Sith Takers Snap Shots

Episode 162 - It's God to talk Rich and Ben are joined by special guest and Knock the Sith Out Champion, Niklas God to talk about the event, final vs Wouter, x-wing lists and the new Xi Shuttle! Cast – Rich, Ben and special guest Niklas God Producer – Tim Recorded 31/08/2020 via Skype Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Loreen - Euphoria (Official Audio) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode - 161 Corellia Galaxies event Rich is joined by Darrem to talk about the Fly better/Gold squardon, not worlds, but still a series of great events to help get us through this covid rubbish, event 1 Corellia! also, we should all support Table To https://tabletop.to/ There is a Donate button at the bottom. Its free to use, and your not going to be buy mates a beer at worlds this year, so if you can, chuck them a could of quid/dollar,Euros, Rubels, Krone etc etc. Cast – Richard Polley, Darren Grainger Producer – Sean Milligan Recorded 24/08/2020 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – 2pac feat Dr.Dre - California Love HD - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wBTdfAkqGU Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 160 - Stay on the Leader Rich & Bob are joined by David Sutcliffe of the Stay on the Leader blog which has just recently passed 1 million read! They chat about his recent articles covering each of the factions and changes made to each with the recent points change. You can find Dave's blog here: http://stayontheleader.blogspot.com/ Cast – Rich, Bob & David Sutcliffe Producer – Tim Recorded 16/08/2020 via Skype Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Fatboy Slim - Weapon Of Choice [Official Video] Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 159 - Return of the Sith Takers League Rich & Tim are joined by the Commissioner Ben to talk about the return of the Online Sith Taker's X-wing league on Tabletop Simulator. Roughly 140 players playing in over half a dozen sub-leagues with the prospect of promotion and relegation in a couple of months! How will it work and what has Ben learnt about events from running this and the Knock out event that's now at the Top 8 stage. Cast – Rich, Tim and The Goblin King Ben Producer – Tim Recorded 11/08/2020 via Skype Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Human League - Together in electric dreams Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 158 - We're back After a month or so off we're back with our chunkiest Snap Shot yet! You may want to listen to it in bite size amounts but we take time to catch up with Colm, Rich and new regular host David Wynne and then dive into the previews and reveals we've had from FFG over the last week. The Tie Brute, Droid Tri-fighter, Jango and even the Mighty Merl get a good review! Cast – Colm, Rich and David Producer – Tim Recorded 04/08/2020 via Skype Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Boys Are Back In Town Thin Lizzy Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 157 - Sith Taker Cup Final Will chats to Tournament Organiser Ben Hibbert and event champion Tom Reed about the finale to the 1st Sith Taker Cup - 108 player online TTS tournament run by the club. What did Tom take, how did the final go and any other interesting lists out there. Games are available to watch on our YouTube channel! Just search for 'Sith Takers' You can find all the lists on list Fortress here: https://listfortress.com/tournaments/1777 Cast – Will, Ben & Tom Producer – Tim Recorded 28/06/2020 via Skype Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Michael Jackson - Beat It (Official Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 156 - Space Jam Rome Will is joined by Darren & Producer Tim to talk about all things Space Jam Rome! How was commentating for Darren, how did Tim get on in his games and what lists made the cut and eventually won the event! You can find all the lists on list Fortress here: https://listfortress.com/tournaments/1748?fbclid=IwAR0QlSJ-tp3GoDEDPbjt6_lvYdIz4SeFUkdzz4nq_45ELsGM9gNwT_jAIUo Cast – Darren, Will & Tim Producer – Tim Recorded 18/05/2020 via Skype Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Space Jam Theme Song Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 155 - TTS Darren is joined by Colm and special guest Ben to catch bit of a catch up and talk about, despite being in lock down, we will play Xwing. Given there is still not much happening in the Xwing world, this will keep the informal theme as we know it’s nice to hear something regular. Cast – Darren Grainger, Ben Hibbert and Colm Brown Producer – Sean Milligan Recorded when and how Skype - 12/04/2020 Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take it (Extended Version) (Official Music Video)Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 154 - Lock Down! Bob is joined by Rich and Darren to talk about the FFG Live stream, Online Xwing and just to chat...mainly because they miss each other. Cast – Bob Dee, Richard Polley and Darren Grainger Producer – Sean "The Legend" Milligan Recorded when and how Skpye 29032020 Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Destiny's Child - Survivor (Official Music Video) ft. Da Bratit's just for fun!

Cast – Rich, Darren, and Bob Producer – Colm Recorded via Skype on 18/03/2020 The boys discuss how they got on at last weekends Store Champs, the cancellation of X-Wing OP by FFG, and some things to do whilst quarantined inside your home waiting for a global pandemic to blow over. This will be the last episode for a while as there's not much to discuss with no games happening and no news. We'll be back, but we're not sure when! Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – It's the siren from The Purge. Sorry, it was Darren's idea. Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 152 - Element Games Store Champs 2020 Bob & Darren are joined by Tom Reed after his victory at the 40 player X-wing Store Champs at Element Games. What lists did they take, what did well and their thoughts on the current Hyperspace meta we're all going to face over the coming weeks/months. Cast – Darren G, Bob D and Tom R Producer – Tim Recorded when 08/03/2020 via Skype Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Oompa Loompa Doompa Dee Do Song Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 151 - Bonnie Scotland! Will is joined by Bob and specail guest Rory from Scotland to elighten us to what the meta is like up in the real north, and to gives us an insight to there local community! Cast – Will P, Bob D and Rory W Producer – The Legend, Sean Milligan Recorded when 05/03/2020 via Skype Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) (Official Music Video). Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 150 - Chatting with The Champ It's our 150th show and as a special treat Rich is not only joined by Producer Tim but also the current X-wing World Champion - Oliver Pocknell - to talk about the current Hyperspace format, a little on variance, Boba and lists the guys will be taking in the current Store Championship season! Cast – Rich, Tim and special guest Oliver Pocknell Producer – Tim Recorded 01/03/2020 via Skype Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Abba - Take A Chance On Me (Official Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 149 - Mystic Games. Will is joined by Rich and guest Lee Robbins to talk about his win at the recent store champs at Mystic Games and what the scene is like in the midlands/South (Well south to us northern types).

Episode 148 - Variance Bob & Rich chat about Variance. It's been around in the game for a long long time but how has it changed since 1.0 and what's doing well because of it? Cast – Bob & Rich Producer – Tim Recorded 23/02/2020 via Skype Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Motörhead - Ace Of Spades (Official Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 147 - Champ chat - Texas SOS 2020 Bob & Darren are joined by the 2020 Texas System Open Champion Duncan Howard to chat about his games and the list he flew to take the title in Texas! Cast – Bob & Darren plus special guest Duncan Howard Producer – Tim Recorded 12/02/2020 via Skype Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Star Wars - Separatist Droid Army Suite (Theme) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 146 - Champ Chat - UK SOS 2020 Bob & Darren are joined by the 2020 UK System Open Champion Timo Raabe to chat about his games and the list he flew to take the title at the biggest System Open of the year! Cast – Bob & Darren plus special guest Timo Raabe Producer – Tim Recorded 12/02/2020 via Skype Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Rammstein - Feuer Frei! (Official Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Rich, Will, Darren discuss the UK System Open in Milton Keynes. Producer – Colm Recorded 09/02/2020 via Skype Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Come to Milton Keynes by the style council. Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 144 - Solo: A UK SOS story Producer Tim is the last man standing! Not content with no pre-event show before the 2020 UK System Open he's jumped on the mic to give you the low down of the years biggest X-wing event outside on Minnesota! What's the format, what and when is registration, where can you eat, what lists is he bringing (yes he's not settled on one yet!)and how can you get yourself a copy of the Sith Taker Open All-wings Alt-art Snap shot?! All will be revealed! Cast – Tim Producer – Tim Recorded 06/02/2020 via Skype Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Queen - Don't Stop Me Now (Official Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 143 - Sith Taker Open review Colm chats to Rich and Darren about the weekends 96 player Sith Taker Open! They chat about how the weekend went, a few thank you's, discuss the top 4 lists in Swiss and top 4 in the cut. Plus Producer Tim managed to grab eventual winner Tom Reed for an interview at the end. Don't forget we streamed a lot of games which are available to watch at twitch.tv/sithtakers and will be uploading them to YouTube soon (some with additional commentary!) Cast – Darren, Rich and Colm Producer – Tim Recorded 03/02/2020 via Skype Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Kanye West - Homecoming Used without permission - it's just for fun!