Space Cats Peace Turtles
An unofficial podcast for fans of Twilight Imperium and other strategy board games. Each episode is a humorous analysis of mechanics and strategies for new and experienced players alike!
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Monday Feb 18, 2019
Monday Feb 18, 2019
The Prelims are over! 18 games on one map in 7 weeks, and we’re finally ready to move on. Today, we cover the last five games as well as an overview of the statistics of the Prelims overall! After breaking down our thoughts, we go IN DEPTH on the new map for the second round of the tournament. It’s a very different kind of map than the Prelims map and expects a lot more out of its players.
To see it, visit this link!
Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com
Tuesday Feb 12, 2019
Tuesday Feb 12, 2019
We seem to be in an alternating pattern, with the large volume of tournament games necessitating another update-filled episode. This week, details of games 8-13 are all scrunched together, hopefully offering more insight in what seems to lead to the most success in our tournament structure. After the breakdowns is errata from last weeks Action Cards ranking!
Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com
Tuesday Feb 05, 2019
Tuesday Feb 05, 2019
The epic conclusion to Action Cards Part 1: Action Cards Part 2! This is our DEFINITIVE list of action cards, ranked from worst to best with no room for dispute. What card will get #33? What will get #32? The whole community is dying to know! Come inside and find the answers you seek!
Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com
Monday Jan 28, 2019
Monday Jan 28, 2019
This weekend had such intense games in our Patreon Tournament that we had to dedicate the whole episode to it! I know many listeners were looking forward to Action Cards Part 2, and now you get to look forward to it even more! This episode covers games 6 and game 7, as well as a special announcement from our friend in Austin, TX, DavidSNorr!
Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com
Monday Jan 21, 2019
Monday Jan 21, 2019
It’s Galactic Council Week! This time, we’re dipping our toes into the pesky action cards, and there’s no way we can contain it all in one episode. So instead we’ve already decided this will be a two parter! But before we can even get to action cards, we have THREE Patreon Tournament Games to overview. Strap in, because this is a long one.
Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com
Monday Jan 14, 2019
Monday Jan 14, 2019
This week is our inaugural SPACE KITTY episode. As part of our highest Patreon tier, we allow contributors to produce an episode with us! This week, longtime contributor InMacKWeTrust joins us to talk about the evil maps he has inflicted upon us, as well as a discussion about why we make weird maps and why we diverted from the original map making process altogether. Before that discussion kicks off, there is a lengthy piece about Game Two of our patreon tournament, and after the episode is a quick errata about Game One of the tournament.
Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com
Monday Jan 07, 2019
Monday Jan 07, 2019
The tournament has begun, and this week is a quick recap of the first game. It was a fun game with a lot of surprises, which bodes well for the rest of the tournament. Afterwards, there is a lot of errata about last week’s Tier List!
Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com
Monday Dec 31, 2018
Monday Dec 31, 2018
The year is over and it’s time to RANK THINGS. We wanted to talk about how this year felt for all the different factions and give you a DEFINITIVE list of how they compare against one another. This is the most serious episode ever and our opinions are final. We are nerd masters and we have thought many eons longer than your tiny human peon brain has. FEAR US. No errata!
Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com
Monday Dec 24, 2018
Monday Dec 24, 2018
THIS IS IT. As I type these words, we officially involved ourselves in Twilight Imperium related activities for 15 hours. I'm going to bed. Please enjoy this post game(s) wrap-up discussion, recorded after our one serious game of TI and our one....less serious game.
Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com
Wednesday Dec 19, 2018
Wednesday Dec 19, 2018
SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY! Prepare yourself for the high octane action of probably something like 12 to 14 hours of TWILIGHT IMPERIUM! This week’s episode is a bit of a filler, but for those of you who have never tuned in to a streamed game we’re here to convince you to join us! We play some normal TI, but also some very strange TI, and this episode is all about breaking down those strange games. It’s a strange episode, but IT’S THE HOLIDAYS and we’re going to stream literally all day on Dec. 23...so bear with us...
Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com