More Codex Four coverage! This week Hunter sits down with JadiimJedi to talk in-dept about the Total War Galactic Event. It's a fun new way to play that game that I really encourage you to check out. For Twilight Imperium Tournaments and SCPT live-shows, click here: https://linktr.ee/spacecatspeaceturtles Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/ To learn more about ou...
Jun 25, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 409
This week, Hunter sits down with Alec to answer the Galactic Council call! How do you beat the evil masters of the ancient galaxy? Find out within. For Twilight Imperium Tournaments and SCPT live-shows, click here: https://linktr.ee/spacecatspeaceturtles Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/ To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://s...
Jun 18, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 408
And we're already back! Extra episode for you as an apology for last week. This time me and Root aka Alec are going to talk about our recent playthrough of the teaser scenario introduced in Codex Four. Also in the Intro I talk about the new Omega Components for X-89 and Magen Defense Grid so stay tuned for that. Liberation of Ordinian Gameplay Video: https://youtu.be/DLElMoj7CGM?si=vaUd9Y7ZZMnawJyJ You can buy tickets to our LIVE SHOW in Portland OR on June 27th at 8:30pm right here: https://kic...
Jun 13, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 407
April showers have brought June flowers it appears. https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition/ You can buy tickets to our LIVE SHOW in Portland OR on June 27th at 8:30pm right here: https://kickstandcomedy.crowdwork.com/shows/space-cats-peace-turtles-live?date=2025-06-27T20:30:00 You can buy tickets to the Portland Intergalactical Tournament here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-twilight-imperium-intergalactical-tournament-portland-tickets-1350685680229 Yo...
Jun 11, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 406
Hey there friends! We had a lot of plans blow up on us last week so we've had to pivot a bunch of plans, I promise we'll be back to normal next week! For now I've got an experimental episode for you. Hunter is going to listen to episode 26 of SCPT and give you his PODCASTER'S commentary. It's a weird thing we've done once before and it's a great nostalgic way to listen to our old ideas and compare them to the current SCPT paradigms. This old episode was originally called "Kingmaking and Support ...
Jun 04, 2025•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 405
Sorry friends! We'll make it up to you, I promise. You can buy tickets to our LIVE SHOW in Portland OR on June 27th at 8:30pm right here: https://kickstandcomedy.crowdwork.com/shows/space-cats-peace-turtles-live?date=2025-06-27T20:30:00 You can buy tickets to the Portland Intergalactical Tournament here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-twilight-imperium-intergalactical-tournament-portland-tickets-1350685680229 You can join the Intergalactical Discord here: https://discord.gg/j5FwYsRW99 Music p...
May 29, 2025•7 min
And we're back with more TRY HARD VS. GUIDES! This episode will teach you to absolute dominate the sneaky gerblins. In this episode we expose their EXTREME WEAKNESS. This episode is basically a top ten reasons why the tribes are bad actually. JK we try out some ideas in this episodes but you could do everything we tell ya and it could still go wrong so couch your bias and explore the ideas with us! You can buy tickets to the Portland Intergalactical Tournament here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/...
May 21, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 404
This week we continue an SCPT tradition and provide advice for the listeners out there in the congregation that do not actually play TI. It's a great time to get into this game! Especially before the homework INTENSIFIES maybe? In this silly episode Matt and Hunter walk you through all of the different angles you can approach Twilight Imperium from. It's a newcomer invitation with a lot of our go to common sense advice baked in. In the second half of the episode the boys audit themselves and exp...
May 14, 2025•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 403
And with this the final SCPT Prophecy of Kings Tournament arc is complete! Rejoice! You can watch the game here on twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2450129216 You can buy tickets to the Portland Intergalactical Tournament here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-twilight-imperium-intergalactical-tournament-portland-tickets-1350685680229 Special thanks to Matt, Root, Karnal, and Elspeth for their incredible work on the finals! tangs incredible qualifier game: https://youtu.be/Q9yHQl5fn4s?si=E1...
May 08, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 402
Another year, Another SCPT Twilight Imperium Finals! In this episode Matt and Hunter split up to interview the finalists right ahead of the big game. This is a great crop of players for our final game of the POK tournament era. Special thanks to our finalists dzhiriki Bannerspear tang catoftheyear and El Blasto! Please come watch the game LIVE over on twitch.tv/spacecatspeaceturtles on May the 4th starting at 14:00 UTC! It's gonna be a fun one! Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benprunt...
Apr 30, 2025•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 401
This week Matt and Hunter celebrate 8 years of SCPT by reflecting on the past and looking to the future while their friend Dane teases them and the audience with the promise of new content! If you want to see what was released please go to the discord but we encourage you to listen to the episode till you get to the reveal because it will be more fun. Thanks for all of your support, really. You da best. Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Addit...
Apr 23, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 400
Okay, this is it. This is the last of the Super Guides. It's a wild one and it's a long one! Matt and Hunter conquer the most important phase of the game and wind through every Strategy Card in the game. The discussion is wide reaching and is a great focal point for new and old listeners. We hope you enjoy it, and we hope you are excited for what happens next on the show. Thanks for listening! Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Musi...
Apr 16, 2025•2 hr 41 min•Ep. 399
This week Matt and Hunter sit down to talk through the entire Agenda deck! Every Agenda gets some time on this blow-out episode. With this episode the boys look back on a part of the game that improved in the POK era but it's time to say goodbye to it. So bye bye Agenda phase as we know it! Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/ To learn more about our Discord, Patr...
Apr 09, 2025•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 398
Hey there! Sorry for a late episode but this one was a victim of all of the wonderful fun we had last weekend at our first in-person TI tournament in Minnesota. Special thanks to the gamezenter for hosting us. This week Hunter is going to give you some solo information for the next tournament so you can go ahead and get geared up for that. Also we've got a wonderful interview with the winner of the first tournament whose identity I will not spoil here! Intergalactical discord: https://discord.gg...
Apr 03, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 397
Sorry about the late episode! We are swamped this week but we still were able to deliver you a hot plate of classic SCPT content. Listen as the brothers go classic mode on all of the faction Leader Suites! We're closing in on the end of the POK era of TI so this feels timely to look back at one of the eras biggest improvements. Also wish us luck on the big event this weekend. ALSO ALSO big announcement in the rundown regarding the Portland Intergalactical. Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more...
Mar 27, 2025•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 396
This week we've two anchor segments for you! For the first half we've got an interview with Tristan Palmgren about his new book "Voice of One" which is set in the Twilight Imperium Universe and it sounds great! For our second half Hunter will re-cap the Prelims in general and give you a play by play of his recent Prelims game. Also the Semis are right around the corner! Also the Intergalactical is even sooner! Everything is happening! Get tickets to our live show in Minneapolis March 27th https:...
Mar 19, 2025•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 395
This week, Matt and Hunter sit down and go real deep into the specifics of the Agenda Phase. We'll talk about all of the Agenda deck in the future but for now we found enough to talk about in just going through the order of operations within the phase itself. It's classic nuts and bolts SCPT so we hope you enjoy! Get tickets to our live show in Minneapolis March 27th https://ccug.yapsody.com/event/book/839087/31732025 Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.ban...
Mar 12, 2025•2 hr 16 min•Ep. 394
This week we're finally addressing all of the teasing that we've been doing since late last year about a new project. We've got a new podcast coming your podcast feeds right now and it's all about the Leder Games oeuvre with the early emphasis being on Arcs. We've got podcast are by Kyle Ferrin, new music from Ben Prunty, and lots of surprises! We hope you check it out! Get tickets to our live show in Minneapolis March 27th https://ccug.yapsody.com/event/book/839087/31732025 Music provided by Be...
Mar 05, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 393
This week your boys are going to look back at where it all started for us. We're digging deep into the components and rules of TI 3rd edition. Check out all the beautiful details and unexpected differences. In this first part we talk about Strategy Cards, Unit stats, and Technology. Get tickets to our live show in Minneapolis March 27th https://ccug.yapsody.com/event/book/839087/31732025 Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and ...
Feb 26, 2025•2 hr 21 min•Ep. 392
We've got an off-book episode this week for you. Matt and Hunter have a frank conversation about what they value in high level Twilight Imperium play. I'm not sure we find an absolute metric but these are thoughts we've been having lately so check that out. Matt also admits that Hunter is a really smart guy finally. After so many years of Matt shooting his friend down, he finds the truth. Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and...
Feb 19, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 391
It's another component Super Guide! We've had a lot of time with Prophecy of Kings now and the last time we discussed Exploration at length, we were still learning. But we have a clearer picture these days of what makes exploration good and what's not worth investing in. Allow us to divulge these brilliant findings... Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/ To learn ...
Feb 12, 2025•2 hr 29 min•Ep. 390
THE INTERGALACTICAL MINNEAPOLIS TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-twilight-imperium-intergalactical-tournament-minneapolis-tickets-1217327823289?aff=oddtdtcreator Low ticket alert! Today we talk about the incredibly well crafted Twilight Imperium Homebrew project: Discordant Stars! Listen as the boys survey the over-arching goals of the project and do a component overview for 3 of the 34 custom factions. We're excited to dig more into it while we are in this arc where...
Feb 05, 2025•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 389
THE INTERGALACTICAL MINNEAPOLIS TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-twilight-imperium-intergalactical-tournament-minneapolis-tickets-1217327823289?aff=oddtdtcreator Get them while they're hot! Remember when we told you we were releasing the final super guide? Well just like the Keleres themselves we have been added to the crew AFTER THE FACT! This was a fun guide to research and write so I hope you enjoy the listen. This is our final faction guide for the POK era of SCP...
Jan 29, 2025•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 388
THE INTERGALACTICAL MINNEAPOLIS TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-twilight-imperium-intergalactical-tournament-minneapolis-tickets-1217327823289?aff=oddtdtcreator Get them while they're hot! This week Matt and Hunter jump into the Playtester's Hideout to talk about all the submissions they've received for alternative Level 2 and 3 technologies for the future release of the SCPT Codex (Due some time in 2026). Come listen as we nitpick our fans and chase after a chance ...
Jan 22, 2025•2 hr 27 min•Ep. 387
We're going back to the history books! And this time, it's history that we took part in. This is the beginning of what will actually be a decently long journey of charting the development of the Third Edition of Twilight Imperium and breaking down all of its various components. If you've seen our episodes about 1st and 2nd edition, don't let those fool you. We intend to talk a LOT more about 3rd Edition. And to start, it's a bunch of information about before the game even released... Music provi...
Jan 15, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 386
This week, we're circling back to one of our favorite strategy topics, Technology! For the last time in this era of TI we're going to work through the entire generic tech tree giving our feelings and thoughts on each component. This is a big episode for us as we begin our "farewell" arc to Prophecy of Kings. Stay tuned through the end for updates on this months patreon benefits. Also next week we will begin the Weird Bear and Findergardner pre-sale for the first North American Intergalactical ev...
Jan 08, 2025•2 hr 3 min•Ep. 385
Happy New year! We're back for a solo Hunter episode where he's gonna tell you about an exciting new project from SCPT. We're starting a North American cross-country in-person Twilight Imperium Tournament. It's crazy, It's exciting, It's wild! In this episode Hunter is going to break down how you can sign up for it and what exactly it is. We'll touch on some of the rules and start the ball rolling on a project that has been cooking for a very long time. See you in Minneapolis March 28-30! Check ...
Jan 01, 2025•50 min•Ep. 384
This week the boys talk about their favorite presents, 2024 in film, and the board game Stationfall. Happy Holidays! We'll see you in the New Year! Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/ To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/...
Dec 30, 2024•48 min•Ep. 383
This week we're lookin' to Santa for some holiday cheer in the new year with a list of wants and desires for the new "box shaped" thing from FFG coming sometime soon. We get very hypothetical and very specific in ways that are sure to get your galaxy brain just burstin' with possibilities! Tournament 7 is open for signups now! Get in there! https://www.patreon.com/spacecatspeaceturtles Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and So...
Dec 18, 2024•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 382
This month is getting busier and busier. We were in Philadelphia for PAX Unplugged and that seemed like a perfect opportunity to have some guests on and hold the annual Faction Tier List episode. Rwise and Teddysjamforyou both joined us in Matt's dirty hotel room, so get prepared for THAT kind of energy. We also didn't strictly do a Tier List this year, but instead decided to hold a Faction Draft and subsequent Tournament to determine not only the best Faction but the best Faction Drafter! Music...
Dec 11, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 381
