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Episode 342 - WTC 2024 Liam and Tim have returned from Mechelen, Belgium after a weekend of Judging at the WTC: World Team Championship. 15 teams of 5 players entered the X-wing event, playing 10 games over the two days. Find out how the event went, what lists and players did well and who eventually won it here! Be sure to check out all the pictures on our Facebook page! Results & lists can be found here: https://www.longshanks.org/event/17241 Streamed games can be watched back here: https://www.twitch.tv/xwingrex Cast - Rich, Liam, Ben and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 12/08/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Pirates of the Caribbean (Auckland Symphony Orchestra) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 341 - Double USA GT Trouble After we have a quick catch up on XWA Organised Play news we have two GT's from the USA to discuss! First up from Indianapolis we have GenCon won by Duncan running Empire (Jendon, Vader, Tomax, Feroph). For seconds we head to Utah for the Salt Lake Open won by Liam flying Rebels (Gina, Keo, Gemmer, Wedge & Luke). And before we finish up we have a little chat about the X-wing World Team Championship happening in Belgium this weekend! Be sure to catch the events live stream at https://www.twitch.tv/xwingrex and give the channel a follow! GenCon Grand Tournament https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1663 Salt Lake Open https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1597 Cast - Rich, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 05/08/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Chilly Down - David Bowie Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 340 - Chile GT Down This week we have another GT to discuss but this time from Chile! The Corellia Alicatan Chile has a few surprises for the cast to chat about before we finish up with some general chat about X-wing Alliance, World Team Champs in Belgium and the online X-wing Team Champs. Corellia Alicatan Chile, Grand Tournament https://www.longshanks.org/event/17259/ Cast - Rich, Liam, Ben and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 29/07/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Chilly Down - David Bowie Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 339 - Sheffield & Lone Star GTs Warning - audio is a little sketchy this episode! We apologise for Tim's flakey internet, Ben's rubbish mic and Conor's potty mouth! :D This week Ben is joined by special guest Conor Holmes to catch up on the last two Grand Tournaments - Sheffield, UK and Lone Star Open, USA. Sheffield GT lists & results https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1624 Lone Star Open lists & results https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1600 Cast - Ben, Tim and special guest Conor Holmes Producer - Tim Recorded 23/07/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - “The Spark” - Kabin Crew & Lisdoonvarna Crew Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 338 - Welsh Open 24 This week we're joined by the 2nd Best Burnett (and 2nd Best Tin Sqn it turns out...!) Chris Burnett to talk about last weekend's Welsh Open held at Firestorm Games in Cardiff. Find out how Rich and Chris got on and did Liam survive the weekend as Head Judge! Find the event results & lists here: https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/15526/ Pattern Analyzer https://www.pattern-analyzer.app/tournament/longshanks/15526 Cast - Rich, Liam, Tim and special guest Chris Burnett Producer - Tim Recorded 08/07/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Thunderstruck by Steve'n'Seagulls (LIVE) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 337 - Have Your Say Short-ish episode this week as we cover the latest press release from the X-wing Alliance, chat about the latest X-wing Community Survey and of course the build up to the Welsh Open! X-Wing Survey VIII: The Last AMG Points! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeK5a5rIk4UwhWlNTqvqRBV1Wco9g1P7YsQ09vJx6DHetBpBA/viewform Cast - Rich, Liam, Ben and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 01/07/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Franz Ferdinand - This Fire (Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 336 - Mixing It Up This week we're joined by Nick Sperry of 312 Squadron to chat about XWA news and alternative X-wing formats. The X-wing Alliance (the community effort starting up to look after the X-wing Miniatures Game) has elected it's 3 'leaders', these people will be steering the development of the group and looking to establish some sort of organisation! Whilst we await the future of the game at large we chat about some of the events or alternate formats that are around or that we've been playing in. This includes the NCX Draft League run by Greg at Nickel City X-wing, Nick's own points adjustments found at 312 Squadron and we're playing in a 12 week online event run by Conor at Tauntaun squadron where each week we have a unique game rule that could affect what we choose to fly! Looking at ways to keeping the game fresh! You can find more info about NCX here: https://www.twitch.tv/nickelcityxwing You can find more info about 312 Squadron here: https://www.twitch.tv/312_squadron Cast - R

Episode 335 - X-wing is dead, long live X-wing! We're back already! And today we're chatting about the news that although Atomic Mass Games may have given up developing the X-wing Miniatures Game... the community is not ready to give up on the game! Earlier today there was an announcement by around 30 members of the community that are looking to take over the stewardship of X-wing. You can find this on our Facebook page and Discord, as well as on many others out there! This group is trying to represent a wide cross section of the player base including some of the prominent content creators and membership from a large number of different countries and communities. Tim, Liam and Ben are part of this group and although early days we chat a little about what's been going on (warning: this is few days old so it's very early on) and what the group might be doing in short and long term. We also chat over some of the FAQ's that have been produced regarding the project. It should also be stated the Sith Takers

Episode 334 - AMG admits defeat In an Emergency recording Rich, Liam and Tim respond to Atomic Mass Games announcement that they have officially ended development of the Star Wars X-wing and Armada Miniature Games. Was managing all the Star Wars games too much for the small studio? They claim external factors were the reasons it became too difficult? Find out the hot takes from the cast here and maybe we'll be back Monday with a more measured response... there may be one or two Babu Frik's used in today's episode! :D You can find the official AMG announcement here: https://www.atomicmassgames.com/transmission/update-on-star-wars-x-wing-and-star-wars-armada/ Cast - Rich, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 13/06/2024 via Discord 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 333 - UK Games Expo 24 You wait for Organised Play and then two come along at once! This week we chat about the recent news from Atomic Mass Games about the Grand Tournament locations and the first two official GT's - Bilbao and the UK Games Expo! Rich chats to Ben & Liam plus special guest Tom Candlin about how they got on at the UK Games Expo, how the event went and what we might do about the new menace that is double B-wings! Someone else did quite well at the UK Games Expo, someone who may feature on the podcast every now and again, but he's dead to Rich so no need to acknowledge his performance right...! ;) AMG GRAND TOURNAMENT 2024–2025 UPDATE https://www.atomicmassgames.com/transmission/grand-tournament-2024-2025-update/ Tantive 7Bilbao Grand Tournament - lists & results https://www.longshanks.org/event/15406 UK Games Expo GT - lists & results https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1479 Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam, Tim and special guest Tom Candlin Producer - Tim Recorded 03/06/2024 via Discord

Episode 332 - Let's go Expo 24 This week Rich & Tim are joined by Dylan Jones to talk about the Welsh Open, UK Games Expo and other AMG Grand Tournament news! We also chat about a recent interview from Crabbok with Will Shick. UK Games Expo tickets & info https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/events/1809-star-wars-x-wing-main-event-ukge-2024/ UK Games Expo Rollbetter page https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1479 Welsh Open tickets & details https://www.thebattlefields.co.uk/events-at-the-battlefields/star-wars-x-wing-welsh-gt-2024-cardiff Crabbok interview with Will Shick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPQsQHYdDBM Cast - Rich, Ben, and Liam Producer - Tim Recorded 20/05/2022 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - BABYMETAL x @ElectricCallboy - RATATATA (OFFICIAL VIDEO) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 331 - The X-wing Game State A nice simple show where Rich, Liam and Ben catch up about Organised Play, X-wing news and the state of the game! (yes they get a little grumpy...) Cast - Rich, Ben, and Liam Producer - Tim Recorded 20/05/2022 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - The Monkees - Daydream Believer (Official Music Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 330 - Incom Pew Pew A short-ish show this week as Ben & Liam cover last weekend's one day event from Incom Gaming in Cheltenham! We chat about what lists Liam and Adam took, what did well (Tin Squadron on top!) and what else caught our eye. Find all the lists and results here: https://www.pattern-analyzer.app/tournament/longshanks/15452 Cast - Ben, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 13/05/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Nathan Evans - Wellerman (Sea Shanty) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 329 - Real Steel This week we're joined by the Captain of the self proclaimed greatest X-wing Squadron in the known Universe - Daniel Athey of Steel City X-wing! We talk with Dan about his recent victories at the Element Games Legends & Yorkshire Team Event 2: Lightspeed to Belgium events that have happened over the last two weeks! We round out the show with some general X-wing news and Atomic Mass Games OP chatter. Element Games Legends - April 2024 https://www.longshanks.org/event/15172/ Yorkshire Team Event 2: Lightspeed to Belgium https://www.longshanks.org/event/14080/ Cast - Rich, Liam, Tim and special guest Daniel Athey Producer - Tim Recorded 06/05/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Pulp - Common People Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 328 - Worlds 24 Meta Snapshot Part 2 Our second show diving in to the Top lists from the Atomic Mass Games X-wing World Championships. This week we finish up with Resistance and Scum & Villainy plus a look at what the top First Order and Separatist Alliance lists looked like. We round out the show with a catch up on the Organised Play news from AMG with the creation of the Grand Tournament at the expense of the World Championship. Plus a little chat about the Embracer Group split up and the XTC! Last Chance Qualifier Roll Better https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1351 X-wing World Champs Roll Better https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1350 Pattern Analyzer https://www.pattern-analyzer.app/tournament/listfortress/4369 AMG GT announcement news https://www.atomicmassgames.com/transmission/introducing-grand-tournaments/ Embracer Group news https://www.gamesindustry.biz/embracer-group-splits-into-three-everything-you-need-to-know Cast - Rich, Liam, Tim and Ben Producer - Tim Recorded 22/04/2024 via D

Episode 327 - Worlds 24 Meta Snapshot Part 1 We take a deep dive in to the Top lists from the Atomic Mass Games X-wing World Championships and go through faction by faction how these lists work, how they're winning games and what you might do to beat them! We try to explain what the different parts do to help you on the table top if you end up facing one of these meta monsters! This week we focus on Galactic Republic, Rebel Alliance and Galactic Empire. Next week we'll finish up with Resistance and Scum & Villainy plus a look at what the top First Order and Separatist Alliance lists looked like. Last Chance Qualifier Roll Better https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1351 X-wing World Champs Roll Better https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1350 Pattern Analyzer https://www.pattern-analyzer.app/tournament/listfortress/4369 Cast - Rich, Liam, Tim and Ben Producer - Tim Recorded 15/04/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Fallout 4 Main Theme | Fallout 4 OST Used without

Episode 326 - Worlds 24 Wrap Up - Part 2 This week we're joined by the Atomic Mass Games X-wing 2024 World Champion - Illy! Rich, with Tim and Liam, quiz Illy about his trip to Adepticon, about his games and list, and how things went for him in Chicago (spoiler - it went well! ;) ). We wrap up the show with some stat analysis on Pattern Analyser and some promo for this years OP, that we know of. Last Chance Qualifier Roll Better https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1351 X-wing World Champs Roll Better https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1350 Pattern Analyzer https://www.pattern-analyzer.app/tournament/listfortress/4369 Cast - Rich, Liam, Tim and the World Champion Illy! Producer - Tim Recorded 08/04/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Imagine Dragons - On Top Of The World (Official Music Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 325 - Worlds 24 Wrap Up - Part 1 Ben is joined by Rich, Tim and Sean to chat about their trip to the Atomic Mass Games X-wing World Championship at Adepticon, Chicago. We chat about our travels, the Con and the events. What we did, what we liked and how well we all did! This is the first of 2 or 3 episodes chatting about the 2024 World Champs so expect more in-depth list discussion coming soon! Last Chance Qualifier Roll Better https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1351 X-wing World Champs Roll Better https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1350 Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam, Tim and Sean Milligan Producer - Tim Recorded 01/04/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Official Music Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 324 - We're off to Worlds 24! It's our last show before heading off to Adepticon in Chicago for the Atomic Mass Games X-wing World Championship. First timers Rich and Matt are joined by Worlds Veterans Tim, Liam and Ben to talk about all things Worlds! We have some travel tips and advice for those with last minute things to sort. We chat a little about what you could be doing before the event and what Adepticon is like. If you've not been before we talk about regsitration, what to do for food & drink and event format! And of course we need to chat about what we're flying and what we think we might see at Worlds and what might do well! Last Chance Qualifier Roll Better https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1351 X-wing World Champs Roll Better https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1350 Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam, Tim and Matt Flockhart Producer - Tim Recorded 17/03/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - John Denver - Leaving On A Jet Plane (Official Audio)m Used with

Episode 323 - Super Secret Scum Sauce This week we invite Sith Taker Open King of Swiss Rob Smith on to talk about Scum & Villainy. What did he take to go unbeaten day 1 and what could we see do well at Worlds! Sith Taker Open Results & lists https://www.longshanks.org/event/12943/ Sith Taker Open live stream by Firecast Focus with support from Tin Squadron www.twitch.tv/firecastfocus Pattern Analyzer https://www.pattern-analyzer.app/tournament/listfortress/4343 Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and special guest Rob Smith Producer - Tim Recorded 04/03/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Ezra Collective - Dark Side Riddim Used without permission - it's just for fun!