312 Squadron Podcast

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your hosts Nick Sperry is joined by the tandem of Mark Uhl (Strata Strike) and Andrew Nuckols (Curled Paw Creatives) as they talk about the creative process behind their game component shops! This episode marks the second of our ongoing interview series, as 312 talks to folks from all corners of the X-Wing community and beyond! Editor's Note: This i...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your hosts Nick Sperry, Andrew Kouba, and local guest Sam Graebner discuss the overall fallout of a big Adepticon 2024 and the crowning of a new World Champion! They break down their experiences, the competitive field from LCQ to final table, and look ahead to X-Wing in 2024. Congratulations to Illy, from Germany, on winning Worlds! Take a look at t...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your host Nick Sperry interviews the bloody British across the pond! Rich Polley of The Sith Takers Podcast, Matt Coggins (Top 8) and Tom Fieldsend (Top 2) discuss the recent STO event and life as a European X-Wing player! Sith Taker Open 2024 Event Page: https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/12943/ Check out the Sith Taker Podcast: https://m.soundclou...

Description A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your hosts Nick, Andrew, and guest host Alex Merrill, discuss a struggling faction we all love: Scum! Alex, host of the Bespin Benchwarmers podcast, self declared masochist and Scum fanatic, won his World’s invite with a unique Scum list. Check out Alex’s Invite-Winning list: https://yasb.app/?f=Scum%20and%20Villainy&d=v9ZhZ20Z458XWW...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your hosts Nick, Andrew, and Manny, continue the conversation about power creep. How do we define power creep? When is something so impactful it’s time to walk away? The crew discusses this concept and the current design space of X-Wing! Become the ultimate supporter of 312 Squadron and get awesome perks! Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patr...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your hosts Nick, Andrew, and special guest Greg Kash, chat about the implications of overpowered SL cards, the silver lining of online X-Wing, and the Nickel City X-Wing Draft League! Follow the draft league and the action, follow NickelCityXWing on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/nickelcityxwing Join the reserves for NCX Draft League Season 6: https:...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your hosts Nick, Andrew, and Manny dive into their New Year’s resolutions, speculation on the Battle of Endor pack, and how we cope with losing in a competitive environment. Become the ultimate supporter of 312 Squadron and get awesome perks! Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/312Squadron   Support our partner StrataStrike by u...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your hosts Nick, Andrew, and guest Pym dive into a clarifying meta change, the 16 player rule, and a reflection on 312 over the years! The holiday are fully upon us!  Support our partner StrataStrike by using this link and checking out with code “312Squadron” for 15% off store-wide! https://www.etsy.com/shop/stratastrike/?etsrc=sdt Hey, join th...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your hosts Nick, Manny and Andrew are joined by Team USA’s very own Stephen Weiland! The quartet discusses sustaining interest in the game of X-Wing, Upsilons in extended, and the community that made us! Support our partner StrataStrike by using this link and checking out with code “312Squadron” for 15% off store-wide! https://www.etsy.com/shop/stra...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your hosts Nick, Manny and Andrew take a dive into the new player problem. How do we introduce and retain new players in X-Wing? Why is it a lot harder than we might think? Hey, join the conversation, hop into the Discord! https://discord.gg/xknEegJw67 PAX Unplugged info: https://unplugged.paxsite.com/en-us/registration.html Las Vegas Open info: htt...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your hosts Nick, Manny and Andrew do a look at how to make some Gauntlet pilots work, the timeline of an evolving meta, and they even rank where they’d put the Star Wars shows!  Hey, join the conversation, hop into the Discord! https://discord.gg/xknEegJw67  PAX Unplugged info: https://unplugged.paxsite.com/en-us/registration.html  Yo...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your hosts Nick and Manny are joined by Matt Courser of The Bespin Benchwarmers Podcast as we talk about Golden State Games, underrated T-65 pilots, glaring needs in the game of X-Wing, and more! Hey, join the conversation, hop into the Discord! https://discord.gg/xknEegJw67 Check out Matt and his crew at The Bespin Benchwarmers on Podbean! https://...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your hosts Andrew and Nick are joined by Catherine Nyxsera and Emily Rastyl to discuss women in X-Wing and the gaming community at large! In this episode, we break down the experience Catherine and Emily have had being a part of the small (but growing) community of female players. We also finally break the silence on Ahsoka and drop our takes as we...

A long time ago… in a windy city, far, far away… Your hosts Andrew and Nick enlighten the galaxy in a conversation with top X-Wing player Christopher (Chrispy) Patrick! The trio dives into the meta trends of the recent Nova Open Worlds Open Qualifier, breaks down the B-Wing chassis in our debut segment of “Break it or Buy it”, and we address scenario fatigue by theorycrafting interesting scenario...

A long time ago, in August 2023, your hosts Nick, Andrew and Emmanuel entered the gauntlet at the GenCon X-wing miniatures open. Nick even made top 4! On this episode, we discuss the post GenCon meta, the new YT-2400 and Imperial bomber releases. Our friend Chris Tanner's (Planning Phase Syndicate) daughter is battling cancer and if you would like to join us in helping cover her medical costs you...