Episode 411 - Summer Snap Shot

Sun's out, fun's inside! We're back to cover a load of events from across Europe and North America! The first XWA System Open of the season and a Squad Championship! Plus much more! If you missed the Welsh Open stream you can find all 8 games here:

https://www.twitch.tv/sith_taker_tim

Lists and results from all the events we chatted about:

Michiana Marauders Regional

https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2754/players

July Stag - Summer 2026

https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/36325/

Galaxy of Infinite Possibilities - Sqd Champ Lodz

https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/34307/

Geek Out's X-Wing Tournament - July 2026

https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2797

Tin SQN presents - Thursday Evening Joust

https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/35510/

The Welsh Open 2026

https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/35420/

Welsh Open 2026 day two side event

https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/36074/

Cast - Liam, Tim and Rich

Producer - Tim

Recorded 13/07/2026 via Discord

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

Outro - Bananarama - Cruel Summer (Official Video)

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Episode 410 - Epic Conquest

Just the one event to cover this week as at the time of recording Longshanks was down! 45 players competed last weekend in 312 Squadron's latest Conquest event - The Golden State! We chat about some of the top lists including the winners, which I'm sure you'll agree was Epically Different!

Find the lists, results and data here:

https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2566

Cast - Liam, Tim and Rich

Producer - Tim

Recorded 29/06/2026 via Discord

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

Outro - Calvin Harris - Summer (Official Video)

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Episode 409 - The Beautiful Game

It's been a few weeks and we're back with another chunk of games from across the globe! Find out what's been doing well as the cast chat over the top lists from the various events. We also chat about a couple of upcoming events we'll be attending!

Exile Squadron Squad Championship

https://www.longshanks.org/event/35419/

SZ-Wing Blaster-Cup 2026 [XWA]

https://www.longshanks.org/event/32881/

Exploding Anomalies over KeXkemét

https://www.longshanks.org/event/34299/

Turniej XWA | Trójmiasto

https://www.longshanks.org/event/35518/

2026 X-Wing Squad Championship XWA Games of Berkeley

https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2698

Upcoming Team events

Steel City Squadrons

https://www.facebook.com/events/26732917156310192/

World Team Champs - Belgium

https://wtc-belgium.com/

Cast - Liam, Tim and Rich

Producer - Tim

Recorded 15/06/2026 via Discord

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

Outro - Fat Les - Vindaloo (Official HD Video)

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Episode 408 - UK Games Expo 2026

A bumper show today with a load of events from North America and the UK - including the 56 player UK Games Expo event from last weekend! The cast are joined by Head Tauntaun, Conor Holmes, to chat about the event and how he did in particular!

CTC - Bytown Regional

https://www.longshanks.org/event/31884/

Stag Squadron - May

https://www.longshanks.org/event/35269/

New England Squad Championship

https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2750

Tier One X-Wing TMG

https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2782

X-Wing Tournament - May '26

https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2653

XWA Presents: Star Wars Xwing at the UKGE 2026

https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/32637

Cast - Liam, Tim and Rich with special guest Conor Holmes

Producer - Tim

Recorded 01/06/2026 via Discord

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

Outro - "Fly! Gundam" Mobile Suit Gundam Opening Theme Full

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Episode 407 - Legend and Relics

The community has had the new Legend and Relics cards for a couple of weeks now so we take a look at some events from across the globe and chat about our own experiences of what's hot and what's not!

GFA Open 2026 May - STAR WARS WEEEEK!

https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/30833/

Minden Mini Tournament

https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/29111/

TNX casual May 2026

https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2683/players

Cast - Liam, Tim and Rich

Producer - Tim

Recorded 11/05/2026 via Discord

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

Outro - Lady Gaga, Doechii - RUNWAY (Official Music Video)

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Episode 406 - PAPA (Don't Preach) Points Update

It's a big one! (and slight late - sorry!) but Rich is joined by Tim and Liam to chat about the Post Adepticon Point Update (PAPA) from the X-wing Alliance! Also we run down the unrevealed Legends and Relics cards!

https://www.xwing.life/resources

Cast - Ben, Liam, Tim and Rich

Producer - Tim

Recorded 27/04/2026 via Discord

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

Outro - Madonna - Papa Don't Preach (Official Video) [HD]

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Episode 405 - Spring Time Mandos

EXCLUSIVE XWA PILOT REVEAL: DIS-L9B2

We're back from our Easter Break to chat about last weekend's event from Newport Pagnell that Tim attended to Stream, hosted by the Mandos, run at Players Paradice Gaming Centre.

We then also chat about the cards revealed at Worlds that are coming from the next release from XWA - Legends and Relics - with an exclusive reveal of DIS-L9B2, a new Droid Tri-Fighter for CIS!

Mandos Spring Championship

https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/33895/

Cast - Ben, Liam, Tim and Rich

Producer - Tim

Recorded 20/04/2026 via Discord

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

Outro - Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee)

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Episode 404 - Chatting with the Champ - Worlds 2026

Fresh from his recent victory at the first every X-wing Alliance World Championship held at Adepticon last weekend we are joined by Innkeeper_One_Six!

We chat about the event, what lists did well each day and in the cut and importantly chat to Innkeeper about his list and how he approached his games as well as taking the tried and tested online list back on to the tabletop!

XWA Star Wars X-Wing World Championship 2026

https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2638/players

312 Squadron Streams

Twitch

https://www.twitch.tv/312_squadron

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/@312squadronChicago

Cast - Liam, Tim and Rich with special guest Tony 'Innkeeper_One_Six' Marchand

Producer - Tim

Recorded 23/03/2026 via Discord

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

Outro - Outer Rim Heroes Intro - Nickel City Draft League

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Episode 403 - World Watching

It's almost time for the first ever X-wing Alliance run World Championships from Adepticon and although we can't be there we're excited to watch it live thanks to 312 Squadron - a massive shoutout to Nick Sperry and team for bringing the action to our screens!

https://www.twitch.tv/312_squadron

As well as pre-Worlds chat like what list we would run if we were going we have an event from Nova Scotia to chat about!

https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/32598/

Cast - Liam, Tim and Rich

Producer - Tim

Recorded 23/03/2026 via Discord

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

Outro - LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER - Eins, Zwei, Drei - Official Music Video

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Episode 402 - System Open Warsaw

Fresh from his trip to Poland and streaming the Warsaw System Open, Tim is joined by Liam and Rich to chat about the event, lists and results. What did the top of faction lists look like and how did everyone get on.

A massive thankyou once again to the Polish System Organisers & Polish community for being excellent hosts! We definitely recommend a trip to Poland for X-wing - see you in Kraków March 2027!

Polish Championships - System Open 2025/26

https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/31625/

Cast - Liam, Tim and Rich

Producer - Tim

Recorded 09/03/2026 via Discord

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

Outro - Tenacious D - Kielbasa (Official Audio)

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