Episode 368 - Wisdom of the Ancients

We got a little bit swamped with X-wing content with all the new releases coming out of the X-wing Alliance we completely missed a fantastic article friend of the show (and occasional target of our jokes) Steve Boulton wrote!

Steve got several regular 'top' tournament players together and asked them a serious of questions to determine what makes a good player top tier. We were really impressed with the article and wanted to chat about. Thanks to Steven and Dylan for bringing it together.

We round out the show with chat about the new releases and what we've been using.

https://exilesquadron.com/xwing/making-the-cut/

Cast - Rich, Liam and Tim

Producer - Tim

Recorded 14/04/2025 via Discord

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

Outro - ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man (Official Music Video) [HD Remaster]

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Episode 367 - A new hope is here!

XWA release their first official content, we've seen the spoilers but we haven't seen everything - and we have points for all the new ships! The cast chat about new & spoiled ships and now we have points what we think will feature and what we're excited to fly.

We also give some shout outs to the Polish Championship happening 26/27 April and congratulations to Tom Veal & Team for emerging victorious at the 312 Squadron Team League (several games of which streamed by sith_taker_tim on Twitch).

Print & play / new content section from XWA

https://www.xwing.life/resources/xwa-content

Points

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

Infinite Arenas

https://infinitearenas.com/

The Polish Championship

https://www.facebook.com/events/663077006378710

Cast - Rich, Ben Liam and Tim

Producer - Tim

Recorded 07/04/2025 via Discord

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

Outro - Queen - Play The Game (Official Video)

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Episode 366 - The Wolds are not enough

Another bumper Organised Play episode - and we're not here just talking about Calen Wong's triumphant rise to becoming the 2025 X-wing World Champion! A massive congratulations to Calen from all at the Sith Takers!

After we've covered the action from Milwaukee, USA we turn our sights to Yorkshire for the Wolds Championships where 28 players who couldn't make the trip to the States battled it out in a XWA points event. Finally we cover the online Polish System Open that Liam played in!

X-Wing 2025 World Championship

https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2106

Yorkshire Wolds Championships

https://www.longshanks.org/event/23384/

PSO 2025 ONLINE – TURNIEJ OTWARCIA SEZONU

https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/24070/

Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and Tim

Producer - Tim

Recorded 31/03/2025 via Discord

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

Outro - R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

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Episode 365 - Scum & Swag

Warning - there are some audio issues this week! Sorry!

This week the team is joined by XWA Prize Lead Dylan to chat about the final XWA Scum & Villainy spoilers and to dish the dirt on the first Squad Championship kit from the XWA - what will we be playing for, what will the alt arts be and of course what will the winner get!

Hopefully by the time this episode comes out you can find the article on Dylan's blog with lovely pics here:

https://exilesquadron.com/

If not check out the XWA website and it should be there along with the final Scum spoilers!

https://www.xwing.life/news/announcements

Finally anyone going to Worlds - safe trips, have fun & hope you all have great games!

Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and Tim and special guest Dylan

Producer - Tim

Recorded 25/03/2025 via Discord

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

Outro - SABATON - Bismarck (Official Music Video)

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Episode 364 - Here come the Resistance, again!

We're back with chat about Resistance standard loadouts from XWA, more OP news from XWA and a couple of events one of which was run by Liam!

GT X WING de Normadie By AMG - except it's XWA!

https://www.longshanks.org/event/19461/

Board in Brum - X-wing March

https://www.longshanks.org/event/23323

Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and Tim

Producer - Tim

Recorded 17/03/2025 via Discord

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

Outro - Skillet - "The Resistance" [Official Lyric Video]

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Episode 363 - XWA OP on the way!

It's a bumper episode today with First Order and Resistance spoilers from the XWA, a slew of events from across the globe and then Tim chats about the recent Organised Play news from XWA!

Find out what a Squad Championship is, what the OP pyramid is and what you could win if you emerge victorious at one of these events! Plus we chat about the first XWA System Open - The Welsh Open! Which tickets are now on sale for:

https://www.thebattlefields.co.uk/events-at-the-battlefields/star-wars-x-wing-welsh-open-2025-cardiff

XWA Organised Play announcements

https://www.xwing.life/news/announcements#h.2eo1y5fhvt0f

Excelsior - Feb '25 - UK

https://www.longshanks.org/event/23640/

Xwing | Mox Boarding House - USA

https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2019

SZ-WING goes XWA - Make X-Wing great again [XWA] - Germany

https://listfortress.com/tournaments/7163

GFA Open - 2025 Március - Hungary

https://www.longshanks.org/event/22469/

Strass Wars VII - The Strass Awakens - France

https://www.longshanks.org/event/21934/

Torneio de Março X-wing - Brazil

https://www.longshanks.org/event/23850/

Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and Tim

Producer - Tim

Recorded 03/03/2025 via Discord

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

Outro - Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London (Official Audio)

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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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