Episode 358 - 312 Conquest Series

This week the cast are joined by 312 Squadron leader Nick Sperry to chat about their upcoming online events - the Conquest Series! A series of online events in different time zones where the winners will qualify for a global final! We also chat to Nick about he and others got on at the AMG GT from the Las Vegas Open.

And finally we cover the recent XWA events from Poland and France.

312 Conquest Series info

https://tinyurl.com/frvc74kd

LVO day 1

https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1932

LVO day 2

https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1934

LOV Top Cut

https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1931

Poznan X-Wing Store Championship 2024 PSO

https://www.longshanks.org/event/15026/

Tournoi Orleans Wargames Janvier 2025

https://www.longshanks.org/event/21708/

Cast - Rich, Liam and Tim with special guest Nick Sperry

Producer - Tim

Recorded 20/01/2025 via Discord

Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith

Outro - The Jungle Book - I Wanna Be Like You

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Episode 357 - Changing of the Guard

This last weekend we've started to see a real shift towards XWA Organised Play supported events with 3 in-person events to report on! 2 in the UK plus one from the Netherlands! And of course we cover the final UK GT before Worlds!

AMG GT Nottingham

23 player AMG event

https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1857

NWA Jan event 2025 TTBromley

11 Player XWA event from TTBromley

https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1954

So long.. and thanks for all the ships!

16 Player XWA Event from the Netherlands

https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1867

And for the 22 player XWA event from Weston-super-mare Games Bunker... you'll just have to listen because Richard G fellout with Longshanks! :D

Cast - Rich, Ben and Tim

Producer - Tim

Recorded 06/01/2025 via Discord

Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith

Outro - Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin' (Official Audio)

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Episode 356 - New Year New Events

We're back for 2025! Rich is joined by Ben & Tim for a new years catch up!

We also have a few events to chat about, some coming soon like the Sith Taker Open and 312 Conquest Series but we dive in to Tim's recent one day XWA event Revenge of Father Sithmas! And finally the NCX Draft League Finals!

Revenge of Father Sithmas '24

https://www.longshanks.org/event/22092/

312 Conquest Series

https://tinyurl.com/h8bbkd6f

Cast - Rich, Ben and Tim

Producer - Tim

Recorded 06/01/2025 via Discord

Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith

Outro - The Ting Tings - Shut Up and Let Me Go

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Episode 355 - Flying like a Potato

We're back with a quick wrap up of the recent events. A couple of in person AMG points GTs and an online XWA points event from 312 Squadron.

Apologies for me audio, it's a little ropey and only realise now in editing! Plus I know Liam swore... but can I find it to censor it! Oh well I'm fairly sure we can have one! Have fun finding it! :D

Official AMG Grand Tournament - North Phoenix

https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1893

Pax Unplugged 2024 X-Wing GT

https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1862

312 Holiday Blues Brothers Bonanza

https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1877

Cast - Rich, Ben, Tim and Liam

Producer - Tim

Recorded 16/12/2024 via Discord

Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith

Outro - The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End) (Official Audio)

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Episode 354 - Exceedingly Good Points Update

Rich, Tim and Liam get together to discuss the latest points update from the XWA. It's not a particularly big update but it does come with a patch notes doc giving us some insight in to the decision process of the update.

Find all the useful information here:

https://www.xwing.life/resources/points

Cast - Rich, Tim and Liam

Producer - Tim

Recorded 02/12/2024 via Discord

Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith

Outro - Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (Official Video)

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Episode 353 - Sins & The Herts GT

Rich is joined by Ben and Tim to chat about a couple of recent events. First up from a couple of weekends back we have the AMG GT from Hemel Hempstead running new AMG points then from last weekend we're off to Newport, Wales for a local XWA points event!

Sin city Newport November

https://www.longshanks.org/event/20454/

Star Wars: X-Wing at the Herts GT 2024

https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1856

Cast - Rich, Tim and Den

Producer - Tim

Recorded 25/11/2024 via Discord

Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith

Outro - Imagine Dragons & JID - Enemy (from the series Arcane: League of Legends) | Official Music Video

Bonus outro - Greg Crash!

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Episode 352 - Allez les Bleus!

We haven't covered the Online X-wing Team Championship (XTC) much this year as it's been stuck running old AMG points but we couldn't let it go without congratulating Team France on their victory! 21 countries* were represented by teams of 7 pilots, each running a different faction, plus coaches & captains - but France finish in 1st place!

We're joined by Blues Captain Aurélien to chat about the event, what makes the XTC different and how it went for France, England and the other teams!

We also touch on a couple of Grand Tournaments that happened over the weekend in Australia and Germany.

XTC 2024 - Final Stage

https://www.longshanks.org/event/17488/

* some teams were combinations of 2 or more countries

Cast - Rich, Tim and Liam with special guest Aurélien Coudray

Producer - Tim

Recorded 11/11/2024 via Discord

Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith

Outro - Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) Official Music Video (Remastered) HD

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Episode 351 - Cornish Nationals 24

This week we're all focused on the Cornish Nationals run by our friends down south, Tin Squadron!

Unfortunately dark schemes conspired to keep us away from Cornwall and we weren't able to attend but we can at least talk about the games and lists, all using new shiny XWA points!

Full results and lists can be found here:

https://www.longshanks.org/event/16934/

And Firecast Focus covered the event which you can watch games back here:

https://www.twitch.tv/firecastfocus

Cast - Rich, Ben and Liam

Producer - Tim

Recorded 28/10/2024 via Discord

Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith

Outro - The Time Warp · Richard O'Brien · Patricia Quinn · Nell Campbell

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Episode 350 - Episode Tree Fiddy

For our 350th Episode we have a bumper show of events to discuss! First up an AMG points Grand Tournament from Canada, with a XWA side event, then to Poland for a Store Champs using XWA points, and then two XWA point local X-wing events from the UK!

We round out the show with a little general chat about dice variance and stuff before finally a little update on the XTC!

SLO - X-Wing Grand Tournament

https://www.longshanks.org/event/20087/

SLO - XWA Side event Tournament

https://www.longshanks.org/event/20089/

Bydgoszcz X-Wing Store Championship 2024 PSO

https://www.longshanks.org/event/15024/

A whole new world - Somerset

https://www.longshanks.org/event/20466/

X-Wing XWA Points Tournament - Barnsley

https://www.longshanks.org/event/20201/

Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and Tim

Producer - Tim

Recorded 21/10/2024 via Discord

Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith

Bonus intro - Southpark - Tree Fiddy

Outro - Chappell Roan - "Theme Song" ft. Les Claypool - South Park The 25th Anniversary Concert

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Episode 349 - Revelling in Resistance

We're back and we've got a few things to run down this week!

First up we chat about the recent GT from Alaska, then Tim rounds up the XTC Group stage and what teams will be heading to the Finals before Rich is let loose on the Resistance Faction to give us the run down on what's hot in XWA points!

Battle Zone Ursa 2024

https://listfortress.com/tournaments/5513

Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and Tim

Producer - Tim

Recorded 15/10/2024 via Discord

Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith

Outro - Chappell Roan - HOT TO GO! (Official Music Video)

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