Sith Takers Snap Shots

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 th...

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 m...

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 abou...

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...

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...

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 13/0...

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 At...

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...

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...

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. L...

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...

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 ev...

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 Anal...

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 a...

Episode 321 - STO 24 Hype show! It's almost time! The largest independent X-wing tournament in the World is fast approaching and Rich & Ben are going to tell us more about it! ow will it run, what prizes do we have and how can you watch it! A big thanks to Enigma Wargaming, Cog'o'Two, Vextor Squadron Creative, Onyx Squadron, Iksentrik and Atomic Mass Games for their help with prize support! And we...

Episode 320 - That's no Rebel Moon! Liam returns to talk Battle Over Endor Rebels with Rich and Ben thanks to the latest preview article from Atomic Mass Games! What's hot and what's not and what might we see coming to a Rebel meta very soon! STAR WARS: X-WING – BATTLE OVER ENDOR REBEL PREVIEW https://www.atomicmassgames.com/transmission/star-wars-x-wing-battle-over-endor-rebel-preview/ New Ship P...

Episode 319 - AMG Ambush Adjustment Last weekend Tim's Clones marched to victory at Liam's Worlds Fundraiser held at Board in Brum but this isn't the biggest news this week - we have (some) new points! We were waiting on the points for Battle over Endor but Atomic Mass Games decided a little pre-Worlds points adjustment was need so Rich, Ben and Tim discuss these along with hot takes on the Imperi...

Episode 318 - Last flight to Worlds 24 Another round up of Organised Play from around the globe (sorry Flat Earthers!) including the FINAL Atomic Mass Games Worlds Open Qualifier from down under and Tim Worlds fund raiser the Wampa Warm-up! Rich also talks to us about side events coming to the Sith Taker Open in a few weeks! World Open Qualifier @ CANCON 2024 Australia https://rollbetter.gg/tourna...

Episode 317 - Bangor or Bust! This week due to some stormy weather Rich & Tim are joined by UK Store Champ 1st place collector Dom Flannigan of the Firecast Focus to talk about last weekends events! We talk about the Northern Irish Store Champs from Replay Games in Bangor, Firestorm Cards at the Gaming Den in Basingstoke and of course cover the final Atomic Mass Games Worlds Open Qualifier from th...

Episode 316 - New Year, New OP? We kick off our show with early news on official organised play coming to the UK which hopefully could be replicated in other countries. Community run but with full support from Asmodee and Atomic Mass Games - Regionals! Plus 'a special International Event' coming to the London Grand Tournament in September. We round out the show with coverage of recent events inclu...

Episode 315 - Careless Whispers We're back for 2024! We have news, leaks and resulting changes to playtesting at Atomic Mass Games. Battle over Endor is coming end of February and we have a few reveals to chat about! We also start to get hyped for Worlds and the Sith Taker Open with a quick run down of recent Store Champs. Battle over Endor news https://twitter.com/atomicmassgames/status/174442284...

Episode 314 - Fairytale Of XTC23 In our final episode of the year Liam & Tim are joined by the new XTC Champions -Team USA! We chat about the XTC format - group stage vs finals, list choices, faction choices. We get a bit of insight in to the pairings process and possible improvements for the XTC in future years. As it's the last show of the year we thought we'd also chat to our guests about their...

Episode 313 - Isoplane II: The Sequel This week the cast are joined by Daniel 'Isophane' Lim to chat about the return of The Isoplane Initiative! A fund raising initiative started by Isophane and a few other pillars of the community to help those who need it get to Worlds! Tim (and Liam to a lesser extent) benefited from the 2023 Initiative - can you help the next group fly to Worlds?! After we ch...

Episode 312 - Crazy for X-wing This week, once we've tackled the recent Atomic Mass Games Worlds Open Qualifiers from Germany and PAX Unplugged and a couple of Store Champs, Rich and Liam are joined by fellow X-wing enthusiast and actual Clinical Psychologist Niels Detert to talk about Mental Health and Psychology in the game! Why don't we sleep well before a big event? Why do we stress about a ga...

Episode 311 - The French Republic Tim returns from France to chat about his run at the Atomic Mass French Worlds Open Qualifier but he's also brought the Event Champion Niels Vos along to chat about the event and their Final match! Find out how they both got on, what they thought about the event and venue and most importantly - Intentional Draws! Swiss standings, lists and results https://www.long...