Through the Wormhole

Check out our crazy good new ⁠ Merch ⁠ !!! Pre-orders now open!! 2 interviews for the price of 1 in this weeks episode, you lucky community!!! This week Joe is joined by Adam & Alex a finalist and champion respectively at Bristol October 2026 . This is a classic TTW ep where Joe gets the low down on their tournament games, but more importantly their strategic insights to board play and off table s...

Washme? & Blinkks are seasoned players but not everything went their way at the Bristol Tournament. We dig into their games analysing their factions, players they faced and personal play styles. This ep is jam packed with opinions to inform your next game and help you be an even better TI player. And for those at Bristol or in the ECC there are plenty of shoutouts and final confirmation your r...

This week Joe is joined by James (memephilosopher) who is the creator of TI4 Labs and the Async new UI. The second part in our maps/slices mini series. As a data/coding guy he gives us another analytical look at what draft should look like including drafting styles (including one you probably haven't heard of), how to draft well and then wider views on asnyc and TI strategy . Oh he's also...

Episode 1 of 2 of our mini maps and slices series. This week we talk to Alessio, UK National Player, Data analysist, PhD student and all round swell guy. Alessio studied ~5000 async games to study what system was best and worst. If you want to draft well then this episode is a killer one with some surprise ones for sure! Sorry for the late ep, was up very late representing UK & Europe in the s...

The final part of our Leeds Direct Hit coverage, Joe chats to two players who were reasonably new to Twilight's Fall and did not win or organise the event. Rather than being a beginners guide this episode explores how we feel it compares to regular TI. We also talk about our regular TI takes and give Moss (Leeds 2024 winner) to respond to accusations that he manipulates weaker players at the t...

Washme? (aka Charlie) is not only a streamer and podcast host, he is also the first winner of R1 of the European Community Cup. We have analysis and hype galore in this episode. We cover his win as Mahact in R1 of the ECC where he talks Mahact play, TE components and his rivals. Then we cover other ECC matches, the upcoming community game and the (nearly upon us) October Bristol tournament. Commun...

Twilight Imperium is so simple right? Whoever has most points on the track is the one we need to stop, right? WRONG! Walrusbeserker comes to give some propaganda as to why he should never be targeted ever. This episode explores how you as a player can calculate who is most likely to win. It considers points, point potential, support swaps, factions, map set up, relics, and way way way more. A grea...

* before TE The Champion of the Leeds tournament makes his TTW debut to give his take on playing and winning TI games. Luke (aka Olg on discord) has an annoying habit of beating Joe at TI so this episode his a learning curve for him as much as the rest of you. We also discuss his challenge of winning with every faction and his opinion on Twilights Fall. Also includes ECC updates! Links: Community...

Time to Twilight's Fall Through the Womrhole as we visit the the Leeds tournament. The tournament this year was Twilight's Fall which was a wild and chaotic ride with some amazing stories coming out of it. This week I am joined by the organiser Bezah (Ian) who tells us about the tournament structure and gives us some highlights, including the story about how one of us was eliminated!! (I wont tell...

The European Community Cup Round 1 is underway, and Washme? has joined me to run through slices, player match-ups and streaming! We also dive into his games at London: Maneuvering Jets and our classic quick fire questions. This episode has tons of name drops and community shout-outs as we analyse all of you in the ECC and Washme?'s opponents at MJ. Chapters (00:00) Intro (02:39) Hello to Washme? (...

Interview with Hunter Donaldson from a little known podcast called Space Cats Peace Turtle. Joe and Hunter interview each other to learn about tournaments, meta, formats and random stuff including UK comedy & landmarks. This was maybe the week to have a week off podcasting given I have just moved house, but it was great content and seemed ideal to share! Website⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠European Community Cup In...

The girls have taken over the pod to disscuss Twilight Imperium from a partners perspective. I am joined by 4 gals whose partners all play TI, but they themselves do not (and some openly refuse!). They come on the pod to explain what they like and don't like about our wonderful game. Expect plenty of laughing, a tiny bit of bad language and some self reflection I'm not sure we are ready to...

Samba is the new London Maneuving Jets champion! He played Embers of Muaat in both games to win the whole tournament and beat the reigning London, Bristol and National Champs to get there. In this epsiode we hear from a champion on how he approaches the game, negioations, playing Muaat and winning tournaments. Expect a very rational and intellectual approach to Twilight Imperium, definitely lots f...

The Patreon memebers have spoken! As requested by our poll this episode reveiws (almost) all of the worlds major competitive tournments both in person and online. Through out Joe & guest Charlie share our views on what makes the plethora of tournaments so great and anecdotes from our experiences at them. Chapters (00:00) UK Nationals (10:48) London MJ & Draft Points (19:34) Online Events (...

Ral Nel are one of the most fun factions added in Thunder's Edge, they are also great and won the final of the UK National Championship. But what makes them good and how can you play them well? I have the national champ Ru-haul to explain all! This is a new strategy guide series called School, Degree and PhD . Where we give short strategy guides to factions broken up by difficulty. No longer d...

WoW! So much is happening in the TI world! Tournaments, events, ELO rankings, and this podcast has some awesome stuff coming up. And I ask, Is There Too Much Twilight Imperium ? This week I take a break from Maneuvering Jets content to update you all on everything that is happening in the UK TI scene. Whether you love this podcast, or thinking about coming to an event or just intrigued of what els...

Two-time London Champion Walrusberserker once again made the London final but for the first time in history was unable to win it! Having previously recorded an episode tilted 'How to win a TI tournament', he comes back to tell us How to Improve. An episode that spans, London stories, tactical analysis, improvement techniques and life advice. This really is a catch-all episode. We also incl...

The London Maneuvering Jets Tournament is done and dusted... and it was epic!!! Tensions rose, negotiations were intense and ultimately a new Champion was crowned! There were also some pretty big announcements... Organisers Charlie and Joe chat through their thoughts and feelings about it all. Chapters (00:00) Intro (02:14) Headline News (12:00) Samba's Route to Victory (19:42) Reviewing the Tourn...

Ral Nel are one of the most fun factions added in Thunder's Edge, they are also great and won the final of the UK National Championship. But what makes them good and how can you play them well? I have the national champ Ru-haul to explain all! This is a new strategy guide series called School, Degree and PhD . Where we give short strategy guides to factions broken up by difficulty. No longer d...

Two-time reigning champion Walrus Berserker makes his Through the Wormhole debut! He gives expert analysis to every single game at Maneuvering Jets, going round each player one by one and talking about what he sees as their strengths and weaknesses. You will never have such a pro analyse your pre-game as this, so lap it up and take in every word, it may just win you the tournament! Not attending M...

London Maneuvering Jets: Twilight Imperium Tournament drafts are fully live, and at time of recording one table was already done! Organisers Joe & Charlie talk about what the draft tells us, factions present and hype what will be another amazing London Tournament. Also more chat on Keleres, Ral-Nel, Nekro rules and some subtle foreshadowing! London Maneuvering Jets info⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠http://www.way...

London Maneuvering Jets nears, mega episodes approach but before we can get into the meat of that we need a starter: A community review. Stritch is a veteran of both MJ, UKNC & Bristol so he is a great person to talk about our UK community. We analyse in person events, the podcast and the competitive scene and discuss what is so great about our community and what more we can do to support it....

!! BONUS EPSIODE ALERT !! Seth is a TI novice having played a handful of games and self-proclaimed 'non-TI addict'. This episode gets a unique perspective on the game, that of someone that doesn't really get it. You can take this episode one of two ways. A: a serious chat about how newcomers to the game can find it intimidating and how we can support them at our games or events. Or, B:...

Charlie (@Shimmy) is the co-orgainser of London Maneuvering Jets and the UK National Championships. He is as big as it gets as a tournament organiser in Europe, and he's a flipping good one at that! This week we reveal the slices for London Maneuvering Jets and talk about our map making philosophy which has often come under scrutiny to say the least. Charlie also gives some incredible anecdotes to...

Lewis is one of the most aggressive controlling players in my home group, but in tournaments has a habit of being quiet and placid. He talks about how 'older gentlemen' have taken advantage of him historically. This weeks episode looks at tournament metas and how you can make the older gentlemen your friends or your foes in a tournament setting. This is a deep dive into how table politics...