Through the Wormhole

The girls have taken over the pod to disscuss Twilight Imperium from a partners perspective. I am joined by 4 gals whose partners all play TI, but they themselves do not (and some openly refuse!). They come on the pod to explain what they like and don't like about our wonderful game.

Expect plenty of laughing, a tiny bit of bad language and some self reflection I'm not sure we are ready to hear! Oh, and waaayyy more chat about the Sims than you need.

Episode starts with some ECC content - sign ups close this month!

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Samba is the new London Maneuving Jets champion! He played Embers of Muaat in both games to win the whole tournament and beat the reigning London, Bristol and National Champs to get there. In this epsiode we hear from a champion on how he approaches the game, negioations, playing Muaat and winning tournaments.

Expect a very rational and intellectual approach to Twilight Imperium, definitely lots for us to learn from in here!

Chapters

(00:00) Intro to Samba

(01:34) Embers of Muaat

(13:55) The Grand Final

(32:04) Day 1 Game

(41:11) Final Thoughts

(42:14) Guest Questions

(50:11) Samba Wrap-Up

(51:22) Out of the Wormhole

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The Patreon memebers have spoken! As requested by our poll this episode reveiws (almost) all of the worlds major competitive tournments both in person and online. Through out Joe & guest Charlie share our views on what makes the plethora of tournaments so great and anecdotes from our experiences at them.

Chapters

(00:00) UK Nationals

(10:48) London MJ & Draft Points

(19:34) Online Events

(26:15) European Events

(34:04) Leeds & Bristol

(42:29) Australia & USA

(47:38) Final Thoughts

(51:51) Wrap Up and Wind Down

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UK Nationals

London Maneuvering Jets

European Community Cup

Bristol Tournament Discord

Leeds Twilight's Fall Tournament Discord

Danish Tournament

Dutch Tournament Discord

Italian Tournament Discord

SCPT discord (surly doesn't need my promotion!)

Ral Nel are one of the most fun factions added in Thunder's Edge, they are also great and won the final of the UK National Championship. But what makes them good and how can you play them well? I have the national champ Ru-haul to explain all!

This is a new strategy guide series called School, Degree and PhD . Where we give short strategy guides to factions broken up by difficulty. No longer do you need to watch a 3 hour YouTube video. Just turn up and jump in at the level that suits you.

This episode is Degree. It's the intimidate lesson on Ral Nel. The last episode (Ral Nel Consortium: school) gave you the rules on how to play them, the Degree teaches basic strategy, strengths weaknesses and discusses some of the key questions you will have to consider. The advice here is almost always true. Coming soon is our PhD episode where we look at niche situations and high level plays.

Chapters

(00:00) Intro

(02:03) Strengths & Weaknesses

(07:21) Tech Paths

(15:25) R1 Strategy Card Picks

(24:01) Utilising Components

(36:07) End Games

(43:06) Drafting

(51:03) Conclusion

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WoW! So much is happening in the TI world! Tournaments, events, ELO rankings, and this podcast has some awesome stuff coming up. And I ask, Is There Too Much Twilight Imperium?

This week I take a break from Maneuvering Jets content to update you all on everything that is happening in the UK TI scene. Whether you love this podcast, or thinking about coming to an event or just intrigued of what else is out there then this is for you.

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Regular Merch Store

European Community Cup Info

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Leeds Tournament Discord

Chapters

(00:00) Intro

(01:47) National Championships

(05:15) Maneuvering Jets

(06:25) European Community Cup

(11:44) ELO Rankings

(15:23) Leeds Tournament

(15:59) Engagement Stats

(17:11) What's Coming Up

(19:38) Future Targets

(21:15) Ways to Support

(22:38) Wrap Up

Two-time London Champion Walrusberserker once again made the London final but for the first time in history was unable to win it! Having previously recorded an episode tilted 'How to win a TI tournament', he comes back to tell us How to Improve.

An episode that spans, London stories, tactical analysis, improvement techniques and life advice. This really is a catch-all episode.

We also include our Homebrew form review for the first time and chat National Championships!

Chapters

(00:00) Intro

(05:46) Games at the London Tournament

(24:45) How to Improve at TI

(53:53) National Champs Chat and Final Thoughts

(57:23) Homebrew review

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The London Maneuvering Jets Tournament is done and dusted... and it was epic!!! Tensions rose, negotiations were intense and ultimately a new Champion was crowned! There were also some pretty big announcements...

Organisers Charlie and Joe chat through their thoughts and feelings about it all.

Chapters

(00:00) Intro

(02:14) Headline News

(12:00) Samba's Route to Victory

(19:42) Reviewing the Tournament

(28:19) Our Trophy Winners

(33:11) Final Thoughts

(37:21) Patreon Info

Join our discord for key updates

Join the Patreon for exclusive benefits and tournaments

Order a custom tournament T-shirt (deadline is noon Friday 24th of June 2026)

Buy board games at Wayland Games and support the pod through this link

Ral Nel are one of the most fun factions added in Thunder's Edge, they are also great and won the final of the UK National Championship. But what makes them good and how can you play them well? I have the national champ Ru-haul to explain all!

This is a new strategy guide series called School, Degree and PhD . Where we give short strategy guides to factions broken up by difficulty. No longer do you need to watch a 3 hour YouTube video. Just turn up and jump in at the level that suits you.

This episode is School. The base level strategy required to play Ral Nel. We cover the basic concepts and rules of the faction so anyone can pick up and play them. Look out for future episodes Degree & PhD to get the more detailed strategy.

Chapters

(00:00) Intro

(02:25) Strategy and Lore Overview

(05:30) Faction Sheet, PN & Techs

(21:28) Leader Suite

(26:55) Wrap-Up

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Two-time reigning champion Walrus Berserker makes his Through the Wormhole debut! He gives expert analysis to every single game at Maneuvering Jets, going round each player one by one and talking about what he sees as their strengths and weaknesses. You will never have such a pro analyse your pre-game as this, so lap it up and take in every word, it may just win you the tournament!

Not attending Maneuvering Jets? Then this episode is an expert player explaining how they think about the game, its a real insight into what a great TI player does and thinks before entering a game!

You can see all our maps on our discord

Tournament Info here

Need a new board game try: Wayland Games

Chapters

(00:00) Introduction,

(00:56) Who is Walrusbeserker?

(18:29) Table 1 Analysis

(28:18) Table 2 Analysis

(44:20) Table 3 Analysis

(01:02:47) Table 4 Analysis

(01:20:02) Table 5 Analysis

(01:34:45) Table 6 Analysis

(01:55:17) Saturday Casual Table Analysis

(02:06:55) Favourite TI & Board game Questions

London Maneuvering Jets: Twilight Imperium Tournament drafts are fully live, and at time of recording one table was already done!

Organisers Joe & Charlie talk about what the draft tells us, factions present and hype what will be another amazing London Tournament.

Also more chat on Keleres, Ral-Nel, Nekro rules and some subtle foreshadowing!

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