Sith Takers Snap Shots

Episode 202 - XTC Things are starting to get spicy Rich and Ben are joined by fellow Sith Taker Liam to walk about the XTC groups. Things are starting to heat up with more 'big' teams losing games. We discuss some of the spicy upsets before generally X-wing and event chat with face-to-face events coming back over the next few weekends including the Sith Taker Open! Cast – Rich, Ben and Liam (Ian Barker) Baker Producer – Tim King Recorded 05/07/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 201 - Home Nations catch up Rich and Tim are joined by Rory Wilson, Captain of Scotland, and Stephen Gage, Captain of Wales, for a bit of a home nations catch up. We find out how their teams are doing, chat about the results at the XTC from the last two weeks, and then some general chat about other news and happenings in the X-wing world! Cast – Rich, Tim with special guests Rory Wilson & Stephen Gage Producer – Tim King Recorded 28/06/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – The Lightning Seeds - Three Lions '98 (Official Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 200 - The Double Century It's our 200th episode! Rich and Ben are joined by X-wing rules aficionado Darrell McDowell to chat about the new X-wing Rules Forum from AMG, week 2 results from the XTC, general event chat about the Sith Takers online and in-person events and finally Producer Tim hitting us with some stats covering our previous 199 episodes! Thanks again to everyone who has listened, come on the podcast or contributed in some positive way! It's been great and we hope to keep going for a while yet! Cast – Rich, Ben, Darrell McDowell Producer – Tim King Recorded 15/06/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – "Weird Al" Yankovic - The Saga Begins (Official Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 199 - The Beautiful South Despite the lack of quality hosts available Producer Tim continues our trip around the XTC globe for a South American focused episode with special guests & Captains Pedro Zegarra of Peru and Juan Quinche of Colombia! We find out more about their teams, their groups, how their teams have faired round one and also cover the rest of the groups and round one results using our guests knowledge of the South American scene to delve a little deeper into the teams doing well from down South! Cast – Tim King with special guests Producer – Tim King Recorded 07/06/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Contracorriente - TELEBIT Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 198 - XTC from the other side of the World Keen to shake some of the Euro-bias from our last episode Ben and Rich are joined by Joe Congdon of Team Japan and Akhter Khan of Team Australia to review the XTC groups and chat more about their Teams. How they feel about the draws and their chances (and the other Oceania/Asian teams) of making it out the Group stages. Hopefully we can one or two of the South American teams represented next week for episode 199! Cast – Ben, Rich and special guests Joe Congdon and Akhter Khan Producer – Tim Recorded 31/05/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – THE BLUE HEARTS - リンダリンダ Used without permission - it's just for fun

Episode 197 - XTC 2021 Group draw hot takes Ben is joined by three representatives of Group C from the 2021 XTC - Rich (Ireland), Tim (England) and special guest Matija Mandurov (Captain- Croatia) to chat about the XTC Group draw, who will progress to the final and how the three think their team will fair in Group C. Will any teams receive 'nil poi'?!?! We also chat to Matija about the recent Women of Star Wars Fundraiser Tournament which has raised over $2500 for Charity and you can still donate if you'd like: https://tabletop.to/team-jawas-women-of-star-wars Also the link for GreenDragoon's X-wing Analytica https://xwinganalytica.net/ Cast – Ben, Rich, Tim and special guest Matija Mandurov Producer – Tim Recorded 25/05/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – James Newman - Embers - LIVE - United Kingdom 🇬🇧 - Grand Final - Eurovision 2021 Used without permission - it's just for fun

Episode 196 - No defence Rich and Ben are joined by Tom Reed to talk about his recent attempt to defend the Sith Taker Cup (spoiler... it didn't happen!). How the game went and a bit of chat about the two lists. They then talk a bit about other events and the upcoming online XTC! Cast – Rich, Ben & Tom Reed Producer – Tim Recorded 17/05/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – The Weeknd - Save Your Tears (Official Music Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun

Episode 195 - First Order whispers Rich, Ben & Tim chat about some of the rumours surrounding the teased First Order Squadron pack and Resistance Y-wing. Also some general chat about events including the Sith Taker Cup 2 Final and the Sith Taker Open. Cast – Rich, Ben & Tim Producer – Tim Recorded 10/05/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Pigeon John - "The Bomb" [Official Video] Used without permission - it's just for fun

Episode 194 - Mon Cala Maple Leafs Richard & Ben are joined by Andrew Oehler, Champion of the GSP Mon Cala Galaxies and finalist at the Firestorm Firecast Cup, to talk about the events and the list that's seen him to two top tables! Cast – Richard, Ben & Tim with special guest Andrew Oehler Producer – Tim Recorded 03/05/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Ocean Man · Ween Used without permission - it's just for fun

Episode 193 - Firecast Cup Judgement Rich and Ben are joined by X-wing Judge supremo Filippo Bosi and Rey No. 2 Fan Tom Fieldsend to talk about last weekends Firecast Cup. How the event went, what lists did well and how did Tom get on (we skipped over Rich's performance - it's for the best!). We round out the show with some chat about this years XTC which Rich, Tim, Filippo and Tom will all be taking part in - sorry Ben! Thanks to all the Team at Firestorm Firecast for an amazing event! Can't wait for the next one (once Nic has had a break!) Cast – Rich, Ben & Tim with special guests Filippo Bosi and Tom Fieldsend Producer – Tim Recorded 26/04/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Ima Robot - Creeps Me Out Used without permission - it's just for fun

Episode 192 - Lessons learnt under Lockdown In this episode Rich, Ben & Tim chat about some of the things we've been doing differently in our games of online X-wing that we think transfer over to the tabletop - do you agree? What would you like to see? We also cover some event chat & games we've played this week including Tim's Inferno Squadron's crushing defeat in the Kyber Elimination to Nébal's Malarus Swarm that you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXYIbSOPy4U Cast – Rich, Ben & Tim Producer – Tim Recorded 19/04/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – D:Ream - Things Can Only Get Better (1993) (Official Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun

Episode 191 - Flawless Victory Rich & Ben are joined by Matthias 'Sad Toaster' who seems to be making a habit of going unbeaten in Swiss at events including our 193 player SITH TAKER CUP “THE SEQUEL”. We also chat a little about Tin Squadron's Balance of the Force and Hexiled Gaming's Kyber Elimination League! Cast – Rich & Ben with special guest Matthias 'Sad Toaster' Producer – Tim Recorded 05/04/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Drive - Mortal Kombat (remix 2013) Used without permission - it's just for fun

Episode 190 - Skystrike Stand Up Ben and Rich are joined by Chris Burnett from Tin Squadron to chat about last weekends GSP Aces event and see how the new releases faired. We also chat a little bit about Balance of the Force lists as the group had the opportunity to tinker with their lists after Round 2. Cast – Ben, Rich and Chris Burnett Producer – Tim Recorded 29/03/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – LINDEMANN - Steh auf (Official Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun

Episode 189 - Macho Man Vader Savaged World Champ Oli Pocknell crashes the recording! Ben, Rich and Colm discuss some of the points, ships & abilities and possible list ideas with all the new stuff shortly hitting our shelves before Oli comes along and gives his opinion! Fans of Firesprays and moaning about Vader in a Defender look away now...! Cast – Ben, Rich, Colm, Oli and briefly Tim Producer – Tim Recorded 23/03/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Village People - Macho Man OFFICIAL Music Video (short version) 1978 Used without permission - it's just for fun

Episode 188 - Can It Be All So Simple Tim and Ben are joined by Pavel Morawski from Poland who called us out for getting his list wrong last week (probably Rich's fault!). We have a simple show discussing a last weekend's Recruit GSP event and some First Order & Kyber Cup chat with Pawel! Cast – Ben, Tim and Pavel Morawski Producer – Tim Recorded 16/03/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Wu-Tang Clan - Can It Be All So Simple Used without permission - it's just for fun

Episode 187 - Goji's explosive Kyber Final Rich, Ben and Tim sit down to discuss the Final from Season Five of the Kyber Cup run by Hexiledgaming which concluded at the weekend followed by some discussion over the Tri-City Tournament run by Nickel City X-wing, 312 Squadron and The Canded Clarinetist also run over the weekend. After that we look forward to the Firecast Cup and Balance of the Force events! Links to the events: KYBER CUP SEASON 5 TOURNAMENT https://tabletop.to/kyber-cup-season-5-tournament Tri-City Tournament https://tabletop.to/tricity-tournament/ladder Cast – Ben, Rich and Tim Producer – Tim Recorded 08/03/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – The Runaways - Cherry Bomb Used without permission - it's just for fun

Episode 186 - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger Rich & Ben are joined by Dom Flannigan from the Firestorm Firecast for a bumper Snap Shot! We chat about the Firecast Cup, last weekends Omega GSP Fight Club event and the recent teaser articles on the Skystrike Academy, Phoenix Cell and Fugitives and Collaborators Squadron packs, including of course... Vader in a Defender! Cast – Ben, Rich and Dom Flannigan Producer – Tim Recorded 01/03/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (Official audio) Used without permission - it's just for fun

Episode 185 - Swedish Open 2021 Rich and Ben chat to Niklas God and Producer Tim about their games at last weekends Swedish Open! One of them won the event and the other may have cheated on his way to missing out on cut!! (apologies again Jonathan!). We also briefly chat about the GSP Sigma FightClub event before chatting about Vader in a Defender! If you missed the games you can find them on TargetLockTV's YouTube (go and subscribe!) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8PQusdf0stkXbglcIYWRVw Cast – Ben, Rich, Tim and Niklas God Producer – Tim Recorded 22/02/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Abba - Voulez-Vous (Official Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun

Episode 184 - This is not the 186 you're looking for We're fast approaching some important milestones so Producer Tim thought it would be good to get some special guests in for the 186th Episode... however Rich got a little excited and so we have Alex Birt of the 186th Squadron Podcast for you in Episode 184! Plenty of good X-wing content however as Rich, Ben and Alex sit down to discuss the Kyber Cup, events and the latest teaser article from AMG/FFG - Reinforcements of Renown! https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2021/2/15/reinforcements-of-renown/ Cast – Ben, Sean and Alex Birt Producer – Tim Recorded 09/02/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Katy Perry - Hot N Cold (Official) Used without permission - it's just for fun

Episode 183 - Delta Champs Ben & Sean are joined by special guest Darrell McDowell to chat about last weekends GSP Delta Fight Club event - and extended two day event set in UK time zone. What lists did well and the ships in them. Plus a quick re-cap on the Organised Play announcement from AMG & FFG. Pre-orders for the new Squadron boxes are up at the amazing Element Games - Wargaming Webstore - grab yours with a discount and support the podcast using this affiliate link and we get a small commission from each order! https://elementgames.co.uk/x-wing-second-edition?d=10304 Cast – Ben, Sean and Darrell McDowell Producer – Tim Recorded 09/02/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Sturgill Simpson - Sing Along (Official Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun