Absylonia1/Lylyth1 (Omnus) vs Card Kingdom. This episode is a continuation of our in-depth Warcaster series for Into the Arena, with an emphasis for the next several weeks on Omnus playing Lylyth1 in a Masters environment. Omnus brought Lylyth1/Absylonia1 to a Card Kingdom Masters tournament. The lists were as follows:

Lylyth1 ADR
** Scythean
** Scythean
** Seraph
** Naga
** Shredder
Shepherd
Shepherd
Forsaken
Warspears + UA
Warspears + UA
Gator Possee
Blackfrost Shard
Swamp Gobbers
Deathstalker
Deathstalker
Objective: Arcane Wonder

Absylonia1 ADR
** Archangel
** Zuriel
** Angelius
** Angelius
** Scythean
** Naga
** Raek
** Shredder
Shepherd
Shepherd
Forsaken
Forsaken
Feralgeist
Objective: Fuel Cache

Removed From Play: Into The Arena is an explicit Warmachine and Hordes Battle Report Podcast. Hosted by Charles (Omnus), Sam (Susan), Jacob (Dr Jake), and Matt (Goris), this podcast aims to bring informative Battle Reports of competitive games using Deathclock and Steamroller Scenarios. We understand nothing is quite like a game you play in a tournament but we will strive to make this games as close to that experience as possible.

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The Hosts

Charles Arrasmith (Omnus): I am PG, a Judge and a competitive Warmachine and Hordes player in Seattle, WA. Legion is my primary faction. I write the Everblight 2014 Articles series for Hand Cannon Online and the articles that proceeded them. I have played Cygnar, Trollbloods, Skorne, Cryx and Farrow. I am now exploring Circle and Gators. I almost always play fully painted but I sneak by with some barely table top quality drybrushing. I was lucky enough to win the 5th Intermountain Cup and the Templecon 2014 Iron Gauntlet Qualifier. I will be traveling to Poland for the World Team Championship, and returning to WMW but this time I will be in the Invitational. I aim to continue getting better and sharing the journey with the listeners of RFP. The support of the fans keeps me pushing myself. And I just fucking love this game.

Sam Ross (susan): Sam ‘Susan’ Ross is an avid gamer and generalist nerd. Growing up in the Tacoma area, Susan is currently studying accounting after having recovered from a life of political advocacy, and in his off time enjoys games ranging from ‘Hearthstone’ to ‘Chaos in the Old World’ to ‘Shadowrun’ and everything in between. The Warmahordes community knows Susan best as a host of RFP: Into the Arena and one of the regular Lock & Load cosplayers (Baldur, Broadsides Bart, High Reclaimer, etc), and has won awards such as the 2014 Seattle Open (qualifying for WMW 2014) and the 2013 Lock & Load Hardcore Mage Hunter award. Susan’s favorite superhero is Batman, his favorite Star Trek Captain is Picard, his favorite movie is ‘The Seven Samurai’, and his favorite beverage is the sweet sweet tears of his vanquished opponents with a splash of grenadine.

Jacob Frelinger (Dr Jake) – Jacob ‘Dr Jake’ Frelinger (Zombiepops): I am a fledgling competitive Warmachine and Hordes player based in Seattle WA. I was bitten by the competitive bug while learning to play in my previous home in NC. Currently I’m happily representing Minions, having played Khador for several years. Yes Virginia, there are competitive Minions players. I like long walks on the beach, and grindy attrition lists. Outside of Warmachine, I spend my days working as a computational immunologist, playing with computers and math, and trying to find the perfect mai-tai.

Matthew Ramsey (goris) – Hi, I’m Goris. You might know me from such things as Trollblood Scrum, The Scrumcast, and Riding Charles’ Coat Tails! I’ve been playing Warmahordes since 2008 where I got into my one true love…the boys in blue…Trollbloods. I’m not even close to a big deal, but, I have opinions and I play this wonderful game. So, listen in as I pilot(badly) Trollbloods and other factions at some point I am sure on RFP: Into the Arena! Also, feel free to say hi as I frequent many of the greater Seattle area Tournaments and events including the always awesome Lock and Load. Also, if this dose of the old Rainbow Ass isn’t enough you can check out my rantings on the Trollbloodscrum and Scrumcast sections on Handcannononline.com!

We hope you enjoy the Battle Report. We release Removed From Play: Into The Arena episodes every week on Wednesdays.

~Susan