Space Cats Peace Turtles

311: 2023 GenCon Live Show

This episode was recorded LIVE at the Helium Comedy Club in Indianapolis, IN during the week of GenCon 2023! If you want to hear all of the stand-up, you'll have to come in person yourself someday, but this recording includes Old Gamer's Almanac playthrough of an old Sonic the Hedgehog Choose Your Own Adventure book as well as the SCPT Live show.
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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310: Twilight Imperium: The HBO Mini-series

The Galactic Council went chaotic evil this week and wanted us to provide you with the sequel to everyone's favorite episode: TI The Movie. This time we have to design a mini-series set in the Twilight Imperium universe, meant to be released on HBO circa 2010. We totally took the prompt really seriously and this is a very earnest attempt at that. There's no funny business, there's no references to the Watchmen, and there are absolutely no Muppets.
Agenda Phase: RockPaperLizard asks “Would you be interested as content creators in recording games specifically oriented for ‘Listenability.’”
To check out the Community Plays TI Discord: https://discord.gg/FXWFN6g5Q
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/

309: Super Nomad Guide

We've done it! After today, all of the Prophecy of Kings factions will have been revisited on this show as part of our Super Guide series! Don't talk to me about Council Keleres! We finish up with the Nomad, which is the first faction we ever learned about on this show and we've come a long way since then. Nomad has had some high highs, but they feel like they're slowing down a bit in their performance. What made them so good before and why have we seen that change over time?
Come see us perform live during GenCon at the Helium Comedy Club on August 3 at 8:00 PM! https://indianapolis.heliumcomedy.com/shows/218650
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/

308: Spirit Guides - Lightning’s Swift Strike and Shadows Flicker Like Flames

It's our last venture into the base game Spirits for Spirit Island! And we didn't do it on purpose, but we're each going out of spirits that didn't click with us quite as much, but that didn't stop them from being engaging to learn!
Also we've got a lengthy Homebrew Review and Agenda Phase as well as a big important announcement at the end regarding our upcoming Weird Bear Exhibition "Tournament."
0:00 - Lightning's Swift Strike
56:14 - Shadows Flicker Like Flames
1:32:49 - Homebrew Review: William's Willard's Mentak Coalition Abilities
1:40:36 - Agenda Phase: DragoThaxton asks “Describe your dream TI4 IRL gameday"
Music provided by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/
 
To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/
 
Tickets to our August 3rd show in Indianapolis: https://indianapolis.heliumcomedy.com/shows/218650

307: Super Titans of Ul Guide

We're nearing the end of our super POK faction guides and today we get to tackle the first faction we ever dug deep into in POK, the Titans of Ul. They're a powerful faction that has always performed very well in our tournaments, but this year had a bit of a decline. (into the middle of the pack, so don't freak out) What makes this faction so strong and how can you make the most of their toolkit?
1:25:36 - Agenda Phase: OfficialDaveAcct asks “You mentioned in your Empyrean episode that you thought that faction was a great faction for a new player. What other factions would you recommend for someone's first time playing Twilight Imperium and why?”
1:33:57 - Homebrew Review: Simple's Vuil'Raight Idol Action Card
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/

306: Road to the Finals 2023

It's been a whole year and now it's time for us to prepare for the upcoming SCPT Patreon Tournament Finals! We've got interviews from all of the wonderful players and I'm so excited for you to hear them. Special thanks to JadiimJedi, Arratain, Sir Craigsworth, dzhiriki, Aljce, and Deshuga.
 
*SOME EXPLICIT LANGUAGE*
 
Are you going to Gen-Con this year? Maybe you should come see our live show at the Helium in Indianapolis:
https://indianapolis.heliumcomedy.com/shows/218650
 
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/

305: Top 10 Tournament Moments

The galactic council have bestowed us with a wonderful treat. The semis of Tournament 5 have concluded and before we get to the Finals, we are taking a look back at tournaments gone by. After some fun honorable mentions, we present to you Matt and Hunter's Top 10 Tournament Moments!
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/
 
 
The Moments
Duke ascends to valhalla (https://youtu.be/kCIjhyynpPE?t=3294)
Craiken’s participation in the tournament (https://youtu.be/oGrbxKIwFxU)
Jeol-Ir Cam (Tournament 3) (https://youtu.be/QQcOWT8EFCQ?t=2179)
The Meta has 4 home systems (https://youtu.be/UBs_BHKIJ3E)
Planet Erf uses Dice Magic (https://clips.twitch.tv/InventiveSaltyEggplantRedCoat-4lrGrE3Xw5v7aOvm)
Jasper sabos 3 flank speeds (https://youtu.be/GZIPRaxqPbs?t=2231)
Cody loses due to holding to his deal (https://www.twitch.tv/spacecatspeaceturtles/clip/SmoggyBigGooseYouWHY-5VmlHhDoWVr1kwLU?filter=clips&range=all&sort=time)
Ixthian destroys squidtm’s entire game worst tournament ixthian (https://clips.twitch.tv/KnottyColorfulRadishBCWarrior-oCsxEodwTrqZ8wT-)
The players elect a winner (Qualifier 18 Tournament 5)
Clown fiesta with Spanish Streamers (https://youtu.be/wzJEHyqpO1o)
Honorable Mentions
Teddy can’t score his secrets and Visioness has a perfect opening (https://youtu.be/K9z4v6sSMIA)
“The Plan” (https://www.twitch.tv/spacecatspeaceturtles/clip/FriendlyWimpySmoothieKeyboardCat-TE3JbLN0eyhbpJrX?filter=clips&range=all&sort=time)
“Boot the dude”
Rando retakes his HS in a stacked prelims game (https://youtu.be/GGiQvx8bjEA)

304: The Gathering Storm Part 3 (Embers of the Imperium RPG)

And now the thrilling conclusion to the tale of Gasha, Rick, Wrexx, Borin, and Ser. It's time for our heroes to sort out a bit of a bug situation, learn the secrets of mysterious artifacts, and handle a bit of a ghost issue. 
We've really loved making these and it's been especially rewarding to hear everyone respond so positively to them. We absolutely hope to make more in the future!
To join other fans looking to roleplay in the Twilight Imperium universe using this system, check out the RPG Cats Tabletop Turtles Discord! (https://discord.gg/CxEHsBxWNP)
Music by Michael Keane. Find most at the Twilight Symphonium: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSGXR2L8DPl_sHV_8m-R2CQ
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/

303: Spirit Guide: Bringer of Dreams and Nightmares and River Surges in Sunlight

We're back with more Spirit Island content! This week, we were tired of being pushed around, so we're talking about two spirits that do a lot of pushing back, the fear based Bringer of Dreams and Nightmares and the nuclear missile that is River Surges in Sunlight. After that, it's some Agenda Phase and the finale of the Tournament Prelims Recaps!
0:00 - Bringer of Dreams and Nightmares
50:47 - River Surges in Sunlight
1:27:39 - The Agenda Phase: Will asks: “What is your favorite, and least favorite, codex change?”
1:41:06 - Tournament Recaps: Games 33, 34, 35, & 36!
Music provided by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/
To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

302: Super Vuil’raith Cabal Guide

We've been having TOO MUCH FUN over here at SCPT the last few weeks, so it's time for some more chunky content. Today is a guide to the Vuil'raith Cabal that it feels like we've been working on for two years. Have we finally unlocked the secret to this faction, or has Matt mostly just learned to stop sweating the small stuff? Or is he capable of learning to stop sweating...
0:00 - Cabal Guide
1:46:26 - Homebrew Review: Wekker’s “Anomalous Anomalies Assortment”
1:53:10 - Agenda Phase: My Cabbages! asks "When you are dealt a hard to achieve secret objective do you start working on it right away or ignore it and plan to draw another later?"
2:06:45 - Prelims Report: Games 15, 29, 30, 31, & 32.
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/