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Tournament Signups are already FULL! This is a wildly unexpected outcome, but to celebrate it, today we’re showing off the Preliminary round’s map. 36 games will be played on this map with our draft method, so we’re hoping to learn a lot about it over the coming months, but here are our first thoughts!   Find the map here!   Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunt...

This month the Galactic Council has gifted us with another great episode for newer players. Does the Agenda Phase always leave you wishing you had gained more? Is it tricky figuring out just how you’re supposed to navigate the plethora of action cards that seem to all go off at the same time. Just how much should you pay for votes? We will probably answer these questions, but only if you play your...

Space Kitty Mantis joins us this week to explain the WILD variant known as Frankendraft. It’s like taking Twilight Imperium, throwing it in a blender, and seeing what kind of smoothie you end up with. We played a game of it with Mantis and others, and it was an absolutely hilarious experience. This episode covers the basics of Frankendraft, and details how OUR draft went and what kind of “factions...

We’re very excited to finally present our first “officially unofficial” episode about Dune! We set out to establish a Game 2 months ago, and it’s time to dig into it! First up is a crash course on how to best get into Dune. Many of us are learning to play the game for the first time, so we wanted to give our tips on the easiest ways to get started and what to focus on first! This isn’t a “learn to...

After a week of delay, we’re ready to present our Barony of Letnev Strategy Guide! Hardly as straight-forward as the Federation of Sol, The Barony require a bit more planning to find success. Unarguably powerful, they are still surprisingly hard to actually win with. So take a listen, and discover your safest use of the most massive fleets in the galaxy.   3:27 Barony of Letnev Overview 28:41 Earl...

You’ve been waiting for this announcement for almost a year now. Okay, not THAT announcement. Man, every time I want to announce stuff on this show, you all freak out and start yelling “expansion” at me. This ain’t that! No, this is a 2020 SCPT Patreon Tournament! Some would argue that’s BETTER than a possible expansion, and we’re incredibly excited to break down the details of the upcoming tourna...

This week’s episode topic is brought to you by the Galactic Council! Similar to our “Can It War Sun?” episode, today we’re taking a closer look at each factions’ chances of taking and holding Mecatol Rex. Why is Mecatol important, and what does it take to get there first and stay there longest? Stick around and we’ll tell you!   Join in on the discussion here, on our Discord , or at our Board Game...

We start the second season of the show off with a bang! It’s your stories! Your face! You’re responsible! It’s your fault! This Imperium Life, and it even gets an episode number. We’re really turning over a new leaf here. Anyways, enjoy your own mess.   Join in on the discussion here, on our Discord , or at our Board Game Geek Guild . Connect with us on Facebook and Twitter . And send us your in g...

We’re a two year old pod-baby, and are celebrating our 100th episode at the same time. We’ve always hoped to sit down with the man behind all of the magic, Christian T. Petersen. Lucky for us, this was just the occasion to get ahold of him. This interview is an up close look with a lot of the original development of Twilight Imperium as a property and how the game and story has changed over the ye...

Our copies of Dune finally came in, and we’ve been getting a lot of questions about what makes our second game so special. So we thought we should take the time and break down all the reasons we’re excited about Dune by Gale Force Nine, and how we hope to be able to start covering it on our show!   Join in on the discussion here, on our Discord , or at our Board Game Geek Guild . Connect with us o...

We had the pleasure of meeting Nateraide in person at GenCon this year. And while we didn’t get to record his episode live at GenCon, he did come to us with a brilliant topic of discussion. So, join us for a dissection of the different styles of group metas that are most prevalent amongst the community, and what types of players each meta benefits the most!   Join in on the discussion here, on our...

THIS is it. This is the episode you’ve been looking for. If you are looking to learn how to play the Federation of Sol or just wanting to improve your game, this is YOUR episode. If you’re familiar with our First Round Strategies episodes, this is meant to override that episode. THIS is the official SCPT Federation of Sol Strategy Guide! 6:20 - Sol Overview 19:38 - Early Game 1:01:32 - Tech Path 1...

We’re finally wrapping up our GenCon coverage this week, and to do it we need to tell you all about the tournament! This week covers what we saw in the Qualifying Rounds of the tournament and some spoiler-free discussion of the Finals so that you can still enjoy our wonderful coverage on YouTube . Afterwards that are a few notes on the rest of our GenCon 2019 experience, which was wonderful! Music...

While at GenCon, we had the opportunity to sit down with designers Bill Eberle of Dune and Patrick Leder of Root. We spoke with them about their upcoming releases and about the ways fans interact with their games. We also got to see Dune played and have been playing a fair amount of Root ourselves, and in this episode you’ll hear our first impressions on both games. Music provided by Ben Prunty. F...

THIS EPISODE OF SCPT IS RATED PG-13 FOR SUGGESTIVE CONTENT AND LANGUAGE. We finally had our first LIVE SHOW! This was our event held at GenCon 2019, where we played the archaic Twilight Imperium RPG (which is quite bad). We were joined by fellow Portland comedian Steven Wilber and member of the RPG group Rat Queens , Jessica Lynn Verdi! This was an incredible experience that we look forward to doi...

GenCon starts THIS WEEK! We’re freaking out, and with so much going on, we decided to give you something a bit different this week. First up is a break down of LAST YEAR’S GenCon tournament video, which is FINALLY RELEASED. We talk about what took so long and how things will be different this year. There is also more details on our Live show and ways to hangout and get your Twilight Imperium fix w...

THIS EPISODE HAS SOME AUDIO QUALITY ISSUES. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU MIX THE PODCASTERS IN WITH THE RIFF RAFF! But no, seriously, we apologize for any discomfort in your listening experience. TgWelch has been a mainstay of the Tabletop Simulator community for some time now, and it’s entirely possible that he has more games played of Twilight Imperium than any other person. Today, he joins us...

A recent game left Matt obsessed with a particular matchup. Sol and Yin are both masters of infantry, but how do they fair when pitted directly against each other? This episode breaks down this peculiar relationship and seeks to find out how players should behave when faced with their counterpart as a neighbor. If you’re attending GenCon, be sure to sign up for our GenCon LIVESHOW our GenCon LIVES...

And now the premiere of your new favorite game show with only one episode: Can It War Sun? Today we’ll go through each faction and answer this ever-important question. At some point, we might finally decide this tech just isn’t good, but for today we’re doing our best to play devil’s advocate. If you’re attending GenCon, be sure to sign up for our GenCon LIVESHOW our GenCon LIVESHOW! Music provide...

Daddy is away this week, so it’s up to your Show Buddy and Actual Daddy to steer the ship. And what better way than to do a player profile on our favorite guest host: EJ! EJ helped up commentate the finals of the tournament and makes regular appearances on the show, so it’s time to hear how he approaches Twilight Imperium. If you’re attending GenCon, be sure to sign up for our GenCon LIVESHOW our...

Podbean iTunes Google Play Stitcher Spotify YouTube Last week we were only able to cover *checks notes* FOUR promissory notes?! So now it is our duty to cover the remaining 17 faction promissory notes. Strap in, because it’s sure to be a bumpy ride. If you’re attending GenCon, be sure to sign up for our GenCon LIVESHOW our GenCon LIVESHOW! Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic....

The Galactic Council has another great pick for you this month: Promissory Notes. These little things are something we notoriously had trouble analyzing early on in TI4, but now that we’ve had some time to sit with them, we’re starting to feel more confident with how to use them. There’s a LOT of meta-meat on these bones, so it’s not all going to fit in one episode! If you’re attending GenCon, be...

Dane Beltrami (designer of TI4) has a huge announcement, and he agreed to make it on our show. You’re not going to want to miss this episode where we dig deep into the details of the huge surprise Dane has brought us If you’re attending GenCon, be sure to sign up for our GenCon LIVESHOW our GenCon LIVESHOW! Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com   J...

After some notes about a recent game with our Good Yin Brotherhood patrons, Matt and Hunter begin to lay out the case for the five games proposed to be our “game #2.” The poll is live now to all of our patrons, and we wanted to make sure people had an adequate understanding of each game so that their vote could be informed. We’re excited to add something alongside Twilight Imperium, we just need h...

The Space Kitties have gotta thirsty. Only blood will quench their thirst. Blood or the tears of podcasters. This week’s episode is brought to you by Space Kitty Yin4Life, who took Hunter on a tortuous journey. The game was 14 points, 4 players, and Hunter was required to play as the Embers of Muaat. Joining him was Matt as the Winnu, Yin4Life as Sardakk N’orr, and UnalignedMagi as the Arborec. Wi...