Sith Takers Snap Shots

Episode 85 - Floor Rules & Paris Bob, Colm and Sean get together to discuss the top two lists from last weekend's Paris System Open and a general chat about the recent floor rules that FFG have released. What impact we think it might have on the game and are they a good thing or not. Simon from First Earth was streaming over the weekend and has uploaded the games to his YouTube channel. Please che...

Episode 84 - July Rebel Colm & Tim are joined by fellow Sith Taker Kris on a day's gaming down at Rebel Base Gaming in Congleton. Find out how they got on and the lists they ran in this quick report from the road! Cast - Tim, Colm and Kris Producer - Tim (spudgun_sniper) Recorded 28/07/2019 live from Rebel Base Gaming Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Republica - Ready...

Episode 83 - Aces High Recorded live from Element Games at our weekly club night Bob is joined by fellow Sith Taker Jason Denton, from Enigma Wargaming, and visiting us for the night special guest Jere Koskela, Hanover System Open Champion, to talk about Imperial Aces. How they fly, what sort of mindset you need and specifically his favourite ships in the Imperial Faction. Cast - Bob, Jason and sp...

Episode 82 - Meta Mystics Colm, Bob & Will take a stab at looking into how the current Tournament Meta is shaping up. With the lack of Premier level events since the points change and with the French Open not using Wave 4 all eyes will start turning towards the 2019 Euro's in Krakow for the next hotness! What do you think will be rising to the top in Poland? Cast - Bob, Colm, Will Producer - Tim (...

Episode 81 - Forged in Fire Colm & Will chat to Bob about his trip to The Forge in Manchester for a Hyperspace event. What list he took, how his games went and what else was around. Cast - Bob, Colm, Will Producer - Tim (spudgun_sniper) Recorded 21/07/2019 live via Skype Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky Used without permission -...

Episode 80 - Snap Shots Basics Separatist Alliance Adam hosts our next Snap Shots Basics faction focus, this time it's the Separatist Alliance! The Basics is a series of shows designed to break the topic down for new and old players alike. Adam is joined by Will Pintar and Jack Mooney who chat about the stand out ships and upgrades from the faction. Do you agree with them? How have you found the D...

Episode 79 - July Sith Takers Tournament Report Colm chats to Adam, Producer Tim and, first time to the show, Michael about their lists and games at the recent Sith Takers Tournament held at Element Games. 18 players took part and it was the first local event to feature wave 4 ships. How did the cast get on? Find out plus you can check out the results and lists of all 18 players here: https://tabl...

Episode 78 - Friday Filibuster It's Friday and we've had a couple of events with the new points. Will catches up with Rich & Colm to find out what they took on Tuesday, how they got on PLUS with Wave 4 releasing today we have our final thoughts on the new toys before getting our hands on them finally! Cast - Colm, Rich & Will Producer - Tim (spudgun_sniper) Recorded 10/07/2019 via Skype Intro - Ob...

Episode 77 - Snap Shot Basics First Order Our second Basics episode covers the First Order. What are their stand out ships, what are you likely to see, how do they fly and tips for new and veteran players alike when facing one of the smaller factions in X-wing 2nd Edition. Cast - Colm, Sean & Adam Producer - Tim (spudgun_sniper) Recorded 07/07/2019 via Skype Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Reve...

Episode 76 - Happy Mondays Adam checks in with Colm & Sean who were both away at events this weekend. Colm headed down to Stafford to take part in the event being run as part of the Barrage Wargames show and Sean went to Chester to play in the Gauntlet run by the Deeside Defenders. Cast - Colm, Sean & Adam Producer - Tim (spudgun_sniper) Recorded 07/07/2019 via Skype Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there'...

Episode 75 - What are we taking? So we've all had the new points for a little over a week, Colm is joined by Will & Adam to chat about the lists they've been trying, what they've been flying against and maybe some other lists that have been chatted about! Cast - Colm, Will & Adam Producer - Tim (spudgun_sniper) Recorded 04/07/2019 via Skype Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Ou...

Episode 74 - Snap Shot Basics Scum & Villainy The first in a new series of Podcast shows - 'Snap Shot Basics' - where the cast chat over some more of the core concepts of the game. Hopefully beneficial for new & veteran players alike! First Snap Shot Basics introduces the Scum & Villainy faction - what makes them tick and what should players look out for Cast - Bob, Will & Adam Producer - Tim (spu...

Episode 73 - New Lease of Life Our first local Tournament post Summer points update, Producer Tim armed with his mic takes a trip up to IQ Games in Huddersfield and chats to some of the players about their lists & games Cast - Tim, Kris with special guests Rob & Alain Producer - Tim (spudgun_sniper) Recorded 30/06/2019 live on the road Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro -...

Episode 72 - Eye catching Baddies In our final show about the Summer Squad points update it's the turn of the baddies and we've split the show into two halves. First up Colm & Adam chat about the changes to the First Order and Galactic Empire followed by Bob & Will who tackle the Scum & Villainy and Separatists factions. Cast - Colm, Adam, Will & Bob Producer - Tim (spudgun_sniper) Recorded 27/06/...

Episode 71 - Good look at the Good guys Colm,Rich & Adam look over the Good Guys post Summer points update. Rebels, Resistance and Republic. It's a half hour show so still only scrapping the surface - let us know if you think the guys missed something! Cast - Colm, Rich & Adam Producer - Tim (spudgun_sniper) Recorded 26/06/2019 live via Skype Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith...

Episode 70 - Summer points update Colm, Bob & Adam give their initial thoughts on the 2019 Summer Points update. Some of the biggest changes plus how the update has affected the 'current' Top meta lists. We'll be back to have a more in-depth look over the next couple of episodes. Cast - Colm, Bob & Adam Producer - Tim (spudgun_sniper) Recorded 25/06/2019 live from the Element Games NWGC Intro - Ob...

Episode 69 - Wishful Thinking What do you hope goes up or down in the imminent points update? Will, Bob & Adam get together to discuss what they feel needs changing and why. But it's not all about Nerfs - some ships are in desperate need of a points drop to make them more viable and hopefully taken in a new look meta coming to the tabletop soon! Cast - Will, Bob & Adam Producer - Tim (spudgun_snip...

Episode 68 - Suitably Separatist Rich & Colm quiz Will on his Separatist lists. What's been working? Infiltrators? Droids? The reasons behind running his list the way he does and some things he's looking forward to from future waves! Cast - Will, Colm & Rich Producer - Tim (spudgun_sniper) Recorded 19/06/2019 live via Skype Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - The Termina...

Episode 67 - Rebel Beef Pasty Will & Rich catch up with one of the recent Hyperspace Trial Champions in the UK - Chris Burnett of Tin Squadron - who took home the title at last weekends HST at Kirton Games in the South West! They chat about his list and the games he played plus a little about the gaming scene in the South West. Check out Kirton Games' Twitch for the streamed games from the event h...

Episode 66 - The Team Challenge After a great days gaming at Element Games in Stockport the Sith Takers emerge victorious after the Team Challenge from IQ Games. Join Tim, Colm, Stuart and Rob as they re-cap the days gaming and talk about the highs and lows of Team X-wing play! We'd like to thank the Team from IQ Games - Stuart, Rob, Paul, Will, Jon, Mark and Alain - for making the trip to Stockpo...

Episode 65 - IQ Games challenge the Sith Takers IQ Games have challenged the Sith Takers to a 7 on 7 Team event! One player per faction and 4 random pairings of IQ vs Sith Taker. Stuart Blucke and Rob Ramm join Colm and Producer Tim to discuss the two team's lists and also what it was like to plan and prep a team for the challenge! Link to both team's lists https://www.dropbox.com/s/45c6xxunimn98z...

Episode 64 - Curious about Coran A quick mid-week episode where Colm, Dan and Sean get together to discuss a couple of interesting, successful lists from the weekend. First up quad Star Vipers but the main focus is Han-brake Han's new partner - Coran Horn! What makes the list tick and what do the cast members think on the list! Cast - Colm, Dan & Sean Producer - Tim (spudgun_sniper) Recorded 10/06...

Episode 63 - Rebel Beef Bologna Colm catches up with Bob after he returns to the UK after spending the weekend in Bologna for the Italian System Open. Find out how Bob got on plus interviews with the 2019 Italian System Open Champion flying his own flavour of Rebel Beef - ‎Alessandro Marmorini‎, 6-0 day 1 Swiss player Roger Bussinger flying quad U-wings plus fellow Brit Darren Grainger who took Re...

Episode 62 - Resistance leaks Colm is joined by Adam and Dan to chat about the recent leaks from the Resistance Transport coming in Wave 4. What cards have caught there eyes and, in the absence of points, what might feature in the meta and create some cool combo's! Cast - Colm, Dan & Adam Producer - Tim (spudgun_sniper) Recorded 06/06/2019 via skype Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of th...

Episode 61 - Post Expo Pondering Colm & Bob are joined by fellow Sith Taker Sean who made the Top 16 at the UK Grand Championships to discuss faction break downs and who did better/worse than the average. Also as Sean took Rebel Beef to the cut they chat about the strengths and weaknesses of the list and how Sean found it performed over the weekend. Cast - Bob, Colm & Sean Producer - Tim (spudgun_...