Space Cats Peace Turtles

400: Codex 400 (Feat. Dane Beltrami)

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
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/

399: Super Guide to the Strategy Phase

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 Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/
To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

398: Super Guide to The Agendas

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, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

397: Minnesota Intergalactical Summary and Portland Intergalactical Details!

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/j5FwYsRW99
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/
Ahmed Khalaf's  new comedy album: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kkBc6WPAqkCXSrxH8EA2Ah8QclavYPAkY

396: TI Leader Suite Tier List (PORTLAND INTERGALACTICAL ANNOUNCEMENT)

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 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/

395: Voice of One Book Preview AND Hunter's Journey Through the Prelims

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://ccug.yapsody.com/event/book/839087/31732025
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/

394: Super Guide to the Agenda Phase

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.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/

393: We've started a Leder Games Podcast, It's called ROMP

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 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/

392: Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition Base Game Overview Part ONE

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 Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/
To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

391: "What Makes For Great Tournament Play"

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 Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/
To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/