Episode 196 - No defence Rich and Ben are joined by Tom Reed to talk about his recent attempt to defend the Sith Taker Cup (spoiler... it didn't happen!). How the game went and a bit of chat about the two lists. They then talk a bit about other events and the upcoming online XTC! Cast – Rich, Ben & Tom Reed Producer – Tim Recorded 17/05/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – The Weeknd - Save Your Tears (Official Music Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun

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No defence

Episode 195 - First Order whispers Rich, Ben & Tim chat about some of the rumours surrounding the teased First Order Squadron pack and Resistance Y-wing. Also some general chat about events including the Sith Taker Cup 2 Final and the Sith Taker Open. Cast – Rich, Ben & Tim Producer – Tim Recorded 10/05/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Pigeon John - "The Bomb" [Official Video] Used without permission - it's just for fun

First Order whispers

Episode 194 - Mon Cala Maple Leafs Richard & Ben are joined by Andrew Oehler, Champion of the GSP Mon Cala Galaxies and finalist at the Firestorm Firecast Cup, to talk about the events and the list that's seen him to two top tables! Cast – Richard, Ben & Tim with special guest Andrew Oehler Producer – Tim Recorded 03/05/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Ocean Man · Ween Used without permission - it's just for fun

Mon Cala Maple Leafs

Episode 193 - Firecast Cup Judgement Rich and Ben are joined by X-wing Judge supremo Filippo Bosi and Rey No. 2 Fan Tom Fieldsend to talk about last weekends Firecast Cup. How the event went, what lists did well and how did Tom get on (we skipped over Rich's performance - it's for the best!). We round out the show with some chat about this years XTC which Rich, Tim, Filippo and Tom will all be taking part in - sorry Ben! Thanks to all the Team at Firestorm Firecast for an amazing event! Can't wait for the next one (once Nic has had a break!) Cast – Rich, Ben & Tim with special guests Filippo Bosi and Tom Fieldsend Producer – Tim Recorded 26/04/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Ima Robot - Creeps Me Out Used without permission - it's just for fun

Firecast Cup Judgement

Episode 192 - Lessons learnt under Lockdown In this episode Rich, Ben & Tim chat about some of the things we've been doing differently in our games of online X-wing that we think transfer over to the tabletop - do you agree? What would you like to see? We also cover some event chat & games we've played this week including Tim's Inferno Squadron's crushing defeat in the Kyber Elimination to Nébal's Malarus Swarm that you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXYIbSOPy4U Cast – Rich, Ben & Tim Producer – Tim Recorded 19/04/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – D:Ream - Things Can Only Get Better (1993) (Official Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun

Lessons learnt under Lockdown

Episode 191 - Flawless Victory Rich & Ben are joined by Matthias 'Sad Toaster' who seems to be making a habit of going unbeaten in Swiss at events including our 193 player SITH TAKER CUP “THE SEQUEL”. We also chat a little about Tin Squadron's Balance of the Force and Hexiled Gaming's Kyber Elimination League! Cast – Rich & Ben with special guest Matthias 'Sad Toaster' Producer – Tim Recorded 05/04/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Drive - Mortal Kombat (remix 2013) Used without permission - it's just for fun

Flawless Victory

Episode 190 - Skystrike Stand Up Ben and Rich are joined by Chris Burnett from Tin Squadron to chat about last weekends GSP Aces event and see how the new releases faired. We also chat a little bit about Balance of the Force lists as the group had the opportunity to tinker with their lists after Round 2. Cast – Ben, Rich and Chris Burnett Producer – Tim Recorded 29/03/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – LINDEMANN - Steh auf (Official Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun

Skystrike Stand Up

Episode 189 - Macho Man Vader Savaged World Champ Oli Pocknell crashes the recording! Ben, Rich and Colm discuss some of the points, ships & abilities and possible list ideas with all the new stuff shortly hitting our shelves before Oli comes along and gives his opinion! Fans of Firesprays and moaning about Vader in a Defender look away now...! Cast – Ben, Rich, Colm, Oli and briefly Tim Producer – Tim Recorded 23/03/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Village People - Macho Man OFFICIAL Music Video (short version) 1978 Used without permission - it's just for fun

Macho Man Vader Savaged

Episode 188 - Can It Be All So Simple Tim and Ben are joined by Pavel Morawski from Poland who called us out for getting his list wrong last week (probably Rich's fault!). We have a simple show discussing a last weekend's Recruit GSP event and some First Order & Kyber Cup chat with Pawel! Cast – Ben, Tim and Pavel Morawski Producer – Tim Recorded 16/03/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Wu-Tang Clan - Can It Be All So Simple Used without permission - it's just for fun

Can It Be All So Simple

Episode 187 - Goji's explosive Kyber Final Rich, Ben and Tim sit down to discuss the Final from Season Five of the Kyber Cup run by Hexiledgaming which concluded at the weekend followed by some discussion over the Tri-City Tournament run by Nickel City X-wing, 312 Squadron and The Canded Clarinetist also run over the weekend. After that we look forward to the Firecast Cup and Balance of the Force events! Links to the events: KYBER CUP SEASON 5 TOURNAMENT https://tabletop.to/kyber-cup-season-5-tournament Tri-City Tournament https://tabletop.to/tricity-tournament/ladder Cast – Ben, Rich and Tim Producer – Tim Recorded 08/03/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – The Runaways - Cherry Bomb Used without permission - it's just for fun

Goji's explosive Kyber Final

Episode 186 - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger Rich & Ben are joined by Dom Flannigan from the Firestorm Firecast for a bumper Snap Shot! We chat about the Firecast Cup, last weekends Omega GSP Fight Club event and the recent teaser articles on the Skystrike Academy, Phoenix Cell and Fugitives and Collaborators Squadron packs, including of course... Vader in a Defender! Cast – Ben, Rich and Dom Flannigan Producer – Tim Recorded 01/03/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (Official audio) Used without permission - it's just for fun

Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

Episode 185 - Swedish Open 2021 Rich and Ben chat to Niklas God and Producer Tim about their games at last weekends Swedish Open! One of them won the event and the other may have cheated on his way to missing out on cut!! (apologies again Jonathan!). We also briefly chat about the GSP Sigma FightClub event before chatting about Vader in a Defender! If you missed the games you can find them on TargetLockTV's YouTube (go and subscribe!) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8PQusdf0stkXbglcIYWRVw Cast – Ben, Rich, Tim and Niklas God Producer – Tim Recorded 22/02/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Abba - Voulez-Vous (Official Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun

Swedish Open 2021

Episode 184 - This is not the 186 you're looking for We're fast approaching some important milestones so Producer Tim thought it would be good to get some special guests in for the 186th Episode... however Rich got a little excited and so we have Alex Birt of the 186th Squadron Podcast for you in Episode 184! Plenty of good X-wing content however as Rich, Ben and Alex sit down to discuss the Kyber Cup, events and the latest teaser article from AMG/FFG - Reinforcements of Renown! https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2021/2/15/reinforcements-of-renown/ Cast – Ben, Sean and Alex Birt Producer – Tim Recorded 09/02/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Katy Perry - Hot N Cold (Official) Used without permission - it's just for fun

This is not the 186 you're looking for

Episode 183 - Delta Champs Ben & Sean are joined by special guest Darrell McDowell to chat about last weekends GSP Delta Fight Club event - and extended two day event set in UK time zone. What lists did well and the ships in them. Plus a quick re-cap on the Organised Play announcement from AMG & FFG. Pre-orders for the new Squadron boxes are up at the amazing Element Games - Wargaming Webstore - grab yours with a discount and support the podcast using this affiliate link and we get a small commission from each order! https://elementgames.co.uk/x-wing-second-edition?d=10304 Cast – Ben, Sean and Darrell McDowell Producer – Tim Recorded 09/02/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – Sturgill Simpson - Sing Along (Official Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun

Delta Champs

Episode 182 - Atomic Transmission Fresh from the Atomic Mass Games first ever Star Wars miniatures games Transmission Rich chats to Ben, Sean and Tim about what we found out regarding the X-wing Miniatures Game now it sits under AMG not FFG. New releases, OP, rules, hobby... lots of cool info and a road map for future streams! Big thanks to Will Shick and Simone Elliot for taking the time to answer some of the concerns in the community about the future of the game! Also a shout out to Tin Squadron and their free to enter charity event raising funds for the Cornwall Air Ambulance - Balance of the Force https://tabletop.to/balance-of-the-force Cast – Rich, Ben, Sean and Tim Producer – Tim Recorded 03/02/2021 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro – OK Go - Here It Goes Again (Official Music Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun

Atomic Transmission

Sith Takers Snap Shots is a podcast dedicated to the X-Wing Miniatures Game created by Fantasy Flight Games run by the Sith Takers based in Stockport, North West UK. The goal of the podcast is to release three podcasts a week of a short duration (approx 10-15 mins) discussing a single topic in detail with different members of the Sith Takers team. We will discuss news on upcoming releases and their impact on the game, our experiences attending and preparing for tournaments around the world, list creation and tweaking, meta breakdowns, and much more.

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