Sith Takers Snap Shots

Episode 260 - LGT 2022 2nd first The first of two shows covering the London Worlds Open Qualifier - this week the cast is joined by Dimitris 'Old Jester' Stavropoulos of TNX Squadron who may have finished 2nd but gets to talk to us first! We chat to Dimitris about his list and his games including the final vs the eventual Champion Tim Gronneberg (who will be on next week). We also chat about the r...

Episode 259 - Hot Shots Part Deux Rich is joined by Ben and Tim to chat about the Spoilers for Hotshots & Aces 2! We discuss the recently spoiled cards and chat about new and old pilots arriving in 2.5 real soon! Cast - Rich, Ben and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 26/09/2022 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Tina Turner & Rod Stewart - It Takes Two (Official M...

Episode 258 - But is there time for a cup of Tea? Ben is joined by Rich, Liam and Tim to chat about the latest GSP Galaxies qualifier, Korriban, what did well and what lists made it to the top. Liam and Tim then chat about their lists and games at a recent Charity event at Board in Brum and we round out the show with some general chat on Organised Play! Korriban GSP Galaxies https://tabletop.to/ko...

Episode 257 - Catching Up Following the summer we have a bit of a catch up show covering a few announcements we may have missed and also what lists the cast are flying! Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 12/09/2022 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Sophie Ellis-Bextor x @Wuh Oh - Hypnotized (Official Music Video) Used without permission...

Episode 256 - It's Chrispy On Top Three World's Qualifiers for the price of one show! Rich and Ben are joined by Chris 'Chrispy' Patrick to talk about his victory at the Nova Open last weekend. Chrispy took his First Order all the way at the Worlds Open Qualifier and talks to us about some of his games and his list in general. We round out the show with chat on the Dutch Open won by Faan Langelaan...

Episode 255 - Canada Crush the XTC Tim and Liam are joined by a member of the XTC 2022 Championship winning Team Canada - Brendon Osmann-Deyman - and Captain of the Runners-up - Oliver Pocknell - of Team England to chat about last weekends X-wing Team Championship Finals! We chat to both about Team selection, what happened in the Group stages and how did each prepare for the finals. We then touch...

Episode 254 - Send Liam Away Tim takes the reins as Ben and Rich are away and is joined by Liam and Special Guest Conor Holmes. We start by talking about a couple of community efforts to help support players in making the trip to Worlds. Firstly Isophane's Isoplane Initiative and then Conor's Send Liam to Worlds Raffle. The second part of the show we chat about the lists in the XTC Finals. What fa...

Episode 253 - GenCon list chat Ben is joined by Tim and Liam to chat about some of the lists that took part in GenCon 2022. Some of the top lists that made cut but also some that just caught our eye! We round out the show with some chat about events we're going to at Board in Brum over the next few months! Ash's Charity event - 18 September https://www.facebook.com/events/532854024993772/ World's...

Episode 252 - Hanover Holiday Rich chats to Tim and Ben plus special guests Dave Cromwell and Cormac Higgins following their trip to Germany to play in the Hanover X-wing Worlds Open Qualifier. We find out how everyone got on and how the event went. We then cover GenCon, catch up on the XTC and round out with a little general event chat. You can find lists and results for Heat 1 here: https://tabl...

Episode 251 - A lot of nothing In today's episode we reveal details about the 2023 Sith Taker Open, chat about Tabletop.to closing down, GSP Malachor and catch up Tim and Rich on the goings on at the XTC! You can find the all info for the XTC including lists and streaming schedule here: http://thextc.space/ Cast - Rich, Ben and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 25/07/2022 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'he...

Episode 250 - Hot News Who's idea was it to record a podcast in the middle of a heat wave! Rich, Ben, Liam and Tim get together for Episode 250 of the Snap Shots podcast! We mainly chat about the news from AMG from ministravaganza but round out the show with some XTC chat! You can find the all info for the XTC including lists and streaming schedule here: http://thextc.space/ Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam...

Episode 249 - Resistance chonk What's beefier than Resistance Beef? We chat to Rich about his recent win at Board in Brum with Poe and Y-wings before catching up on some of the action from the first two rounds of the XTC! You can find the all info for the XTC including lists and streaming schedule here: http://thextc.space/ Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 11/07/2022 via Disc...

Episode 248 - Kyber Party It's a bumper competitive X-wing episode with the culmination of Season 6 of the Kyber Cup, the Element Games Legends event and the start of the 2022 X-wing Team Champs. Ben chats to Rich about his Top 4 Kyber finish and about the winners list - Chrispy's First Order! We chat to Tim about his win with Republic at the local one dayer and then Tim and Rich fill us in on the...

Episode 247 - Plummer posts A mixed show where we start off with Rich taking us through recent rulings from the AMG forums, a touch on last weekend's Sallust Galaxies event from GSP and then round out with some early info on the XTC! You can find the TTT page for results and lists here: https://tabletop.to/sullust-galaxies-2022-qualifier Cast - Rich, Ben, and Liam Producer - Tim Recorded 20/06/202...

Episode 246 - Evil Empire This week Rich, Ben and Liam are joined by Tom Reed - a formerly vocal anti-2.5 player - who decided to give it a go at the UK Games Expo and has had a change of heart! Find our how Tom got on, what he thinks about the game and why he's changed his stance on the new version of the game. The second half of the show we catch up with Liam after he's had some time to consider...

Episode 245 - Do you hear that buzz? It's the post-UK Games Expo show and we're joined by the UK Worlds Open Champion Martyn Chivers of the 186th Squadron! We chat to Martyn about his list and games, what the run to 5-1 in Swiss was like! We also catch up with Ben and Tim on how they did and what the buzz around Expo was like! You can find the TTT page to sign up to and register here: https://tabl...

Episode 244 - UK Games EXPO 2022 Let's go! With only a few days to go till the UK Worlds Open Qualifier at UK Games Expo 2022 we're joined by Head Judge Kris Mitchell to talk about the event. We find out from Kris what we need to do before the event (register on Tabletop.to, print our lists, pack our ships) but also a little more about how the day will run, how to call a Judge and a bit more about...

Episode 243 - All change here! We kick off the episode with a chat with Tim about his trip down South to Excelsior Comics in Bristol for their latest one day event before moving on to the hot news! New points, new rules and new scenarios! What has changed and what does the cast think has improved (or not). How do we think the changes will affect the upcoming World Open Qualifier at UK Games Expo....

Episode 242 - We don't talk about L'ulo It's a show of two halves, two 1 day events happening in the UK and we do get around to talking about L'ulo! First up Ben speaks to Liam and Jordan Bishop about the Board in Brum event and then Rich comes on with Matt Coggins to talk about the Kirton Games event. What lists were seen, what did well and how the events ran! We round out the show with some more...

Episode 241 - Hanging with Hexiled This week the cast are joined by special guest Scott from Hexiled Gaming! We've wanted to have Scott on the show for a long time having played in his events and on his stream during lock down and of course watching is daily live streamed games on Twitch! We chat to Scott about how he got in to streaming, how Season 6 of the Kyber Cup is going and we round out the...

Episode 240 - May in Rouge Happy May the 4th everyone! Bumper 1 hour for you today! Tim talks about his trip to Harlequins Preston for their first 2.5 event, we then cover the top lists at last weekend's Australian Grand Champs, followed by some Kyber Cup chat and then round out the show talking about the teasers from AMG for the Rogue-class Starfighter Expansion! Find lists, results and standings...

Episode 239 - Bastion Gaming This week the cast chat briefly about last Saturday's event at Bastion Gaming! We then move on to the upcoming Z-95 Release and expected/rumoured points update. Find lists, results and standings from the event here: https://tabletop.to/bastions-first-x-wing-event You can find the Sith Taker League 2.5 here: tabletop.to/sith-takers-leauge-25-tye-sorting-age Cast - Rich,...

Episode 238 - April in Brum This week the cast chat about last Saturday's event at Board in Brum! We cover our lists and some games, we chat about the top lists plus Rich has some thoughts from the data (round played, average number of lists etc...) Find lists, results and standings from the event here: https://tabletop.to/board-in-brum-xwing-april-2022 You can find the Sith Taker League 2.5 here:...

Episode 237 - Adepticon 2022 Part 2 This week Ben and Rich are joined by Cormac Higgins, Top 16 player from the X-Wing 2022 World Open Qualifier hosted by Gold Squadron held at Adepticon, Chicago! We talk to Cormac this time about his list, his games, the whole experience and lessons learnt about 2.5. We also chat about time keeping, why are Rebels and Republic appearing stronger/more popular and...

Episode 236 - Adepticon 2022 Part 1 This week Ben, Rich and Liam are joined by Dale Cromwell, fresh off the plane back from Chicago and the first X-Wing 2022 World Open Qualifier hosted by Gold Squadron held at Adepticon! We talk to Dale about his list, his games, the whole experience and lessons learnt about 2.5. We also chat over some of the top lists and our thoughts on the Final. Come back nex...