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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Episode 322 - Sith Taker Open 2024 The Sith Taker Open may be done for another year but Rich is joined by Ben, Liam and Tim to talk about how it all went! We have a players and TO perspective from the group, chatting about the weekend, games, lists and results! A big thanks to Cog'o'Two, Onyx Squadron, Atomic Mass Games, Vector Squadron Creative, Iksentrik, Enigma Wargaming and Element Games for all their help & support with the event! Results &...

Episode 321 - STO 24 Hype show! It's almost time! The largest independent X-wing tournament in the World is fast approaching and Rich & Ben are going to tell us more about it! ow will it run, what prizes do we have and how can you watch it! A big thanks to Enigma Wargaming, Cog'o'Two, Vextor Squadron Creative, Onyx Squadron, Iksentrik and Atomic Mass Games for their help with prize support! And we also have some early news about the Welsh Open 2024! Sith Taker Open live stream by...

Episode 320 - That's no Rebel Moon! Liam returns to talk Battle Over Endor Rebels with Rich and Ben thanks to the latest preview article from Atomic Mass Games! What's hot and what's not and what might we see coming to a Rebel meta very soon! STAR WARS: X-WING – BATTLE OVER ENDOR REBEL PREVIEW https://www.atomicmassgames.com/transmission/star-wars-x-wing-battle-over-endor-rebel-preview/ New Ship Points https://www.atomicmassgames.com/xwing-docs/ Beachhead...

Episode 319 - AMG Ambush Adjustment Last weekend Tim's Clones marched to victory at Liam's Worlds Fundraiser held at Board in Brum but this isn't the biggest news this week - we have (some) new points! We were waiting on the points for Battle over Endor but Atomic Mass Games decided a little pre-Worlds points adjustment was need so Rich, Ben and Tim discuss these along with hot takes on the Imperial ships that have been previewed in a recent article - what do you think will be dominating...

Episode 318 - Last flight to Worlds 24 Another round up of Organised Play from around the globe (sorry Flat Earthers!) including the FINAL Atomic Mass Games Worlds Open Qualifier from down under and Tim Worlds fund raiser the Wampa Warm-up! Rich also talks to us about side events coming to the Sith Taker Open in a few weeks! World Open Qualifier @ CANCON 2024 Australia https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/964 The Wampa Warm-up 2024 https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/13248/ X-Wing Store...

Episode 317 - Bangor or Bust! This week due to some stormy weather Rich & Tim are joined by UK Store Champ 1st place collector Dom Flannigan of the Firecast Focus to talk about last weekends events! We talk about the Northern Irish Store Champs from Replay Games in Bangor, Firestorm Cards at the Gaming Den in Basingstoke and of course cover the final Atomic Mass Games Worlds Open Qualifier from the Las Vegas Open! Replay Games Store...

Episode 316 - New Year, New OP? We kick off our show with early news on official organised play coming to the UK which hopefully could be replicated in other countries. Community run but with full support from Asmodee and Atomic Mass Games - Regionals! Plus 'a special International Event' coming to the London Grand Tournament in September. We round out the show with coverage of recent events including the Worlds Open Qualifier from Chile! New OP news...

Episode 315 - Careless Whispers We're back for 2024! We have news, leaks and resulting changes to playtesting at Atomic Mass Games. Battle over Endor is coming end of February and we have a few reveals to chat about! We also start to get hyped for Worlds and the Sith Taker Open with a quick run down of recent Store Champs. Battle over Endor news https://twitter.com/atomicmassgames/status/1744422840059744638 Apollo Squadron Winter Store...

Episode 314 - Fairytale Of XTC23 In our final episode of the year Liam & Tim are joined by the new XTC Champions -Team USA! We chat about the XTC format - group stage vs finals, list choices, faction choices. We get a bit of insight in to the pairings process and possible improvements for the XTC in future years. As it's the last show of the year we thought we'd also chat to our guests about their highlights for 2023 and what they are looking forward to from 2024! To all our...

Episode 313 - Isoplane II: The Sequel This week the cast are joined by Daniel 'Isophane' Lim to chat about the return of The Isoplane Initiative! A fund raising initiative started by Isophane and a few other pillars of the community to help those who need it get to Worlds! Tim (and Liam to a lesser extent) benefited from the 2023 Initiative - can you help the next group fly to Worlds?! After we chat to Daniel we cover the Atomic Mass Games Singapore Worlds Open Qualifier and Tim's first...

Episode 312 - Crazy for X-wing This week, once we've tackled the recent Atomic Mass Games Worlds Open Qualifiers from Germany and PAX Unplugged and a couple of Store Champs, Rich and Liam are joined by fellow X-wing enthusiast and actual Clinical Psychologist Niels Detert to talk about Mental Health and Psychology in the game! Why don't we sleep well before a big event? Why do we stress about a game of spaceships? What could we do to improve this and some possible coping strategies. Of...

Episode 311 - The French Republic Tim returns from France to chat about his run at the Atomic Mass French Worlds Open Qualifier but he's also brought the Event Champion Niels Vos along to chat about the event and their Final match! Find out how they both got on, what they thought about the event and venue and most importantly - Intentional Draws! Swiss standings, lists and results https://www.longshanks.org/event/10759/ Top Cut...

Episode 310 - Polish WoQ This week we cover the results from last weekends Atomic Mass Games Worlds Open Qualifier from Poland. 57 players, won by something expected but a blast from the past finished 2nd! We then wrap up the XTC Group stage with a run down of the 10 teams that have (likely) qualified! Polish WoQ https://www.longshanks.org/event/11193 Groups for XTC 2023 Group A https://longshanks.org/event/11044/ Group B https://longshanks.org/event/11045/ Group C...

Episode 309 - Ben is Back! After a number of weeks Ben has finally remembered the password for his laptop and re-joins Rich and Liam to talk X-wing! This week we cover the Atomic Mass Games Western Canada Worlds Open Qualifier, the day two 32 player Store Champ side event won by Scum, and we cover the Cornish Nationals from our friends down south! Tin Squadron! We rap up with some XTC chat and Rich falls down another rabbit hole... :D Western Canada WoQ...

Episode 308 - Just the two of us A slightly shorter episode as we're down to just Rich and Liam. They do a quick re-cap of recent Atomic Mass Games Store Champs and the XTC including the Comics, Games and Coffee: Store Championships won by Pond from Firecast Focus! Comics, Games and Coffee: Store Championships https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/938 Lost Star Store Championship https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/683 Red Claw Store Championship https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/787 TTS Liga...

Episode 307 - Accentuate the Positive This week we chat about our recent trip to Sanctuary Gaming Centre for their Atomic Mass Games Store Championship! Although the results may not have been quite what we wanted we had a good day and chat about some of the more unusual lists. We round up with a few more events from across the globe and chat about week 2 at the XTC. Sanctuary Gaming Centre Store Champs 18 players - win by Tom Veale with CIS https://www.longshanks.org/event/8552/ Derby...

Episode 306 - Negative Nancy After we fall down a little rabbit hole we move on to better things! Organised Play! We chat about the Team event we ran last weekend at Board in Brum - Sith Taker Squadrons 2023! We then cover the World Open Qualifiers from Saint-Laurent and New Zealand before covering a few choice Store Champs! Finally we get round to chatting about the XTC group stage including some Round 1 results and how our games have gone. Sith Taker Squadrons...

Episode 305 - Down Under with Onyx This week Liam and Rich are joined by Rob Crumlish from Onyx Squadron to chat about his awesome alt-art cards, Organised play support and of course another load of Atomic Mass Games Store Championships! You can find out more about the Onyx Squadron alt-arts here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1223725924392410 And events we discussed this episode: Galleon Games Store Championship 19 players - one by Phil GC running...