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Episode 329 - Real Steel This week we're joined by the Captain of the self proclaimed greatest X-wing Squadron in the known Universe - Daniel Athey of Steel City X-wing! We talk with Dan about his recent victories at the Element Games Legends & Yorkshire Team Event 2: Lightspeed to Belgium events that have happened over the last two weeks! We round out the show with some general X-wing news and Atomic Mass Games OP chatter. Element Games Legends - April 2024 https://www.longshanks.org/event/15172/ Yorkshire Team Event 2: Lightspeed to Belgium https://www.longshanks.org/event/14080/ Cast - Rich, Liam, Tim and special guest Daniel Athey Producer - Tim Recorded 06/05/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Pulp - Common People Used without permission - it's just for fun!

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Sith Takers Snap Shots

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Sith Takers Snap Shots

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A new hope is here! 1:21:52

8 days ago1:21:52

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Episode 367 - A new hope is here! XWA release their first official content, we've seen the spoilers but we haven't seen everything - and we have points for all the new ships! The cast chat about new & spoiled ships and now we have points what we think will feature and what we're excited to fly. We also give some shout outs to the Polish Championship happening 26/27 April and congratulations to Tom Veal & Team for emerging victorious at the 312 Squadron Team League (several games of which streamed by sith_taker_tim on Twitch). Print & play / new content section from XWA https://www.xwing.life/resources/xwa-content Points https://www.xwing.life/resources/points Infinite Arenas https://infinitearenas.com/ The Polish Championship https://www.facebook.com/events/663077006378710 Cast - Rich, Ben Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 07/04/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Queen - Play The Game (Official Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!…

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The Wolds are not enough 58:09

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Episode 366 - The Wolds are not enough Another bumper Organised Play episode - and we're not here just talking about Calen Wong's triumphant rise to becoming the 2025 X-wing World Champion! A massive congratulations to Calen from all at the Sith Takers! After we've covered the action from Milwaukee, USA we turn our sights to Yorkshire for the Wolds Championships where 28 players who couldn't make the trip to the States battled it out in a XWA points event. Finally we cover the online Polish System Open that Liam played in! X-Wing 2025 World Championship https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2106 Yorkshire Wolds Championships https://www.longshanks.org/event/23384/ PSO 2025 ONLINE – TURNIEJ OTWARCIA SEZONU https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/24070/ Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 31/03/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) Used without permission - it's just for fun!…

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Scum & Swag 1:29:41

21 days ago1:29:41

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Episode 365 - Scum & Swag Warning - there are some audio issues this week! Sorry! This week the team is joined by XWA Prize Lead Dylan to chat about the final XWA Scum & Villainy spoilers and to dish the dirt on the first Squad Championship kit from the XWA - what will we be playing for, what will the alt arts be and of course what will the winner get! Hopefully by the time this episode comes out you can find the article on Dylan's blog with lovely pics here: https://exilesquadron.com/ If not check out the XWA website and it should be there along with the final Scum spoilers! https://www.xwing.life/news/announcements Finally anyone going to Worlds - safe trips, have fun & hope you all have great games! Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and Tim and special guest Dylan Producer - Tim Recorded 25/03/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - SABATON - Bismarck (Official Music Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!…

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Here come the Resistance, again! 1:32:43

28 days ago1:32:43

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Episode 364 - Here come the Resistance, again! We're back with chat about Resistance standard loadouts from XWA, more OP news from XWA and a couple of events one of which was run by Liam! GT X WING de Normadie By AMG - except it's XWA! https://www.longshanks.org/event/19461/ Board in Brum - X-wing March https://www.longshanks.org/event/23323 Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 17/03/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Skillet - "The Resistance" [Official Lyric Video] Used without permission - it's just for fun!…

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XWA OP on the way! 1:52:05

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Episode 363 - XWA OP on the way! It's a bumper episode today with First Order and Resistance spoilers from the XWA, a slew of events from across the globe and then Tim chats about the recent Organised Play news from XWA! Find out what a Squad Championship is, what the OP pyramid is and what you could win if you emerge victorious at one of these events! Plus we chat about the first XWA System Open - The Welsh Open! Which tickets are now on sale for: https://www.thebattlefields.co.uk/events-at-the-battlefields/star-wars-x-wing-welsh-open-2025-cardiff XWA Organised Play announcements https://www.xwing.life/news/announcements#h.2eo1y5fhvt0f Excelsior - Feb '25 - UK https://www.longshanks.org/event/23640/ Xwing | Mox Boarding House - USA https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2019 SZ-WING goes XWA - Make X-Wing great again [XWA] - Germany https://listfortress.com/tournaments/7163 GFA Open - 2025 Március - Hungary https://www.longshanks.org/event/22469/ Strass Wars VII - The Strass Awakens - France https://www.longshanks.org/event/21934/ Torneio de Março X-wing - Brazil https://www.longshanks.org/event/23850/ Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 03/03/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London (Official Audio) Used without permission - it's just for fun!…

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We love new points! 1:36:30

8 weeks ago1:36:30

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Episode 362 - We love new points! Dropping just in time for Valentines we have version 4 of the Beta points from XWA and the cast chat through their thoughts on the changes! Plus a little chat about Kylo & Mando Standard Loadouts and a bit of Organised Play News! https://www.xwing.life/resources/pointshttps://www.xwing.life/resources/points Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 17/02/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - LITTLE BIG – TCHAIKOVSKY (Official Music Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!…

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Chatting with the Champ STO 2025 1:25:33

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Episode 361 - Chatting with the Champ STO 2025 This week the cast catch up with the 2025 Sith Taker Open Champion Dom Flannigan and chat about his take on CIS that saw him take the top spot and the big event of the year! We round out the show with some chat about the recent Polish System Open X-Wing Championship final from Gdansk and a couple of Standard loadouts coming from the XWA. Sith Taker Open 2025 https://www.longshanks.org/event/22439/ Gdansk PSO X-Wing Championship 2024 https://longshanks.org/event/15021/ Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam, Tim and special guest Dom Flannigan Producer - Tim Recorded 10/02/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Mingle Game Song “Round and Round” Lyric Video | Squid Game: Season 2 | Netflix Used without permission - it's just for fun!…

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STO 2025 Round-up 1:34:05

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Episode 360 - STO 2025 Round-up We're just getting over an amazing weekend of X-wing! Next week we'll be joined by the Event Champion Dom Flannigan so this week Rich & Ben chat about the event from a Tournament Organisers point of view and Tim & Liam chat about it from a players perspective. We cover the lists in cut and chat about the social & side events surrounding the main event! And of course the people who made the event such a success and a lot of fun for all involved! Sith Taker Open 2025 - 136 player XWA points https://www.longshanks.org/event/22439/ Sith Taker Open Day 2 - AMG GT - 57 players https://www.longshanks.org/event/22440/ Sith Taker Open Day 2 - XWA Doubles https://www.longshanks.org/event/22475/ Cast - Rich, Ben Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 03./02/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Mingle Game Song “Round and Round” Lyric Video | Squid Game: Season 2 | Netflix Used without permission - it's just for fun!…

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Getting ready for The Big Show! 1:13:19

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Episode 359 - Getting ready for The Big Show! Here we go! It's almost here! THE big X-wing show of the year - Sith Taker Open 2025! Rich is joined by a rather congested Tim (sorry) and Ben (also sorry ;) ) to chat about our big annual x-wing event happening in Stockport, UK! 130-140 pilots using XWA points will be joining us for casual games & pre-event social on the Friday, Swiss with potential play-in round on Saturday and then Top 16 plus side events on the Sunday! Find out some of what will be going on this weekend in this weeks show! Plus don't forget to tune in to the final ever live stream from Firecast Focus who will be covering the event for your viewing pleasure! https://www.twitch.tv/firecastfocus (check them a sub/prime sub as a thankyou if you can!) We round out the show covering AMG GTs from Canada and Australia plus an XWA points event from Germany! It's a Trap - Kiepencon 2025 - Germany XWA Points https://www.longshanks.org/event/22675/ AMG X-Wing Grand Tournament @ CANCON 2025 - Canberra, Down Under https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1822 OFFICIAL AMG X-WING GRAND TOURNAMENT - Ontario, Canada https://www.longshanks.org/event/22124/ Cast - Rich, Ben and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 27/01/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Big Show Entrance Video - WWE Used without permission - it's just for fun!…

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312 Conquest Series 1:24:22

12 weeks ago1:24:22

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Episode 358 - 312 Conquest Series This week the cast are joined by 312 Squadron leader Nick Sperry to chat about their upcoming online events - the Conquest Series! A series of online events in different time zones where the winners will qualify for a global final! We also chat to Nick about he and others got on at the AMG GT from the Las Vegas Open. And finally we cover the recent XWA events from Poland and France. 312 Conquest Series info https://tinyurl.com/frvc74kd LVO day 1 https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1932 LVO day 2 https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1934 LOV Top Cut https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1931 Poznan X-Wing Store Championship 2024 PSO https://www.longshanks.org/event/15026/ Tournoi Orleans Wargames Janvier 2025 https://www.longshanks.org/event/21708/ Cast - Rich, Liam and Tim with special guest Nick Sperry Producer - Tim Recorded 20/01/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - The Jungle Book - I Wanna Be Like You Used without permission - it's just for fun!…

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Changing of the Guard 1:19:52

13 weeks ago1:19:52

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Episode 357 - Changing of the Guard This last weekend we've started to see a real shift towards XWA Organised Play supported events with 3 in-person events to report on! 2 in the UK plus one from the Netherlands! And of course we cover the final UK GT before Worlds! AMG GT Nottingham 23 player AMG event https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1857 NWA Jan event 2025 TTBromley 11 Player XWA event from TTBromley https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1954 So long.. and thanks for all the ships! 16 Player XWA Event from the Netherlands https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1867 And for the 22 player XWA event from Weston-super-mare Games Bunker... you'll just have to listen because Richard G fellout with Longshanks! :D Cast - Rich, Ben and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 06/01/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin' (Official Audio) Used without permission - it's just for fun!…

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New Year New Events 1:07:32

14 weeks ago1:07:32

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Episode 356 - New Year New Events We're back for 2025! Rich is joined by Ben & Tim for a new years catch up! We also have a few events to chat about, some coming soon like the Sith Taker Open and 312 Conquest Series but we dive in to Tim's recent one day XWA event Revenge of Father Sithmas! And finally the NCX Draft League Finals! Revenge of Father Sithmas '24 https://www.longshanks.org/event/22092/ 312 Conquest Series https://tinyurl.com/h8bbkd6f Cast - Rich, Ben and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 06/01/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - The Ting Tings - Shut Up and Let Me Go Used without permission - it's just for fun!…

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Flying like a Potato 1:03:56

17 weeks ago1:03:56

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Episode 355 - Flying like a Potato We're back with a quick wrap up of the recent events. A couple of in person AMG points GTs and an online XWA points event from 312 Squadron. Apologies for me audio, it's a little ropey and only realise now in editing! Plus I know Liam swore... but can I find it to censor it! Oh well I'm fairly sure we can have one! Have fun finding it! :D Official AMG Grand Tournament - North Phoenix https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1893 Pax Unplugged 2024 X-Wing GT https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1862 312 Holiday Blues Brothers Bonanza https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1877 Cast - Rich, Ben, Tim and Liam Producer - Tim Recorded 16/12/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End) (Official Audio) Used without permission - it's just for fun!…

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Exceedingly Good Points Update 1:23:44

19 weeks ago1:23:44

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Episode 354 - Exceedingly Good Points Update Rich, Tim and Liam get together to discuss the latest points update from the XWA. It's not a particularly big update but it does come with a patch notes doc giving us some insight in to the decision process of the update. Find all the useful information here: https://www.xwing.life/resources/points Cast - Rich, Tim and Liam Producer - Tim Recorded 02/12/2024 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (Official Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!…

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Sins & The Herts GT 46:51

20 weeks ago46:51