Sith Takers Snap Shots

Episode 306 - Negative Nancy After we fall down a little rabbit hole we move on to better things! Organised Play! We chat about the Team event we ran last weekend at Board in Brum - Sith Taker Squadrons 2023! We then cover the World Open Qualifiers from Saint-Laurent and New Zealand before covering a few choice Store Champs! Finally we get round to chatting about the XTC group stage including some Round 1 results and how our games have gone. Sith Taker Squadrons 2023 https://www.longshanks.org/event/11444/ Saint-Laurent Open X-Wing World Open Qualifier https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/854 Star Wars: X-Wing 2023 World Open Qualifier -- Armageddon New Zealand https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/903 Groups for XTC 2023 Group A https://longshanks.org/event/11044/ Group B https://longshanks.org/event/11045/ Group C https://longshanks.org/event/11046/ Group D https://longshanks.org/event/11047/ Group E https://longshanks.org/event/11048/ Cast - Rich, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 23/10/2023 via Disc

Episode 305 - Down Under with Onyx This week Liam and Rich are joined by Rob Crumlish from Onyx Squadron to chat about his awesome alt-art cards, Organised play support and of course another load of Atomic Mass Games Store Championships! You can find out more about the Onyx Squadron alt-arts here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1223725924392410 And events we discussed this episode: Galleon Games Store Championship 19 players - one by Phil GC running scum https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/959 Dark Side Open. Store Championship 16 players - Florida https://www.longshanks.org/event/10918/ EH Gaming X-Wing Store Championship 16 players - won byt Tom Veale running FO https://www.longshanks.org/event/11119/ Leipzig Open SC 16 players won by Jannis Fritsch running Rebels https://www.longshanks.org/event/9340/ The Sentry Box Store Championships 2023 Part 2 19 players - lists hidden? https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/957/players Return Of The Kit: A C4 X-Wing Qualifier (aus event) 16 players - won by thelog

Episode 304 - The French Resistance This week Rich and Liam are joined by Milan WoQ Champion Aurélien Coudray to catch up on the Italian & Nordic Atomic Mass Games World Open Qualifiers plus another load of Store Championships! To round out the show Liam and Rich quiz Aurélien, Rich's question is at least X-wing related! AMG Star Wars: X-Wing 2023 Milan World Open Qualifier Won by Aurélien Coudray with Resistance - 26 players https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/9232/ AMG Star Wars: X-Wing 2023 Nordic World Open Qualifier Stockholm, Sweden Won by Faan running FO - 53 players https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/667 Games Bunker Store Champs Autum 2023 Won by Joshua hall running Republic - 19 players https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/11162 X-wing Store Championship Strasbourg Won by Andrew Prevot with Republic - 18 players https://longshanks.org/event/10925/ The Game Wizard and Blue Sky Hobbies X-Wing Store Champion kit - 18 players https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/374 Curio Cavern X-Wing Store Champions

Episode 303 - London Calling This week the cast are joined by Robin Farndon, 2023 London World Open Qualifier Champion! We chat to Robin and Tim about their experiences at the event before moving on to briefly cover the Milan WoQ (we'll be back to cover this in more detail next week where we hope to be joined by Champ Aurélien) and Golden State Games WoQ plus a few Store Champs from across the globe! London GT Worlds Open Qualifier https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/914/players Milan Worlds Open Qualifier https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/9232/ Kirton Games Store Championship https://www.longshanks.org/event/9570/ Golden State Games Worlds Open Qualifier https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/543/players GGTRC X-Wing Store Championship - Australia https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/797 Epikos X-Wing Store Championship - Chattanooga, US https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/737 TANTIVE VII - BARCELONA 2023 https://www.longshanks.org/event/9401/ Cast - Rich, Tim, Liam and special guest Robin Farndon Recorded 0

Episode 302 - There's too many of them! There's so many events going on around the globe we're bound to miss one or two... and then the winners get in touch to let us know! This week Rich and Liam are joined by Store Champ Winners Chris Burnett and Toby Harris to catch up on a few events! And we also chat about the big bad Han! Neutral Ground X-wing Store Champs https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/373 Board in Brum Store Champs https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/10965/ Cracow X-wing Store Championships https://www.longshanks.org/event/9176/ Berlin Open 23 - Store Championship https://www.longshanks.org/event/10791/ GT 201 MX - Mexico https://www.longshanks.org/event/10627/ Cast - Rich, Liam and special guests Chris Burnett and Toby Harris Producer - Tim Recorded 25/09/2023 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head (Official Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 301 - Wishing on a Star (Wars) After covering another chunk of events including the Madrid Worlds Open Qualifier and Brazilian Nationals, as featured as part of the X-wing Xtravaganza coverage, the cast are joined by Sam Webb to ponder about what ships Atomic Mass Games could still bring to the tabletop. Sam wrote an article about the topic and we were thinking the same... Sam's Blog https://samwebbreporter.com/blog/2023/9/14/clouded-the-future-is-what-x-wing-ships-could-be-incoming Store championship-TNX-Troll Trader Bromley 19 players - won by Dale with Rebels https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/826 Nerd Haven X-Wing store Championship 16 players - won by republic https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/528 Crimson Dawn Store Championship 16 players - won by FO https://www.longshanks.org/event/10659/ Brizilian Nationals - Campeonato Brasileiro de X-wing 2023 61 players - won by FO https://www.longshanks.org/event/10244/ OMG Store Championship - Finland 15 players - hopefully AMG honour the invite -

Episode 300 - This is Sith Takers! We made it! Episode 300! Come join us as we spend some time looking back at our favourite shows and guests, plus some stats from Tim (will Liam by the show's and his own biggest fan again?). We want to take this opportunity to thank everyone for listening, guests for taking time out of their lives to come on and talk to us, Event TO's for getting us lists, and anyone else who has helped or contributed to the show! We also catch up on lots of events from across the globe and finally we talk about the community driven X-wing celebration weekend 'X-wing Xtravaganza'! It's going to be a great weekend for the hobby! Nova Open Friday heat - 34 players https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/777 Saturday heat -41 players https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/778/rounds Final Day - top 15 https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/776 Rebels vs Rebels final Cardiff Store Champs 21 players - Resistance vs Resistance final https://www.longshanks.org/event/10545/ 02/09 X-WING STORE CHAMPIONSHI

Episode 299 - Tim King Maker Another packed show running through some of the new releases from Atomic Mass Games with the YT-2400 and Imperial Bombers and a load of new Store Championships! True friends help you win events! And Tim did just that last weekend for Liam! Find out more about this Tournament bromance and others on this week's Sith Takers Snap Shots podcast! Element Games, Stockport UK - 24 players Won by Liam Baker, First Order https://www.longshanks.org/event/8638/ Singapore store champs - 11 players no lists but nice to see some familiar names https://www.longshanks.org/event/10527/ Blackfyre, Utah, US - 20 players - won by Steven with Rebels https://www.longshanks.org/event/9954/ Boutique Abyss •Quebec, Canada - 12 players - Marc Guimond - Resistance https://www.longshanks.org/event/9290/ Bockenem •Lower Saxony, Germany - 14 players - won by Emanuel Lippold with Imperials https://www.longshanks.org/event/9139/ Squiggz Memmingen - Bavaria, Germany - 11 players but no lists https://ww

Episode 298 - Dude where's my X-wing? We're back with another bumper episode of Atomic Mass Games Store Championship coverage with events from the UK, US and Chile! We chat a little about prep ahead of our local Store Champs at Element Games (over 20 tickets sold already!) and whether Tim will have any ships to fly!?! We chat a little about the player draft at the Nickle City X-wing draft league. And then we also round out the show with a little game theory and how we all feel about the mid stage of games. Dice Salon - Brighton, UK - 22 Players Won by Cormac Higgins flying Rebels https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/620 Alicatan - Santiago, Chile - 19 players Won by Martin Tapia flying Republic https://www.longshanks.org/event/9497/ Misty Mountain Games - Wisconsin, US - 18 players Won by buried deep flying Republic https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/624 Battleground Saugus - US - 15 players Won by Maui flying Resistance https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/695 Cast - Rich, Ben, Tim and Liam Producer - Tim R

Episode 297 - Battle for Malinas 23 Fresh(ish) from their weekend away attending the Battle for Malinas / European Team event at the 40K World Championships Tim and Liam talk to Rich and Ben about their time in Belgium! We talk about the event format, standings, best lists in each faction plus more on the social side, and one of the many positives from the weekend, Team format X-wing! Plus catching up with our many European friends! And of course congratulations once again to the Tartan Tuskens for taking the top spot! Find the Team & Individual standings, results and lists from the Battle for Malinas here: https://www.longshanks.org/event/9259/ Find out more about the 40K World Team Championship here: https://worldteamchampionship.com/ And more pictures from the event here: https://www.facebook.com/WorldTeamChamps Cast - Rich, Ben, Tim and Liam Producer - Tim Recorded 14/08/2023 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Aqua - Barbie Girl (Official Music Video) Used

Episode 296 - He will rock you! Note: Few audio glitches in this episode! my (Tim's) audio failed so I've tried to trim bits I was involved in or you won't hear my pearls of wisdom... and Steve struggles with technology so he may have been chewing his phone at some point. Stick with it! It's worth it! :D This episode we cover the 4 day's of X-wing from the atomic mass games World Open Qualifier at Gen Con, a few Store Championships from the UK and USA plus special guest Steve Boulton has a couple of good questions for us! day 1 gencon - 26 players https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/698/players day 2 gencon - 31 players https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/699 day 3 gencon - 21 players https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/700 Final day Gencon - 14 players https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/697/players Dark Sphere X-Wing Store Championship 22 players - won by Greg Squires - First Order https://www.longshanks.org/event/9980/ TAB 2.5 Extended Store Championship 16 players - won by Jeremy G - Republic https:/

Episode 295 - Sweet 16 This week Ben and Liam are joined by new-ish player & Sith Taker, Matt Flockhart, to cover the latest batch of Atomic Mass Games X-wing Store Championships and discuss some of the finer points of needing 16 players to be able to award the Worlds Invite! 29-07-23 - Pro Tech Games Store Champs - 10 players Winner - Matt Farr - Resistance - no lists https://www.longshanks.org/event/8759/ 29-07-23 - X-Wing Store Championship, Dominion Ayr, Scotland - 11 players Winner - Rory Wilson - Republic - no list https://www.longshanks.org/event/9294/ 29-07-23 - Store championship LTScum, spain - 16 players Winner - Alzcurda - Reble - no list https://www.longshanks.org/event/9294/ 29-07-23 - Road to Open World Qualifier milano, italy - 16 players Winner - IACO - republic https://www.longshanks.org/event/9786/ 29-07-23 - Battle of Coruscant Store Champ, Ontario, Canada - 15 players Winner - Cam Murray - Imperials https://www.longshanks.org/event/9900/ 29-07-23 - East Coast Games Store Championsh

Episode 294 - The Devil is in the Detail After a week off we have some catching up to do! After we discuss the YT-2400 news including Scum Dash (personally opinion ;) ) we cover an atomic mass of events! We also chat to new-ish player Oliver Taylor-Holmes for a different perspective on events and games! 01/07 - Poznan X-wing Store Championships - 25 players Won by Karol Pietrowicz - CIS - Jango, Zam, Durge https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/9171/ 15/07 - Tin Squadron Store Championship 2023, Cornwall - 16 players Won by Stuart Confrey - FO - Vonreg, 2 SF, Malarus and Scord Bomber https://www.longshanks.org/event/8969/ 15/07 - Atlas Store Champs, Gloucester - 23 players Won by Ben Saunders, Rebels - Han, Hera, Fenn and Bodica https://www.longshanks.org/event/9707/ 15/07 - Dragon's Den 2023 X-Wing 2.5 Store Champ - California - 16 players Won by KC Lyon - Resistance - 5X https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/449 16/07 - Mandos Store championship, MK - 16 players Won by Ian Wardle, Rebels - Han, Lando, Chopp

Episode 293 - A flood of Store Champs! We thought we had a lot of events to cover last week! This week we bring you coverage of 11 (or at least as best we can - submit your lists people!). Before we jump in to the events we cover Atomic Mass Games World's Qualifer article https://www.atomicmassgames.com/star-wars-transmissions/amg-star-wars-world-open-qualifier-schedule-20232024-season Our event coverage starts at Patriot Games in Sheffield and then Incom Gaming in Cheltenham before hoping across the pond to cover a load from North America with some familiar names! Links with (some) lists & results Sheffield X-Wing Official Store Championship https://www.longshanks.org/event/8578 Incom Gaming X-Wing Store Championship 2023 https://www.longshanks.org/event/8595 All the North American event... https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/457 https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/559 https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/535 https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/529 https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/414 https://rollbetter.gg/

Episode 292 - Thick & Fast events Rich and Liam give us a round-up of 3 Atomic Mass Games X-wing Store Championships that happened last weekend. See the links below for lists (those that are submitted), pairings and results. After that they then discuss what the best 4 point ships are in each faction! Do you agree with them? Or did they miss something? The Gaming Den, Basingstoke, UK https://www.longshanks.org/event/8493/ The Realm, Brea, CA USA https://www.longshanks.org/event/8747/ The Haven, Casselberry, Florida, US https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/562 Cast - Rich, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 03/07/2023 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride (Audio) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 291 - King for a day! We're back in the North after a great trip to Cardiff for the Welsh Open at Firestorm Games in Cardiff and we're joined by King of Swiss Tom Veale! We chat to Tim and Tom about their lists, games and how the event went in general. X-wing Welsh Open pairings, lists & results https://www.longshanks.org/event/8192/ And if you missed the event the awesome Firecast Focus, with a little Tin Squadron support have covered the action live - chuck them your Prime sub if you can! www.twitch.tv/firecastfocus Cast - Rich, Ben, Tim and special guest Tom Veale Producer - Tim Recorded 26/06/2023 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Pulp - Common People Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 290 - Welsh almost Open It's almost time for lots of UK players to descend on Cardiff for the first ever Welsh Open! We're joined for a quick chat by Event Organiser Dylan Jones to chat about the event and what players can expect from the day! X-wing Welsh Open pairings, lists & results https://www.longshanks.org/event/8192/ And if you can't make the event the awesome Firecast Focus with a little Tin Squadron support will be covering the action live - chuck them your Prime sub if you can! www.twitch.tv/firecastfocus Cast - Rich, Ben and special guest Dylan Jones Producer - Tim Recorded 19/06/2023 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - It's Not Unusual · Tom Jones Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 289 - No Time To Fly Our second show wrapping up the Atomic Mass Games UK X-wing Worlds Open Qualifier held at UK Games Expo. This week we catch up with Liam, Tim and Rich on their experiences plus we re-visit an old friend - slow play! What are the problems and how you could deal with it if you come across it at an event. UK Games Expo X-wing World Open Qualifier lists & results https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/316 Analysis from Pattern Analyzer https://www.pattern-analyzer.app/event/rollbetter/316 And if you haven't done yet go and check out the games covered by the awesome Firecast Focus and chuck them your Prime sub if you can! www.twitch.tv/firecastfocus Cast - Rich, Tim and Liam Producer - Tim Recorded 12/06/2023 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Louis Armstrong - We Have All The Time In The World | No Time To Die OST Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 288 - Chatting with the Champ UKGE 23 Edition In the first of two shows focusing on the Atomic Mass Games UK X-wing Worlds Open Qualifier held at UK Games Expo we're joined by the event champion - Bartosz Wójcicki! We chat to Bartosz about his list and some of his games / strategies as well as cover briefly how we got on and what we took. All in all a very enjoyable weekend with mixed success! Congratulations again to Bartosz on the win and thanks to Kris, Sean, Craig and everyone at Organized Play event, Atomic Mass Games and UKGE for putting on the event! UK Games Expo X-wing World Open Qualifier lists & results https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/316 Analysis from Pattern Analyzer https://www.pattern-analyzer.app/event/rollbetter/316 And if you haven't done yet go and check out the games covered by the awesome Firecast Focus and chuck them your Prime sub if you can! www.twitch.tv/firecastfocus Cast - Rich, Ben, Tim and special guest Bartosz Wójcicki Producer - Tim Recorded 05/06/2023 via Disco

Episode 287 - Dom Does Devon We're back with not one but two Atomic Mass Games X-wing Store Championships to cover before we get on to our UK Games Expo hype and prep! We're joined by special guest Dom Flannigan of the Firecast Focus (and now also the 186th?) to talk about his successful trip to Devon! What did Dom fly and what else did well at Kirton Games? Then it's back up North to cover the event at Fanboy3 in Manchester which although had a good showing from the locals was ultimately the title was taken away to Yorkshire! And finally make sure you're all ready and set for UK Games Expo, links to the Facebook event page with useful info plus the Roll Better page you need to sign up to and submit your list - make sure you read the info so Kris Mitchell doesn't need to poke you! :D If you can't make the UK Games Expo be sure to check out the live coverage at https://www.twitch.tv/firecastfocus and chuck them your Prime sub if you can! Kirton Games X-wing Store Champs https://xwing.longshanks.org/e