The first-ever TI Junkies Alliance Tournament has wrapped up! Rand and Henry break down some highlights of each game, then tease the next sanctioned event!

00:00 Intro

01:01 Alliance Game 1 Recap

05:30 Alliance Game 2 Recap

09:23 Alliance Game 3 Recap

17:05 Championship Game Recap

19:46 Online League Announcement

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Rand & Nathan talk about when they think betrayal is warranted in Twilight Imperium, when they break non-bindings, and the magnitudes of different kinds of betraying.

3:55 Strategy phase/Speaker betrays
8:00 Mutiny potential
11:02 Nathan’s dream Hacan betrayal
11:56 Breaking non-binding deals
14:04 Rand’s dream Yssaril betrayal
16:33 Betraying hidden information
21:17 "Baby betrays"
26:42 Betraying a deal breaker
29:43 The worst betrayal you can experience in TI

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Rand & Henry go over all the components that were announced for the upcoming Twilight Imperium expansion, Thunder's Edge, dropping this October!

03:06 Thunder's Edge Planet + Expeditions

04:33 Breakthroughs

07:29 The Fracture

09:45 Galactic Events

11:30 Five New Factions + Last Bastion Faction Sheet

15:51 Twilight's Fall (Franken Mode?)

17:16 Back of the Box

Rand & Kyle (kRuthless) talk about the methods of a Stoogemaster, all the while breaking down the Stooge for the Throne II championship game.

00:53 Stoogemastering in early game

05:39 kRuthless playstyle evolution

08:07 Mutual Stoogery with Karnal

11:09 Table heat

15:37 Talking less

16:39 Getting a loose support

24:02 Whispers on TTPG

29:31 Breaking down round 5 of the final

33:42 Game-winning deal with Drago

40:37 Advice to aspiring Stoogemasters

To celebrate the end of our Twilight Imperium Stooge for the Throne tournament, Speedy and Nathan walk us through some of their thoughts on the stooge-stoogemaster dynamic.

Rand & Henry talk all about Custodians—why they love it, what factions score it best, and the role it plays in your journey to ten victory points.

01:35 Custodians intro

06:40 Factions that love it

17:18 Strategy cards

20:18 Exploration

23:19 Reading the table meta

25:37 Rand’s custodian stories

29:00 Should you go for custodians?

Rand & Henry announce the first ever TI Junkies online Alliance tournament! They also review the variant rules from Codex II and answer related questions from community members.

00:00 TI Junkies S4 Ep 9 Recap

04:31 Alliance Tournament signups and details!

07:12 Draft and setup

08:36 Alliance rules questions

10:05 Transactions

11:58 Movement and control

15:26 Combat and unit abilities

17:32 Abilities and effects

Rand & Henry talk about the Alliance Game Variant, why they love it, their favorite faction combos, and the spiciest alliance moments from TI Junkies history!

They also announce the first ever TI Junkies ALLIANCE TOURNAMENT!

00:00 Introduction

01:13 Tournament Game 6 Recap

09:00 Alliance Variant overview

12:07 Why we love alliances

18:18 - Faction combos

26:02 - Combos we’d like to try

27:58 - Social dynamics

30:28 - Iconic junkie teams

35:17 - TI Junkies S4 Ep 9 teaser

Rand & Henry explore Codex IV and give their first reactions to all the included new TI content! Matt gives a recap of his tournament game, interviewed by Nathan.

00:57 Tournament Game 5 Recap

06:40 Codex 4 Relics

07:44 Circlet of the Void

11:42 Book of Latvinia

19:37 Neuraloop

25:08 X-89 Bacterial Weapon omega omega

29:18 Magen Defense Grid omega omega

33:19 Galactic Events

38:34 Liberation of Ordinian

Henry chats with the admin team of the upcoming Midwest TI Championship—a Twilight Imperium tournament that will take place in South Bend, Indiana, on June 21-22, 2025.

Also, a recap of this past Stooge For The Throne II game.

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01:10 Tournament Game 4 Recap

06:41 Midwest TI Championship intro

10:07 Joe and Monk’s TI background

15:03 Putting together the first tournament

20:59 Spiciest moments from last year

25:20 “Super Objectives” of the tournament

28:20 Goals for this year

33:45 Expecting Codex 4 in play?

38:55 Outro