounds to 0, you roll the same number of injury dice (picking the highest) as the damage characteristic of the weapon that took it to 0.
I'm glad you decided to share this, even with the production mishaps. The interjections from "Editor Atom" really added to the behind-the-scenes feel of the experience. One thing you've accomplished by presenting this attempt honestly is to show how hard it really is to make a decent batrep video, which is something I think most of us viewers really don't appreciate. We get all this content for free, or close to it if we voluntarily chip in, and we really have no idea how much effort goes into every single video. Hats off, man. Keep up the good work, and we'll keep watching.
I couldn't agree more. The behind the scenes stuff does help to show it's not as easy as people think to do this stuff! I guest as a player on bat reps (the easy part, as long as you're thick skinned)), and I know that the time taken just to set up and shoot is usually 2-3x the length of the final edited report, and I don't even know how long the editing takes! That's not taking into account prep time painting terrain and models, planning and arranging etc. and the costs involved keeping on top of new releases, content, equipment, and so forth. I give full respect to those that take the time and effort to share quality content with us all for very little reward! Looking forward to future bat reps!
My preferred battle reports are from people i could hang out with, don't care much if it is supper polished or not. For a first one I think you did a good job!
Sir, as a "never-played" painting hobbyist, I enjoyed your narration immensely! Knit picking over rule details should matter in tournament play, but not so much between friends!
Quite enjoyed this. You're so calm and relaxed that it was soothing to watch. Too many other people get in the viewers face with their overexcitement trying to be interesting. Mistakes aside... This is how batreps need to be done! Keep it up!!!
Fellow members of the Church of Minion. Atom steps down from the pulpit and is now working in the field to bring the good word of gaming to the masses one table at a time. Been looking forward to the batreps!
I think it was a really good BatRep, especially for a first one. The tec stuff is always trial and error but I have no dout that your BatReps will come closer to the high quality of Your regular videos over time. Two suggestions: 1. I really like it when the troops are shown before the battle, lined up in order. 2. Lots of people invest quite a lot into their Kill Teams or armies (Background etc). If an army with a special or elaborate background is being used for a BatRep I think it would be nice to tell their story. (Maybe that goes a little beyond a BatRep but I´m really into the narrative stuff and would be happy if there´s at least the short version).
Dear Uncle Adam, thanks for putting this out there. Long time viewer, first-time commenter here. After returning to the hobby, or rather, "hobby" in general after 15 years your channel has been priceless for managing the ups and downs of that process. Your videos have been integral to how I think and enjoy the hobby. Love the fact that you're putting these out now. I got hooked to Kill Team with some guys from my local scene and I'm not sure if I'll ever transition out to "regular" 40k. What are those lovely token dice btw? Gotta get me some of those! I loved this. Thanks for all the great content you keep putting out.
Thank you for still publishing this despite the misfires! Glad to see a real world example of all of the advise you've given the community over the years. Can't wait to see additional reports in the future!
As someone who has genuine social anxiety about actually playing because of being intimidated by the rules of a new game, this is SUPER helpful!! It's also great seeing a game played by two guys who are learning it and not being insanely obsessed and agressive about winning. Thanks Atom, please do more of these!
Really excited to see some kill team bat reps! I think the biggest thing that would help is starting the bat rep showing your kill teams, explain your gear and specialists and explain what mission you’re playing and how you score points. I really appreciate the big dice showing everyone’s status.
So glad to finally see you rollin' dice! Good job, keep up the good work. One easy-to-forget rule you missed around 11:00 is that your Death Guard (and I believe all Astartes) have the "Transhuman Physiology" trait, which allows them to ignore a single flesh wound during hit rolls. It didn't matter in this case, but your blight launcher would have been hitting on 5's instead of 6's like you said. Don't forget you're still Astartes!
Please never change that placeholder explosion sound effect in the intro. :D Seriously, this was a great watch. You actually took your time and explained what exactly I was watching, so I could follow. Apart from the time the camera took to focus, I actually really liked the camera work and editing. (I even liked seeing *a* focus delay, just maybe less of one than what we got.) It felt like a quality indie film.
I'm so excited about this! I love watching batreps, but as a Hobby Hero myself, I like seeing content from folx who approach this from a similar perspective. Bravo for more fantastic content, sir!
This is exciting! One thing I enjoy most about the various battle reports I watch is seeing the armies (or Kill Teams) assembled with a description of each unit (this is my Leader with a plasma gun, etc) and any narrative information prior to getting into the nuts and bolt(er)s of the game. It helps a lot in getting a sense of the army and, in the case of a Kill Team, keeping track of which model is which. Would you please consider adding that to future videos? Also, you're an awesome teacher, would you please do a couple BatReps giving details on the mechanics (skills, dice rolls, modifiers, etc) when you take your actions? They would be valuable tutorials and may also help you keep track of everything going on in the game. Thank you for everything you do for the hobby!
Thanks for sharing this, Uncle Atom. Despite the hiccups, I really enjoyed this battle report. I hope you try this again and I know you'll keep improving.
I'm excited for more videos with this format. Thanks for jumping into battlereps! Not to mention the quick talking head encouraging people to do things they're not familiar with and being okay with it being a work in progress.
Hey Atom, I actually enjoyed this as it's closer to my own games, and easier to follow than the fancy fast paced super-pro stuff! Like you say, you'll get better. Well done for getting it out.
Great to see something new. Getting a bit of motion sickness around 10:25 but I'm sure there'll be less of that when you're not so zoomed in, and you get used to it a bit more. In terms of filming dice, I believe many "pro" bat rep makers like Winters SEO for instance, film their roles whilst looking through the lense so they are able to frame it better - or alternatively use a dice tray so you always know where you're aiming.
In the second batrep (which you folks haven't seen yet) we used a dice tray. I think it works better. Also, I think the new camera has even better image stabilization, but we'll see. Thanks for watching!
Great battle report! battle reports are all about the personalities of the players and I think yours is a great fit. One little suggestion I would love to see is just a quick showcase of the armies before deployment, just to get an idea of specialists/wargear etc and to get a good look at the paintjobs!
Loved it. I'm learning these games by watching and getting a feel for the flow of gameplay. This was fantastic. Would love to see more! Maybe a SW legion report? Thanks for putting it out there!
I’ve never been into the 40k universe but it’s awesome seeing you do new content. I would love, if possible, you could do battle reports for stuff like Warcry and Underworlds too. I know you love Kill Team so more of that could be great too
Awesome! I’ve been waiting on some battle reports! Glad to see you finally putting some out! I love your channel! You’re one reason I decided to start my own about modeling! Keep up the good work!
This is the bat rep I've been waiting this whole channel for! 😁 Everyone starts somewhere, and I've been wanting to see y'all play forever! Would love to play with you guys! Thank you for sharing! 😁❤
I enjoyed the Bat Rep, not only was it entertaining, but i think you made sense of some of the rules my son and i have been trying to figure out, great job!!
Honestly, I enjoyed this battle report more than many others that are out there. As for suggestions, as others said, show off the armies before hand (helps identify them later and gets a better look at the models). I'd also look at a dice tray to the side for both players to use. Keeps the rolls together and keeps from rolling onto the floor.
I like the fact you just recap the movement. Nothing is more dull then watching someone him an haw about which way to move 3 inches, the recap is way better. It wasn't too bad actually and you both we're pretty mellow the whole time.
they pointed it out, but a 2nd stationary cam would benefit you alot, not only for a different angle but it allows you to edit/cut to that footage if your handcam goes out of focus. plus its a good scene-setting opportunity for us to get familiar with the battle. All-in-all, this is a fantastic start and it's great to see you dipping into more varied content. love it, Uncle T.
I’m sure you’ve already given it a thought.. but how about having a second camera on a tripod that rolls the entire session? That way you will always have “backup” footage. (And we viewers might get to se your pretty faces every now and again..) Edit will be a bit more work because of audio sync but most editing softwares have pretty good “auto sync” nowadays.
Way you do that is roll both cameras at once as long as you can. That way you only have to sync the audio a few times. We would do that in expensive multi-camera weddings where the main cam was kind of locked down (sometimes in a tripod) and I'd be running around the place as 2nd camera, getting reaction shots. My camera would be running, even if I was moving around. You're right, though. These days Premiere can auto-sync for you if it gets more complicated than that.
This is great, seeing how people play and use and understand the rules helps everyone that is new. a few mistakes are just a reminder to all of us that the game goes on have fun that is the point of all this hobby stuff.
I think you did well with the sound, it was clear and easy to hear both of you which is something a lot of batreps struggle with. One suggestion I’d have is maybe use a dice tray that way you can keep the camera trained on a specific area when rolling instead of repositioning it to focus on each spot on the board where a roll is occurring.
I’m glad you mentioned the sound - that’s something I wanted to make work well. I bought some *really* nice wireless lapel mics to make sure you could hear both of us. Also, dice tray is in the next batrep, and I think it’ll become a staple in the videos going forward. Thanks for watching!
Thoroughly enjoyed it, liked informal chat and camera work, liked the test card turn intro's, think the dice box is a good idea although throwing dice on the floor is traditional 😀
Nice! Well rounded amount of play and battle report for killteam in general. I like this free style camera angles and commentare but somehow work the recess comments to a better "pause play" background to a thematic scene with the TM logo of the said report instead. 👊😎👍
Dude! That was excellent. I never watch battle reports because they are boring as all hell but I enjoyed that. The problems you mentioned didn't take away from the enjoyment at all. The one (other) thing I noticed was that it was impossible to read the black dice from across the table. I look forward to seeing the next one.
Great video btw. Not sure if anyone has pointed this out yet, and its been a while since I played killteam and read the rules. But I think when, for example, it's a 3 damage wound, you roll the 3 injury roll dice, pick the highest, and apply that roll. And other injury dice are ignored. In other words, I dont think you can get more than one injury tokens on the same attack. I do hope I explained that well enough haha. But please correct me if I'm wrong. Also, I think you should do more battle reports on Killteam and Warcry!
Great to see you finally doing batreps! One thing though, I have a feeling you're doing injury rolls wrong. Is it not you roll dice equal to the damage characteristic of the first shot that wounds? not total shots that wounded? 10:31
Everyone gets rules wrong at a point or another, the biggest problems I find with battle reports in youtube, in general, is that it is either a half dead guy monotoning his way through the entire thing, or someone way too excited compared to what he is showing, and you got the presentation all right, this already put you above the norm
Just echoing others. I really enjoyed the batrep despite your reservations. Half the battle is having decent participants and you’re a great YTer/streamer. Even if you totally screwed up every turn it’d be enjoyable to watch. More please!
Awesome that you're doing battle reports now, because I love your other videos! I'd like to give some feedback about the camerawork. The shaky shots are always a big turnoff for me in battle reports. Maybe you should try working with a tripod and fixed camera angles to produce more calm shots. It's much more comfortable to look at that way. Keep up the good work! I'm looking forward to the next one!
Amazing bat rep - really enjoyed it and a phenomenal start if things are just going to get better - your soothing voice really lends itself to the format *no homo*
as soon as a wound is taken on a model, the rest of the damage is stopped! so no matter how many 1 damage shots go through, only 1 dice is rolled for the injury roll. awesome bat rep, cant wait for more.
I like your battle rep! Please make more of them. A suggestion is to just add some narrative elements at the beginning of the mission, present who is fighting and why are they fighting. I really like when you refer your character by their names
I'm loving the Killteam battle reports. I've watched a couple of yours now. Looking to start my first Killteam army. Btw, I love the intro with the nuclear blast, sound effects and all, lol.
Hi Atom. After filming a couple dozen battle reports and then editing them down move by move, we've come to realize that every game has unnoticed gameplay errors. You just don't catch the gaffs until you edit the footage. P.S. Your studio looks great and the lighting is just about perfect. What are you using for your overhead lights? Cheers!
I’m coming to understand that there’ll always be some mistakes, I suppose. As far as lights go, there are four 100w-equivalent daylight balanced LED bulbs in china balls hanging from the ceiling, and two LED light panels from Aputure mounted on the wall behind me. In next batrep, there’ll be even more light, as I added two big Neweer LED light panels on c-stands, too. Thanks for watching!
I thought it went well. Only 2 issues I saw was the white paper was making the camera hard to focus and the rolling of the dice was off camera too often. Little issues, though. I enjoyed it and please post more!
So glad you're doing battle reports of Kill Team. Probably should show the miniatures at the beginning when you talk about them. I like it when they pass the camera between players or have a 3rd person recording the action. Since it's a low model count game I wouldn't mind seeing the actual movement of mini's on camera. Still, great to see you doing this. Loved the intro music, explosion and logo but intro video should be quicker.
10:35 He would have only rolled one injury dice. You roll the number of injury dice for the number damage of the wound that takes you to zero and take the highest. So, even if it’d have been a 2-damage weapon, he’d have rolled 2 dice and picked the highest. You can’t get 2 flesh wounds from a single attack.
Love that you’ve had a go at this and it’s all the better that your not perfect with the rules. It means you play slower and talk about why you do the things you do and roll the way you do. I’m put off a lot of “pro” barreps because they move so fast assuming we all know the rules as well as them. Your whole channel is about getting new people into the hobby this fits perfectly for that! Small suggestion I’d love to see joshs view during his turn. Great work overall.
Very enjoyable, the errors are something that most people have during early games so don't sweat that too much. Keep up the killteam reports they are few and far between of this quality! kudos! Would love to know where that base board came from as well.
I mentioned the board in the pinned comment: it’s from Secret Weapon Miniatures. I just ordered a second design that I’ll be able to use for both Kill Team and Warcry, I think. They’re great boards. Thanks for watching!
PLEASE, BEFORE YOU COMMENT: read through this list of problems with this episode that I've already found, thx!
I'll probably swap out the photo of the building my studio is in (in the intro) and use a photoof a bunch of my miniatures fighting in my terrain, and THEN the nuke goes off? Probably.
I forgot to put Josh's Instagram into the video. I've added it to the description, and you should go follow him - instagram.com/warsteinstudios
The 3D tiles we played on are from Secret Weapon Miniatures - their Tablescapes Tiles system. The design seen here is called "Urban Streets - Damaged" I believe.
The wrecked tank in the street is also from Secret Weapon Miniatures.
I should have rolled the dice on that first flesh wound roll (for the Scout with the combat knife at 7:50), not Josh. We did it right after that.
There is a weird hum from the mics that comes in and out. I don't believe it happens on the new camera.
I was zoomed in too closely in many shots.
We gotta get the BattleScribe sheets off the table. They're too bright.
The camera doesn't focus well or quickly at close distances. The new camera is much better in this aspect.
Probably a good idea to use a dice tray in the future. We did in the second batrep I filmed a few weeks ago, so we'll see how it looks on the next one.
I'm pretty sure we messed up the flesh wound roll at 22:46 - but I need to check the FAQ. And then the errata. And then the designer's notes. Then I'll still do it wrong, I suspect.
The Primaris had one wound at 43:40 and should have hit on 4+ and not on 3+.
At 44:30, if I had advantage, then I'm not sure why we had Josh go first. Beats me.
Tabletop Minions when rolling flesh wounds, the amount of dice rolled is based on the damage characteristic of the weapon that caused the model to drop to 0 wounds. For example, 2 successful wounds of a 1 damage gun will only cause 1 injury roll since the damage is one. But one successful wounds for a damage 3 gun will cause 3 injury tolls. When the injury rolls are made, you pick the highest result not all of the results. So when you roll 2 dice for an injury if they are both 2s then you still only take 1 flesh wounds since the highest result was a 2.
At 40:50. You roll for the injury roll with the amount of dice equal to the damage characteristic of the weapon used, regardles of the wounds the target started with. So in this case, hitting a primaris with a D2 shot brings him down to 0 wounds and gives you 2 dice on injury roll (Core book pg 32 Injury Rolls - Damage Characteristic - 2nd paragraph)
Watched half of it and really enjoyed what I have seen so far. Dice tray isn't a big deal. Just watch Winter SEO or Table Top Tactics. They do some of the best bet reps for 40k and they never use a tray.
Don't be to hard on yourself. This was a great first batrep and really looking forward to the next one.
you can youes red traspey sheets to keep the battle scribe on the tabbe and not blide thae camera
i trypod on wheels or a gryascop woud be nice
I suggest you do a lay out shot of the 'armies' before they are deployed, showing us the figs (nice slow motion rotating close up view would be optimal if possible). This will give you the chance to tell us what they are and what they are armed with. For larger forces, do a standard block formation display. This can also be done for the Kill Team, specially if the paint job is eh. Give yourself a good 5 seconds per fig, specially to really show off the work from guys like Josh and Sam. If you are skilled enough with your editing, adding text at the bottom with names, gear, and points to reinforce the information. At this point, folks should be introduced to the forces and artists can show off their work, win/win in my book.
For the board, give yourself a good chance to walk around the table to show the entire lay out as you describe the terrain and objectives. Now folks will have a better idea of why figs are at certain locations and the tactics behind it. Kill Team is easier since it is a smaller board, but this is also possible with larger games (at least a panning shot along one edge). During this time you can tell folks what the terrain is, mat, tiles, etc... dropping all the names so they can be covered.
If you do use a dice tray, use your second camera to focus on the dice rolls. Then you can edit back and forth between your cameras. If you don't want to do that, use your second camera to focus on the board from a elevated position or from the opponent's position. TBH, I think your camera work was fine for the most part and your pacing seemed fine. When you change screens, maybe having a score/objective listed.
Good luck!
I’m not sure why you were so hesitant to put this out. It’s much better than most batreps out the. A few rules issues, but overall a great vid. Please do more of these. 😀
I appreciate it. The next one is filmed already. I'm going to start by trying to do one a month and then go where it takes me from there. Thanks for watching!
The intro when describing each other’s Kill Team would be better if you showed each model as you talk about them. My favorite part of watching batreps is seeing the cool models and terrain.
As someone who is just getting into Kill Team, I really appreciate the brief explanation before every roll to indicate exactly why you are rolling and what your target result is. Great video!
Agreed! Uncle Atom's such a good teacher that I think we beginners could learn a lot from him doing this.
Very fine content. You’re going to make mistakes. Everyone does, even the professionals. It will get better over time. My main question is, did you have fun playing, filming and editing it? That is what matters and will drive you to do more. You’ve got my support. Keep up the amazing work and keep inspiring others to contribute to the hobby.
So excited for your battle reports, please dont get discouraged. You just keep being you.
10:36 Little mistake!
Even if you take multiple "wounds" from separate attacks from a gun in Kill Team, you only ever roll the number of dice equal to the weapon damage for injury rolls
I.e. if you get hit by a flamer 6 times, all succeeding, because it's only damage 1, you only ever rolll 1 injury die. And, if you take 2 hits from a Damage 3 weapon you only roll 3 injury dice, because it's damage 3 :)
Hope that helps, Uncle Atom! :)
Edited, I reread the rules on page 32 of the rulebook under Damage Characteristic. You folks are correct!
@David Kaczmarczyk That is actually incorrect. Three injury dice would be rolled. Page 32 of the core rule book states “If a model loses its last wound to an attack that has a Damage characteristic of more than 1, the player whose model made the attack rolls a number of dice equal to that characteristic...”. So, even if the model had 3 wounds and got hit by a 3-damage weapon, it’d still be 3 dice on the injury roll.
@@Tontisimo That is wrong. And in the video they make the same mistake when shooting a plasma against an intercessor.
@Andrew Durance Yes. It takes away the number of wounds from the model of the damage characteristic. If the damage takes the number of wounds to 0, you roll the same number of injury dice (picking the highest) as the damage characteristic of the weapon that took it to 0.
@@LegendEternal edited my original post. Thanks man
I'm glad you decided to share this, even with the production mishaps. The interjections from "Editor Atom" really added to the behind-the-scenes feel of the experience. One thing you've accomplished by presenting this attempt honestly is to show how hard it really is to make a decent batrep video, which is something I think most of us viewers really don't appreciate. We get all this content for free, or close to it if we voluntarily chip in, and we really have no idea how much effort goes into every single video. Hats off, man. Keep up the good work, and we'll keep watching.
I couldn't agree more. The behind the scenes stuff does help to show it's not as easy as people think to do this stuff! I guest as a player on bat reps (the easy part, as long as you're thick skinned)), and I know that the time taken just to set up and shoot is usually 2-3x the length of the final edited report, and I don't even know how long the editing takes! That's not taking into account prep time painting terrain and models, planning and arranging etc. and the costs involved keeping on top of new releases, content, equipment, and so forth. I give full respect to those that take the time and effort to share quality content with us all for very little reward! Looking forward to future bat reps!
High five for doing new stuff and putting it out there (here).
You should try painting textures on like cloth I feel like you would give a very good view on it.
My preferred battle reports are from people i could hang out with, don't care much if it is supper polished or not. For a first one I think you did a good job!
Sir, as a "never-played" painting hobbyist, I enjoyed your narration immensely! Knit picking over rule details should matter in tournament play, but not so much between friends!
I'm really glad that you pushed through and made this batrep! I'm looking forward to the next one!
Finally a battle report, I’ve been waiting for years. Stop being so hard on yourself. It was thoroughly enjoyable!
Quite enjoyed this. You're so calm and relaxed that it was soothing to watch. Too many other people get in the viewers face with their overexcitement trying to be interesting. Mistakes aside... This is how batreps need to be done! Keep it up!!!
That voice is so relaxing.... as war rages on
"I got a 6, 4, and a die on the floor!" T-shirt idea.
Fellow members of the Church of Minion. Atom steps down from the pulpit and is now working in the field to bring the good word of gaming to the masses one table at a time.
Been looking forward to the batreps!
So Psyched to see your first battle report! Hope to see more down the line :D
I think it was a really good BatRep, especially for a first one. The tec stuff is always trial and error but I have no dout that your BatReps will come closer to the high quality of Your regular videos over time.
Two suggestions:
1. I really like it when the troops are shown before the battle, lined up in order.
2. Lots of people invest quite a lot into their Kill Teams or armies (Background etc). If an army with a special or elaborate background is being used for a BatRep I think it would be nice to tell their story. (Maybe that goes a little beyond a BatRep but I´m really into the narrative stuff and would be happy if there´s at least the short version).
Loved it, hope you do more. Your videos helped me become so much better at painting and playing. So inspiring. Thank you.
Dear Uncle Adam, thanks for putting this out there. Long time viewer, first-time commenter here. After returning to the hobby, or rather, "hobby" in general after 15 years your channel has been priceless for managing the ups and downs of that process. Your videos have been integral to how I think and enjoy the hobby. Love the fact that you're putting these out now. I got hooked to Kill Team with some guys from my local scene and I'm not sure if I'll ever transition out to "regular" 40k.
What are those lovely token dice btw? Gotta get me some of those!
I loved this. Thanks for all the great content you keep putting out.
Thank you for still publishing this despite the misfires! Glad to see a real world example of all of the advise you've given the community over the years. Can't wait to see additional reports in the future!
As someone who has genuine social anxiety about actually playing because of being intimidated by the rules of a new game, this is SUPER helpful!! It's also great seeing a game played by two guys who are learning it and not being insanely obsessed and agressive about winning. Thanks Atom, please do more of these!
But ..... it looked like fun. I kind of enjoyed it as it felt like the type of game and banter I'd expect in a game. Kudos for putting it out there.
Really excited to see some kill team bat reps! I think the biggest thing that would help is starting the bat rep showing your kill teams, explain your gear and specialists and explain what mission you’re playing and how you score points.
I really appreciate the big dice showing everyone’s status.
Also, the terrain looks fantastic and I LOVE being able to hear your opponent!
So glad to finally see you rollin' dice! Good job, keep up the good work.
One easy-to-forget rule you missed around 11:00 is that your Death Guard (and I believe all Astartes) have the "Transhuman Physiology" trait, which allows them to ignore a single flesh wound during hit rolls. It didn't matter in this case, but your blight launcher would have been hitting on 5's instead of 6's like you said. Don't forget you're still Astartes!
Please never change that placeholder explosion sound effect in the intro. :D
Seriously, this was a great watch. You actually took your time and explained what exactly I was watching, so I could follow.
Apart from the time the camera took to focus, I actually really liked the camera work and editing. (I even liked seeing *a* focus delay, just maybe less of one than what we got.) It felt like a quality indie film.
I'm so excited about this! I love watching batreps, but as a Hobby Hero myself, I like seeing content from folx who approach this from a similar perspective.
Bravo for more fantastic content, sir!
This is exciting! One thing I enjoy most about the various battle reports I watch is seeing the armies (or Kill Teams) assembled with a description of each unit (this is my Leader with a plasma gun, etc) and any narrative information prior to getting into the nuts and bolt(er)s of the game. It helps a lot in getting a sense of the army and, in the case of a Kill Team, keeping track of which model is which. Would you please consider adding that to future videos? Also, you're an awesome teacher, would you please do a couple BatReps giving details on the mechanics (skills, dice rolls, modifiers, etc) when you take your actions? They would be valuable tutorials and may also help you keep track of everything going on in the game. Thank you for everything you do for the hobby!
Thanks for sharing this, Uncle Atom. Despite the hiccups, I really enjoyed this battle report. I hope you try this again and I know you'll keep improving.
I'm excited for more videos with this format. Thanks for jumping into battlereps!
Not to mention the quick talking head encouraging people to do things they're not familiar with and being okay with it being a work in progress.
Hey Atom, I actually enjoyed this as it's closer to my own games, and easier to follow than the fancy fast paced super-pro stuff! Like you say, you'll get better. Well done for getting it out.
Great to see something new. Getting a bit of motion sickness around 10:25 but I'm sure there'll be less of that when you're not so zoomed in, and you get used to it a bit more. In terms of filming dice, I believe many "pro" bat rep makers like Winters SEO for instance, film their roles whilst looking through the lense so they are able to frame it better - or alternatively use a dice tray so you always know where you're aiming.
In the second batrep (which you folks haven't seen yet) we used a dice tray. I think it works better. Also, I think the new camera has even better image stabilization, but we'll see. Thanks for watching!
Great battle report! battle reports are all about the personalities of the players and I think yours is a great fit. One little suggestion I would love to see is just a quick showcase of the armies before deployment, just to get an idea of specialists/wargear etc and to get a good look at the paintjobs!
Loved it. I'm learning these games by watching and getting a feel for the flow of gameplay. This was fantastic. Would love to see more! Maybe a SW legion report? Thanks for putting it out there!
I’ve never been into the 40k universe but it’s awesome seeing you do new content. I would love, if possible, you could do battle reports for stuff like Warcry and Underworlds too. I know you love Kill Team so more of that could be great too
I'm certainly considering Warcry. Gotta paint up the terrain and finish a few warbands. Thanks for watching!
Tabletop Minions good luck with all that, and it’s always a pleasure watching TTM
You definitely need to do more Wreck-Age batreps, you got me into it and would love to see more content on it 👍. As always, great work.
Thanks for covering kill team! Great job with the battle report!
Awesome! I’ve been waiting on some battle reports! Glad to see you finally putting some out! I love your channel! You’re one reason I decided to start my own about modeling! Keep up the good work!
This is the bat rep I've been waiting this whole channel for! 😁 Everyone starts somewhere, and I've been wanting to see y'all play forever! Would love to play with you guys!
Thank you for sharing! 😁❤
I enjoyed the Bat Rep, not only was it entertaining, but i think you made sense of some of the rules my son and i have been trying to figure out, great job!!
great job Uncle Atom, great for a begining player like myself....made me feel like I was learning along with you guys.
Awesome battle report! Very useful for players like me who never played but always wanted to play Kill Team.
Honestly, I enjoyed this battle report more than many others that are out there.
As for suggestions, as others said, show off the armies before hand (helps identify them later and gets a better look at the models).
I'd also look at a dice tray to the side for both players to use. Keeps the rolls together and keeps from rolling onto the floor.
Great starting point looking forward to seeing more and would love to see what other games will be played on your channel. Keep up the good work.
I like the fact you just recap the movement. Nothing is more dull then watching someone him an haw about which way to move 3 inches, the recap is way better. It wasn't too bad actually and you both we're pretty mellow the whole time.
they pointed it out, but a 2nd stationary cam would benefit you alot, not only for a different angle but it allows you to edit/cut to that footage if your handcam goes out of focus. plus its a good scene-setting opportunity for us to get familiar with the battle. All-in-all, this is a fantastic start and it's great to see you dipping into more varied content. love it, Uncle T.
I’m sure you’ve already given it a thought.. but how about having a second camera on a tripod that rolls the entire session? That way you will always have “backup” footage. (And we viewers might get to se your pretty faces every now and again..) Edit will be a bit more work because of audio sync but most editing softwares have pretty good “auto sync” nowadays.
Way you do that is roll both cameras at once as long as you can. That way you only have to sync the audio a few times. We would do that in expensive multi-camera weddings where the main cam was kind of locked down (sometimes in a tripod) and I'd be running around the place as 2nd camera, getting reaction shots. My camera would be running, even if I was moving around. You're right, though. These days Premiere can auto-sync for you if it gets more complicated than that.
B roll is used for a reason.
Good job for the first run through! Look forward to more!
I really enjoyed this, also helped me to understand the rules a bit better than other battle reports. Keep it up!
Great battle report, seems like you both enjoyed yourself and that makes for a great video
Not bad for your first try. Im really excited to see you do more videos of game play.
4:10 min
into video work in progress sound effects are the best make them official I laughed so hard
This is great, seeing how people play and use and understand the rules helps everyone that is new. a few mistakes are just a reminder to all of us that the game goes on have fun that is the point of all this hobby stuff.
I finally got round to watching this! Other than the blurry camera this was a great batrep, please do more
I think you did well with the sound, it was clear and easy to hear both of you which is something a lot of batreps struggle with. One suggestion I’d have is maybe use a dice tray that way you can keep the camera trained on a specific area when rolling instead of repositioning it to focus on each spot on the board where a roll is occurring.
I’m glad you mentioned the sound - that’s something I wanted to make work well. I bought some *really* nice wireless lapel mics to make sure you could hear both of us. Also, dice tray is in the next batrep, and I think it’ll become a staple in the videos going forward. Thanks for watching!
Great report! Really enjoyed watching !
Thoroughly enjoyed it, liked informal chat and camera work, liked the test card turn intro's, think the dice box is a good idea although throwing dice on the floor is traditional 😀
Nice! Well rounded amount of play and battle report for killteam in general. I like this free style camera angles and commentare but somehow work the recess comments to a better "pause play" background to a thematic scene with the TM logo of the said report instead. 👊😎👍
Don't care about the mistakes, honestly. Super fun video and so happy to see a Battle Report! Looking forwards to more!
Dude! That was excellent. I never watch battle reports because they are boring as all hell but I enjoyed that.
The problems you mentioned didn't take away from the enjoyment at all.
The one (other) thing I noticed was that it was impossible to read the black dice from across the table.
I look forward to seeing the next one.
So excited for this! Please bring on the games playing!
Great video btw. Not sure if anyone has pointed this out yet, and its been a while since I played killteam and read the rules. But I think when, for example, it's a 3 damage wound, you roll the 3 injury roll dice, pick the highest, and apply that roll. And other injury dice are ignored. In other words, I dont think you can get more than one injury tokens on the same attack. I do hope I explained that well enough haha. But please correct me if I'm wrong. Also, I think you should do more battle reports on Killteam and Warcry!
Oh heck yeah finally ! Can’t wait to see this grow.
Great to see you finally doing batreps! One thing though, I have a feeling you're doing injury rolls wrong. Is it not you roll dice equal to the damage characteristic of the first shot that wounds? not total shots that wounded? 10:31
Everyone gets rules wrong at a point or another, the biggest problems I find with battle reports in youtube, in general, is that it is either a half dead guy monotoning his way through the entire thing, or someone way too excited compared to what he is showing, and you got the presentation all right, this already put you above the norm
Just echoing others. I really enjoyed the batrep despite your reservations. Half the battle is having decent participants and you’re a great YTer/streamer. Even if you totally screwed up every turn it’d be enjoyable to watch.
More please!
Yes! I have been waiting to see you do a Bat Rep!
I liked it! Don't give up on the battle reports. I really enjoyed it.
Awesome 🤘🏻 🤯
Thank you for doing Kill Team, love that game and Nice to see you doing batreps ☺️👍🏻
Really good bat rep. I enjoyed it. Can't wait for the next one.
40:48 There would have been 2 dice on the injury roll. The wound that took him to zero was a 2-damage wound. 2 dice and pick the highest.
Awesome that you're doing battle reports now, because I love your other videos!
I'd like to give some feedback about the camerawork. The shaky shots are always a big turnoff for me in battle reports. Maybe you should try working with a tripod and fixed camera angles to produce more calm shots. It's much more comfortable to look at that way.
Keep up the good work! I'm looking forward to the next one!
I enjoyed the batrep. A little dice tray to roll the dice in might make your life easier too.
Keep em coming!
As more of a hobbyist and less of a gamer, this has inspired me to paint up a squad and try a game of Kill Team!
Amazing bat rep - really enjoyed it and a phenomenal start if things are just going to get better - your soothing voice really lends itself to the format *no homo*
Really enjoyed this! I’m trying to play more killteam and having a youtuber I’m familiar with do a report is nice.
as soon as a wound is taken on a model, the rest of the damage is stopped! so no matter how many 1 damage shots go through, only 1 dice is rolled for the injury roll.
awesome bat rep, cant wait for more.
I like your battle rep! Please make more of them.
A suggestion is to just add some narrative elements at the beginning of the mission, present who is fighting and why are they fighting. I really like when you refer your character by their names
I'm loving the Killteam battle reports. I've watched a couple of yours now. Looking to start my first Killteam army. Btw, I love the intro with the nuclear blast, sound effects and all, lol.
Love the quality and production values
I really enjoy your content. Please don't stop :)
Thanks for report!
Great job! Looking forward to more.
I don’t play KT, but was fun to watch. Love the into music and explosion fx. Love your videos Atom.
Yeah that was enjoyable, looking forward to the next one.
I hate battle reports, never watched them, but I watched yours cause I like you. Very nice work uncle!
OMG! I kinda got it! Who'd have thunk it? Maybe kill team IS for me! Thanks Atom , more please!
Very enjoyable, keep it going!👍🏻👍🏻
Welcome to the Battle reports world! Way to go! Blood Angels FTW!
Hi Atom. After filming a couple dozen battle reports and then editing them down move by move, we've come to realize that every game has unnoticed gameplay errors. You just don't catch the gaffs until you edit the footage. P.S. Your studio looks great and the lighting is just about perfect. What are you using for your overhead lights? Cheers!
I’m coming to understand that there’ll always be some mistakes, I suppose. As far as lights go, there are four 100w-equivalent daylight balanced LED bulbs in china balls hanging from the ceiling, and two LED light panels from Aputure mounted on the wall behind me. In next batrep, there’ll be even more light, as I added two big Neweer LED light panels on c-stands, too. Thanks for watching!
I loved watching this, I hope you come out with more.
I love the terrain and painted mini’s. Looks very professional. Great first batrep
video!
Adam - would you post Josh’s instagram link?
It’s in the description and in the pinned (top) comment. Just search warsteinstudios on Instagram and you’ll find him. Thanks for watching!
Hey, man, don't feel bad about your "start/stop" button mix up. I've done it too. No worries. I enjoyed the video and your honesty. Thanks, man.
I thought it went well. Only 2 issues I saw was the white paper was making the camera hard to focus and the rolling of the dice was off camera too often. Little issues, though. I enjoyed it and please post more!
So glad you're doing battle reports of Kill Team. Probably should show the miniatures at the beginning when you talk about them. I like it when they pass the camera between players or have a 3rd person recording the action. Since it's a low model count game I wouldn't mind seeing the actual movement of mini's on camera. Still, great to see you doing this. Loved the intro music, explosion and logo but intro video should be quicker.
10:35 He would have only rolled one injury dice. You roll the number of injury dice for the number damage of the wound that takes you to zero and take the highest. So, even if it’d have been a 2-damage weapon, he’d have rolled 2 dice and picked the highest. You can’t get 2 flesh wounds from a single attack.
This. Made a comment and realized that someone might just have said that as well
Suggestion: Show off the armies before hand
Love that you’ve had a go at this and it’s all the better that your not perfect with the rules. It means you play slower and talk about why you do the things you do and roll the way you do. I’m put off a lot of “pro” barreps because they move so fast assuming we all know the rules as well as them. Your whole channel is about getting new people into the hobby this fits perfectly for that! Small suggestion I’d love to see joshs view during his turn. Great work overall.
Very enjoyable, the errors are something that most people have during early games so don't sweat that too much. Keep up the killteam reports they are few and far between of this quality! kudos!
Would love to know where that base board came from as well.
I mentioned the board in the pinned comment: it’s from Secret Weapon Miniatures. I just ordered a second design that I’ll be able to use for both Kill Team and Warcry, I think. They’re great boards. Thanks for watching!
You did great dude!
This is very exciting