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Episode 290 - Welsh almost Open It's almost time for lots of UK players to descend on Cardiff for the first ever Welsh Open! We're joined for a quick chat by Event Organiser Dylan Jones to chat about the event and what players can expect from the day! X-wing Welsh Open pairings, lists & results https://www.longshanks.org/event/8192/ And if you can't make the event the awesome Firecast Focus with a...

Episode 289 - No Time To Fly Our second show wrapping up the Atomic Mass Games UK X-wing Worlds Open Qualifier held at UK Games Expo. This week we catch up with Liam, Tim and Rich on their experiences plus we re-visit an old friend - slow play! What are the problems and how you could deal with it if you come across it at an event. UK Games Expo X-wing World Open Qualifier lists & results https://r...

Episode 288 - Chatting with the Champ UKGE 23 Edition In the first of two shows focusing on the Atomic Mass Games UK X-wing Worlds Open Qualifier held at UK Games Expo we're joined by the event champion - Bartosz Wójcicki! We chat to Bartosz about his list and some of his games / strategies as well as cover briefly how we got on and what we took. All in all a very enjoyable weekend with mixed succ...

Episode 287 - Dom Does Devon We're back with not one but two Atomic Mass Games X-wing Store Championships to cover before we get on to our UK Games Expo hype and prep! We're joined by special guest Dom Flannigan of the Firecast Focus (and now also the 186th?) to talk about his successful trip to Devon! What did Dom fly and what else did well at Kirton Games? Then it's back up North to cover the ev...

Episode 286 - Precious Points Atomic Mass Games have got us the points update and Liam, Ben and Tim dive in and chat about the update in general and then a closer look at Rebels, Imperials and Scum & Villainy. We also cover a few events that happened over the weekend using new points that you may have missed! So those having pre-UK Games Expo list block check this show & next week's out! Chattanoo...

Episode 285 - The Prince of Ponte This week we are joined by the first Store kit Champion - Kester Smith of Steel City X-wing! Kester & Tim went to Olympus Wargames in Pontefract last Sunday for their 18 player Store Champs. Find out how their games went and more plus we chat about list submission for the Atomic Mass Games X-wing Worlds Qualifier at UK Games Expo! Lists, results and match up from...

Episode 284 - May be points? So no points yet but we're hoping before the UK Games Expo cut off of May 19th! We discuss this hot topic and what it might mean to those heading to Birmingham in the first weekend in June. We also reveal the winner of our May the 4th giveaway, announce Sith Taker Squadrons 2023, the first round draw for the Sith Taker Online League and also chat about the news from Pi...

Episode 283 - The Rule of Two Ben & Liam take the week off leaving Rich and Tim to talk about all things Organised Play! We've got news about the Atomic Mass Games World Open Qualifier prize support, Store Champ kits start to arrive in the UK and we also get to have a look at a spoiled Galactic Empire starter box set! AMG WOQ article https://www.atomicmassgames.com/star-wars-transmissions/star-war...

Episode 282 - Now there are two of them! This is getting out of hand! Twice the Timbo as our King Tim is joined by his Canadian Cousin-Timbo, Tim 'TimboSlice' Ralphs! Tim has come on to talk about a couple of resources for helping players find X-wing shops & squadrons, events and for those running the shops, squadrons and events a little help letting people know where you are! We also have a bit o...

Episode 281 - Battle of Brum This week we're back to talk with Markus Wilson about his successes at the Atomic Mass Games X-wing World Championships and more recently last weekend's 1 day event at Board in Brum where he pipped Tim to the top spot by .19 SOS and Tim's not bitter at all! ;) We find out from Markus about how he found Adepticon and then chat to both plus TO Liam about how the event we...

Episode 280 - Worlds 23 wrap-up We're back with Tim & Liam's experience at the 2023 Atomic Mass Games X-wing World Champs! It's just about the main event - food, travel, side events, Adepticon and much more! Sign up to the next Sith Taker Online League here: https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/8151 Starts May 4th, Free to enter, one game a week, X number of rounds, possible prizes for those top of...

Episode 279 - World Champs 23 chat with the Champ! And we're back! Tim & Liam have survived America and the Atomic Mass Games 2023 X-wing World Championships at Adepticon - and they've brought back a guest! Our new World Champion - Niklas God! It's a bumper episode! Before we chat to Niklas about the event we chat about the soon to be returning Sith Taker Online League, the Sith Taker Open 2024, O...

Episode 278 - Worlds 23 Warm-up Rich, Liam and Tim are joined by the long lost Darren Grainger who is also heading over to Worlds! We asked Darren on to chat about useful info players travelling to the US might need to sort. We chat about lists and final prep. And round out the show with some chat about upcoming local events. Just a note the Podcast will be on a break for 2 weeks whilst Tim is awa...

Episode 277 - Competitive Intention The cast gets together to chat about the Rules Addendum that has been released before the World Champs. It only applies for the World Champs but does answer some interesting rules interactions. And we have the return of Intentional Draws... We also chat about last weekends 1 dayer from Atlas Games won by Nic Harris from the Firecast Focus, apparently he had a by...

Episode 276 - 2023 Open Over After another successful Sith Taker Open the cast are joined by Finalist and former Open Champion Tom Reed to chat about the weekend! We talk about our games, what did well, explore some stats from Pattern Analyzer and if any lists caught our eye! A huge thanks again to the 105 players who made the event - we had an absolute blast! You can find all the results and list...

Episode 275 - Open Bounty Hunters In this episode we're getting ready for the 108 player Sith Taker Open 2023! Rich takes us through the Bounties on offer to the players, final bits of event prep and Liam asked us a quick question about 4 point ships! Be sure to catch the live action from the weekend at Firecast Focus! https://www.twitch.tv/firecastfocus Cast - Rich, Ben, Tim and Liam Producer - T...

Episode 274 - Beachhead Dom-ination This week the cast is joined by special guest Dom Flannigan of the Firecast Focus (you still owe us a song guys!) who went 5-0 last weekend at Beachhead 2023. We chat to Dom about his list and games. We also chat about the Store Champ kit leak we've seen this week and what we think about the prize pool as well as some general chat about STO and Worlds build up....

Episode 273 - Time to start thinking! With a matter of weeks to go till the 100+ player Sith Taker Open and World's around the corner the cast start to think about Big Event prep! What do you need to do to be successful or at the very least give yourself the best shot at doing well! Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 06/02/2023 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Rev...

Episode 272 - LVO 23 This week the cast are joined by fellow Sith Taker Adam Freeman to talk about last weekend's event run by Steve Boulton at Atlas Gaming which Adam and Liam attended. We also chat about the first Premier event of the year - the Las Vegas Open! Liam asks us about Slow and a little update on the Sith Taker Open! Atlas Gaming event https://www.longshanks.org/event/7009 LVO Top 16...

Episode 271 - Return of the Piffo This week the cast are joined (for his yearly visit) by Filippo 'Piffo' Bosi to talk about an upcoming in-person European based X-wing Team event! It was take place at the well established 40k World Team Champs which will take place in Belgium in 2023 in August and Piffo has some details on how you could take part! We round out the show chatting about Tim's one da...

Episode 270 - Wales is Open! This week the cast are joined by X-wing Blogger, Wales XTC Captain and Welsh Open TO Dylan Jones to talk about his upcoming event in Cardiff! We also chat about the latest event from Richard Greenaway, how the KTC is going and Liam asks another question! Tickets from the Welsh Open can be found here: https://www.thebattlefields.co.uk/events-at-the-battlefields/star-war...

Episode 269 - Back for 2023 And we're back for 2023! Rich is back at the helm with Ben, Liam and Tim chatting about the usual mix of events & x-wing. Now at our new release time of 06:30am UK on a Thursday! We chat about the Hexiled Gaming Kyber Team Champs that kicked off this week which Rich, Liam and Tim are playing in. We also chat about a local one dayer from Olympus Wargaming Cafe. And at so...

Episode 268 - Wham! Bham! Thankyou Liam! Liam hosts our end of year show! Nothing could possibly go wrong! We chat about our highlights from 2022 and some other more general Q&A from the cast. Thanks to all our guests and listeners from 2022! It's been another interesting year in X-wing but we're still here! Special shout out to Matt Coggins who's our top listener and the residents of the Danish c...

Episode 267 - Plug in for PAX This week the cast get together to discuss last weekends 60 player X-wing event from PAX Unplugged! It's a battle of the Phil's in the Final with Imperials vs Resistance! You can find all the lists and results here: PAX Unplugged X-wing Champs https://www.longshanks.org/events/detail/?event=6367 https://listfortress.com/tournaments/3396 Cast - Rich, Ben and Liam Produ...

Episode 266 - Whine about Wine This week the cast are joined by special guest Aurelien Coudray of Team France to talk about last weekend's French Worlds Qualifier which was won by friend of the podcast - Corentin Roux! What lists were flown, how the games went and that watering down a French person's wine might be considered a hate crime! We round out the show with Hot Shots impressions and what p...