It's been interesting to watch how the lore has changed. The ethereal went from being mysterious to moustache twirling maybe secretly evil for instance.
If I remember correctly they also added a bit where the T'au Empire exterminated a bunch of gue'vesa in the middle of a battle for having faith in the Greater Good.
@@emarceeqem4715 Thats VERY new lore. It was a group of Tau that had been stranded in the warp for too long and all there humans turned on them (having gone warp crazy). So they take a very hardline against humans specifically. Most of that group have been sent for re-education or censured for such actions.
Very well stated. This is the guy that should be a major ambassador for this game. He's also very well spoken and you're right - his passion really shows. I hope we can see him speak about his other armies
@@nickfroese can I ask what you did to make the fire blade you featured where one could obtain those amazing vespid conversions. I'm just starting out with tau this weeks and I've fallen fast and hard for these guys! I've recently found a file for an orca, so I think that's going to have to get printed!
"There are no true close combat units in the tau range"... Says the guy that killed an Imperial Knight in melee :P But honestly love the video, keep 'em coming!
Me: I wonder how long before he brings up the - Nick 3 minutes in: THESE ARE NOT FISH PEOPLE! Just kidding man, so glad you decided to make this video, always loved watching episodes whenever Nick plays T'au in them. Hearing your struggles and unwarranted hate as a T'au player through the earlier editions is bittersweet and inspiring for T'au players like me. Keep up the good work of bringing others into the fold, For The Greater Good!
@@nickfroese Should also Mention The Tau don't Name their vehicles and battle suits what we call them. The names used in the codex are the standard Gothic names given to them by the Imperium
I appreciate the sheer passion you convey for the tau here. The other local player I currently face off against on a weekly basis claims to build fluff but he is always switching to the next hottest thing so it's nice to see someone have a long running passion for an army.
Nicholas has quickly become my favorite player on this channel, his passion and heart for the hobby, his nonchalant attitude of not caring for winning or losing, just having a good time. He just seems like a great genuine guy. Army looks absolutely fantastic, but one thing has me pulling my hair out. How the hell do you get what looks like LED lights in the guns and eyes for the crisis suits? Looks phenomenal and so realistic. Best channel for tabletop I've seen to date. Thank you for your above and beyond content.
I was just thinking the same about the samurai-style battle standards on the back of the crisis suits - incredible and so soo unique! Definitely copying that for my own fish suits
Even in a grimdark universe, having some good guys brings in fresh air - though they should get pummeled for their naivity towards xenos, the warp, AI revolts, ancient gods and artifacts, constant betrayal, streams of refugees of other empires, not standing their ground at times proving disadvantageous even when it doesn't make sense, etc! Every time they take the enlightened, efficient and logical way, the grimdark universe should show them it just doesn't work like that. They shall prevail thorugh constant development and progress however, always optimistic despite the horrors and misery that surrounds them. That way it fits the setting AND brings in much needed differences to all the other factions in play.
Putting aside them being Xenos, I think Robo Guiliman would've agreed. Be cool to see his reaction to Commander Farsight. Wonder if they'd see eye-to-eye, especially because he knows about Chaos.
That has already happened, multiple times in fact. But the point is... they ADAPT! they get stomped, and then adapt to confront on equal ground with their enemies.
I’m new to the game and just started building but his passion and this video is what made me fully commit to doing a Tau army. Keep up the great work guys! Love the vids.
@@PlayOnTabletop YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nick was such a great person to have kick off this series of videos too!!! Passionate, excited, knowledgeable and has a fantastic looking army!
Me yesterday: I think I'm gonna get a couple Tau start collecting kits and make a small army with a big boi robot and some pathfinders POT today: I think that is an excellent idea.
@@PlayOnTabletop would you say the Cadre Starpulse bundle is a good starting point? Getting very tempted to start collecting 40K again and you have converted me to the greater good!
Having just watched this for the millionth time. I love Nick's enthusiasm! I say it every time he's on camera. I'm so glad he got the supremacy armor, and now the manta! I would love to know more about the terrain you have, like the windmill and the turrets. And it looked like you had some lights on one of the planes. All in all, I'd love to see Nick go over an updated army showcase!
I never even touched a figure, completly new into WH40k, started watching matches on channel today but... I love people with passion. You can feel in his voice and look that Nick love telling about his passion and favourite nation in game. As long You commit into thing you wanna achieve people will follow. Well done Nicholas !
You talk about Tau the way I talk about Guard. It’s wonderful hearing somebody talk about something they love-whenever I play against Tau I think about Tau Nick and how excited he is when explosions happen
I’ve never played but your passion speaks volumes of the game. You are an asset to the channel and have me curious about Tau in new and exciting ways. I’ve watched/read battle reports for 7 years now and this channel does them best.
This man is obviously very close with his army and is more than happy to teach anybody who’s willing to listen everything about it. We need more videos like this!
I've started collecting my own T'au army and I'm really inspired by your playstyle and your models. I've only got about 500 points but I'm expanding quickly and I'm looking forward to seeing everything they have to offer in 9th edition. I love your content, keep up the amazing work!
I have only been playing for a couple of months but I started with the T’au and absolutely share your attitude. I love their philosophy, I love their look, I love the robots. I also feel guilty when I shoot my opponent with 40 shots at once and hit nearly all of them lmao. It’s super encouraging having someone like you as a role model.
As on old time Tau fan, thank you for this fantastic video! I really hope GW will expand upon the Tau's most interesting and unique feature - their cooperation with other Xenos races! 🙏
Made me happy too. Im not even a tau player but im really sick of people blaming them as annoying and boring in play. Really like their style and lore. Also had a lot of fun "stand off" like games against them with my imperial guard.
I would really love to see a lot more cooperation with other races with the tau, it can create for some super interesting stuff in the lore and on the table top.
This is a really great video to see. I am putting together a T'au army precisely because they are this weird mixture of being hopeful in ideals but pragmatic in practice. Hearing someone enthusiastic about the army brought a smile to my face.
Been out of warhammer since 2nd edition ...your videos made me choose tau and I just started my tau army. Love the underdog and love watching your positive outlook when you play your matches sir.
I regret selling my Tau. I never played anymore due to life so I sold my collection. Kept my Ork as they held a slightly more special place in my heart though. Edit: I ordered two riptides and a commander... Oops.
Watching this while assembling a squad of Breachers for a game next week. Amazing video, such an earnest and infection enthusiasm to the greater good. I hope to see more Farsight games from you in the future, there are only half a dozen battle reports of FSE on all of RUclips.
Huge props to you Nick. I liked the Tau when I first started enjoying the hobby earlier this year. After seeing all the negativity towards Tau and Tau players I was a little disheartened, but the passion and energy you have for them really resonated with me. The Necrons may have got me started, and my custom Dynasty will continue to grow, but I’ve just picked up my Start Collecting box for the Tau, working on a Farsight Enclaves army before I then make a Shadowsun Kauyon list. You bring great honour to the Tau’va!
@@nickfroese I just eat the heretics... and the loyalists, and the fish people, and the knife ears, and use the metal ones for toothpicks. Try to stay away from the fungus though - they give me gas.
Thanks Nick for making this video! My friends and I discovered 40k around the time this video came out and you really sold me on the Tau Empire. I haven't regretted collecting them and have had a lot of fun with them all these years
I have only started collecting this year, and was drawn to the Tau because of how the models look. I love to make small edits and customisations, so seeing this video has given me tons of new ideas! Thank you so much, Nick! For the Greater Good! This channel has become a must-watch for me. Love the enthusiasm that everyone has for their armies. I eagerly await the next 40k in 40m!
I have always loved the Tau, from starting Secondary School, i began collecting Dreadnaughts, but then i saw *it*, The Crisis Suit. Utter perfection, they look strong, yet quick, and they *are*, unfortunately, they are still weaker than alot of other machines, Imagine having a Tau Imperial Knight it would be *amazing*, thank you for the video, Nick.
Still pretty new to the channel, but im so happy that you ensure the Tau gets the spotlight occasionally I feel they don't get enough love. I am considering getting my first army. But im still so new to everything.
Thanks for making this video Nick. You distilled my thoughts of the race into one awesome video. I got into tau way back in 4th or 5th addition, I was visiting my cousin's in Denmark and they had turned their whole basment into a gamining room with shelf after shelf of fully painted models. I had no clue about the universe but the tau seemed really cool to me because out of all the other armies they felt the most sci-fi futuristic, with big guns, grav tanks and of course battlesuites. Once I got home I bought my first box of fire warriors and built a decent sized army. Sadly I never found anyone to play with. After highschool I saddly sold all my army and stopped playing. Until this year! 10 years later I found a few friends who also are picking up some models and we are gonna play kill team! I just finshed my squad of fire warriors last weekend and cant wait to play them! Thanks for being a inspiration to other players!
Great explanation video. Love all those models. I just got back into 40k after 30 years away from playing miniature wargames, thanks to my two sons. Just bought a 1kish army yesterday. From my first look at all the new armies and model types, Tau just spoke to me. Love the design of the armors and a shooty army is great sounding. So... for the Greater Good!
Having played Tau in 3rd/4th/5th edition then tanking a long break and coming back in 8th the transition from sometimes memed on, not overly good or popular army to the hated existence we are now took some getting used to. Also, I hate what they have done to our playstyle. We used to have mobility. Between JSJ, Broadsides with A.S.S, and flanking piranhas back when positioning actually mattered the stand and shoot castle style we currently have is lame and boring for both players. I seriously hope they do something to fix it and that they don't break the Y'vahra with the Forgeworld updates because it's one of the only enjoyable lists I have left. Afraid I can't support your recommendation of the Skyray, probably our worst unit, always has been. That said, for any new people, DO buy the Skyray kits. They come with everything you need to make all of the tanks so if you magnetize they are the best value as you basically get the Skyray parts for free. I too have those Puppetswar jump packs, great bits, do recommend. Anyone else prefer the old CIB design?
Yaaaay! For the Greater Good! Nick I’ve never played 40k, but I’ve always loved the lore and the Tau especially! You’ve been my favorite player to watch on the channel. Keep up the awesome work! You’ve inspired me to finally get some Stealth Battlesuits!
I love the passion in your eyes & speech, I myself got addicted to the T'au look, lore & models a few months agos and got halfway through my start collecting box so far, I hope I'll reach an army atleast half as imposing as yours one day!
I haven't ever even thought about warhammer (the tabletop game) since being like 10 or 11 years old, and I do not often comment on youtube but I do want to say this: I hope that one day I can find something I am as passionate about as this guy. The utter sincerity of how much he's into this is actually pretty persuasive - makes me think that i've been missing out on something.
Not gonna lie: I like Tau as well. They're easily my favourite faction alongside IG and Space Marines. And your models look just downright *gorgeous* Nick :) I also found myself rooting for you and your Tau whenever you played them.
How to get a warhammer player to talk about something being good: ask them what their favorite faction is How to get a warhammer player to rant: ask them about tau On the bright side i still love tau and they showed me that i want nothing to do with the "community" of warhammer, if you can even call it that.
@@birb125 there's a lot of... angst towards Tau in the hobby. I don't think it's as large as the internet makes it seem. Even though I've personal experienced a few anger filled rants with a type of passion not seen twords other factions.
Amazing showcase, again kudos to the camera man and the editor. You guys put out some amazing content. Love the army it’s an incredible feeling to lay it all out and see your progress and passion. Thank you for sharing with us.
Despite all the issues I have with Tau, I still love them. They're my favorite faction, along with the Imperial Guard. I really hope they get fixed in 9th edition because the lack of a psychic phase, terrible melee and wonky rules/stats makes them frustrating to play sometimes. (4+ bs on f'n EVERYTHING. fml)
Man, watched both seasons of battle reports before realizing these guys literally film at my local hobby shop. Blew my friggin mind. Also been collecting Tau 5 months. Great to see somebody who likes them as much as I do lol. Cheers
Hey Play On, we need to talk. I've now watched all 20 Battle reports four times each over the last five months. You have SPOILED me, and now I have a lot of trouble enjoying something like 90% other batreps. As soon as I can I'm going to slap down on that Patreon, but until then, I gotta say- I love Play on Tabletop.
Nick has convinced me through his passion and his love for the Tau. After I finish my Black Templars I will infact be building a Tau Army. Thank you Nick your spirit is infectious.
Just love the passion behind this video. The love of Tau really comes through, I can imagine that passion has inspired more than a few new Tau players.
You absolutely rock! I have been a Tau-main since 6th, and you nailed it on everything- Tau are especially the true good guys and critical thinkers, with even a type of politics of nationalist Bolshevism which secures their society properly while not being totalitarian subjugation of their people, and with them not being ruthlessly fascistic to try to annihilate minority populations among them, instead opting to have those minority populations become fully enfranchised in the genuine-cultural-integrity of Tau society, where the citizens are nigh-unanimously devoted to its stable thriving and health, like in a proper country. It is this which juxtaposes with the bloated Imperium, where vast feudal populations breeds a cultural climate of internal mistrust and totalitarian stagnation for the most part, while the Imperium's archaic and dogmatic doctrines of war include psychic powers which fuel their symbiote, the Eye of the Warp, created by the Eldar as a machine to grant them psychic powers, but their corruption made Slaanesh ultimately develop like a C'tan ostensibly might. In this kind of neighborhood, the Tau are not naive, but seek to form a partnership with the Imperium in order to influence it and team up against the completely lost factions. In terms of influencing the Imperium, the end-game would be reform of cancelling its corrupt psychic-fueling of Chaos in order to access the psychic power Eldar technology which has become accessible through the prevalence of the Warp near the Eye of the Warp. This would drain the Eye of the Warp and make the citizens of the Imperium more resilient, especially if reforms included not being left behind by their governments in many cases to be destitute cast-offs likely to be potentially manipulated by Chaos' Warp-intrusion military psychological operations, which the Tau are far more resilient to.
I always imagined Tau allying with a craftworld or two. Though honestly, if the whole eldar created the tau ethereals thing has any truth to it. The Tau probably do have eldar allies already.
Wonderful Video, I'm already sold to the Tau, but you've juts encouraged me to put aside other project to start this army sooner that it was supposed to be !!!
Nick, I just want you to know that from this Video specifically, your love of Warhammer 40K, and the T'au Empire has rubbed off on me so much that i just went to my local game shop, and bought the T'au Empire Starpulse Cadre Battleforce. It's my first Warhammer 40K kit and i'm already going on Amazon to order Magnets, and a new set of Clippers for building it all. I've been watching Battlereports for like a year now, and loving the models. I paint D&D miniatures, craft terrain and also run D&D games, but Warhammer 40K & Fantasy have both been interesting for me to look at but i never tried to get into it. Until now. And it's all thanks to you and this video (and your Tau Battle reports). I'm super excited, and i can;t wait until the 9th ed books comes out so i can start learning how to build armies and play the game. Thanks Nick :-D
@@PlayOnTabletop Hey Nick! Can you do an Update video soon on any additions to your any, and maybe talk about the new codex some and how it's chance your approach to playing your army.
Hey Play On and/or T'au Nick. Me and a bunch of friends started with the Warhammer 40k universe by playing Rogue Trader after DnD 5e got a bit boring. It introduced a whole new system as well as an amazing universe to our group and we all fell in love. One friend of mine is going to be starting up a campaign and I plan to play a T'au pathfinder who seeks to spread the greater good by helping the Rogue Trader. The reason I bring all of this up is because I also really love the T'au and their lore. I play them all the time in Dawn of War (the first one). They have such a great playstyle and I love playing them with maneuverability. Recently me and my best bud started playing 40k on Table Top Simulator. It is a pretty fun and cheaper alternative to collecting models, though we do intend to do that eventually. Anyway I just wanted to say I am happy he recommended this channel to me, which he did purely because "T'au Nick shares the same energy and love of the T'au as you." I am happy to be subscribed to this channel and definitely intend on watching more. Sad to say our first match was a combat patrol of T'au versus Eldar and I did not manage against his Howling banshees and Wraithlords. Luckily I held off the banshees in a melee fight with my Kroot Carnivores, but by then my other units had begun to fall as his units surrounded us. I definitely intend on taking a more mobile approach next time, because though my troops were spread and versatile, I did not take as advantage of mobility as I should have. In closing thank you for the advice, and have a wonderful day for the greater good.
@@PlayOnTabletop Thank you for replying! I'm happy to share my introduction to the grim dark future of 40k. Next time those Eldar don't stand a chance.
This was so cool and fun to watch. You have had almost exactly the same experience i had with Tau. I started in 5th edition and picked Tau because reading tactics articles online showed me that even though Tau weren't the best army they had such tactical depth that they could still win. And then 6th dropped and Bam! Gunline. I also immediately wrote off the Tau Sept paint scheme and picked vior'la, but in my case it was because I liked their description as the "hot headed aggressive" Sept.
@Nicholas thank you for sharing your beautiful Collection with us. I feel so much positive vibes hearing you talk about your faction, it is inspiring! Keep it up! :)
I finally had some time to watch this and I really enjoyed it. Play On Tabletop should defiantly make more of these with some of their regulars and some of the more unique or custom builds they've had on camera.
Love the miniatures! They look absolutely fantastic! It’s interesting how the color scheme is also pretty flexible, yet still amazing. ..but as a person who loves and plays Necrons, all flesh is ultimately bad. Excluding the flesh we can wear, that’s good flesh.
Such a great showcase. I just love the energy every time Nick talks about his Tau! And many of the points he mentions seem so familiar. I often try and go for the less popular choices and play or make something unique (be it in video games or what have you). And then when changes are made and suddenly you are just a voice in the crowd, that really feels bad... But this has definitely encouraged me to stay with my choice of Tau, keep building up my collection and play them the way I have the most fun with! :D
I don't even play Tau and I really really liked this video! It's great to see the level of excitement and passion that Nick has while discussing this faction. Would love to see you guys do this for more 40K factions. Thanks for the awesome video!
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Tau started as the good guys, GW were like "can't have nice things in 40k, make them greyer"
It's been interesting to watch how the lore has changed. The ethereal went from being mysterious to moustache twirling maybe secretly evil for instance.
If I remember correctly they also added a bit where the T'au Empire exterminated a bunch of gue'vesa in the middle of a battle for having faith in the Greater Good.
@@emarceeqem4715 Thats VERY new lore. It was a group of Tau that had been stranded in the warp for too long and all there humans turned on them (having gone warp crazy). So they take a very hardline against humans specifically. Most of that group have been sent for re-education or censured for such actions.
@@nickfroese Oh that's good! Though... I doubt this'd have happened in the Farsight Enclaves >:3
"good guys" with a eugenics program? That's a new one :p
I would love this being a series for all sorts of armies
YES!
I would love to see the whole range of those fancy undead chaos, or Rupert’s Ynnari, or JT’s drukhari
I'd love to see an Ork vid like this
Necrons
Love thy bugs! Let the 'nids devour you! Nom nom nom
Oh ya that would be awesome.
This is a great ambassador for collecting minis. He talks with passion and his army is unique to him.
Thats kind of you to say! It is fun I agree!
Very well stated. This is the guy that should be a major ambassador for this game. He's also very well spoken and you're right - his passion really shows. I hope we can see him speak about his other armies
@@nickfroese do you have a place like an instagram where we can view your amazing army in detail?
@@tcpcoulter Not really :D. I mean you can try to find me on insta, but I don't post much!
@@nickfroese can I ask what you did to make the fire blade you featured where one could obtain those amazing vespid conversions. I'm just starting out with tau this weeks and I've fallen fast and hard for these guys! I've recently found a file for an orca, so I think that's going to have to get printed!
"There are no true close combat units in the tau range"... Says the guy that killed an Imperial Knight in melee :P
But honestly love the video, keep 'em coming!
one of the best moments to see as Tau player in heart
Such an awesome report! Melee tau :D
Haha. That was fun!
@@wikilius122 Ohhhhh yes! It beats Riptides mowing down entire units with branched nova charge HBCs!
A single Ork Nob with a power claw killed one in my last game (was like a year ago)
Proceeded to die next round though lol
"I don't want to play you, you're playing Tau."
Insert 9th edition space marines
Nids are back on the rise too. Tau got slapped around pretty hard and 9th edition. But not as bad as the imperial knights did.
@@BLOODKINGbro double dimachaeron is so good right now
@@icaruspotion7080 death guard really aren’t that overloaded in 9th compared to other armies, i.e grey knights and drukhari
New tau in 9th:"all you'll see is our plasma fire melting your lines as you hopelessly watch"
For some reason, I can imagine a Kornhe Beserker just sobbing in the corner, saying "Melee Tau don't exist, Melee Tau don't exist."
Melee tau:
Hehe pistol whip go brrrt
Me looking at the Melee weapons of the T'au:
????????
Me: I wonder how long before he brings up the -
Nick 3 minutes in: THESE ARE NOT FISH PEOPLE!
Just kidding man, so glad you decided to make this video, always loved watching episodes whenever Nick plays T'au in them. Hearing your struggles and unwarranted hate as a T'au player through the earlier editions is bittersweet and inspiring for T'au players like me. Keep up the good work of bringing others into the fold, For The Greater Good!
Haha, thanks! Its been a pet annoyance of mine for a while :D
And I love reminding you! (-JT)
"unwarranted" :D
@@nickfroese Should also Mention The Tau don't Name their vehicles and battle suits what we call them. The names used in the codex are the standard Gothic names given to them by the Imperium
Of course they arent fish people.
Theyre blue berries. Giant fishy blue berries
“They are not blue fish people” that sounds like something a blue fish person would say
KEKW
Lies
@@ARI-ARI678 LIES!
@@historyatwar6230 double liess
Definitely blue fish people
I appreciate the sheer passion you convey for the tau here. The other local player I currently face off against on a weekly basis claims to build fluff but he is always switching to the next hottest thing so it's nice to see someone have a long running passion for an army.
I've been doing the same with Necrons, only I took a couple years off from it
Well if hes looking for the hottest thing in 9th I dont think he would be playing tau. They’re pretty terrible right now
Nicholas has quickly become my favorite player on this channel, his passion and heart for the hobby, his nonchalant attitude of not caring for winning or losing, just having a good time. He just seems like a great genuine guy. Army looks absolutely fantastic, but one thing has me pulling my hair out. How the hell do you get what looks like LED lights in the guns and eyes for the crisis suits? Looks phenomenal and so realistic. Best channel for tabletop I've seen to date. Thank you for your above and beyond content.
I was just thinking the same about the samurai-style battle standards on the back of the crisis suits - incredible and so soo unique! Definitely copying that for my own fish suits
I love the passion that Nick have. You can really feel how much this guy enjoys speaking about Tau. FOR THE GREATER GOOD!!!
Thank you!
I believe there was an Inquisitor who said the reason the Tau scared him so much was because they resembled 30k humanity... right before the collapse
this has been debunked. What he really said was that the Tau scared him because they are fish people :)
@@malakingbutanding but he’s still right. The Tau are just Xeno America
@@malakingbutanding he is allergic to shelfish
Never really was interested in the Tau but you've made me want to collect a few. A wonderful army showcase!
Aaaah yes welcome
Even in a grimdark universe, having some good guys brings in fresh air - though they should get pummeled for their naivity towards xenos, the warp, AI revolts, ancient gods and artifacts, constant betrayal, streams of refugees of other empires, not standing their ground at times proving disadvantageous even when it doesn't make sense, etc! Every time they take the enlightened, efficient and logical way, the grimdark universe should show them it just doesn't work like that. They shall prevail thorugh constant development and progress however, always optimistic despite the horrors and misery that surrounds them. That way it fits the setting AND brings in much needed differences to all the other factions in play.
Diversity is flavour. Love your take on things.
Ork boyz are the gud guyz this galaxy is lovely and home to us
Putting aside them being Xenos, I think Robo Guiliman would've agreed. Be cool to see his reaction to Commander Farsight. Wonder if they'd see eye-to-eye, especially because he knows about Chaos.
That has already happened, multiple times in fact.
But the point is... they ADAPT! they get stomped, and then adapt to confront on equal ground with their enemies.
Ah yes please keep the Tau coming. Nick's army looks sick and I would love him to play it more often on the channel.
Well Thanks! Kind of you to say!
Yessss!
I want more vids of Nick talking about Tau. His love for them is inspiring. Give us more Nick!!!
His energy is inviting for sure. Games with Nick are always fun
I’m new to the game and just started building but his passion and this video is what made me fully commit to doing a Tau army. Keep up the great work guys! Love the vids.
WOAHHH amazing collection! loooooove these types of videos, being new to the collection. Would love to see more armies!
We do plan on doing more of these.
@@PlayOnTabletop YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nick was such a great person to have kick off this series of videos too!!! Passionate, excited, knowledgeable and has a fantastic looking army!
Me yesterday: I think I'm gonna get a couple Tau start collecting kits and make a small army with a big boi robot and some pathfinders
POT today: I think that is an excellent idea.
Excellent. All according to plan.
DEW IT
@@PlayOnTabletop would you say the Cadre Starpulse bundle is a good starting point? Getting very tempted to start collecting 40K again and you have converted me to the greater good!
those outcasts are just chilling there next to them ethereals
"Come closer! Smile for the photo and the greater good!"
I have a friend which had a farsight enclaves list with an ethereal in it 🤦🏻♂️
@@theinfinitejourney904 There is I think a character who makes sense for it.
But thats it.
Having just watched this for the millionth time. I love Nick's enthusiasm! I say it every time he's on camera. I'm so glad he got the supremacy armor, and now the manta!
I would love to know more about the terrain you have, like the windmill and the turrets. And it looked like you had some lights on one of the planes.
All in all, I'd love to see Nick go over an updated army showcase!
I have heard rumours he may be working on one
I love these videos where true fans of a faction really go into why they love them so much. Makes me want to play Tau
Same! I could not agree more
I never even touched a figure, completly new into WH40k, started watching matches on channel today but... I love people with passion. You can feel in his voice and look that Nick love telling about his passion and favourite nation in game. As long You commit into thing you wanna achieve people will follow. Well done Nicholas !
We need to see the entirety of Grotra Militarum!
It’s happened!!
“For the greater good”
-T’au mains(like me) everywhere
I sense some H E R E S Y
@@positivityboi1232me too
For the greater good : D
Yess!
@@positivityboi1232 *Imperialist propaganda!!!*
Nicholas: “They are not fish ppl”
Me: “sounds pretty fishy to me 🤔”
Groan..
Ha
he said they are cow ppl, so tau women are cowgirls, HERESY TIME
That profile pic kinda looks like a Tau and a Human got it on LOL
@@RaelagDidEverythingRight no brother you must resist!!blue sexy tau waifus are temporary….THE GLORY OF THE EMPEROR IS ETERNAL!!!
'Hooooooves!'
"Sir, if we use our search lights they'll fire on us!"
"Just do it! Those blue-bovine-bastards can already see us!"
Nick seems like a cool guy, I really like his passion for the greater good
@Modustollens1 Yeah yeah, tried that the first time round before your colony seed ship got choke slammed by a sandstorm.
No Hot Fuzz references? Allow me.
“For the Greater Good.”
“The Greater Good.”
“SHUT IT!”
You talk about Tau the way I talk about Guard. It’s wonderful hearing somebody talk about something they love-whenever I play against Tau I think about Tau Nick and how excited he is when explosions happen
Your Tau are easily some of my favorite on 40k youtube, and your style has definitely influenced how I'm building and running my own Tau force.
Nick: “they’re not fish people!”
Me a carcharodon player: oh it doesn’t matter, they’re close enough
Anything can be a fish if you're a shark with a big enough mouth
I’ve never played but your passion speaks volumes of the game. You are an asset to the channel and have me curious about Tau in new and exciting ways. I’ve watched/read battle reports for 7 years now and this channel does them best.
"They realized it was impractical to bring airplanes to the surface of a planet"
*proceed to bring titans to the surface instead*
I love how you've given your models extra character with the shield reactions etc each model is like a piece of art :)
This man is obviously very close with his army and is more than happy to teach anybody who’s willing to listen everything about it. We need more videos like this!
I am indeed.
Excellent video! More of these. Love how in depth nick went with one of his passions. Mike bunz thousand sons next please
I've started collecting my own T'au army and I'm really inspired by your playstyle and your models. I've only got about 500 points but I'm expanding quickly and I'm looking forward to seeing everything they have to offer in 9th edition. I love your content, keep up the amazing work!
I have only been playing for a couple of months but I started with the T’au and absolutely share your attitude. I love their philosophy, I love their look, I love the robots. I also feel guilty when I shoot my opponent with 40 shots at once and hit nearly all of them lmao. It’s super encouraging having someone like you as a role model.
As on old time Tau fan, thank you for this fantastic video!
I really hope GW will expand upon the Tau's most interesting and unique feature - their cooperation with other Xenos races! 🙏
Our pleasure! Nick really loves his Tau.
Me too! There is so much to dive into there.
Made me happy too. Im not even a tau player but im really sick of people blaming them as annoying and boring in play. Really like their style and lore. Also had a lot of fun "stand off" like games against them with my imperial guard.
I would really love to see a lot more cooperation with other races with the tau, it can create for some super interesting stuff in the lore and on the table top.
Some melee-centric or psychic auxiliaries would be nice.
Your love for this faction is contagious. Thanks for taking the time to share with us!
This is a really great video to see. I am putting together a T'au army precisely because they are this weird mixture of being hopeful in ideals but pragmatic in practice. Hearing someone enthusiastic about the army brought a smile to my face.
Nick is full of enthusiasm for sure!
Been out of warhammer since 2nd edition ...your videos made me choose tau and I just started my tau army. Love the underdog and love watching your positive outlook when you play your matches sir.
Awesome! Can never say no to more tau!
I regret selling my Tau.
I never played anymore due to life so I sold my collection.
Kept my Ork as they held a slightly more special place in my heart though.
Edit: I ordered two riptides and a commander... Oops.
I LOVE how passionate Nick seems about the tau, really an excellent video and showcase overall.
Watching this while assembling a squad of Breachers for a game next week. Amazing video, such an earnest and infection enthusiasm to the greater good. I hope to see more Farsight games from you in the future, there are only half a dozen battle reports of FSE on all of RUclips.
Huge props to you Nick. I liked the Tau when I first started enjoying the hobby earlier this year. After seeing all the negativity towards Tau and Tau players I was a little disheartened, but the passion and energy you have for them really resonated with me. The Necrons may have got me started, and my custom Dynasty will continue to grow, but I’ve just picked up my Start Collecting box for the Tau, working on a Farsight Enclaves army before I then make a Shadowsun Kauyon list. You bring great honour to the Tau’va!
Thanks for showing us your army. I love your passion and I love how you’ve stuck with your faction!
As a fellow Tau player I can say the only thing that out does this army is the passion for your faction. Always great to see in the hobby.
I made this one kitbash of an ork badly trying to disguise in T’au armor, and the joke is really that he says “FOR DA GOODER GREAT!
Now, the whole groups' army showcase? These things intrigue me greatly. Thanks Nick!
So this is what heresy looks like.
The best kind of heresy!
@@nickfroese The second best! After the primordial truth.
@@nickfroese I just eat the heretics... and the loyalists, and the fish people, and the knife ears, and use the metal ones for toothpicks. Try to stay away from the fungus though - they give me gas.
you mean Xeno filth
Thanks Nick for making this video! My friends and I discovered 40k around the time this video came out and you really sold me on the Tau Empire. I haven't regretted collecting them and have had a lot of fun with them all these years
Love hearing that. Thanks!
Thank you! That's what I was actually looking for! Love Tau.
I have only started collecting this year, and was drawn to the Tau because of how the models look. I love to make small edits and customisations, so seeing this video has given me tons of new ideas! Thank you so much, Nick! For the Greater Good!
This channel has become a must-watch for me. Love the enthusiasm that everyone has for their armies. I eagerly await the next 40k in 40m!
Your very welcome!
I have always loved the Tau, from starting Secondary School, i began collecting Dreadnaughts, but then i saw *it*, The Crisis Suit. Utter perfection, they look strong, yet quick, and they *are*, unfortunately, they are still weaker than alot of other machines, Imagine having a Tau Imperial Knight it would be *amazing*, thank you for the video, Nick.
There could be a Tau'nar Supremacy Suit on the channel in the not so far future.
@@PlayOnTabletop Well, that would be absolute perfection! Although theres no need to feel obligated, the shows are still amazing as is!
Still pretty new to the channel, but im so happy that you ensure the Tau gets the spotlight occasionally I feel they don't get enough love. I am considering getting my first army. But im still so new to everything.
My favourite part is when he just goes up to the camera and says "NO fish!" it's absolutely hilarious
Thanks for making this video Nick. You distilled my thoughts of the race into one awesome video. I got into tau way back in 4th or 5th addition, I was visiting my cousin's in Denmark and they had turned their whole basment into a gamining room with shelf after shelf of fully painted models. I had no clue about the universe but the tau seemed really cool to me because out of all the other armies they felt the most sci-fi futuristic, with big guns, grav tanks and of course battlesuites. Once I got home I bought my first box of fire warriors and built a decent sized army. Sadly I never found anyone to play with. After highschool I saddly sold all my army and stopped playing.
Until this year! 10 years later I found a few friends who also are picking up some models and we are gonna play kill team! I just finshed my squad of fire warriors last weekend and cant wait to play them! Thanks for being a inspiration to other players!
That’s awesome! I hope you enjoy playing them as much as I do!
I love the Tau, it was my first army I ever started. I love the new rules they got that allow them to be more mobile and not just a firing line
As a very new player starting with Tau, I really love listening to Nick play and talk about them. Can’t get enough videos!
This is the exact kinda guy who would play Tau
Nicholas Froese is my favorite guy on this channel. He makes this hobby fun and still has wonder at this awesome game.
He is an amazing friend and great guy to sit down and play.
This was cool thank you when i first for into warhammer 40k i startet with tau Because of dawn of war the pc game 😁
same as me, got shit for it when i went to a GW shop though
Great explanation video. Love all those models. I just got back into 40k after 30 years away from playing miniature wargames, thanks to my two sons. Just bought a 1kish army yesterday. From my first look at all the new armies and model types, Tau just spoke to me. Love the design of the armors and a shooty army is great sounding. So... for the Greater Good!
can we get some of the music to this? I’d love to add this to my Tau game playlist
Nick, you are an incredible host! You're engaging, very knowledgeable, and your excitement and passion are contagious. Loved this!!!
Having played Tau in 3rd/4th/5th edition then tanking a long break and coming back in 8th the transition from sometimes memed on, not overly good or popular army to the hated existence we are now took some getting used to.
Also, I hate what they have done to our playstyle. We used to have mobility. Between JSJ, Broadsides with A.S.S, and flanking piranhas back when positioning actually mattered the stand and shoot castle style we currently have is lame and boring for both players. I seriously hope they do something to fix it and that they don't break the Y'vahra with the Forgeworld updates because it's one of the only enjoyable lists I have left.
Afraid I can't support your recommendation of the Skyray, probably our worst unit, always has been. That said, for any new people, DO buy the Skyray kits. They come with everything you need to make all of the tanks so if you magnetize they are the best value as you basically get the Skyray parts for free.
I too have those Puppetswar jump packs, great bits, do recommend.
Anyone else prefer the old CIB design?
Yes!!!
Yaaaay! For the Greater Good! Nick I’ve never played 40k, but I’ve always loved the lore and the Tau especially! You’ve been my favorite player to watch on the channel. Keep up the awesome work! You’ve inspired me to finally get some Stealth Battlesuits!
Where do you learn the lore, looking to get into it .
Finally someone else who loves the Tau.
nah, we are many, just hiding most of the time because we get tired of hearing the same shit for the last 10 years. Stand tall, you are not alone.
@@Toshiro_Mifune Thank you brother.
I love the passion in your eyes & speech, I myself got addicted to the T'au look, lore & models a few months agos and got halfway through my start collecting box so far, I hope I'll reach an army atleast half as imposing as yours one day!
"i love being unique a lil' bit" me too, thats why i play grey knights xD
*Me having complete set of Death Korps of Krieg* ._. >_>
I haven't ever even thought about warhammer (the tabletop game) since being like 10 or 11 years old, and I do not often comment on youtube but I do want to say this: I hope that one day I can find something I am as passionate about as this guy. The utter sincerity of how much he's into this is actually pretty persuasive - makes me think that i've been missing out on something.
Me: Asks friend about armies
Friend: Tau have guns and traps
Me: I will play Tau change my mind
Not gonna lie: I like Tau as well. They're easily my favourite faction alongside IG and Space Marines.
And your models look just downright *gorgeous* Nick :)
I also found myself rooting for you and your Tau whenever you played them.
How to get a warhammer player to talk about something being good: ask them what their favorite faction is
How to get a warhammer player to rant: ask them about tau
On the bright side i still love tau and they showed me that i want nothing to do with the "community" of warhammer, if you can even call it that.
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@@birb125 there's a lot of... angst towards Tau in the hobby. I don't think it's as large as the internet makes it seem. Even though I've personal experienced a few anger filled rants with a type of passion not seen twords other factions.
Amazing showcase, again kudos to the camera man and the editor. You guys put out some amazing content. Love the army it’s an incredible feeling to lay it all out and see your progress and passion. Thank you for sharing with us.
Despite all the issues I have with Tau, I still love them. They're my favorite faction, along with the Imperial Guard.
I really hope they get fixed in 9th edition because the lack of a psychic phase, terrible melee and wonky rules/stats makes them frustrating to play sometimes. (4+ bs on f'n EVERYTHING. fml)
Man, watched both seasons of battle reports before realizing these guys literally film at my local hobby shop. Blew my friggin mind. Also been collecting Tau 5 months. Great to see somebody who likes them as much as I do lol.
Cheers
Cheers! For the greater good!
Hey Play On, we need to talk. I've now watched all 20 Battle reports four times each over the last five months. You have SPOILED me, and now I have a lot of trouble enjoying something like 90% other batreps.
As soon as I can I'm going to slap down on that Patreon, but until then, I gotta say-
I love Play on Tabletop.
We just really appreciate that you like what we are doing. Thank you so much for the comment.
Nick has convinced me through his passion and his love for the Tau. After I finish my Black Templars I will infact be building a Tau Army. Thank you Nick your spirit is infectious.
*BUT THEY CAN'T EVEN FIGHT IN MELEE!!*
Have you seen our latest battle report? :D
commander farsight: hold my greater good
I love how passionate Nick is about the Lore of the Tau. plus his army looks super beautiful painted how it is.
"They have hooves!"
Okay, so they're Minotaur fish.
They don't have horns though.
Just love the passion behind this video. The love of Tau really comes through, I can imagine that passion has inspired more than a few new Tau players.
We have heard that this has and Nick is overjoyed with that
weeb.
You absolutely rock! I have been a Tau-main since 6th, and you nailed it on everything- Tau are especially the true good guys and critical thinkers, with even a type of politics of nationalist Bolshevism which secures their society properly while not being totalitarian subjugation of their people, and with them not being ruthlessly fascistic to try to annihilate minority populations among them, instead opting to have those minority populations become fully enfranchised in the genuine-cultural-integrity of Tau society, where the citizens are nigh-unanimously devoted to its stable thriving and health, like in a proper country. It is this which juxtaposes with the bloated Imperium, where vast feudal populations breeds a cultural climate of internal mistrust and totalitarian stagnation for the most part, while the Imperium's archaic and dogmatic doctrines of war include psychic powers which fuel their symbiote, the Eye of the Warp, created by the Eldar as a machine to grant them psychic powers, but their corruption made Slaanesh ultimately develop like a C'tan ostensibly might. In this kind of neighborhood, the Tau are not naive, but seek to form a partnership with the Imperium in order to influence it and team up against the completely lost factions. In terms of influencing the Imperium, the end-game would be reform of cancelling its corrupt psychic-fueling of Chaos in order to access the psychic power Eldar technology which has become accessible through the prevalence of the Warp near the Eye of the Warp. This would drain the Eye of the Warp and make the citizens of the Imperium more resilient, especially if reforms included not being left behind by their governments in many cases to be destitute cast-offs likely to be potentially manipulated by Chaos' Warp-intrusion military psychological operations, which the Tau are far more resilient to.
I always imagined Tau allying with a craftworld or two. Though honestly, if the whole eldar created the tau ethereals thing has any truth to it.
The Tau probably do have eldar allies already.
Wonderful Video, I'm already sold to the Tau, but you've juts encouraged me to put aside other project to start this army sooner that it was supposed to be !!!
Awesome!
You explained everything, in minute detail, about why I picked up the Tau in 2001. Awesome looking army!
Nick, I just want you to know that from this Video specifically, your love of Warhammer 40K, and the T'au Empire has rubbed off on me so much that i just went to my local game shop, and bought the T'au Empire Starpulse Cadre Battleforce. It's my first Warhammer 40K kit and i'm already going on Amazon to order Magnets, and a new set of Clippers for building it all. I've been watching Battlereports for like a year now, and loving the models. I paint D&D miniatures, craft terrain and also run D&D games, but Warhammer 40K & Fantasy have both been interesting for me to look at but i never tried to get into it. Until now. And it's all thanks to you and this video (and your Tau Battle reports). I'm super excited, and i can;t wait until the 9th ed books comes out so i can start learning how to build armies and play the game.
Thanks Nick :-D
Nick here - awesome to hear! I hope you enjoy it. They have some fun miniatures in that kit.
@@PlayOnTabletop Hey Nick! Can you do an Update video soon on any additions to your any, and maybe talk about the new codex some and how it's chance your approach to playing your army.
Hey Play On and/or T'au Nick. Me and a bunch of friends started with the Warhammer 40k universe by playing Rogue Trader after DnD 5e got a bit boring. It introduced a whole new system as well as an amazing universe to our group and we all fell in love. One friend of mine is going to be starting up a campaign and I plan to play a T'au pathfinder who seeks to spread the greater good by helping the Rogue Trader. The reason I bring all of this up is because I also really love the T'au and their lore. I play them all the time in Dawn of War (the first one). They have such a great playstyle and I love playing them with maneuverability. Recently me and my best bud started playing 40k on Table Top Simulator. It is a pretty fun and cheaper alternative to collecting models, though we do intend to do that eventually. Anyway I just wanted to say I am happy he recommended this channel to me, which he did purely because "T'au Nick shares the same energy and love of the T'au as you." I am happy to be subscribed to this channel and definitely intend on watching more. Sad to say our first match was a combat patrol of T'au versus Eldar and I did not manage against his Howling banshees and Wraithlords. Luckily I held off the banshees in a melee fight with my Kroot Carnivores, but by then my other units had begun to fall as his units surrounded us. I definitely intend on taking a more mobile approach next time, because though my troops were spread and versatile, I did not take as advantage of mobility as I should have. In closing thank you for the advice, and have a wonderful day for the greater good.
Nick here. That was fantastic to read. Love hearing stuff like this. Thanks for sharing!
@@PlayOnTabletop Thank you for replying! I'm happy to share my introduction to the grim dark future of 40k. Next time those Eldar don't stand a chance.
First game I watch was one of yours and your energy and stunning models made me instantly pick up a start collecting thank you for inspiring me Nick
Great, love the Tau! I also play Greater Good Guard, and Tau. thanks for sharing your passion and experience.
Such an enjoyable video. Sharing your army and your passion for it was a privilege 👍. More please
I am back to WH after 20 years, fell in love with tau models!
This was so cool and fun to watch. You have had almost exactly the same experience i had with Tau. I started in 5th edition and picked Tau because reading tactics articles online showed me that even though Tau weren't the best army they had such tactical depth that they could still win. And then 6th dropped and Bam! Gunline. I also immediately wrote off the Tau Sept paint scheme and picked vior'la, but in my case it was because I liked their description as the "hot headed aggressive" Sept.
Right on!
@Nicholas thank you for sharing your beautiful Collection with us. I feel so much positive vibes hearing you talk about your faction, it is inspiring! Keep it up! :)
I finally had some time to watch this and I really enjoyed it. Play On Tabletop should defiantly make more of these with some of their regulars and some of the more unique or custom builds they've had on camera.
We’ve got one for that custom chaos army coming very soon!
Love the miniatures! They look absolutely fantastic! It’s interesting how the color scheme is also pretty flexible, yet still amazing.
..but as a person who loves and plays Necrons, all flesh is ultimately bad. Excluding the flesh we can wear, that’s good flesh.
Such a great showcase. I just love the energy every time Nick talks about his Tau!
And many of the points he mentions seem so familiar. I often try and go for the less popular choices and play or make something unique (be it in video games or what have you). And then when changes are made and suddenly you are just a voice in the crowd, that really feels bad...
But this has definitely encouraged me to stay with my choice of Tau, keep building up my collection and play them the way I have the most fun with! :D
I don't even play Tau and I really really liked this video! It's great to see the level of excitement and passion that Nick has while discussing this faction. Would love to see you guys do this for more 40K factions. Thanks for the awesome video!