Episode 376 - June 25 Points update The team get together to chat about the latest points update from the X-wing Alliance, what changes we think will have players excited and what we may be looking at trying! Some old ships coming back in to the light, and some pilots we've never heard of before! But before that we have a couple of events to chat about including the 312 Squadron Conquest Series: Gotham City event and one from Brazil! New point can be found here: https://www.xwing.life/resources/...
Jun 23, 2025•1 hr 53 min
Episode 375 - Double Coin Club We're back with another OP packed episode with a slew of events from across Europe and North America plus we have another inductee to the 'double coin club' after Chris Burnett shows Liam how easy it is to pick up another Squad Championship victory! We also chat about the news from XWA about the System Open kit contents! X-Wing Alliance 2025/26 Season System Open Kit https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_eAc5qP9hipLkL543eLcC_FTVvDBOriqnj7Cp9To6ME/edit?tab=t.0 Mandos...
Jun 18, 2025•1 hr 16 min
Episode 374 - COPR and Coins Lot's of Organized Play news to chat about this week, hot off the press Tim is able to chat to us about Version 1.1 of XWA's Competitive Organized Play Regulations or COPR. And we also chat about XWA's updated 1st year road map! But before we get in to that we have a couple of XWA Squad Championships to chat about, one from Scotland and one from USA! Tartan Tusken Trial XIX - CGG Store Championships https://www.longshanks.org/event/24326/ Geek Out's Squadron (Store) ...
Jun 09, 2025•1 hr 13 min
Episode 373 - UK Games Expo 25 This week it's just Tim & Liam chatting about last weekend's X-wing event from the UK Games Expo! They both chat about the convention in general, what lists did well and what they thought of the event overall. Spoilers - they may be a little biased! Rollbetter standings, lists & results https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2037/players Pattern Analyzer https://www.pattern-analyzer.app/tournament/listfortress/8320 Cast - Tim & Liam Producer - Tim Recorded 0...
Jun 03, 2025•57 min
Episode 372 - He doesn't always fly like a Potato After a successful day's playing & streaming at the Element Games XWA Squad Championships Rich, Liam and Tim get together to chat about the event. We also have some time to chat about the prize support for this weekend's X-wing at UK Games expo plus X-wing events from Wales, Canada and Poland! You can watch the action back from the Element Games Squad Champs here: https://www.twitch.tv/sith_taker_tim Exile Squadron Xwing @ the Arena https://w...
May 27, 2025•1 hr 29 min
Episode 371 - Rise of the Squad Champs We're well in to May and starting to see a load more events around the globe! This week the cast chats over lists doing well at 5 events from the UK, Europe and Brazil! Plus we chat about the upcoming Squad Championship at Element Games that we'll be streaming at (twitch.tv/sith_taker_tim) plus UK Games Expo! TNX May 3rd 2025 England - 8 players https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2166/players SZ-Wing Blaster-Cup 2025 [XWA] Germany - 33 players https://listfo...
May 21, 2025•1 hr 6 min
Episode 370 - May OP Madness Audio warning - apologies, my mic has had an off night so my audio is very ropey! May is upon us and not only is it the start of the OP season for XWA it's also May 4th/Revenge of the 5th so several events happening to chat about! Richmond Open 2025 (AMG points) USA 23 players https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2139 312 Squadron Conquest Series: Crumpet Conquest Online 38 players https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1957 TableBound May 4th XWA Squad Championship Canada 2...
May 07, 2025•52 min
Episode 369 - Loving the new loadouts On this weeks show the cast chat about some of their experiences of the new XWA standard loadouts and how they are featuring at events. Event coverage we have a 52 player in-person XWA event from Poland, 18 player in-person AMG event from Canada and the first of 312 Squadron's Conquest online events using XWA points - the 61 player Windy City Conquest! Mistrzostwa Polski 2025 https://longshanks.org/event/24113/ WetCoast AMG Star Wars X-Wing GT https://rollbe...
Apr 30, 2025•1 hr 13 min
Episode 368 - Wisdom of the Ancients We got a little bit swamped with X-wing content with all the new releases coming out of the X-wing Alliance we completely missed a fantastic article friend of the show (and occasional target of our jokes) Steve Boulton wrote! Steve got several regular 'top' tournament players together and asked them a serious of questions to determine what makes a good player top tier. We were really impressed with the article and wanted to chat about. Thanks to Steven and Dy...
Apr 16, 2025•1 hr 2 min
Episode 367 - A new hope is here! XWA release their first official content, we've seen the spoilers but we haven't seen everything - and we have points for all the new ships! The cast chat about new & spoiled ships and now we have points what we think will feature and what we're excited to fly. We also give some shout outs to the Polish Championship happening 26/27 April and congratulations to Tom Veal & Team for emerging victorious at the 312 Squadron Team League (several games of which...
Apr 07, 2025•1 hr 22 min
Episode 366 - The Wolds are not enough Another bumper Organised Play episode - and we're not here just talking about Calen Wong's triumphant rise to becoming the 2025 X-wing World Champion! A massive congratulations to Calen from all at the Sith Takers! After we've covered the action from Milwaukee, USA we turn our sights to Yorkshire for the Wolds Championships where 28 players who couldn't make the trip to the States battled it out in a XWA points event. Finally we cover the online Polish Syst...
Apr 01, 2025•58 min
Episode 365 - Scum & Swag Warning - there are some audio issues this week! Sorry! This week the team is joined by XWA Prize Lead Dylan to chat about the final XWA Scum & Villainy spoilers and to dish the dirt on the first Squad Championship kit from the XWA - what will we be playing for, what will the alt arts be and of course what will the winner get! Hopefully by the time this episode comes out you can find the article on Dylan's blog with lovely pics here: https://exilesquadron.com/ I...
Mar 25, 2025•1 hr 30 min
Episode 364 - Here come the Resistance, again! We're back with chat about Resistance standard loadouts from XWA, more OP news from XWA and a couple of events one of which was run by Liam! GT X WING de Normadie By AMG - except it's XWA! https://www.longshanks.org/event/19461/ Board in Brum - X-wing March https://www.longshanks.org/event/23323 Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 17/03/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Skillet - "The ...
Mar 18, 2025•1 hr 33 min
Episode 363 - XWA OP on the way! It's a bumper episode today with First Order and Resistance spoilers from the XWA, a slew of events from across the globe and then Tim chats about the recent Organised Play news from XWA! Find out what a Squad Championship is, what the OP pyramid is and what you could win if you emerge victorious at one of these events! Plus we chat about the first XWA System Open - The Welsh Open! Which tickets are now on sale for: https://www.thebattlefields.co.uk/events-at-the...
Mar 04, 2025•1 hr 52 min
Episode 362 - We love new points! Dropping just in time for Valentines we have version 4 of the Beta points from XWA and the cast chat through their thoughts on the changes! Plus a little chat about Kylo & Mando Standard Loadouts and a bit of Organised Play News! https://www.xwing.life/resources/pointshttps://www.xwing.life/resources/points Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 17/02/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - LITTLE BIG –...
Feb 19, 2025•1 hr 37 min
Episode 361 - Chatting with the Champ STO 2025 This week the cast catch up with the 2025 Sith Taker Open Champion Dom Flannigan and chat about his take on CIS that saw him take the top spot and the big event of the year! We round out the show with some chat about the recent Polish System Open X-Wing Championship final from Gdansk and a couple of Standard loadouts coming from the XWA. Sith Taker Open 2025 https://www.longshanks.org/event/22439/ Gdansk PSO X-Wing Championship 2024 https://longshan...
Feb 12, 2025•1 hr 26 min
Episode 360 - STO 2025 Round-up We're just getting over an amazing weekend of X-wing! Next week we'll be joined by the Event Champion Dom Flannigan so this week Rich & Ben chat about the event from a Tournament Organisers point of view and Tim & Liam chat about it from a players perspective. We cover the lists in cut and chat about the social & side events surrounding the main event! And of course the people who made the event such a success and a lot of fun for all involved! Sith Ta...
Feb 03, 2025•1 hr 34 min
Episode 359 - Getting ready for The Big Show! Here we go! It's almost here! THE big X-wing show of the year - Sith Taker Open 2025! Rich is joined by a rather congested Tim (sorry) and Ben (also sorry ;) ) to chat about our big annual x-wing event happening in Stockport, UK! 130-140 pilots using XWA points will be joining us for casual games & pre-event social on the Friday, Swiss with potential play-in round on Saturday and then Top 16 plus side events on the Sunday! Find out some of what w...
Jan 29, 2025•1 hr 13 min
Episode 358 - 312 Conquest Series This week the cast are joined by 312 Squadron leader Nick Sperry to chat about their upcoming online events - the Conquest Series! A series of online events in different time zones where the winners will qualify for a global final! We also chat to Nick about he and others got on at the AMG GT from the Las Vegas Open. And finally we cover the recent XWA events from Poland and France. 312 Conquest Series info https://tinyurl.com/frvc74kd LVO day 1 https://rollbett...
Jan 22, 2025•1 hr 24 min
Episode 357 - Changing of the Guard This last weekend we've started to see a real shift towards XWA Organised Play supported events with 3 in-person events to report on! 2 in the UK plus one from the Netherlands! And of course we cover the final UK GT before Worlds! AMG GT Nottingham 23 player AMG event https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1857 NWA Jan event 2025 TTBromley 11 Player XWA event from TTBromley https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1954 So long.. and thanks for all the ships! 16 Player XWA...
Jan 15, 2025•1 hr 20 min
Episode 356 - New Year New Events We're back for 2025! Rich is joined by Ben & Tim for a new years catch up! We also have a few events to chat about, some coming soon like the Sith Taker Open and 312 Conquest Series but we dive in to Tim's recent one day XWA event Revenge of Father Sithmas! And finally the NCX Draft League Finals! Revenge of Father Sithmas '24 https://www.longshanks.org/event/22092/ 312 Conquest Series https://tinyurl.com/h8bbkd6f Cast - Rich, Ben and Tim Producer - Tim Reco...
Jan 08, 2025•1 hr 8 min
Episode 355 - Flying like a Potato We're back with a quick wrap up of the recent events. A couple of in person AMG points GTs and an online XWA points event from 312 Squadron. Apologies for me audio, it's a little ropey and only realise now in editing! Plus I know Liam swore... but can I find it to censor it! Oh well I'm fairly sure we can have one! Have fun finding it! :D Official AMG Grand Tournament - North Phoenix https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1893 Pax Unplugged 2024 X-Wing GT https://ro...
Dec 18, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Episode 354 - Exceedingly Good Points Update Rich, Tim and Liam get together to discuss the latest points update from the XWA. It's not a particularly big update but it does come with a patch notes doc giving us some insight in to the decision process of the update. Find all the useful information here: https://www.xwing.life/resources/points Cast - Rich, Tim and Liam Producer - Tim Recorded 02/12/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Mariah Carey - All ...
Dec 04, 2024•1 hr 24 min
Episode 353 - Sins & The Herts GT Rich is joined by Ben and Tim to chat about a couple of recent events. First up from a couple of weekends back we have the AMG GT from Hemel Hempstead running new AMG points then from last weekend we're off to Newport, Wales for a local XWA points event! Sin city Newport November https://www.longshanks.org/event/20454/ Star Wars: X-Wing at the Herts GT 2024 https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1856 Cast - Rich, Tim and Den Producer - Tim Recorded 25/11/2024 via...
Nov 27, 2024•47 min
Episode 352 - Allez les Bleus! We haven't covered the Online X-wing Team Championship (XTC) much this year as it's been stuck running old AMG points but we couldn't let it go without congratulating Team France on their victory! 21 countries* were represented by teams of 7 pilots, each running a different faction, plus coaches & captains - but France finish in 1st place! We're joined by Blues Captain Aurélien to chat about the event, what makes the XTC different and how it went for France, En...
Nov 13, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Episode 351 - Cornish Nationals 24 This week we're all focused on the Cornish Nationals run by our friends down south, Tin Squadron! Unfortunately dark schemes conspired to keep us away from Cornwall and we weren't able to attend but we can at least talk about the games and lists, all using new shiny XWA points! Full results and lists can be found here: https://www.longshanks.org/event/16934/ And Firecast Focus covered the event which you can watch games back here: https://www.twitch.tv/firecast...
Oct 30, 2024•44 min
Episode 350 - Episode Tree Fiddy For our 350th Episode we have a bumper show of events to discuss! First up an AMG points Grand Tournament from Canada, with a XWA side event, then to Poland for a Store Champs using XWA points, and then two XWA point local X-wing events from the UK! We round out the show with a little general chat about dice variance and stuff before finally a little update on the XTC! SLO - X-Wing Grand Tournament https://www.longshanks.org/event/20087/ SLO - XWA Side event Tour...
Oct 23, 2024•1 hr 13 min
Episode 349 - Revelling in Resistance We're back and we've got a few things to run down this week! First up we chat about the recent GT from Alaska, then Tim rounds up the XTC Group stage and what teams will be heading to the Finals before Rich is let loose on the Resistance Faction to give us the run down on what's hot in XWA points! Battle Zone Ursa 2024 https://listfortress.com/tournaments/5513 Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 15/10/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hell...
Oct 16, 2024•1 hr 16 min
Episode 348 - London G&T Rich is joined by Liam and Tim to chat about last weekend's X-wing Grand Tournament using new AMG points at the London GT. What lists did well and how did the factions in general fair after the points update. We wrap up the show with a little XTC chat. Lists & results can be found here: https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1690/players Watch back the games at Firecast Focus: https://www.twitch.tv/firecastfocus Cast - Rich, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 30/09/...
Oct 02, 2024•46 min
Episode 347 - XWA Transformers XWA certainly seemed to have transformed the fortunes of the lower placed factions with CIS doing very well at the weekend and the Top 16 cut from Poland featuring at least two lists from every faction! This week Ben and Liam are joined by Steel City's very own Tom Veale to chat about his recent success in Sheffield but also chat over lists from Scotland, Poland, Sheffield and Canada (may have forgotten to talk about the latest AMG GT but I've put the link below ju...
Sep 25, 2024•1 hr 15 min
