kallepalm

Radio Mecatol

Leisure EN ↓ 43 episodes

Everything Twilight Imperium, by Kalle (two-time TI-champion) and Ola (game designer). If you enjoy what we do, you can buymeacoffee.com/radiomecatol You can find our Discord here: https://discord.gg/muz96jMYBH

Author

kallepalm

Category

Leisure

Podcast website

radiomecatol.podbean.com

Latest episode

Jul 3, 2026

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Episodes

The problem with Mentak 03.07.2026

There is something off with the Mentak coalition, despite their cool lore. Neither Ola nor Kalle likes to pick them and games with them are less fun. Why? And what can we do about it?

Titans in Thunder's edge 19.06.2026

The Titans of Ul. How do you play them in Thunder's edge? Aspects and analysis.

Shattered ascension 05.06.2026

In this episode I interview Wilmer, a Shattered Ascension-enthusiast, about the eponymous fan mod for TI3. Sound quality is not so good this episode, sorry!

Casual versus competitive 22.05.2026

How do you prefer to play? And what is the difference?

An incredible game in Copenhagen 08.05.2026

Kalle experienced some wild high-level plays in Copenhagen, Denmark and retells an incredible game by great players that show him what TI can be. Join our Discord with the link below to see maps etc. https://discord.gg/muz96jMYBH

The problem with Firm Obsidian 24.04.2026

The philosopher-anarchists of TI suck, but why and how do we make the coolest faction ok or good?

Feelings 10.04.2026

How are feelings expressed and handled during a game? What is ok and what not? How should we think about feelings when playing TI?

The best action cards 27.03.2026

How do you define what is the best action card and which are they? Ola plays a game with Kalles stats from the internet.

Hacan in Thunder's Edge 13.03.2026

How do you play Hacan in TE? Kalle has a 67% winrate with them and gives his explanation.

Design of promissory notes 27.02.2026

What has changed from base game to Thunder's edge when it comes to promissory notes? In this episode we look at the design choices made and offer an alternative direction.

Fleet composition 13.02.2026

In this episode we look at how you should choose what ships to build.

Milty level 2 30.01.2026

What is a great slice and what to beware? In the episode we examine the results of a tournament and Ola gets to evaluate and guess which slices performed best and worst. If you want to se the slices you can find them on our Discord: https://discord.gg/VFGk7Qzs (Should work 31st Jan and 1st week of feb)

Over-the-top vs Pop-off 16.01.2026

In this episode we compare two very different strategies.

Sardakk revisited 02.01.2026

How is Sardakk N'orr in Thunders edge? We talk it out while rehashing some stuff from our last Sardakk-episode, because we forgot we already made one. Oops! Goes to tell how many episodes we managed to make, which we also celebrate in this episode. 

How did it go? 24.12.2025

In this short Christmas special Kalle gives a brief overview of how the game went in last episode.

Last round 19.12.2025

In this episode Kalle detail a situation in a correspondence game that he is playing where the last round is about to start. Four players can win, but who will and what should Kalle do?

Legendary planets 05.12.2025

What are the new legendary planets in Thunders Edge? Good, bad? How to use them?

Learning Thunders edge: The fracture 21.11.2025

In our second learning episode we talk about the Fracture, but also some other new mechanics, such as trade stations and the entropic scar.

Learning Thunders Edge: Breakthroughs 07.11.2025

Learn what the planet Thunders edge is all about, what a breakthrough is and which new cool powers are available.

Thunders edge unboxing 05.11.2025

Hello there weirdos of the internet! This is an ASMR style audio unboxing of Thunders Edge. A normal episode comes this Friday as usual.

Heroes - tier list 24.10.2025

Which TI hero is really the best? And are there aspects of some hero that you missed?

Thunderfactions: first glance 10.10.2025

Five factions have been revealed for the upcoming Thunder's Edge expansion. Here we give our first impressions about them.

Honesty 26.09.2025

In our twentieth episode (yay!) we touch upon the touchy subject of honesty in Twilight Imperium. Are you ready to talk real about lies?

Secret objectives 12.09.2025

We had a lot of fun with this one – I think you can tell. Which secret objectives do you think are easy and which ones hard? Find out our assessment and what the stats say, and maybe learn something on the way.

Argent flight 29.08.2025

Strategy episode about Argent flight. Ola is amazed and curious.

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