Sith Takers Snap Shots

Episode 282 - Now there are two of them! This is getting out of hand! Twice the Timbo as our King Tim is joined by his Canadian Cousin-Timbo, Tim 'TimboSlice' Ralphs! Tim has come on to talk about a couple of resources for helping players find X-wing shops & squadrons, events and for those running the shops, squadrons and events a little help letting people know where you are! We also have a bit of a chat about Organised Play! Global Star Wars Squadron Registry https://docs.google.com/forms/d/11kKiK6-iCU-9fq9cRBciv_gpOITA08iSD-uV8uOsdy0/viewform?ts=642394cc&edit_requested=true Star Wars Gaming Squadrons & Events map https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1cGLTf-UGi8dtWKZP5NUIQ9TjlRRVW6PZ&ll=44.15362424268118%2C-77.9441001484375&z=8&fbclid=IwAR2cUwsdmAuA4eL69m7CuMu4ZKT2uOXwzseoHvEI2vL58n5TjMbXKqtdkuw Cast - Rich, Liam, Ben, Tim and special guest Tim 'TimboSlice' Ralphs Producer - Tim Recorded 24/04/2023 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - The Beatles - Come T

Episode 281 - Battle of Brum This week we're back to talk with Markus Wilson about his successes at the Atomic Mass Games X-wing World Championships and more recently last weekend's 1 day event at Board in Brum where he pipped Tim to the top spot by .19 SOS and Tim's not bitter at all! ;) We find out from Markus about how he found Adepticon and then chat to both plus TO Liam about how the event went! Sign up to the next Sith Taker Online League here: https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/8151 Starts May 4th, Free to enter, one game a week, X number of rounds, possible prizes for those top of bracket! Join our Discord for more information: https://discord.gg/AzcHVJyH Worlds 2023 - lists & results https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/258 Board in Brum April - lists and results https://www.longshanks.org/event/8256/ UK Games Expo X-wing tickets (you'll need a Expo ticket as well) https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/events/1189-star-wars-x-wing-regional-championship/ Cast - Rich, Liam, Ben, Tim and special guest Mark

Episode 280 - Worlds 23 wrap-up We're back with Tim & Liam's experience at the 2023 Atomic Mass Games X-wing World Champs! It's just about the main event - food, travel, side events, Adepticon and much more! Sign up to the next Sith Taker Online League here: https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/8151 Starts May 4th, Free to enter, one game a week, X number of rounds, possible prizes for those top of braket! Join our Discord for more information: https://discord.gg/AzcHVJyH Worlds 2023 - lists & results https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/258 Stats and analysis https://www.pattern-analyzer.app/ https://www.pinksquadron.dk/pbm/?sid=251319&q=seasonoverview&p1=3620 Cast - Rich, Liam, Ben, Tim and our new X-wing World Champion - Niklas God Producer - Tim Recorded 10/04/2023 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Megadeth - Duke Nukem Theme (HD) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 279 - World Champs 23 chat with the Champ! And we're back! Tim & Liam have survived America and the Atomic Mass Games 2023 X-wing World Championships at Adepticon - and they've brought back a guest! Our new World Champion - Niklas God! It's a bumper episode! Before we chat to Niklas about the event we chat about the soon to be returning Sith Taker Online League, the Sith Taker Open 2024, Organised play news, New releases plus we quickly check in with Tim and Liam and their World experience which we'll cover in more detail next week! Sign up to the next Sith Taker Online League here: https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/8151 Starts May 4th, Free to enter, one game a week, X number of rounds, possible prizes for those top of braket! Join our Discord for more information: https://discord.gg/AzcHVJyH Worlds 2023 - lists & results https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/258 Stats and analysis https://www.pattern-analyzer.app/ https://www.pinksquadron.dk/pbm/?sid=251319&q=seasonoverview&p1=3620 Cast - Rich,

Episode 278 - Worlds 23 Warm-up Rich, Liam and Tim are joined by the long lost Darren Grainger who is also heading over to Worlds! We asked Darren on to chat about useful info players travelling to the US might need to sort. We chat about lists and final prep. And round out the show with some chat about upcoming local events. Just a note the Podcast will be on a break for 2 weeks whilst Tim is away but you can catch updates, pics and videos from Worlds on our Facebook page! 2023 X-Wing World Championship Rules Addendum https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jNNV00QS_Te4hCL3_fFggYxGh1Fa-IG_/view?fbclid=IwAR01UUjpxXS5gD-fDnbZ2wN6gP5oPmwu-MkVfrDwVd-tbIKF3kny4r3wKlg Cast - Rich, Liam, Tim and Darren Producer - Tim Recorded 13/03/2023 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Rammstein - Amerika (Official Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 277 - Competitive Intention The cast gets together to chat about the Rules Addendum that has been released before the World Champs. It only applies for the World Champs but does answer some interesting rules interactions. And we have the return of Intentional Draws... We also chat about last weekends 1 dayer from Atlas Games won by Nic Harris from the Firecast Focus, apparently he had a bye-like first round! ;) 2023 X-Wing World Championship Rules Addendum https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jNNV00QS_Te4hCL3_fFggYxGh1Fa-IG_/view?fbclid=IwAR01UUjpxXS5gD-fDnbZ2wN6gP5oPmwu-MkVfrDwVd-tbIKF3kny4r3wKlg Find the results and lists from Atlas Games here: https://www.longshanks.org/event/7664/ Cast - Rich, Liam, Tim and Ben Producer - Tim Recorded 06/03/2023 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Judas Priest - Painkiller (Official Lyric Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 276 - 2023 Open Over After another successful Sith Taker Open the cast are joined by Finalist and former Open Champion Tom Reed to chat about the weekend! We talk about our games, what did well, explore some stats from Pattern Analyzer and if any lists caught our eye! A huge thanks again to the 105 players who made the event - we had an absolute blast! You can find all the results and lists on Longshanks https://www.longshanks.org/event/7240/ Stats and stuff from Pattern Analyzer! https://pattern-analyzer-xwing.vercel.app/event/longshanks/7240 You can watch the games back on Firecast Focus! www.twitch.tv/firecastfocus Cast - Rich, Liam, Tim and Tom Reed Producer - Tim Recorded 27/02/2023 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Play Hard (feat. Ne-Yo & Akon) (New Edit) - David Guetta Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 275 - Open Bounty Hunters In this episode we're getting ready for the 108 player Sith Taker Open 2023! Rich takes us through the Bounties on offer to the players, final bits of event prep and Liam asked us a quick question about 4 point ships! Be sure to catch the live action from the weekend at Firecast Focus! https://www.twitch.tv/firecastfocus Cast - Rich, Ben, Tim and Liam Producer - Tim Recorded 20/02/2023 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Dog the Bounty Hunter theme song Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 274 - Beachhead Dom-ination This week the cast is joined by special guest Dom Flannigan of the Firecast Focus (you still owe us a song guys!) who went 5-0 last weekend at Beachhead 2023. We chat to Dom about his list and games. We also chat about the Store Champ kit leak we've seen this week and what we think about the prize pool as well as some general chat about STO and Worlds build up. Find Beachhead 2023 results and lists here: https://www.longshanks.org/event/6824/ Find Stream games from Out of Arc Gaming here: https://www.youtube.com/@OutofArcGaming The Pattern Analyzer page https://pattern-analyzer-xwing.vercel.app/ Cast - Rich, Ben, Tim and special guest Dom Flannigan Producer - Tim Recorded 13/02/2023 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - The Beach Boys - Surfin' U.S.A. (Remastered) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 273 - Time to start thinking! With a matter of weeks to go till the 100+ player Sith Taker Open and World's around the corner the cast start to think about Big Event prep! What do you need to do to be successful or at the very least give yourself the best shot at doing well! Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 06/02/2023 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - The Blues Brothers | Aretha Franklin Sings "Think" in 4K HDR Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 272 - LVO 23 This week the cast are joined by fellow Sith Taker Adam Freeman to talk about last weekend's event run by Steve Boulton at Atlas Gaming which Adam and Liam attended. We also chat about the first Premier event of the year - the Las Vegas Open! Liam asks us about Slow and a little update on the Sith Taker Open! Atlas Gaming event https://www.longshanks.org/event/7009 LVO Top 16 https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/125/players Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and special guest Adam Freeman Producer - Tim Recorded 30/01/2023 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Viva Las Vegas (2019 Remaster) - ZZ Top Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 271 - Return of the Piffo This week the cast are joined (for his yearly visit) by Filippo 'Piffo' Bosi to talk about an upcoming in-person European based X-wing Team event! It was take place at the well established 40k World Team Champs which will take place in Belgium in 2023 in August and Piffo has some details on how you could take part! We round out the show chatting about Tim's one dayer he ran at Element Games 'The Wampa Warm-up', The Kyber Team Champs and GSP Sector series. The World Team Champs Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/WorldTeamChamps/ Kyber Team Champs https://www.longshanks.org/event/5535/ GSP Sector Series https://www.goldsquadronpodcast.com/sectorseries The Wampa Warm-up https://www.longshanks.org/event/6955/ Cast - Rich, Ben, Tim and Liam with special guest Filippo Bosi Producer - Tim Recorded 23/01/2023 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Super Mario Bros. Soundtrack Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 270 - Wales is Open! This week the cast are joined by X-wing Blogger, Wales XTC Captain and Welsh Open TO Dylan Jones to talk about his upcoming event in Cardiff! We also chat about the latest event from Richard Greenaway, how the KTC is going and Liam asks another question! Tickets from the Welsh Open can be found here: https://www.thebattlefields.co.uk/events-at-the-battlefields/star-wars-x-wing-welsh-open-2023-cardiff Dylan's Blog https://exilesquadron.com/ Cast - Rich, Ben, Tim and Liam with special guest Dylan Jones Producer - Tim Recorded 17/01/2023 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - The pure emotion of the Welsh national anthem | Guinness Six Nations 2020 Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 269 - Back for 2023 And we're back for 2023! Rich is back at the helm with Ben, Liam and Tim chatting about the usual mix of events & x-wing. Now at our new release time of 06:30am UK on a Thursday! We chat about the Hexiled Gaming Kyber Team Champs that kicked off this week which Rich, Liam and Tim are playing in. We also chat about a local one dayer from Olympus Wargaming Cafe. And at some point Rich falls down a rabbit hole about his thoughts on the new clones from Siege of Coruscant! Cast - Rich, Ben, Tim and Liam Producer - Tim Recorded 10/01/2023 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - AC/DC - Back In Black (Official Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 268 - Wham! Bham! Thankyou Liam! Liam hosts our end of year show! Nothing could possibly go wrong! We chat about our highlights from 2022 and some other more general Q&A from the cast. Thanks to all our guests and listeners from 2022! It's been another interesting year in X-wing but we're still here! Special shout out to Matt Coggins who's our top listener and the residents of the Danish city of Hvidovre who are our top City for 2022! Hope you all have a great time over the festive period where ever you may be, stay safe and enjoy your time and we'll see you all for more X-wing, events and random podcast chatter in 2023! Cast - Rich, Ben, Tim and Liam Producer - Tim Recorded 22/12/2022 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - It's a Trap !!! Bonus outro - Wham! - Last Christmas Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 267 - Plug in for PAX This week the cast get together to discuss last weekends 60 player X-wing event from PAX Unplugged! It's a battle of the Phil's in the Final with Imperials vs Resistance! You can find all the lists and results here: PAX Unplugged X-wing Champs https://www.longshanks.org/events/detail/?event=6367 https://listfortress.com/tournaments/3396 Cast - Rich, Ben and Liam Producer - Tim Recorded 05/12/2022 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - UB40 - Red Red Wine (Official Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 266 - Whine about Wine This week the cast are joined by special guest Aurelien Coudray of Team France to talk about last weekend's French Worlds Qualifier which was won by friend of the podcast - Corentin Roux! What lists were flown, how the games went and that watering down a French person's wine might be considered a hate crime! We round out the show with Hot Shots impressions and what people have been trying to fly! French World's standings: 1st (Corentin Roux) : Grievous Cad 2 Hyena 2 Vulture 2nd (Aurelien COUDRAY) : me with Whylo 2 Whisper 2 tie Top 4 (Arnaud Cottler) : Goran 2 Reaper 2 Strikee Top 4 (Florent Barbare) : Nien/Ello/Kaz/Jarek/Finn Top 8 (Nicolas Durand) : 2 Reaper 5 TIE Top 8 (Noel Gougnaud) : VaderX1 Rexler 2 Tie Top 8 (Jeremy Chaumont) : q9 Manaroo 2m3a Gamut Top 8 (Cyril Michel) : 2 Déci Reaper Tie (the last guy from Orleans) Cast - Rich, Ben and Liam with special guest Aurelien Coudray Producer - Tim Recorded 28/11/2022 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Re

Episode 265 - Marvel SNAP Shots You nearly ended up with an episode dedicated to the casts grinding of Marvel Snap... thankfully Tim was able to use the force and steer the boys back on target! We chat about the droids spoiled from Siege for Coruscant, some more Hot Shots & Aces pondering and list discussion! Cast - Rich, Ben and Liam Producer - Tim Recorded 22/11/2022 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Kasabian - Fire (Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 264 - Squadrons & Spoilers The week the cast are joined by Oli Pocknell who along with Liam made up 2/3 of the winning team from our team event Sith Taker Squadrons! We chat a bit about the event and team x-wing in general before moving on to a load of spoilers from Hot Shots & Aces 2 that got spoiled over the weekend! You can find results on our Facebook page, for lists and team event rules check out: https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AO1GIbJzRJGxos4&cid=9CCF3163751730D6&id=9CCF3163751730D6%211098&parId=root&o=OneUp Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam, Tim and special guest Oli Pocknell Producer - Tim Recorded 14/11/2022 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - The A-Team Title Theme (Long Version) · Daniel Caine Orchestra Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 263 - What did we miss? After a couple of weeks off the Sith Takers are back with a bumper episode! We catch up with tournament action from Exegol and the Nordic Worlds Qualifier. Briefly chat about points before a more in depth look at the spoilers from AMG! You can find the standings, lists and results from the Nordic Worlds Qualifier here: https://www.longshanks.org/events/detail/?event=5943 You can find standings, lists and results from Hexiled Gaming Alt-Star Series 2 here: https://www.longshanks.org/events/detail/?event=5484#zoom_games Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 08/11/2022 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Seal - Fly Like An Eagle (Space Jam Soundtrack) Used without permission - it's just for fun!