Episode 340 - Chile GT Down

This week we have another GT to discuss but this time from Chile! The Corellia Alicatan Chile has a few surprises for the cast to chat about before we finish up with some general chat about X-wing Alliance, World Team Champs in Belgium and the online X-wing Team Champs.

Corellia Alicatan Chile, Grand Tournament

https://www.longshanks.org/event/17259/

Cast - Rich, Liam, Ben and Tim

Producer - Tim

Recorded 29/07/2024 via Discord

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

Outro - Chilly Down - David Bowie

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Episode 339 - Sheffield & Lone Star GTs

Warning - audio is a little sketchy this episode! We apologise for Tim's flakey internet, Ben's rubbish mic and Conor's potty mouth! :D

This week Ben is joined by special guest Conor Holmes to catch up on the last two Grand Tournaments - Sheffield, UK and Lone Star Open, USA.

Sheffield GT lists & results

https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1624

Lone Star Open lists & results

https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1600

Cast - Ben, Tim and special guest Conor Holmes

Producer - Tim

Recorded 23/07/2024 via Discord

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

Outro - “The Spark” - Kabin Crew & Lisdoonvarna Crew

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Episode 338 - Welsh Open 24

This week we're joined by the 2nd Best Burnett (and 2nd Best Tin Sqn it turns out...!) Chris Burnett to talk about last weekend's Welsh Open held at Firestorm Games in Cardiff.

Find out how Rich and Chris got on and did Liam survive the weekend as Head Judge!

Find the event results & lists here:

https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/15526/

Pattern Analyzer

https://www.pattern-analyzer.app/tournament/longshanks/15526

Cast - Rich, Liam, Tim and special guest Chris Burnett

Producer - Tim

Recorded 08/07/2024 via Discord

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

Outro - Thunderstruck by Steve'n'Seagulls (LIVE)

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Episode 337 - Have Your Say

Short-ish episode this week as we cover the latest press release from the X-wing Alliance, chat about the latest X-wing Community Survey and of course the build up to the Welsh Open!

X-Wing Survey VIII: The Last AMG Points!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeK5a5rIk4UwhWlNTqvqRBV1Wco9g1P7YsQ09vJx6DHetBpBA/viewform

Cast - Rich, Liam, Ben and Tim

Producer - Tim

Recorded 01/07/2024 via Discord

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

Outro - Franz Ferdinand - This Fire (Video)

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Episode 336 - Mixing It Up

This week we're joined by Nick Sperry of 312 Squadron to chat about XWA news and alternative X-wing formats.

The X-wing Alliance (the community effort starting up to look after the X-wing Miniatures Game) has elected it's 3 'leaders', these people will be steering the development of the group and looking to establish some sort of organisation!

Whilst we await the future of the game at large we chat about some of the events or alternate formats that are around or that we've been playing in. This includes the NCX Draft League run by Greg at Nickel City X-wing, Nick's own points adjustments found at 312 Squadron and we're playing in a 12 week online event run by Conor at Tauntaun squadron where each week we have a unique game rule that could affect what we choose to fly!

Looking at ways to keeping the game fresh!

You can find more info about NCX here:

https://www.twitch.tv/nickelcityxwing

You can find more info about 312 Squadron here:

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

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

Producer - Tim

Recorded 24/06/2024 via Discord

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

Outro - High School Musical - Start Of Something New

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Episode 335 - X-wing is dead, long live X-wing!

We're back already! And today we're chatting about the news that although Atomic Mass Games may have given up developing the X-wing Miniatures Game... the community is not ready to give up on the game!

Earlier today there was an announcement by around 30 members of the community that are looking to take over the stewardship of X-wing. You can find this on our Facebook page and Discord, as well as on many others out there!

This group is trying to represent a wide cross section of the player base including some of the prominent content creators and membership from a large number of different countries and communities.

Tim, Liam and Ben are part of this group and although early days we chat a little about what's been going on (warning: this is few days old so it's very early on) and what the group might be doing in short and long term. We also chat over some of the FAQ's that have been produced regarding the project.

It should also be stated the Sith Takers do not decide what's going to happen and what we say is personal opinion, nothing has been decided bar the group needs to establish a structure and set some goals. What this group will actually do is very much TBD and if we say something you don't like don't panic... nothing is set in stone! And there will be discussions and votes to decide the best way forward for what we believe is the community at large.

If you feel like you've been missed or have something to offer this endeavour here is the form you can fill out to express interest:

https://forms.gle/viagRYbj4tAeiVv38

Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and Tim

Producer - Tim

Recorded 17/06/2024 via Discord

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

Outro - Fat Boy Slim - Renegade Master

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Episode 334 - AMG admits defeat

In an Emergency recording Rich, Liam and Tim respond to Atomic Mass Games announcement that they have officially ended development of the Star Wars X-wing and Armada Miniature Games.

Was managing all the Star Wars games too much for the small studio? They claim external factors were the reasons it became too difficult? Find out the hot takes from the cast here and maybe we'll be back Monday with a more measured response... there may be one or two Babu Frik's used in today's episode! :D

You can find the official AMG announcement here:

https://www.atomicmassgames.com/transmission/update-on-star-wars-x-wing-and-star-wars-armada/

Cast - Rich, Liam and Tim

Producer - Tim

Recorded 13/06/2024 via Discord

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

Outro - Queen - Don't Stop Me Now (Official Video)

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Episode 333 - UK Games Expo 24

You wait for Organised Play and then two come along at once! This week we chat about the recent news from Atomic Mass Games about the Grand Tournament locations and the first two official GT's - Bilbao and the UK Games Expo!

Rich chats to Ben & Liam plus special guest Tom Candlin about how they got on at the UK Games Expo, how the event went and what we might do about the new menace that is double B-wings!

Someone else did quite well at the UK Games Expo, someone who may feature on the podcast every now and again, but he's dead to Rich so no need to acknowledge his performance right...! ;)

AMG GRAND TOURNAMENT 2024–2025 UPDATE

https://www.atomicmassgames.com/transmission/grand-tournament-2024-2025-update/

Tantive 7Bilbao Grand Tournament - lists & results

https://www.longshanks.org/event/15406

UK Games Expo GT - lists & results

https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1479

Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam, Tim and special guest Tom Candlin

Producer - Tim

Recorded 03/06/2024 via Discord

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

Outro - Top Cat: The Complete Series - Opening

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Episode 332 - Let's go Expo 24

This week Rich & Tim are joined by Dylan Jones to talk about the Welsh Open, UK Games Expo and other AMG Grand Tournament news! We also chat about a recent interview from Crabbok with Will Shick.

UK Games Expo tickets & info

https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/events/1809-star-wars-x-wing-main-event-ukge-2024/

UK Games Expo Rollbetter page

https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1479

Welsh Open tickets & details

https://www.thebattlefields.co.uk/events-at-the-battlefields/star-wars-x-wing-welsh-gt-2024-cardiff

Crabbok interview with Will Shick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPQsQHYdDBM

Cast - Rich, Ben, and Liam

Producer - Tim

Recorded 20/05/2022 via Discord

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

Outro - BABYMETAL x @ElectricCallboy - RATATATA (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

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Episode 331 - The X-wing Game State

A nice simple show where Rich, Liam and Ben catch up about Organised Play, X-wing news and the state of the game! (yes they get a little grumpy...)

Cast - Rich, Ben, and Liam

Producer - Tim

Recorded 20/05/2022 via Discord

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

Outro - The Monkees - Daydream Believer (Official Music Video)

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