Episode 362 - We love new points!

Dropping just in time for Valentines we have version 4 of the Beta points from XWA and the cast chat through their thoughts on the changes! Plus a little chat about Kylo & Mando Standard Loadouts and a bit of Organised Play News!

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

Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and Tim

Producer - Tim

Recorded 17/02/2025 via Discord

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

Outro - LITTLE BIG – TCHAIKOVSKY (Official Music Video)

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Episode 361 - Chatting with the Champ STO 2025

This week the cast catch up with the 2025 Sith Taker Open Champion Dom Flannigan and chat about his take on CIS that saw him take the top spot and the big event of the year!

We round out the show with some chat about the recent Polish System Open X-Wing Championship final from Gdansk and a couple of Standard loadouts coming from the XWA.

Sith Taker Open 2025

https://www.longshanks.org/event/22439/

Gdansk PSO X-Wing Championship 2024

https://longshanks.org/event/15021/

Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam, Tim and special guest Dom Flannigan

Producer - Tim

Recorded 10/02/2025 via Discord

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

Outro - Mingle Game Song “Round and Round” Lyric Video | Squid Game: Season 2 | Netflix

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Episode 360 - STO 2025 Round-up

We're just getting over an amazing weekend of X-wing! Next week we'll be joined by the Event Champion Dom Flannigan so this week Rich & Ben chat about the event from a Tournament Organisers point of view and Tim & Liam chat about it from a players perspective.

We cover the lists in cut and chat about the social & side events surrounding the main event! And of course the people who made the event such a success and a lot of fun for all involved!

Sith Taker Open 2025 - 136 player XWA points

https://www.longshanks.org/event/22439/

Sith Taker Open Day 2 - AMG GT - 57 players

https://www.longshanks.org/event/22440/

Sith Taker Open Day 2 - XWA Doubles

https://www.longshanks.org/event/22475/

Cast - Rich, Ben Liam and Tim

Producer - Tim

Recorded 03./02/2025 via Discord

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

Outro - Mingle Game Song “Round and Round” Lyric Video | Squid Game: Season 2 | Netflix

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Episode 359 - Getting ready for The Big Show!

Here we go! It's almost here! THE big X-wing show of the year - Sith Taker Open 2025!

Rich is joined by a rather congested Tim (sorry) and Ben (also sorry ;) ) to chat about our big annual x-wing event happening in Stockport, UK! 130-140 pilots using XWA points will be joining us for casual games & pre-event social on the Friday, Swiss with potential play-in round on Saturday and then Top 16 plus side events on the Sunday! Find out some of what will be going on this weekend in this weeks show!

Plus don't forget to tune in to the final ever live stream from Firecast Focus who will be covering the event for your viewing pleasure! https://www.twitch.tv/firecastfocus (check them a sub/prime sub as a thankyou if you can!)

We round out the show covering AMG GTs from Canada and Australia plus an XWA points event from Germany!

It's a Trap - Kiepencon 2025 - Germany XWA Points

https://www.longshanks.org/event/22675/

AMG X-Wing Grand Tournament @ CANCON 2025 - Canberra, Down Under

https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1822

OFFICIAL AMG X-WING GRAND TOURNAMENT - Ontario, Canada

https://www.longshanks.org/event/22124/

Cast - Rich, Ben and Tim

Producer - Tim

Recorded 27/01/2025 via Discord

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

Outro - Big Show Entrance Video - WWE

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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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