Strengthen Bonds: an async Twilight Imperium podcast

BLT hops back into the podcasting chair to talk about which techs are correlated with winning the game, weird Yin rules, async Eclipse (?!), and the one-year anniversary of Async Rank!

1:21 Weird Game Mode of the Week (Async Eclipse)

3:28 Best Thing I Saw this Week

6:32 Stats Thing of the Week (tech winning correlation convo)

17:47 Tech of the Week (Supercharge)

19:25 Weird Rules Thing of the Week

23:00 Various Updates and Async Rank Explanation

29:24 List of New Rank-ups 

31:45 Recent Bot Updates

BLT pops in to talk about pbd1000 (48-player megagame) and pbd100-two (24-player megagame), catch up on TIGL ranks, and eat a sandwich.

BLT rambles for a while about Arborec and how "easy" it is to "win" with them!

3:00 Arborec component overview

10:46 Arborec guide

24:40 Best thing I saw this week

27:48 Weird rules thing of the week

29:07 Various updates

BLT is back after a week off to tell you all about The Council Keleres and why they're definitely A tier!

Bluebird takes the stage for this week's episode because life got busy. If you've ever wanted a bunch of not-so-hot takes from Bluebird, this is your episode!

Also, there is an IRL twilight imperium tournament in South Bend Indiana on July 20th and 21st. There will be prizes and also Jazz will be there. Sign ups close soon, Sunday the 14th, so if you're in the Midwest you should join up!

13:35 Tech of the week

15:58 Various updates

BLT and Bluebird talk about what they do when it looks like they're about to be eliminated… not that that would ever happen, right? Also, congrats to Cal for winning Async Tournament 2 and to all the folks involved with getting pbd1000 going.

3:08 - So you're facing elimination

12:33 - Weird game modes of the week

15:37 - Tech of the week (Aerie Hololattice)

20:38 - Various updates

BLT breaks down how Miltydraft works, and shares how he thinks about Miltydrafts in his games. Miltydraft is fully supported within the async bot! 

1:25 Async Summer Showdown

2:41 Overview of Miltydraft

8:05 What I prioritize in Miltydraft

21:20 Best thing I saw this week

22:26 Tech of the week (Mirror Computing)

24:55 Various updates

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BLT and Bluebird talk about which factions are B-worthy, how to make diplomatic pressure fun for everyone, and what Miltydraft is.

1:56 What to do when someone plays Diplomatic Pressure on you

4:57 BLT's B tier factions

20:40 "Best" thing I saw this week

24:49 Tech of the week (Duranium Armor)

27:34 Async tip of the week (/custom customization)

29:52 Various updates

BLT and Bluebird do their first faction promissory note tier list, both for how good the note is for the faction whose note it is, and how good it is to use or buy. 

2:25 Faction promissory note tier list extravaganza!

35:32 Stats thing of the week

36:14 Tech of the week

39:02 Various updates

BLT chats with JakeyJakersJakeington about the difference between IRL and async metas, some fun Discordant Stars factions, and the joy of 14 point games. Bluebird also shares about about the game he and BLT started up recently, with a stuffed penguin playing Argent Flight. 

3:52 Best thing I saw this week

5:34 Interview with JakeyJakersJakeington

7:28 Online vs IRL metas

10:22 Playing async on top of regular IRL games

11:50 On playing in tournament games, and having a reputation coming into the game

14:07 On 14 point games

17:00 Chatting about the IRL game, and the Discordant Stars factions that featured (and how I apparently cannot learn boardgames digitally)

27:40 Weird game mode of the week

28:55 Tech of the week

31:24 Async tip of the week

33:39 Weird rules thing of the week

35:05 Various updates