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Ever wanted to try playing a list with the iconic Darth Vader yourself? The look no further!

Join us for this episode for an in depth analysis on the different variants of Vader lists, map tactics, matchups, and imperial shenanigans with your hosts Isaac and Jess and special guest and long time Vader player of Zion's Finest fame, Scott Nielsen!

Someone got lucky in Vegas. That someone is the one who I thought never got lucky. No I'm not speaking in euphemisms. I have seen Matthew Scott Richards roll dice. He is very bad at rolling things that are not garbage.

Fortunately, not only did Matt get lucky, but he leveraged his brain power in order to secure the final Nationals win for IA at the recent Las Vegas Open. 

In this episode, Matt and I break down why the double Pirates list is so good, how we think it fares against everything else, and what we think we would do to change it for Worlds.

ENJOY!

There is a Droid deployment card for Scum that is capable of winning tournaments. No, it's not IG. That fellow had his time in the sun but all he's left to do is be a nurse to Baby Yoda and wish that Thrawn and Cats weren't around to ruin his day. No, it's not BT. That fellow ... well, he was never very good (sorry Joey). 

Back in the day, oh so many years ago, there was a list that had this unit which was the terror of the meta. The unit could reliably hit a figure from 7-10 spaces away, they could be focused, and they could force white die to reroll dodges. The naysayers among you might say, "Aren't you just describing Weequay Pirates?" Well, no, I'm not, because this unit can't play the best card in the game, which is On the Lam.

And yet, he persisted. David from the Michigan Mandalorians took down BRIAN MARKS' Jamal Heroes list TWICE to win a recent regional. I know. I literally could not believe it. But David knows his stuff, so beware the ... oh boy ... HKs.

Make sure to pay attention to my review of the next few weeks for closing up shop. I LOVE YOU ALL.

The much anticipated IACP Season 3 has arrived! We hope you are as excited about it as we are!

In this episode we discuss the brand new cards and changes in Season 3 and our first impressions of the wave. Just as a note; although Isaac is a member of the IACP committee, all of the opinions expressed in this episode are completely our own and do not represent the official views of the IACP committee as a whole. 

Join us for some spicy opinions on Season 3!  

After the news that Adepticon will be the last FFG OP event for Imperial Assault, many of us are wondering what the future holds. 

Well it's not all bad news! IACP in the UK scene is thriving and shows a lot of promise for keeping the community going. Join us for a recap of the IACP Regional in Milton Keynes from the players themselves! 

In this episode we don't have just one guest but many! We conducted a myriad of interviews before, during, and after to hear from a variety of players what their experience was like. Congratulations to Sam Whitaker (spoiler alert) for his IACP regional win!

FRIENDS! The final Utah Regional has come and gone, and someone sold his soul to the god of the mercenaries in order to pull home the win. Yes, I know what you're thinking, but I just couldn't run the Box into what was going to be a murderer's row. Scott and Matt were running Vader and the Jets, Joey was running eRiots, AND THE CATS WERE EVERYWHERE.

So I sold out. I ran my Worlds list, and was able to go undefeated on the day, beating Joey in the final.

AND IT WAS JOEY'S LIST THAT WAS THE STORY OF THE DAY. The man's list is nuts, and I cannot wait for you to hear about it.

Joey was able to get through his own murderer's row on the way to the top of the charts, including beating Scott's Vader and the Jets in the Top Four. Yes, it was a nuts kind of day.

Enjoy this one!

Friends. If you are running Hunters or Rebel Heroes, and you run into Cats, may God have mercy on your soul. They are so dynamic, they exert so much pressure, and they are able to remove figures that you cannot protect from an insane distance away.

Jason Brege and JK came on the podcast to talk about them cats, and whew boy am I afraid of what they can do with them.

GOOD LUCK!

Join us with guest star Kenny Brown for another Knowledge and Defense segment!

David hosts an in depth discussion on determining whether or not in a particular matchup you should play aggressively (be the "Beatdown") or play the long game by leveraging control elements ("Inevitability").

What an incredible joy it was to get my brothers back around the horn in order to discuss regional prep. The four of us--Matt, JK, Scott, and I--are running three different lists. We gathered to get reps in in preparation for our regional tournament in three weeks and boy did we have fun.

We break down our lists, with particular emphasis on JK's theft of David Gao's kitties and Matt and Scott's running of Vader and the Jeeeettts. You are going to love listening in on this one.

Hello there listeners and welcome back to Built on Hope Radio. I hope you're enjoying the academy episode this week, here is a little bonus episode from when I was having a chat with my wookie friend about list building. -D