Space Cats Peace Turtles

382: Final Expansion Wishlist

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!
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381: The 2024 Final Ultimate Sexy Delightful Respectful Orange Faction Tier List

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!
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Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/
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380: A Guide to TI Tournament Drafting

We're back with some more Tournament focused TI content. Come sign up for the final wave of Qualifier games that will be running through December 22nd! Also say hi to us at PAX this weekend if you're going. This week the boys sit down to talk through what players should think about when using the milty draft SCPT tournament tool and they even spend some time doing a mock draft where they roleplay as various exciting characters like Dinky and Horse. Great fun.
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379: Super Sardakk N'orr Guide (THE FINAL SUPER GUIDE)

With this episode Matt and Hunter have completed a two year cycle of covering every single faction in TI to the deepest of our ability. It's been a long journey and we didn't get everything perfect (give us one more go around!) but we did pack a lot of very good detail into all of these guides. They should stand as a great resource until the oncoming codex four wipes out their relevancy! For this final guide we dive into the bug boys of Sardakk N'orr, a faction that is not great but is very fun and has very interesting abilities. Bug boys love mom! 
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Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/
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378: Guide to Tournament Play

This week Matt and Hunter sit down to share their elite insights into what it takes to play competitive TI at a high level! Find out exactly how to vanquish your foes in the SCPT tournament, or just find out how to have a good time playing a silly complicated board game for fun but it's also kinda serious. We've got something for everyone this week! 
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Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/
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377: Arcs - The Empire, The Blight, and You!

This week we're diving deeper into the rulebook of Arcs - The Blighted Reach! Matt and Hunter break down the implications of the "neutral" players you will add to the game. How will you adjust to life within a crumbling Empire? Will the Blight overrun us all? FIND OUT THIS WEEK
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376: Playing Against the Jol-Nar

This week we're starting a small series of episodes for tournament season that are meant to teach players high level strategies to use against some of the best factions in Twilight Imperium. This episode we'll talk about mostly above the table policies you can utilize against the Universities of Jol-Nar. Let us know what you think in the discord!
 
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Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/
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375: Arcs - The Blighted Reach: Learn to Learn

This is a very excited start to what is going to be a very long ARC of Matt and Hunter talking about space games. Today we begin our discussion of the Arcs expansion "The Blighted Reach" aka "Campaign Mode" aka "Arcs: Imperium." What follows is a list of pointers and anecdotes for beginning to think about learning this excellent version of Arcs. While none of it will succinctly teach you how to play the game, it is helpful to hear about the experience of learning this huge game so as to learn it faster, better, and stronger than these two fools ever could have. 
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374: Super Barony of Letnev Guide

Here we are with our penultimate Faction guide and this one is a bit rough, Barony seems to struggle a lot in the data and the boys don't quite get to the bottom of it. There is one thing we are sure of, they're good at fighting, but is it enough? If all else fails I do hope that we inspire someone to figure out exactly how to reliably succeed with our Irish space warlords!
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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/
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373: Arcs - Leaders and Lore Finale

This week we reach the end of our Base Game Arcs coverage. The boys sit down to reflect on their feelings before we move forward into the wild world of Campaign Arcs. This one is heavy with feelings and theory and gets only a little bit meta at times. We hope you have enjoyed our coverage of base game Arcs! Looking forward to returning to it sometime in the coming years.
 
Music provided by Brian Kupillas.  Check out more of his music at: https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/
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