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AJM Nerdcore
by AJM Nerdcore
Alex helps grown-up nerds get into Warhammer, Lord of the Rings, D&D, Star Wars and board games, without the overwhelm, the gatekeeping, or needing to spend 100 hours on a wiki first. If you've always loved these worlds but never quite felt like you belonged in them, you're in exactly the right place. New episodes every week.
Episodes
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Should We Ignore The WARHAMMER Internet?
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You Don’t Need To Play Warhammer To Love It
This is where i buy all my games 👇🛒 Alex’s Eneba Store: https://ene.ba/Alex⚔️ Best Warhammer Deals: https://ene.ba/Alex-Warhammer🎁 Cheapest Gift Cards: https://ene.ba/Alex-Giftcards Promo codes to save even more 👇GETTINGHOT: 9% off games, gift cards & subsLUCKY7: 7% off games, gift cards &…
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Burnout Devs Just Made The Best STAR WARS Game In 23 Years
This is where i buy all my games 👇🛒 Alex’s Eneba Store: https://ene.ba/Alex⚔️ Best Warhammer Deals: https://ene.ba/Alex-Warhammer🎁 Cheapest Gift Cards: https://ene.ba/Alex-Giftcards Promo codes to save even more 👇GETTINGHOT: 9% off games, gift cards & subsLUCKY7: 7% off games, gift cards &…
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The £20,000 Star Wars Toy HIDDEN In Your Parents’ Loft
This is where i buy all my games 👇🛒 Alex's Eneba Store: https://ene.ba/Alex⚔️ Best Warhammer Deals: https://ene.ba/Alex-Warhammer🎁 Cheapest Gift Cards: https://ene.ba/Alex-Giftcards Promo codes to save even more 👇GETTINGHOT: 9% off games, gift cards & subsLUCKY7: 7% off games, gift cards &…
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When You Love 40K… But Can't Keep Up
This is where i buy all my games 👇🛒 Alex's Eneba Store: https://ene.ba/Alex⚔️ Best Warhammer Deals: https://ene.ba/Alex-Warhammer🎁 Cheapest Gift Cards: https://ene.ba/Alex-Giftcards Promo codes to save even more 👇GETTINGHOT: 9% off games, gift cards & subsLUCKY7: 7% off games, gift cards &…
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What Happens When Normal Painters Try Tone Pro?
This is where i buy all my games 👇🛒 Alex's Eneba Store: https://ene.ba/Alex⚔️ Best Warhammer Deals: https://ene.ba/Alex-Warhammer🎁 Cheapest Gift Cards: https://ene.ba/Alex-Giftcards Promo codes to save even more 👇GETTINGHOT: 9% off games, gift cards & subsLUCKY7: 7% off games, gift cards &…
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5 WARHAMMER Alternatives, Actually EXPLAINED Properly
This is where I buy all my games 👇🛒 Alex's Eneba Store — https://ene.ba/Alex⚔️ Best Warhammer Deals — https://ene.ba/Alex-Warhammer🎁 Cheapest Gift Cards — https://ene.ba/Alex-Giftcards Promo codes to save even more 👇GETTINGHOT — 9% off games, gift cards & subsLUCKY7 — 7% off games, gift cards…
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Hasbro Forgot Who Actually Plays D&D
This is where I buy all my games 👇 🛒 Alex's Eneba Store: https://ene.ba/Alex ⚔️ Best Warhammer Deals: https://ene.ba/Alex-Warhammer 🎁 Cheapest Gift Cards: https://ene.ba/Alex-Giftcards Promo codes to save even more 👇 GETTINGHOT: 9% off games, gift cards and subs LUCKY7: 7% off games, gift…
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Only People Who Owned An N64 Will Get This About ZELDA
This is where I buy all my games 👇🛒 Alex's Eneba Store: https://ene.ba/Alex⚔️ Best Warhammer Deals: https://ene.ba/Alex-Warhammer🎁 Cheapest Gift Cards: https://ene.ba/Alex-Giftcards Promo codes to save even more 👇GETTINGHOT: 9% off games, gift cards & subsLUCKY7: 7% off games, gift cards &…
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You Asked Me To Make Lembas Bread. This Was A Mistake.
You asked, so I made lembas bread from a real Tolkien cookbook, and it's exactly why you should never cook with me. A bunch of you in the community asked me to try cooking lembas, the Elvish waybread that keeps the Fellowship going all the way from Lothlórien, so here we are. I grabbed Recipes…
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Can This D&D Game Work WITHOUT Any Dice Rolls
Part 1 if you missed it: • This Studio Already Got D&D Wrong Once Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons is secretly built on forty years of real D&D lore, and I go through all of it. This is part two of the series. Last time I covered what the game actually is and how split the reaction's been. This time I...
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This Studio Already Got D&D Wrong Once
This is where I buy all my games 👇 🛒 Alex's Eneba Store — https://ene.ba/Alex⚔️ Best Warhammer Deals — https://ene.ba/Alex-Warhammer🎁 Cheapest Gift Cards — https://ene.ba/Alex-Giftcards Promo codes to save even more 👇 GETTINGHOT — 9% off games, gift cards & subsLUCKY7 — 7% off games, gift…
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Reasons NOT to Paint With Me, Demonstrated Live on Samwise Gamgee
I painted a Samwise Gamgee figure for Hobbit Day with zero plan, and it's exactly why you shouldn't paint with me. I am not calm. I am not collected. I am not whimsical. I have ADHD, zero chill, and apparently a lot to prove, so for Hobbit Day I decided to build, prime, and paint a Samwise Gamgee...
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This NEW 40k Game Needs No Painting, Rules Or Friends
Owlcat, the studio behind Rogue Trader, just revealed Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy. Here's what it actually is. Dark Heresy is a turn-based, isometric RPG set in the Calixis Sector, where you play an Inquisitorial acolyte investigating heresy and corruption instead of running your own voidship...
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This FREE Mod Will Cost You Nothing But Your Whole Weekend
A completely free Lord of the Rings total conversion mod for Bannerlord just shipped - here’s what it actually is, what it costs, and what to expect. Tales from the Age of Men turns Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord into Middle-earth — real factions like Rohan, Gondor, Mordor and Isengard, a full...
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I Was Winning My First WARHAMMER 40K Game… Until This Happened
This is where I buy all my games 👇🛒 Alex's Eneba Store — https://ene.ba/Alex⚔️ Best Warhammer Deals — https://ene.ba/Alex-Warhammer🎁 Cheapest Gift Cards — https://ene.ba/Alex-Giftcards Promo codes to save even more 👇GETTINGHOT — 9% off games, gift cards & subsLUCKY7 — 7% off games, gift cards…
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Huge Armies DON'T Matter In Total War 40K… This Does
This is where I buy all my games 👇 🛒 Alex's Eneba Store — https://ene.ba/Alex ⚔️ Best Warhammer Deals — https://ene.ba/Alex-Warhammer 🎁 Cheapest Gift Cards — https://ene.ba/Alex-Giftcards Promo codes to save even more 👇 GETTINGHOT — 9% off games, gift cards & subs LUCKY7 — 7% off games, gift...
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Everything You Need To Know Before THE WITCHER 3 Remaster
This is where I buy all my games 👇🛒 Alex's Eneba Store — https://ene.ba/Alex⚔️ Best Warhammer Deals — https://ene.ba/Alex-Warhammer🎁 Cheapest Gift Cards — https://ene.ba/Alex-Giftcards Promo codes to save even more 👇GETTINGHOT — 9% off games, gift cards & subsLUCKY7 — 7% off games, gift cards…
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A Once-In-A-Generation FABLE Comeback Is Coming
Fable's Gamescom 2026 gameplay reveal has racked up millions of views in days and here's everything actually confirmed, what it costs, and why Fable 3 still has fans nervous about getting excited again. IGN's Fable Quest Gameplay video has already hit 3.3 million views in four days, with Xbox and...
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I Explored TOLKIEN's World Without Paying A Penny
I found a free Tolkien exhibition hiding in a small museum in Bewdley- first editions, real artwork, one surprising story. This is the next stop in my Tolkien Tours series, where I visit the real-world places connected to Tolkien and Middle-earth. This time it's The Magic of Middle-earth at…
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I Played 40K WITHOUT Knowing Half The Rules
This is where I buy all my games 👇🛒 Alex's Eneba Store — https://ene.ba/Alex⚔️ Best Warhammer Deals — https://ene.ba/Alex-Warhammer🎁 Cheapest Gift Cards — https://ene.ba/Alex-Giftcards Promo codes to save even more 👇GETTINGHOT — 9% off games, gift cards & subsLUCKY7 — 7% off games, gift cards…
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First WARHAMMER 40K 11th Edition Game Is Days Away
My first 40K game in years is this Friday and half my Blood Angels are still bare plastic. This is an honest look at the four month hobby slump I've been in why I stopped painting and how I'm actually getting back into it without buying anything new. Full budget desk setup included and a real…
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8 GTA 6 Leaks You NEED To Know About
Eight GTA 6 leaks in six days, a leaker calling themselves CyberLeek, a crypto token, and one bombshell story that turned out to be completely fake - here’s everything actually confirmed. Between 18 and 23 August, an unknown account calling itself CyberLeek posted eight separate GTA 6 leaks -...
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Celebrities Who Actually Like WARHAMMER (With Proof)
Henry Cavill, Ed Sheeran, Robin Williams and more - these are the celebrities who genuinely paint and play Warhammer, with the actual interviews, posts and photos to prove it. No internet rumours, no "my mate's cousin worked at Games Workshop" stories, just six A-listers who've admitted, on the...
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This MEDIEVAL FESTIVAL Made Me Feel 12 Again
I spent a day at the Loxwood Joust — the UK's biggest jousting festival and the closest thing this country has to a real renaissance faire. Loxwood Joust is a full-scale medieval and fantasy festival held every August at Loxwood Meadow in West Sussex, England — the UK's answer to an…
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Things You Need To Know Before Cavill's WARHAMMER Show
Henry Cavill's Warhammer 40K series for Amazon still doesn't have a release date — but here's everything that's actually been confirmed, the second Amazon Warhammer project nobody's talking about, and exactly where I'd start getting into Warhammer 40K before either one airs. In this video I walk...
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What Tolkien Fans Know About Halbrand That You Don't
Who is Halbrand, really - and why is Rings of Power Season 3 making everyone Google him again? Everything you need to know about Sauron's most famous disguise, explained with zero book-reading required. In Season 1 of The Rings of Power, Halbrand turned out to be Sauron in disguise - and if…
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The Cost to Start WARHAMMER 40K in 2026 (No Surprises)
What does it ACTUALLY cost to start Warhammer 40k in 2026? I priced the exact same shopping list 3 ways - no upsells, no surprises. Getting into Warhammer 40k always feels like the hardest part is money — everyone online seems to be dropping £180 on the latest launch box, and it's easy to assume...
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Every New LORD OF THE RINGS Project, Explained
NOTE: my Halbrand video will follow this one Every new Lord of the Rings project happening right now - explained, ranked, and given an honest verdict. No fence-sitting. From Andy Serkis directing himself as Gollum in The Hunt for Gollum, to Stephen Colbert's surprise new script Shadow of the…
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If I Started Warhammer TODAY, I'd Buy This Box First
Games Workshop just quietly released the biggest Combat Patrol update Warhammer 40K has ever had — a 184-page Companion book, six new missions, and a full rules refresh — and almost nobody's talking about it. In this video I break down exactly what's changed, why I think this is genuinely the…
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LoTR Lore That Makes GONDOR Unlike Any Kingdom In Fantasy
Gondor went nearly 1,000 years without a king. This is the Tolkien lore behind Minas Tirith that most people never hear about. This is Part 1 of the Minas Tirith series. We're building the LEGO Minas Tirith set and going deep into the history at the same time. Last video we put the city together...
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You NEED To See This RDR2 GTA 6 Theory. Here's Why.
There's a GTA 6 fan theory going around that Jason might actually be related to Arthur Morgan from Red Dead Redemption 2. I couldn't ignore it, so let's talk about it. Rockstar just dropped a new GTA VI trailer and a load of screenshots, and within days the internet had stitched together a theory...
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DON'T Buy A WARHAMMER Starter Set Until You Watch This
Games Workshop just put five new Warhammer 40K starter sets up for pre-order...and one of them isn't the one most beginners should actually buy. I came into this hobby through the lore, not the tabletop, and I made pretty much every mistake a beginner painter can make on the way in. In this video…
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You Need to WORRY About TOLKIEN. Here's Why
There's more Middle-earth content coming than we've ever had. I don't think that's automatically good news for Tolkien. This one's a build video and a chat video at the same time. I'm working through bag ten of the 8,278-piece LEGO Minas Tirith set, and while my hands are busy I'm talking through...
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WARHAMMER Is Finally Getting Easier to Start (Here's How)
Games Workshop just revealed something that changes the conversation about getting into Warhammer. Not one announcement - five. And when you look at them together, they don't feel like separate reveals. They feel like a plan.In this video I'm walking through everything from the 2026 Summer…
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The Board Game LotR Fans Have Waited 25 Years to Own
I am a pessimist about the current wave of Lord of the Rings media. I've said it on this channel before, and the numbers back me up.But The King's Gambit is the exception. This is the Lord of the Rings board game fans have been quietly waiting for — and most of them don't even know it exists yet....
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Vampire: The Masquerade Just Invaded D&D
Blood Points. Disciplines. The Beast. Six iconic vampire clans as subclasses. Here's what's actually in Bound by Blood, and why this crossover is bigger than most people realise. D&D Beyond has announced a full collaboration with Vampire: The Masquerade, published by Ghostfire Gaming - the team...
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What No One Tells You About MINAS TIRITH
Most people who've seen Lord of the Rings think they know Minas Tirith. The great white city. The last stronghold of Gondor. The place that holds when nothing else can. But nobody actually talks about where it came from. And the real story is wild. Minas Tirith didn't start out as the capital of...
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WARHAMMER 11th Edition Facts Every BEGINNER Needs
Brand new to Warhammer 40K? This is your starting point. This is everything a beginner needs to know about Warhammer 40,000 11th Edition. No jargon, no gatekeeping, no assuming you already know this stuff. 11th Edition launched TODAY on 20th June 2026 and if you've been hovering on the edges of...
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Friday Morning Chill
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Is This the Best TOLKIEN Event in Britain?
I visited the @TolkienSociety Sarehole Festival, two days, £8, held at the Birmingham watermill that gave Tolkien the Shire. Here's what was there, what it was like, and why it matters more than you might think. Sarehole Mill in Hall Green, Birmingham was where Tolkien spent his childhood…
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This Fable Gameplay Just Killed My GTA 6 Hype
I watched 30 minutes of Fable gameplay last night and it just became my most anticipated game of 2027. Yes, over GTA 6. Here's exactly why. In this video I break down everything Playground Games showed: the morality system that actually works differently to anything Fable has done before, the...
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The Moment Jack of Blades Made Fable Real Again
The new Fable trailer has divided people... and I get it. The dark opening nearly lost me too. But there's one moment at the very end that changes the entire conversation, and if you know your Fable lore, your jaw is going to hit the floor. In this video we break down everything in the new Fable...
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The Moment I Realised UKGE Wasn't About the Games
I went to UK Games Expo 2026 with a plan, a packed lunch, and a very firm promise to myself that I was only going for the demos.I came home with dice, brushes, a painting handle, two solo RPGs, and the realisation that I apparently do actually like people. This is my honest experience of the UK's...
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UK GAMES EXPO First Time? Watch This FIRST
If you’re heading to the UK Games Expo for the first time and feeling slightly overwhelmed by the idea of 70,000 nerds descending upon the NEC armed with dice, board games, Warhammer armies and Viking reenactments… this video is for you. https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/ I break down exactly what…
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WARHAMMER 40K: Dawn of War 4 Gets The Mechanicus PERFECT
The new Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 trailer is here and honestly… it might be the coolest look we’ve had at the Adeptus Mechanicus so far. So in this video I'm breaking down the weird world of Mars, machine gods, giant robot walkers, cybernetic soldiers, and why the Mechanicus might end up...
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Friday Morning Chill
AJM Nerdcore is part of the Digital Fox Talent creator network: digitalfoxtalent.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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What EVEN Is a Mandalorian? STAR WARS Lore Explained Simply
In this beginner-friendly guide to Mandalorian lore, I break down the complete Canon history of the Mandalorians in simple English without needing a Star Wars degree, three Wookieepedia tabs open, or emotional support from Dave Filoni. We cover everything from the origins of the Mando’ade and...
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LOTR: Real Place That Inspired Tolkien’s Three-Farthing Stone
Prefer to listen? Find me on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ojg... In this episode of Tolkien Tours, I head out into the English countryside to explore the real-world inspiration behind one of the most overlooked but surprisingly important locations in the Shire and how it connects to...
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WARHAMMER 40K Painting Slump? How I Got Back Into It
Struggling with a Warhammer 40K painting slump? You’re not alone. In this video, I sit down (on a chair that’s seen better days) and attempt to get back into painting Warhammer miniatures after months of doing absolutely nothing… hobby-wise. No polished setup. No perfect lighting. No pretending...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Alex helps grown-up nerds get into Warhammer, Lord of the Rings, D&D, Star Wars and board games, without the overwhelm, the gatekeeping, or needing to spend 100 hours on a wiki first. If you've always loved these worlds but never quite felt like you belonged in them, you're in exactly the right place. New episodes every week.
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Alex helps grown-up nerds get into Warhammer, Lord of the Rings, D&D, Star Wars and board games, without the overwhelm, the gatekeeping, or needing to spend 100 hours on a wiki first. If you've always loved these worlds but never quite felt like you belonged in them, you're in exactly the right...
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