Twilight Imperium Junkies Podcast

Rand & Speedy discuss the Junkies' experience with the Total War game variant so far!

Rand goes through each of the new Thunder's Edge faction breakthroughs!

The hosts of tournaments in Indiana, Canada, and Australia let us in on the details and howabouts of their events!

Rand, Speedy, and Nathan go through all the new legendary planet abilities that the Thunder's Edge expansion has brought to the TI universe!

Rand & Nathan talk about their experiences playing the Deepwrought Scholorate, concluding the podcast's opening conversations on the new Thunder's Edge factions!

Speedy and Sean (JustJelly) talk about their experiences playing a new Thunder's Edge faction, The Last Bastion!

Kevin & Paul talk about what goes into Twilight Imperium game day, from set up to wrap up!

Matt & Rand continue their chat about one of the new factions, The Firmament/The Obsidian.

Rand & Matt talk about their experience playing The Firmament/The Obsidian.

Speedy & Rand go through each of the new action cards that the new expansion has brought to Twilight Imperium!

Speedy & Rand talk about their experiences playing the new Thunder's Edge lizard faction!

Ever since the Stooge For The Throne II and Alliance tournaments ended, we've been itching for more competitive gameplay. Well, it's coming! The Junkies host an online Thunder's Edge league for Patreon members! Who will be the first champion?

In this Patreon Poll winner/Halloween special, Dracula and Michael discuss the new Crimson Rebellion faction from Thunder's Edge! Michael breaks down his first experience playing them.

Rand, Speedy, and Nathan unbox the new Twilight Imperium expansion and talk about some of the components! Full video on the TI Junkies YouTube channel. The podcast version includes a short ASMR segment.

So what's the deal with the taboo practice that is winmaking? Is it ethical? Is it called for? Is it inevitable? Here's what Rand and Big Al have to say about it.

Speedy and Drago discuss the final game of the Twilight Imperium tournament that just took place in Los Angeles, hosted by Space Cats Peace Turtles!

Speedy and Drago chat about the epic Twilight Imperium that just took place in Los Angeles, hosted by Space Cats Peace Turtles!

Rand breaks down her Mentak Coalition strategy and play style! 00:00 Intro to Mentak 01:10 Cruisers and Ambush 03:16 Pillage  05:28 Promise of Protection 07:13 Technology paths 10:36 Flagship and Mech 12:38 Agent 14:19 Commander 15:35 Hero 17:15 Round One Strategy Cards 18:05 Alternate Strategies and the Social Game 20:00 Upcoming TI Junkies Content 

Matt and Henry chat about all things Mahact Gene-Sorcerers! 00:00 Intro to Mahact 05:30 Commander and late game shenanigans 14:58 Agent ‘Jae Mir Kan’ 12:26 Hero ‘Benediction’ 27:31 Mech ‘Starlancers’ 32:49 Promissory Note ‘Scepter of Dominion’ 34:13 Genetic Recombination 35:16 Crimson Legionnaires 37:01 Tech Paths 43:16 Flagship ‘Arvicon Rex’ 44:59 Stopping Mahact as a table 51:36 Mahact in Allian...

The first-ever TI Junkies Alliance Tournament has wrapped up! Rand and Henry break down some highlights of each game, then tease the next sanctioned event! 00:00 Intro 01:01 Alliance Game 1 Recap 05:30 Alliance Game 2 Recap 09:23 Alliance Game 3 Recap 17:05 Championship Game Recap 19:46 Online League Announcement Patreon

Rand & Nathan talk about when they think betrayal is warranted in Twilight Imperium, when they break non-bindings, and the magnitudes of different kinds of betraying. 3:55 Strategy phase/Speaker betrays 8:00 Mutiny potential 11:02 Nathan’s dream Hacan betrayal 11:56 Breaking non-binding deals 14:04 Rand’s dream Yssaril betrayal 16:33 Betraying hidden information 21:17 "Baby betrays" 26:42 Betr...

Rand & Henry go over all the components that were announced for the upcoming Twilight Imperium expansion, Thunder's Edge, dropping this October! 03:06 Thunder's Edge Planet + Expeditions 04:33 Breakthroughs 07:29 The Fracture 09:45 Galactic Events 11:30 Five New Factions + Last Bastion Faction Sheet 15:51 Twilight's Fall (Franken Mode?) 17:16 Back of the Box

Rand & Kyle (kRuthless) talk about the methods of a Stoogemaster, all the while breaking down the Stooge for the Throne II championship game. 00:53 Stoogemastering in early game 05:39 kRuthless playstyle evolution 08:07 Mutual Stoogery with Karnal 11:09 Table heat 15:37 Talking less 16:39 Getting a loose support 24:02 Whispers on TTPG 29:31 Breaking down round 5 of the final 33:42 Game-winning...

To celebrate the end of our Twilight Imperium Stooge for the Throne tournament, Speedy and Nathan walk us through some of their thoughts on the stooge-stoogemaster dynamic.

Rand & Henry talk all about Custodians—why they love it, what factions score it best, and the role it plays in your journey to ten victory points. 01:35 Custodians intro 06:40 Factions that love it 17:18 Strategy cards 20:18 Exploration 23:19 Reading the table meta 25:37 Rand’s custodian stories 29:00 Should you go for custodians?