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Episode 362 - We love new points! Dropping just in time for Valentines we have version 4 of the Beta points from XWA and the cast chat through their thoughts on the changes! Plus a little chat about Kylo & Mando Standard Loadouts and a bit of Organised Play News! https://www.xwing.life/resources/pointshttps://www.xwing.life/resources/points Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 17/02/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - LITTLE BIG – TCHAIKOVSKY (Official Music Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 361 - Chatting with the Champ STO 2025 This week the cast catch up with the 2025 Sith Taker Open Champion Dom Flannigan and chat about his take on CIS that saw him take the top spot and the big event of the year! We round out the show with some chat about the recent Polish System Open X-Wing Championship final from Gdansk and a couple of Standard loadouts coming from the XWA. Sith Taker Open 2025 https://www.longshanks.org/event/22439/ Gdansk PSO X-Wing Championship 2024 https://longshanks.org/event/15021/ Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam, Tim and special guest Dom Flannigan Producer - Tim Recorded 10/02/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Mingle Game Song “Round and Round” Lyric Video | Squid Game: Season 2 | Netflix Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 360 - STO 2025 Round-up We're just getting over an amazing weekend of X-wing! Next week we'll be joined by the Event Champion Dom Flannigan so this week Rich & Ben chat about the event from a Tournament Organisers point of view and Tim & Liam chat about it from a players perspective. We cover the lists in cut and chat about the social & side events surrounding the main event! And of course the people who made the event such a success and a lot of fun for all involved! Sith Taker Open 2025 - 136 player XWA points https://www.longshanks.org/event/22439/ Sith Taker Open Day 2 - AMG GT - 57 players https://www.longshanks.org/event/22440/ Sith Taker Open Day 2 - XWA Doubles https://www.longshanks.org/event/22475/ Cast - Rich, Ben Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 03./02/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Mingle Game Song “Round and Round” Lyric Video | Squid Game: Season 2 | Netflix Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 359 - Getting ready for The Big Show! Here we go! It's almost here! THE big X-wing show of the year - Sith Taker Open 2025! Rich is joined by a rather congested Tim (sorry) and Ben (also sorry ;) ) to chat about our big annual x-wing event happening in Stockport, UK! 130-140 pilots using XWA points will be joining us for casual games & pre-event social on the Friday, Swiss with potential play-in round on Saturday and then Top 16 plus side events on the Sunday! Find out some of what will be going on this weekend in this weeks show! Plus don't forget to tune in to the final ever live stream from Firecast Focus who will be covering the event for your viewing pleasure! https://www.twitch.tv/firecastfocus (check them a sub/prime sub as a thankyou if you can!) We round out the show covering AMG GTs from Canada and Australia plus an XWA points event from Germany! It's a Trap - Kiepencon 2025 - Germany XWA Points https://www.longshanks.org/event/22675/ AMG X-Wing Grand Tournament @ CANCON 2025 - Canberr

Episode 358 - 312 Conquest Series This week the cast are joined by 312 Squadron leader Nick Sperry to chat about their upcoming online events - the Conquest Series! A series of online events in different time zones where the winners will qualify for a global final! We also chat to Nick about he and others got on at the AMG GT from the Las Vegas Open. And finally we cover the recent XWA events from Poland and France. 312 Conquest Series info https://tinyurl.com/frvc74kd LVO day 1 https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1932 LVO day 2 https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1934 LOV Top Cut https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1931 Poznan X-Wing Store Championship 2024 PSO https://www.longshanks.org/event/15026/ Tournoi Orleans Wargames Janvier 2025 https://www.longshanks.org/event/21708/ Cast - Rich, Liam and Tim with special guest Nick Sperry Producer - Tim Recorded 20/01/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - The Jungle Book - I Wanna Be Like You Used without permission - i

Episode 357 - Changing of the Guard This last weekend we've started to see a real shift towards XWA Organised Play supported events with 3 in-person events to report on! 2 in the UK plus one from the Netherlands! And of course we cover the final UK GT before Worlds! AMG GT Nottingham 23 player AMG event https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1857 NWA Jan event 2025 TTBromley 11 Player XWA event from TTBromley https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1954 So long.. and thanks for all the ships! 16 Player XWA Event from the Netherlands https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1867 And for the 22 player XWA event from Weston-super-mare Games Bunker... you'll just have to listen because Richard G fellout with Longshanks! :D Cast - Rich, Ben and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 06/01/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin' (Official Audio) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 356 - New Year New Events We're back for 2025! Rich is joined by Ben & Tim for a new years catch up! We also have a few events to chat about, some coming soon like the Sith Taker Open and 312 Conquest Series but we dive in to Tim's recent one day XWA event Revenge of Father Sithmas! And finally the NCX Draft League Finals! Revenge of Father Sithmas '24 https://www.longshanks.org/event/22092/ 312 Conquest Series https://tinyurl.com/h8bbkd6f Cast - Rich, Ben and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 06/01/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - The Ting Tings - Shut Up and Let Me Go Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 355 - Flying like a Potato We're back with a quick wrap up of the recent events. A couple of in person AMG points GTs and an online XWA points event from 312 Squadron. Apologies for me audio, it's a little ropey and only realise now in editing! Plus I know Liam swore... but can I find it to censor it! Oh well I'm fairly sure we can have one! Have fun finding it! :D Official AMG Grand Tournament - North Phoenix https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1893 Pax Unplugged 2024 X-Wing GT https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1862 312 Holiday Blues Brothers Bonanza https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1877 Cast - Rich, Ben, Tim and Liam Producer - Tim Recorded 16/12/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End) (Official Audio) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 354 - Exceedingly Good Points Update Rich, Tim and Liam get together to discuss the latest points update from the XWA. It's not a particularly big update but it does come with a patch notes doc giving us some insight in to the decision process of the update. Find all the useful information here: https://www.xwing.life/resources/points Cast - Rich, Tim and Liam Producer - Tim Recorded 02/12/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (Official Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 353 - Sins & The Herts GT Rich is joined by Ben and Tim to chat about a couple of recent events. First up from a couple of weekends back we have the AMG GT from Hemel Hempstead running new AMG points then from last weekend we're off to Newport, Wales for a local XWA points event! Sin city Newport November https://www.longshanks.org/event/20454/ Star Wars: X-Wing at the Herts GT 2024 https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1856 Cast - Rich, Tim and Den Producer - Tim Recorded 25/11/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Imagine Dragons & JID - Enemy (from the series Arcane: League of Legends) | Official Music Video Bonus outro - Greg Crash! Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 352 - Allez les Bleus! We haven't covered the Online X-wing Team Championship (XTC) much this year as it's been stuck running old AMG points but we couldn't let it go without congratulating Team France on their victory! 21 countries* were represented by teams of 7 pilots, each running a different faction, plus coaches & captains - but France finish in 1st place! We're joined by Blues Captain Aurélien to chat about the event, what makes the XTC different and how it went for France, England and the other teams! We also touch on a couple of Grand Tournaments that happened over the weekend in Australia and Germany. XTC 2024 - Final Stage https://www.longshanks.org/event/17488/ * some teams were combinations of 2 or more countries Cast - Rich, Tim and Liam with special guest Aurélien Coudray Producer - Tim Recorded 11/11/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) Official Music Video (Remastered) HD Used without permission - it's ju

Episode 351 - Cornish Nationals 24 This week we're all focused on the Cornish Nationals run by our friends down south, Tin Squadron! Unfortunately dark schemes conspired to keep us away from Cornwall and we weren't able to attend but we can at least talk about the games and lists, all using new shiny XWA points! Full results and lists can be found here: https://www.longshanks.org/event/16934/ And Firecast Focus covered the event which you can watch games back here: https://www.twitch.tv/firecastfocus Cast - Rich, Ben and Liam Producer - Tim Recorded 28/10/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - The Time Warp · Richard O'Brien · Patricia Quinn · Nell Campbell Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 350 - Episode Tree Fiddy For our 350th Episode we have a bumper show of events to discuss! First up an AMG points Grand Tournament from Canada, with a XWA side event, then to Poland for a Store Champs using XWA points, and then two XWA point local X-wing events from the UK! We round out the show with a little general chat about dice variance and stuff before finally a little update on the XTC! SLO - X-Wing Grand Tournament https://www.longshanks.org/event/20087/ SLO - XWA Side event Tournament https://www.longshanks.org/event/20089/ Bydgoszcz X-Wing Store Championship 2024 PSO https://www.longshanks.org/event/15024/ A whole new world - Somerset https://www.longshanks.org/event/20466/ X-Wing XWA Points Tournament - Barnsley https://www.longshanks.org/event/20201/ Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 21/10/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Bonus intro - Southpark - Tree Fiddy Outro - Chappell Roan - "Theme Song" ft. Les Claypool - South

Episode 349 - Revelling in Resistance We're back and we've got a few things to run down this week! First up we chat about the recent GT from Alaska, then Tim rounds up the XTC Group stage and what teams will be heading to the Finals before Rich is let loose on the Resistance Faction to give us the run down on what's hot in XWA points! Battle Zone Ursa 2024 https://listfortress.com/tournaments/5513 Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 15/10/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Chappell Roan - HOT TO GO! (Official Music Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 348 - London G&T Rich is joined by Liam and Tim to chat about last weekend's X-wing Grand Tournament using new AMG points at the London GT. What lists did well and how did the factions in general fair after the points update. We wrap up the show with a little XTC chat. Lists & results can be found here: https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1690/players Watch back the games at Firecast Focus: https://www.twitch.tv/firecastfocus Cast - Rich, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 30/09/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Lily Allen | LDN (Official Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 347 - XWA Transformers XWA certainly seemed to have transformed the fortunes of the lower placed factions with CIS doing very well at the weekend and the Top 16 cut from Poland featuring at least two lists from every faction! This week Ben and Liam are joined by Steel City's very own Tom Veale to chat about his recent success in Sheffield but also chat over lists from Scotland, Poland, Sheffield and Canada (may have forgotten to talk about the latest AMG GT but I've put the link below just in case!). We also chat about the latest XWA points adjustment released last week (few minor tweaks) which can be found here: https://www.xwing.life/resources/points Knightly Sept 24 - 14 players Scotland https://www.longshanks.org/event/19832/ Warszawa X-wing PSO GT - 61 players Poland https://www.longshanks.org/event/15023/ New Points Store Championship - 18 players Sheffield https://www.longshanks.org/event/18983 Chinook Squadron GT - 17 players Canada https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1581 Cast - Ben, L

Episode 346 - Quad Comps We have four different events to talk about from France, Canada and Italy featuring Old AMG Points, New AMG Points, XWA Beta Points and even 2.0 Legacy points! That's a lot of X-wing!! And we round out the show with Liam giving us the run down of the Separatist Faction in XWA Beta Points and why he thinks you should be flying them! Mini Legends X-wing Grand Tournament - France https://www.longshanks.org/event/15764/ Mini Legends X-wing Side Event - XWA Beta https://www.longshanks.org/event/19932/ CSWG Open X-wing GT - Canada https://www.longshanks.org/event/19456/ I find your lack of faith disturbing - Legacy Event - Italy https://www.longshanks.org/event/16741 Cast - Rich, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 16/09/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - UB40 & Pato Banton - Baby Come Back Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 345 - Remember me? Out of the blue Atomic Mass Games drops not only a Standard Points update which will be legal for forthcoming Grand Tournaments but also a Print & Play pdf with existing cards and new Standard Loadouts for the TIE/PH Phantom and the Alpha-class Starwing! We chat about the impact (hopefully positive) these updates will have for the remaining GTs and review the new standard loadout options. Updated points document can be found here: https://www.atomicmassgames.com/xwing-docs/ Print & Play document for the Phantom & Alpha Class Starwing https://cdn.svc.asmodee.net/production-amgcom/uploads/2024/09/DOC01_StarwingTIEPhantom.pdf Cast - Rich, Liam, Ben and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 09/09/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Blue Boy - Remember Me (Official Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 344 - XWA Gon' Give It To Ya They're here! The X-wing Alliance have released their first ever points update! It's a Beta set of points and they want us (all of us) to go out and play X-wing and see what works and doesn't! The cast go through some of the changes and discuss some of the design choices the XWA Points team have made. Thanks to all involved in getting these to us as they've done a lot of work in around 2 months, and this is only the start! They won't be perfect, but it'll certainly shake up the meta! Find all the XWA Beta points documents here: https://www.xwing.life/resources/points Cast - Rich, Liam, Ben and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 02/09/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - DMX - X Gon' Give It To Ya Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 343 - The X Rated Show Don't worry! It's still a family friendly show but we're talking about a lot of 'X' rated stuff this week - namely XWA points teases and XTC! The cast is joined by Filippo 'Piffo' Bosi for a little update on the XWA in general before we dive in to the 4 teases from Greg of NCX regarding the XWA points update. What could it mean? And then a quick chat about this years online X-wing Team Championship that will see 21 teams fighting it out over 2-3 months. This year however we have 7 factions on each side! Cast - Rich, Liam, Ben, Tim with special guest Filippo Bosi Producer - Tim Recorded 27/08/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Dire Straits - Money For Nothing (Official Music Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!