Sith Takers Snap Shots

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_...

Episode 60 - UK Grand Champs 2019 Producer Tim grabs Bob, Rich and Ed for a quick chat on the way home from the 2019 UK Grand Championships at UK Games Expo. A quick overview on how the four got on and their experiences at the event and the Games Expo. We'll be back later in the week with more indepth discussion on lists and faction break downs. Cast - Tim, Bob, Rich & Ed Producer - Tim (spudgun_s...

Episode 59 - Let's go Expo! Colm chats to Rich and Tim (yes we let him out again!) about the lists they're taking to the UK Grand Championships (Nationals) at UK Games Expo. Now it's extended format how do the duo think their Hyperspace lists will fair and what are they worried about. Best of luck to all participants. If you see a Sith Taker about please come and say hello! We'll be covering the r...

Episode 58 - Fair Play At the weekend we asked for topics you'd like to hear us chat about and Lian Smith asked for a show on Game Etiquitte. Bob & Will take up the challenge and discuss some things you can do to improve your game play and improve the experience of those you're playing against. Also some things you should look to avoid doing! If you have an idea for a show please let us know! Cast...

Episode 57 - Atlanta Open Bob, Colm and Dan chat about the weekend's gaming from Fanboy 3 in Manchester and the Atlanta System Open. The state of the Extended meta, a little bit of list discussion and Colm gets all ranty about Rey! Cast - Bob, Colm & Dan Producer - Tim (spudgun_sniper) Recorded 27/05/2019 live via Skype Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Mötley Crüe - S...

Episode 56 - The State of Scum Will hosts Adam & Rich as they discuss the Scum faction. What lists are we seeing currently and how are they fairing as a faction post-points change and what might they see to hope change in their future? Cast - Will, Adam & Rich Producer - Tim (spudgun_sniper) Recorded 22/05/2019 live via Skype Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - The Commu...

Episode 55 - Boards, Swords & Malmö Colm is joined by Adam and Ed to chat about their lists and games from the Hyperpace Trial at Boards & Swords in Derby that happened last weekend. Find out how the lads got on plus we chat about the System Open from Malmö, Sweden. The winning and other interesting lists in the top cut! Cast - Colm, Adam and Ed Producer - Tim (spudgun_sniper) Recorded 20/05/2019...

Episode 54 - Naboo Starfighter preview Rich, Adam and Colm get together to discuss the Naboo N-1 Starfighter which FFG have just revealed in greater detail in their latest spoiler article. What pilots and cards might we see, any neat tricks and abilities? All will be revealed! You can find the article on FFG's website https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2019/5/20/new-tricks/ Cast - Colm, Ri...

Episode 53 - List Offense Defence Bob & Will are joined by Tom Reed to chat about list design philosophy and specifically Offensive and Defensive lists. What makes a list, what you should look for as a player when writing and flying these types of lists and how they've moved from 1.0 to 2.0. Apologies for the audio quality on this one. Restless ewoks rustling away during the chat! Cast - Colm, Wil...

Episode 52 - May be Hyenas? Bob is joined by Colm and Adam to chat about last weekend's Hyperspace Trials in the UK and the new spoiler article telling us more about the Hyena bombers and some of the cards and ships we might see on the table top soon! Cast - Colm, Bob & Adam Producer - Tim (spudgun_sniper) Recorded 13/05/2019 live via Skype Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Ou...

Episode 51 - Robot Rock Colm & Rich sit down to discuss some of the Separatist lists & ships that are starting to appear at the top of events. What upgrades and tricks to look out for and some list ideas they might try our over the next week or two. Cast - Colm & Rich Producer - Tim (spudgun_sniper) Recorded 12/05/2019 live via Skype Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - D...

Episode 50 - Snap Shots Five-0 It's our 50th episode! Firstly we want to thank all the listeners and contributors to the podcast - it's been really good fun making it and hope to keep going for a while longer yet! Today Colm is joined by Dan, Will and Adam to talk about Meta-wing, a website that takes standings and list builds and using some mathematical wizardry provides us some useful stats abou...

Episode 49 - Where are they now? Bob, Colm and Rich get together to chat about early meta top choices, where are they now and what makes something go out of fashion. Cast - Bob, Rich & Colm Producer - Tim (spudgun_sniper) Recorded 06/05/2019 live via Skype Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe (Official Music Video) Used without permission - it's ju...

Episode 48 - May the Fourth gaming Colm, Dan & Bob get together to discuss some of the gaming that took part on Star Wars day in the UK. Events at IQ Game and Fanboy Three that Sith Takers went to plys a brief touch on Entoyment's Hyperspace Trial and the UK Team Champs. Cast - Bob, Colm, Dan Producer - Tim (spudgun_sniper) Recorded 05/05/2019 live via Skype Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Reve...

Episode 47 - Wave 4 wonderings Bob is joined by Adam & Rich to chat about the recent announcement on the UK Grand Champs (formerly Hyperspace Cup, Formerly Nationals) changing format and also some of the new releases spoiled for the upcoming Wave 4 releases! If you want to grab your Wave 4 Pre-orders you can do so AND support the podcast by buying from the this link from Element Games! It's linked...

Episode 46 - Denver System Open Bob is joined by Adam Shipley & Phill Blackmore to chat about their trip to the States to take part in the Denver System Open. Sound quality in the interview between Andrew Nuckols and Adam is a little sketchy but it was live and with a portable mic so please bear with us! Cast - Bob with special guests Adam & Phill Producer - Tim (spudgun_sniper) Recorded 01/05/201...

Episode 45 - Art Attack Bob & Colm have been away in Denver at the system open and we should be hearing more about that later in the week. Today Will chats to Jason from Enigma Wargaming about the German system open and painting X-wing ships! Cast - Will & Jason Producer - Tim (spudgun_sniper) Recorded 25/04/2019 live via Skype Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Art Att...

Episode 44 - Rebel Rebel Will is joined by fellow Sith Takers Ben & Rich to discuss recent event metas, what's been doing well, as well as some general list discussion about what the guys are flying and what they're working towards. Cast - Will, Ben, Rich Producer - Tim (spudgun_sniper) Recorded 25/04/2019 live via Skype Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - David Bowie -...

Episode 43 - Fat Han Fanboy Bob & Will grab the finalists from the Hyperspace Trial at Fanboy Three in Manchester, fresh after their game on Monday night, to find out what they were taking, how the day went and what happened in the final! Cast - Bob, Will, Jack and Alistair Producer - Tim (spudgun_sniper) Recorded 22/04/2019 live from Fanboy Three Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the...

Episode 42 - UK Open lists Although a lot of the talk has been about Quad Phantom & Fat Han Bob & Dan take a look at the other lists in the top cut at the 2019 UK Open. A couple of lists that did well with some interesting builds and tricks. Cast - Dan & Bob Producer - Tim (spudgun_sniper) Recorded 20/04/2019 live via Skype Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Slade - Oke...