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Episode 372 - He doesn't always fly like a Potato After a successful day's playing & streaming at the Element Games XWA Squad Championships Rich, Liam and Tim get together to chat about the event. We also have some time to chat about the prize support for this weekend's X-wing at UK Games expo plus X-wing events from Wales, Canada and Poland! You can watch the action back from the Element Games Squad Champs here: https://www.twitch.tv/sith_taker_tim Exile Squadron Xwing @ the Arena https://www.longshanks.org/event/26010/ CTC Star Wars X-Wing Ottawa Grand Tournament https://www.longshanks.org/event/23448 Poznan PSO https://www.longshanks.org/event/25123/ Element Games XWA Squadron event https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/25736/ Cast - Rich, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 26/05/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - alt-J - In Cold Blood (Baauer Remix) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 371 - Rise of the Squad Champs We're well in to May and starting to see a load more events around the globe! This week the cast chats over lists doing well at 5 events from the UK, Europe and Brazil! Plus we chat about the upcoming Squad Championship at Element Games that we'll be streaming at (twitch.tv/sith_taker_tim) plus UK Games Expo! TNX May 3rd 2025 England - 8 players https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2166/players SZ-Wing Blaster-Cup 2025 [XWA] Germany - 33 players https://listfortress.com/tournaments/8021 GFA Open - 2025 Május - The rise of the new SLs Hungary - 15 players https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/23909/ 6ª Etapa - LPX 25 Brazil - 12 players https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/25612/ X-Wing Squad Championships - Neutral Ground England - 12 players https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/24068/ Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 19/05/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Go-Jo - Milkshake Man | Australia 🇦🇺 | Official Music Video | #Eurovision2025 Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 370 - May OP Madness Audio warning - apologies, my mic has had an off night so my audio is very ropey! May is upon us and not only is it the start of the OP season for XWA it's also May 4th/Revenge of the 5th so several events happening to chat about! Richmond Open 2025 (AMG points) USA 23 players https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2139 312 Squadron Conquest Series: Crumpet Conquest Online 38 players https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1957 TableBound May 4th XWA Squad Championship Canada 21 players https://www.longshanks.org/event/22657/ Dogfights at the Forge Canada 14 players https://www.longshanks.org/event/24624/ Kirton Games X-Wing Spring Tournament UK 12 players https://www.longshanks.org/event/25280/ Cast - Rich, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 05/05/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Outkast - So Fresh, So Clean (Official HD Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 369 - Loving the new loadouts On this weeks show the cast chat about some of their experiences of the new XWA standard loadouts and how they are featuring at events. Event coverage we have a 52 player in-person XWA event from Poland, 18 player in-person AMG event from Canada and the first of 312 Squadron's Conquest online events using XWA points - the 61 player Windy City Conquest! Mistrzostwa Polski 2025 https://longshanks.org/event/24113/ WetCoast AMG Star Wars X-Wing GT https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1823 312 Conquest Series: Windy City Conquest https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1956 Cast - Rich, Liam, Ben and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 29/04/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Steam Powered Giraffe - Pink Pony Club Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 368 - Wisdom of the Ancients We got a little bit swamped with X-wing content with all the new releases coming out of the X-wing Alliance we completely missed a fantastic article friend of the show (and occasional target of our jokes) Steve Boulton wrote! Steve got several regular 'top' tournament players together and asked them a serious of questions to determine what makes a good player top tier. We were really impressed with the article and wanted to chat about. Thanks to Steven and Dylan for bringing it together. We round out the show with chat about the new releases and what we've been using. https://exilesquadron.com/xwing/making-the-cut/ Cast - Rich, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 14/04/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man (Official Music Video) [HD Remaster] Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 367 - A new hope is here! XWA release their first official content, we've seen the spoilers but we haven't seen everything - and we have points for all the new ships! The cast chat about new & spoiled ships and now we have points what we think will feature and what we're excited to fly. We also give some shout outs to the Polish Championship happening 26/27 April and congratulations to Tom Veal & Team for emerging victorious at the 312 Squadron Team League (several games of which streamed by sith_taker_tim on Twitch). Print & play / new content section from XWA https://www.xwing.life/resources/xwa-content Points https://www.xwing.life/resources/points Infinite Arenas https://infinitearenas.com/ The Polish Championship https://www.facebook.com/events/663077006378710 Cast - Rich, Ben Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 07/04/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Queen - Play The Game (Official Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 366 - The Wolds are not enough Another bumper Organised Play episode - and we're not here just talking about Calen Wong's triumphant rise to becoming the 2025 X-wing World Champion! A massive congratulations to Calen from all at the Sith Takers! After we've covered the action from Milwaukee, USA we turn our sights to Yorkshire for the Wolds Championships where 28 players who couldn't make the trip to the States battled it out in a XWA points event. Finally we cover the online Polish System Open that Liam played in! X-Wing 2025 World Championship https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2106 Yorkshire Wolds Championships https://www.longshanks.org/event/23384/ PSO 2025 ONLINE – TURNIEJ OTWARCIA SEZONU https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/24070/ Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 31/03/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 365 - Scum & Swag Warning - there are some audio issues this week! Sorry! This week the team is joined by XWA Prize Lead Dylan to chat about the final XWA Scum & Villainy spoilers and to dish the dirt on the first Squad Championship kit from the XWA - what will we be playing for, what will the alt arts be and of course what will the winner get! Hopefully by the time this episode comes out you can find the article on Dylan's blog with lovely pics here: https://exilesquadron.com/ If not check out the XWA website and it should be there along with the final Scum spoilers! https://www.xwing.life/news/announcements Finally anyone going to Worlds - safe trips, have fun & hope you all have great games! Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and Tim and special guest Dylan Producer - Tim Recorded 25/03/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - SABATON - Bismarck (Official Music Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 364 - Here come the Resistance, again! We're back with chat about Resistance standard loadouts from XWA, more OP news from XWA and a couple of events one of which was run by Liam! GT X WING de Normadie By AMG - except it's XWA! https://www.longshanks.org/event/19461/ Board in Brum - X-wing March https://www.longshanks.org/event/23323 Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 17/03/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Skillet - "The Resistance" [Official Lyric Video] Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 363 - XWA OP on the way! It's a bumper episode today with First Order and Resistance spoilers from the XWA, a slew of events from across the globe and then Tim chats about the recent Organised Play news from XWA! Find out what a Squad Championship is, what the OP pyramid is and what you could win if you emerge victorious at one of these events! Plus we chat about the first XWA System Open - The Welsh Open! Which tickets are now on sale for: https://www.thebattlefields.co.uk/events-at-the-battlefields/star-wars-x-wing-welsh-open-2025-cardiff XWA Organised Play announcements https://www.xwing.life/news/announcements#h.2eo1y5fhvt0f Excelsior - Feb '25 - UK https://www.longshanks.org/event/23640/ Xwing | Mox Boarding House - USA https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2019 SZ-WING goes XWA - Make X-Wing great again [XWA] - Germany https://listfortress.com/tournaments/7163 GFA Open - 2025 Március - Hungary https://www.longshanks.org/event/22469/ Strass Wars VII - The Strass Awakens - France https://www.longshanks.org/event/21934/ Torneio de Março X-wing - Brazil https://www.longshanks.org/event/23850/ Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 03/03/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London (Official Audio) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 362 - We love new points! Dropping just in time for Valentines we have version 4 of the Beta points from XWA and the cast chat through their thoughts on the changes! Plus a little chat about Kylo & Mando Standard Loadouts and a bit of Organised Play News! https://www.xwing.life/resources/pointshttps://www.xwing.life/resources/points Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 17/02/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - LITTLE BIG – TCHAIKOVSKY (Official Music Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 361 - Chatting with the Champ STO 2025 This week the cast catch up with the 2025 Sith Taker Open Champion Dom Flannigan and chat about his take on CIS that saw him take the top spot and the big event of the year! We round out the show with some chat about the recent Polish System Open X-Wing Championship final from Gdansk and a couple of Standard loadouts coming from the XWA. Sith Taker Open 2025 https://www.longshanks.org/event/22439/ Gdansk PSO X-Wing Championship 2024 https://longshanks.org/event/15021/ Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam, Tim and special guest Dom Flannigan Producer - Tim Recorded 10/02/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Mingle Game Song “Round and Round” Lyric Video | Squid Game: Season 2 | Netflix Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 360 - STO 2025 Round-up We're just getting over an amazing weekend of X-wing! Next week we'll be joined by the Event Champion Dom Flannigan so this week Rich & Ben chat about the event from a Tournament Organisers point of view and Tim & Liam chat about it from a players perspective. We cover the lists in cut and chat about the social & side events surrounding the main event! And of course the people who made the event such a success and a lot of fun for all involved! Sith Taker Open 2025 - 136 player XWA points https://www.longshanks.org/event/22439/ Sith Taker Open Day 2 - AMG GT - 57 players https://www.longshanks.org/event/22440/ Sith Taker Open Day 2 - XWA Doubles https://www.longshanks.org/event/22475/ Cast - Rich, Ben Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 03./02/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Mingle Game Song “Round and Round” Lyric Video | Squid Game: Season 2 | Netflix Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 359 - Getting ready for The Big Show! Here we go! It's almost here! THE big X-wing show of the year - Sith Taker Open 2025! Rich is joined by a rather congested Tim (sorry) and Ben (also sorry ;) ) to chat about our big annual x-wing event happening in Stockport, UK! 130-140 pilots using XWA points will be joining us for casual games & pre-event social on the Friday, Swiss with potential play-in round on Saturday and then Top 16 plus side events on the Sunday! Find out some of what will be going on this weekend in this weeks show! Plus don't forget to tune in to the final ever live stream from Firecast Focus who will be covering the event for your viewing pleasure! https://www.twitch.tv/firecastfocus (check them a sub/prime sub as a thankyou if you can!) We round out the show covering AMG GTs from Canada and Australia plus an XWA points event from Germany! It's a Trap - Kiepencon 2025 - Germany XWA Points https://www.longshanks.org/event/22675/ AMG X-Wing Grand Tournament @ CANCON 2025 - Canberra, Down Under https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1822 OFFICIAL AMG X-WING GRAND TOURNAMENT - Ontario, Canada https://www.longshanks.org/event/22124/ Cast - Rich, Ben and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 27/01/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Big Show Entrance Video - WWE Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 358 - 312 Conquest Series This week the cast are joined by 312 Squadron leader Nick Sperry to chat about their upcoming online events - the Conquest Series! A series of online events in different time zones where the winners will qualify for a global final! We also chat to Nick about he and others got on at the AMG GT from the Las Vegas Open. And finally we cover the recent XWA events from Poland and France. 312 Conquest Series info https://tinyurl.com/frvc74kd LVO day 1 https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1932 LVO day 2 https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1934 LOV Top Cut https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1931 Poznan X-Wing Store Championship 2024 PSO https://www.longshanks.org/event/15026/ Tournoi Orleans Wargames Janvier 2025 https://www.longshanks.org/event/21708/ Cast - Rich, Liam and Tim with special guest Nick Sperry Producer - Tim Recorded 20/01/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - The Jungle Book - I Wanna Be Like You Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 357 - Changing of the Guard This last weekend we've started to see a real shift towards XWA Organised Play supported events with 3 in-person events to report on! 2 in the UK plus one from the Netherlands! And of course we cover the final UK GT before Worlds! AMG GT Nottingham 23 player AMG event https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1857 NWA Jan event 2025 TTBromley 11 Player XWA event from TTBromley https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1954 So long.. and thanks for all the ships! 16 Player XWA Event from the Netherlands https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1867 And for the 22 player XWA event from Weston-super-mare Games Bunker... you'll just have to listen because Richard G fellout with Longshanks! :D Cast - Rich, Ben and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 06/01/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin' (Official Audio) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 356 - New Year New Events We're back for 2025! Rich is joined by Ben & Tim for a new years catch up! We also have a few events to chat about, some coming soon like the Sith Taker Open and 312 Conquest Series but we dive in to Tim's recent one day XWA event Revenge of Father Sithmas! And finally the NCX Draft League Finals! Revenge of Father Sithmas '24 https://www.longshanks.org/event/22092/ 312 Conquest Series https://tinyurl.com/h8bbkd6f Cast - Rich, Ben and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 06/01/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - The Ting Tings - Shut Up and Let Me Go Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 355 - Flying like a Potato We're back with a quick wrap up of the recent events. A couple of in person AMG points GTs and an online XWA points event from 312 Squadron. Apologies for me audio, it's a little ropey and only realise now in editing! Plus I know Liam swore... but can I find it to censor it! Oh well I'm fairly sure we can have one! Have fun finding it! :D Official AMG Grand Tournament - North Phoenix https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1893 Pax Unplugged 2024 X-Wing GT https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1862 312 Holiday Blues Brothers Bonanza https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1877 Cast - Rich, Ben, Tim and Liam Producer - Tim Recorded 16/12/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End) (Official Audio) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 354 - Exceedingly Good Points Update Rich, Tim and Liam get together to discuss the latest points update from the XWA. It's not a particularly big update but it does come with a patch notes doc giving us some insight in to the decision process of the update. Find all the useful information here: https://www.xwing.life/resources/points Cast - Rich, Tim and Liam Producer - Tim Recorded 02/12/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (Official Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 353 - Sins & The Herts GT Rich is joined by Ben and Tim to chat about a couple of recent events. First up from a couple of weekends back we have the AMG GT from Hemel Hempstead running new AMG points then from last weekend we're off to Newport, Wales for a local XWA points event! Sin city Newport November https://www.longshanks.org/event/20454/ Star Wars: X-Wing at the Herts GT 2024 https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1856 Cast - Rich, Tim and Den Producer - Tim Recorded 25/11/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Imagine Dragons & JID - Enemy (from the series Arcane: League of Legends) | Official Music Video Bonus outro - Greg Crash! Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 352 - Allez les Bleus! We haven't covered the Online X-wing Team Championship (XTC) much this year as it's been stuck running old AMG points but we couldn't let it go without congratulating Team France on their victory! 21 countries* were represented by teams of 7 pilots, each running a different faction, plus coaches & captains - but France finish in 1st place! We're joined by Blues Captain Aurélien to chat about the event, what makes the XTC different and how it went for France, England and the other teams! We also touch on a couple of Grand Tournaments that happened over the weekend in Australia and Germany. XTC 2024 - Final Stage https://www.longshanks.org/event/17488/ * some teams were combinations of 2 or more countries Cast - Rich, Tim and Liam with special guest Aurélien Coudray Producer - Tim Recorded 11/11/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) Official Music Video (Remastered) HD Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 351 - Cornish Nationals 24 This week we're all focused on the Cornish Nationals run by our friends down south, Tin Squadron! Unfortunately dark schemes conspired to keep us away from Cornwall and we weren't able to attend but we can at least talk about the games and lists, all using new shiny XWA points! Full results and lists can be found here: https://www.longshanks.org/event/16934/ And Firecast Focus covered the event which you can watch games back here: https://www.twitch.tv/firecastfocus Cast - Rich, Ben and Liam Producer - Tim Recorded 28/10/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - The Time Warp · Richard O'Brien · Patricia Quinn · Nell Campbell Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 350 - Episode Tree Fiddy For our 350th Episode we have a bumper show of events to discuss! First up an AMG points Grand Tournament from Canada, with a XWA side event, then to Poland for a Store Champs using XWA points, and then two XWA point local X-wing events from the UK! We round out the show with a little general chat about dice variance and stuff before finally a little update on the XTC! SLO - X-Wing Grand Tournament https://www.longshanks.org/event/20087/ SLO - XWA Side event Tournament https://www.longshanks.org/event/20089/ Bydgoszcz X-Wing Store Championship 2024 PSO https://www.longshanks.org/event/15024/ A whole new world - Somerset https://www.longshanks.org/event/20466/ X-Wing XWA Points Tournament - Barnsley https://www.longshanks.org/event/20201/ Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 21/10/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Bonus intro - Southpark - Tree Fiddy Outro - Chappell Roan - "Theme Song" ft. Les Claypool - South Park The 25th Anniversary Concert Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 349 - Revelling in Resistance We're back and we've got a few things to run down this week! First up we chat about the recent GT from Alaska, then Tim rounds up the XTC Group stage and what teams will be heading to the Finals before Rich is let loose on the Resistance Faction to give us the run down on what's hot in XWA points! Battle Zone Ursa 2024 https://listfortress.com/tournaments/5513 Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 15/10/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Chappell Roan - HOT TO GO! (Official Music Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 348 - London G&T Rich is joined by Liam and Tim to chat about last weekend's X-wing Grand Tournament using new AMG points at the London GT. What lists did well and how did the factions in general fair after the points update. We wrap up the show with a little XTC chat. Lists & results can be found here: https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1690/players Watch back the games at Firecast Focus: https://www.twitch.tv/firecastfocus Cast - Rich, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 30/09/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Lily Allen | LDN (Official Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 347 - XWA Transformers XWA certainly seemed to have transformed the fortunes of the lower placed factions with CIS doing very well at the weekend and the Top 16 cut from Poland featuring at least two lists from every faction! This week Ben and Liam are joined by Steel City's very own Tom Veale to chat about his recent success in Sheffield but also chat over lists from Scotland, Poland, Sheffield and Canada (may have forgotten to talk about the latest AMG GT but I've put the link below just in case!). We also chat about the latest XWA points adjustment released last week (few minor tweaks) which can be found here: https://www.xwing.life/resources/points Knightly Sept 24 - 14 players Scotland https://www.longshanks.org/event/19832/ Warszawa X-wing PSO GT - 61 players Poland https://www.longshanks.org/event/15023/ New Points Store Championship - 18 players Sheffield https://www.longshanks.org/event/18983 Chinook Squadron GT - 17 players Canada https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1581 Cast - Ben, Liam and special guest Tom Veale Producer - Tim Recorded 23/09/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Transformers opening theme Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 346 - Quad Comps We have four different events to talk about from France, Canada and Italy featuring Old AMG Points, New AMG Points, XWA Beta Points and even 2.0 Legacy points! That's a lot of X-wing!! And we round out the show with Liam giving us the run down of the Separatist Faction in XWA Beta Points and why he thinks you should be flying them! Mini Legends X-wing Grand Tournament - France https://www.longshanks.org/event/15764/ Mini Legends X-wing Side Event - XWA Beta https://www.longshanks.org/event/19932/ CSWG Open X-wing GT - Canada https://www.longshanks.org/event/19456/ I find your lack of faith disturbing - Legacy Event - Italy https://www.longshanks.org/event/16741 Cast - Rich, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 16/09/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - UB40 & Pato Banton - Baby Come Back Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 345 - Remember me? Out of the blue Atomic Mass Games drops not only a Standard Points update which will be legal for forthcoming Grand Tournaments but also a Print & Play pdf with existing cards and new Standard Loadouts for the TIE/PH Phantom and the Alpha-class Starwing! We chat about the impact (hopefully positive) these updates will have for the remaining GTs and review the new standard loadout options. Updated points document can be found here: https://www.atomicmassgames.com/xwing-docs/ Print & Play document for the Phantom & Alpha Class Starwing https://cdn.svc.asmodee.net/production-amgcom/uploads/2024/09/DOC01_StarwingTIEPhantom.pdf Cast - Rich, Liam, Ben and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 09/09/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Blue Boy - Remember Me (Official Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 344 - XWA Gon' Give It To Ya They're here! The X-wing Alliance have released their first ever points update! It's a Beta set of points and they want us (all of us) to go out and play X-wing and see what works and doesn't! The cast go through some of the changes and discuss some of the design choices the XWA Points team have made. Thanks to all involved in getting these to us as they've done a lot of work in around 2 months, and this is only the start! They won't be perfect, but it'll certainly shake up the meta! Find all the XWA Beta points documents here: https://www.xwing.life/resources/points Cast - Rich, Liam, Ben and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 02/09/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - DMX - X Gon' Give It To Ya Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 343 - The X Rated Show Don't worry! It's still a family friendly show but we're talking about a lot of 'X' rated stuff this week - namely XWA points teases and XTC! The cast is joined by Filippo 'Piffo' Bosi for a little update on the XWA in general before we dive in to the 4 teases from Greg of NCX regarding the XWA points update. What could it mean? And then a quick chat about this years online X-wing Team Championship that will see 21 teams fighting it out over 2-3 months. This year however we have 7 factions on each side! Cast - Rich, Liam, Ben, Tim with special guest Filippo Bosi Producer - Tim Recorded 27/08/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Dire Straits - Money For Nothing (Official Music Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 342 - WTC 2024 Liam and Tim have returned from Mechelen, Belgium after a weekend of Judging at the WTC: World Team Championship. 15 teams of 5 players entered the X-wing event, playing 10 games over the two days. Find out how the event went, what lists and players did well and who eventually won it here! Be sure to check out all the pictures on our Facebook page! Results & lists can be found here: https://www.longshanks.org/event/17241 Streamed games can be watched back here: https://www.twitch.tv/xwingrex Cast - Rich, Liam, Ben and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 12/08/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Pirates of the Caribbean (Auckland Symphony Orchestra) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 341 - Double USA GT Trouble After we have a quick catch up on XWA Organised Play news we have two GT's from the USA to discuss! First up from Indianapolis we have GenCon won by Duncan running Empire (Jendon, Vader, Tomax, Feroph). For seconds we head to Utah for the Salt Lake Open won by Liam flying Rebels (Gina, Keo, Gemmer, Wedge & Luke). And before we finish up we have a little chat about the X-wing World Team Championship happening in Belgium this weekend! Be sure to catch the events live stream at https://www.twitch.tv/xwingrex and give the channel a follow! GenCon Grand Tournament https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1663 Salt Lake Open https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1597 Cast - Rich, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 05/08/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Chilly Down - David Bowie Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 340 - Chile GT Down This week we have another GT to discuss but this time from Chile! The Corellia Alicatan Chile has a few surprises for the cast to chat about before we finish up with some general chat about X-wing Alliance, World Team Champs in Belgium and the online X-wing Team Champs. Corellia Alicatan Chile, Grand Tournament https://www.longshanks.org/event/17259/ Cast - Rich, Liam, Ben and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 29/07/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Chilly Down - David Bowie Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 339 - Sheffield & Lone Star GTs Warning - audio is a little sketchy this episode! We apologise for Tim's flakey internet, Ben's rubbish mic and Conor's potty mouth! :D This week Ben is joined by special guest Conor Holmes to catch up on the last two Grand Tournaments - Sheffield, UK and Lone Star Open, USA. Sheffield GT lists & results https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1624 Lone Star Open lists & results https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1600 Cast - Ben, Tim and special guest Conor Holmes Producer - Tim Recorded 23/07/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - “The Spark” - Kabin Crew & Lisdoonvarna Crew Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 338 - Welsh Open 24 This week we're joined by the 2nd Best Burnett (and 2nd Best Tin Sqn it turns out...!) Chris Burnett to talk about last weekend's Welsh Open held at Firestorm Games in Cardiff. Find out how Rich and Chris got on and did Liam survive the weekend as Head Judge! Find the event results & lists here: https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/15526/ Pattern Analyzer https://www.pattern-analyzer.app/tournament/longshanks/15526 Cast - Rich, Liam, Tim and special guest Chris Burnett Producer - Tim Recorded 08/07/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Thunderstruck by Steve'n'Seagulls (LIVE) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 337 - Have Your Say Short-ish episode this week as we cover the latest press release from the X-wing Alliance, chat about the latest X-wing Community Survey and of course the build up to the Welsh Open! X-Wing Survey VIII: The Last AMG Points! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeK5a5rIk4UwhWlNTqvqRBV1Wco9g1P7YsQ09vJx6DHetBpBA/viewform Cast - Rich, Liam, Ben and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 01/07/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Franz Ferdinand - This Fire (Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 336 - Mixing It Up This week we're joined by Nick Sperry of 312 Squadron to chat about XWA news and alternative X-wing formats. The X-wing Alliance (the community effort starting up to look after the X-wing Miniatures Game) has elected it's 3 'leaders', these people will be steering the development of the group and looking to establish some sort of organisation! Whilst we await the future of the game at large we chat about some of the events or alternate formats that are around or that we've been playing in. This includes the NCX Draft League run by Greg at Nickel City X-wing, Nick's own points adjustments found at 312 Squadron and we're playing in a 12 week online event run by Conor at Tauntaun squadron where each week we have a unique game rule that could affect what we choose to fly! Looking at ways to keeping the game fresh! You can find more info about NCX here: https://www.twitch.tv/nickelcityxwing You can find more info about 312 Squadron here: https://www.twitch.tv/312_squadron Cast - Rich, Liam, Ben and Tim with special guest Nick Sperry Producer - Tim Recorded 24/06/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - High School Musical - Start Of Something New Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 335 - X-wing is dead, long live X-wing! We're back already! And today we're chatting about the news that although Atomic Mass Games may have given up developing the X-wing Miniatures Game... the community is not ready to give up on the game! Earlier today there was an announcement by around 30 members of the community that are looking to take over the stewardship of X-wing. You can find this on our Facebook page and Discord, as well as on many others out there! This group is trying to represent a wide cross section of the player base including some of the prominent content creators and membership from a large number of different countries and communities. Tim, Liam and Ben are part of this group and although early days we chat a little about what's been going on (warning: this is few days old so it's very early on) and what the group might be doing in short and long term. We also chat over some of the FAQ's that have been produced regarding the project. It should also be stated the Sith Takers do not decide what's going to happen and what we say is personal opinion, nothing has been decided bar the group needs to establish a structure and set some goals. What this group will actually do is very much TBD and if we say something you don't like don't panic... nothing is set in stone! And there will be discussions and votes to decide the best way forward for what we believe is the community at large. If you feel like you've been missed or have something to offer this endeavour here is the form you can fill out to express interest: https://forms.gle/viagRYbj4tAeiVv38 Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 17/06/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Fat Boy Slim - Renegade Master Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 334 - AMG admits defeat In an Emergency recording Rich, Liam and Tim respond to Atomic Mass Games announcement that they have officially ended development of the Star Wars X-wing and Armada Miniature Games. Was managing all the Star Wars games too much for the small studio? They claim external factors were the reasons it became too difficult? Find out the hot takes from the cast here and maybe we'll be back Monday with a more measured response... there may be one or two Babu Frik's used in today's episode! :D You can find the official AMG announcement here: https://www.atomicmassgames.com/transmission/update-on-star-wars-x-wing-and-star-wars-armada/ Cast - Rich, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 13/06/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Queen - Don't Stop Me Now (Official Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 333 - UK Games Expo 24 You wait for Organised Play and then two come along at once! This week we chat about the recent news from Atomic Mass Games about the Grand Tournament locations and the first two official GT's - Bilbao and the UK Games Expo! Rich chats to Ben & Liam plus special guest Tom Candlin about how they got on at the UK Games Expo, how the event went and what we might do about the new menace that is double B-wings! Someone else did quite well at the UK Games Expo, someone who may feature on the podcast every now and again, but he's dead to Rich so no need to acknowledge his performance right...! ;) AMG GRAND TOURNAMENT 2024–2025 UPDATE https://www.atomicmassgames.com/transmission/grand-tournament-2024-2025-update/ Tantive 7Bilbao Grand Tournament - lists & results https://www.longshanks.org/event/15406 UK Games Expo GT - lists & results https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1479 Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam, Tim and special guest Tom Candlin Producer - Tim Recorded 03/06/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Top Cat: The Complete Series - Opening Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 332 - Let's go Expo 24 This week Rich & Tim are joined by Dylan Jones to talk about the Welsh Open, UK Games Expo and other AMG Grand Tournament news! We also chat about a recent interview from Crabbok with Will Shick. UK Games Expo tickets & info https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/events/1809-star-wars-x-wing-main-event-ukge-2024/ UK Games Expo Rollbetter page https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1479 Welsh Open tickets & details https://www.thebattlefields.co.uk/events-at-the-battlefields/star-wars-x-wing-welsh-gt-2024-cardiff Crabbok interview with Will Shick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPQsQHYdDBM Cast - Rich, Ben, and Liam Producer - Tim Recorded 20/05/2022 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - BABYMETAL x @ElectricCallboy - RATATATA (OFFICIAL VIDEO) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 331 - The X-wing Game State A nice simple show where Rich, Liam and Ben catch up about Organised Play, X-wing news and the state of the game! (yes they get a little grumpy...) Cast - Rich, Ben, and Liam Producer - Tim Recorded 20/05/2022 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - The Monkees - Daydream Believer (Official Music Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 330 - Incom Pew Pew A short-ish show this week as Ben & Liam cover last weekend's one day event from Incom Gaming in Cheltenham! We chat about what lists Liam and Adam took, what did well (Tin Squadron on top!) and what else caught our eye. Find all the lists and results here: https://www.pattern-analyzer.app/tournament/longshanks/15452 Cast - Ben, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 13/05/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Nathan Evans - Wellerman (Sea Shanty) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 329 - Real Steel This week we're joined by the Captain of the self proclaimed greatest X-wing Squadron in the known Universe - Daniel Athey of Steel City X-wing! We talk with Dan about his recent victories at the Element Games Legends & Yorkshire Team Event 2: Lightspeed to Belgium events that have happened over the last two weeks! We round out the show with some general X-wing news and Atomic Mass Games OP chatter. Element Games Legends - April 2024 https://www.longshanks.org/event/15172/ Yorkshire Team Event 2: Lightspeed to Belgium https://www.longshanks.org/event/14080/ Cast - Rich, Liam, Tim and special guest Daniel Athey Producer - Tim Recorded 06/05/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Pulp - Common People Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 328 - Worlds 24 Meta Snapshot Part 2 Our second show diving in to the Top lists from the Atomic Mass Games X-wing World Championships. This week we finish up with Resistance and Scum & Villainy plus a look at what the top First Order and Separatist Alliance lists looked like. We round out the show with a catch up on the Organised Play news from AMG with the creation of the Grand Tournament at the expense of the World Championship. Plus a little chat about the Embracer Group split up and the XTC! Last Chance Qualifier Roll Better https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1351 X-wing World Champs Roll Better https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1350 Pattern Analyzer https://www.pattern-analyzer.app/tournament/listfortress/4369 AMG GT announcement news https://www.atomicmassgames.com/transmission/introducing-grand-tournaments/ Embracer Group news https://www.gamesindustry.biz/embracer-group-splits-into-three-everything-you-need-to-know Cast - Rich, Liam, Tim and Ben Producer - Tim Recorded 22/04/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire · The Ink Spots Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 327 - Worlds 24 Meta Snapshot Part 1 We take a deep dive in to the Top lists from the Atomic Mass Games X-wing World Championships and go through faction by faction how these lists work, how they're winning games and what you might do to beat them! We try to explain what the different parts do to help you on the table top if you end up facing one of these meta monsters! This week we focus on Galactic Republic, Rebel Alliance and Galactic Empire. Next week we'll finish up with Resistance and Scum & Villainy plus a look at what the top First Order and Separatist Alliance lists looked like. Last Chance Qualifier Roll Better https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1351 X-wing World Champs Roll Better https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1350 Pattern Analyzer https://www.pattern-analyzer.app/tournament/listfortress/4369 Cast - Rich, Liam, Tim and Ben Producer - Tim Recorded 15/04/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Fallout 4 Main Theme | Fallout 4 OST Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 326 - Worlds 24 Wrap Up - Part 2 This week we're joined by the Atomic Mass Games X-wing 2024 World Champion - Illy! Rich, with Tim and Liam, quiz Illy about his trip to Adepticon, about his games and list, and how things went for him in Chicago (spoiler - it went well! ;) ). We wrap up the show with some stat analysis on Pattern Analyser and some promo for this years OP, that we know of. Last Chance Qualifier Roll Better https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1351 X-wing World Champs Roll Better https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1350 Pattern Analyzer https://www.pattern-analyzer.app/tournament/listfortress/4369 Cast - Rich, Liam, Tim and the World Champion Illy! Producer - Tim Recorded 08/04/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Imagine Dragons - On Top Of The World (Official Music Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 325 - Worlds 24 Wrap Up - Part 1 Ben is joined by Rich, Tim and Sean to chat about their trip to the Atomic Mass Games X-wing World Championship at Adepticon, Chicago. We chat about our travels, the Con and the events. What we did, what we liked and how well we all did! This is the first of 2 or 3 episodes chatting about the 2024 World Champs so expect more in-depth list discussion coming soon! Last Chance Qualifier Roll Better https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1351 X-wing World Champs Roll Better https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1350 Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam, Tim and Sean Milligan Producer - Tim Recorded 01/04/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Official Music Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 324 - We're off to Worlds 24! It's our last show before heading off to Adepticon in Chicago for the Atomic Mass Games X-wing World Championship. First timers Rich and Matt are joined by Worlds Veterans Tim, Liam and Ben to talk about all things Worlds! We have some travel tips and advice for those with last minute things to sort. We chat a little about what you could be doing before the event and what Adepticon is like. If you've not been before we talk about regsitration, what to do for food & drink and event format! And of course we need to chat about what we're flying and what we think we might see at Worlds and what might do well! Last Chance Qualifier Roll Better https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1351 X-wing World Champs Roll Better https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1350 Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam, Tim and Matt Flockhart Producer - Tim Recorded 17/03/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - John Denver - Leaving On A Jet Plane (Official Audio)m Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 323 - Super Secret Scum Sauce This week we invite Sith Taker Open King of Swiss Rob Smith on to talk about Scum & Villainy. What did he take to go unbeaten day 1 and what could we see do well at Worlds! Sith Taker Open Results & lists https://www.longshanks.org/event/12943/ Sith Taker Open live stream by Firecast Focus with support from Tin Squadron www.twitch.tv/firecastfocus Pattern Analyzer https://www.pattern-analyzer.app/tournament/listfortress/4343 Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and special guest Rob Smith Producer - Tim Recorded 04/03/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Ezra Collective - Dark Side Riddim Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 322 - Sith Taker Open 2024 The Sith Taker Open may be done for another year but Rich is joined by Ben, Liam and Tim to talk about how it all went! We have a players and TO perspective from the group, chatting about the weekend, games, lists and results! A big thanks to Cog'o'Two, Onyx Squadron, Atomic Mass Games, Vector Squadron Creative, Iksentrik, Enigma Wargaming and Element Games for all their help & support with the event! Results & lists https://www.longshanks.org/event/12943/ Sith Taker Open live stream by Firecast Focus with support from Tin Squadron www.twitch.tv/firecastfocus Pattern Analyzer https://www.pattern-analyzer.app/tournament/listfortress/4343 Cast - Rich, Ben, Tim and Liam Producer - Tim Recorded 19/02/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Electric Callboy - Hypa Hypa (OFFICIAL VIDEO) Used without permission - it's just for fun!