French & Canadian System Opens

Episode 402 - System Open Warsaw Fresh from his trip to Poland and streaming the Warsaw System Open, Tim is joined by Liam and Rich to chat about the event, lists and results. What did the top of faction lists look like and how did everyone get on. A massive thankyou once again to the Polish System Organisers & Polish community for being excellent hosts! We definitely recommend a trip to Poland for X-wing - see you in Kraków March 2027! Polish Championships - System Open 2025/26 https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/31625/ Cast - Liam, Tim and Rich Producer - Tim Recorded 09/03/2026 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Tenacious D - Kielbasa (Official Audio) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 401 - STOver for another year What an event STO 2026 was! We needed a week to recover! Join the cast as we discuss STO and a few other events from around the globe plus some news from XWA regarding Worlds and Organised Play for 2026/27. SZ-Wing XWA-Squad-Championship Turnier 2026 https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/30651/ XWA System Open Event - NJ, USA https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/26550/ The Lake Washington Contest https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2554/rounds STO 2026 - Main Event https://www.longshanks.org/event/31509/ Cast - Liam, Tim, Ben and Rich Producer - Tim Recorded 02/03/2026 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Gorillaz - The Happy Dictator ft. Sparks (Official Visualiser) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 400 - 7 years, multiple voices, One Podcast Back in January 2019 I'm not sure we thought we'd still be here 7 years later, some of the voices have changed but here we are! In case you missed the live stream recording on Sith_Taker_Tim on Twitch/Youtube - here is episode 400! Audio was a little janky to start and we may refer to things on screen but hopefully you can still appreciate this like normal! We are joined by Ryan Coyle from Iksentrik to talk about this years trophy for the Sith Taker Open plus Rich talks/shows off a few more bits. We also have some discussion but how to prep for big events. We also cover the latest news article from XWA showing off the X-wing Worlds 2026 prizes. Just the one event to cover this week and it's Sag Squadron's Valentines event https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/32517/ Thanks again for listening everyone! Cast - Liam, Tim, Ben and Rich Producer - Tim Recorded 09/02/2026 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400 Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 399 - Space Cowboys & Interceptors We're nearly to 400 and this week we have an absolute slew of events to talk about! Both those yet to happen with ticket information on the 2026 Welsh Open, European System Open and World Team Championship, and also those from last weekend with events from across Europe & North America! Tickets & info for the Welsh Open 2026 www.facebook.com/events/1179205604149552/ European System Open & World Team Champs 2026 - Tickets & Info https://wtc-belgium.com/ IV Torneo X-Wing Alicante https://www.longshanks.org/event/31890/ Cad Bane Cup Berlin https://www.longshanks.org/event/31187/ TNX casual Feb 2026 https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2561 PSO Bydgoszcz 25/26 https://www.longshanks.org/event/31160/ Ewoks Against Cancer 2026 https://www.longshanks.org/event/31333/ Texas State Championship 2026 - X-Wing https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2461 Cast - Liam, Tim, Ben and Rich Producer - Tim Recorded 09/02/2026 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Jamiroquai - Space Cowboy (Classic Radio mix) Remix - David Morales Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 398 - Haggis for Half Time Tim is back from Scotland and Liam and Rich chat to him about the event and the lists that did well at the Tartan Tusken System Open held at Common Ground Games in Stirling. This is the first of three XWA System Open's Tim is streaming over 6 weeks! We have a couple of other smaller events from Dublin and Brazil to chat about before trying to work out what is to be done about the all popular Scum & Villainy faction! Dublin 2026 tournament https://www.longshanks.org/event/30902/ 1ª Etapa - LPX 26 https://www.longshanks.org/event/31521/ Tartan Tusken System Open https://www.longshanks.org/event/25589/ If you missed any of the games live you can watch them back on Twitch (limited time) and YouTube https://twitch.tv/sith_taker_tim https://m.youtube.com/@sith_taker_tim/streams Cast - Liam, Tim, and Rich Producer - Tim Recorded 02/02/2026 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - TThe Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) (Official Music Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 397 - French & Canadian System Opens More events to chat through - although an apology about my (Tim's) audio! Tried to boost it where I could but seems to have come through super quiet! Thankfully Rich talks a lot so you should still get a worthwhile episode! Scattered Deck XWA Squadron Championship https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2551 Strass wars System Open https://www.longshanks.org/event/29286/ Torchlight G&H X-Wing System Open https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/29346/ Cast - Liam, Tim, Ben and Rich Producer - Tim Recorded 19/01/2026 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia (Official Music Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 396 - Gimme gimme more OP! Another week another slew of events & lists to chat about! We have an XWA Squad Championship from Norwich plus other events from Poland, Chile, Denmark and Chicago! PSO Lomza https://longshanks.org/event/30230/ Athena Games Squad Championship https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2505 Torneo verano X-Wing Chile https://www.longshanks.org/event/31073/ TRoA - NORDIC TABLETOP SHOWDOWN 2026 https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/29296/ Windy City Trials: New Years Edition https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2474 Cast - Liam, Tim and Rich Producer - Tim Recorded 12/01/2026 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 395 - 2nd is the new 1st We're back for a new year and this episode goes out to a special boy who's back on the daily commute! ;) New year means new OP! First we cover Tim's Revenge of Father Sithmas event which if you missed you can watch games three and four back on his Twitch and YouTube (links on our facebook page). Two players went unbeaten but all had a load of fun! We also cover Mr Wilson's recent event with his School club - Stag Squadron - and then it's off to Spain for another Festive casual event! Revenge of Father Sithmas https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/31111/ Chistmas Stag - 2025 https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/30985/ KW Xwing XWA 21 dic https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/30515/ Cast - Liam, Tim, Ben and Rich Producer - Tim Recorded 05/01/2026 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Dolly Parton - 9 To 5 (Official Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 394 - It's pronounced C-E-X It's the last episode of the year! Which we remembered just as we were wrapping up! (no pun intended!) We would like to thank everyone for listening this year and all those players and Tournament Organisers who have contributed to events we've covered (especially those who submit lists!) and all the guests who've joined us over the last 12 months! Keep an eye on Facebook for any live streams happening over the next week or two but otherwise we wish you & yours a very happy festive period however you may celebrate and all the luck on and off the table in 2026! This week we have a few events to cover including the culmination of 312 Squadrons Conquest Series plus some from across Europe! And as if it were a Christmas miracle Liam gets a job! But no, not THAT job! 312 Conquest Series: Global Conquest 2025 https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2509/players MeMo Sithmas! - Poalnd https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/29458/ Store Orleans Wargames 2025 - France https://www.longshanks.org/event/29887/ Assault on Oost - The Netherlands https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2491/players Cast - Liam, Tim, Ben and Rich Producer - Tim Recorded 15/12/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Kylie Minogue - XMAS (Amazon Music Original) (Official Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 393 - Is it the Boot of Boba Fett? Hot off the press Rich is joined by Tim and Liam to discuss the 50p 1.1 Points Update from The X-wing Alliance. What and why things may have been tweaked, and what do we think to the changes. Find the full announcement here: https://www.xwing.life/news/announcements But before we get in to points we cover a couple of events, the 2.0 Legacy event from the Leicester GT run in partnership with UKTC and the Studebaker XWA System Open from Midwest USA. X-Wing 2.0 at Leicester GT https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2409 Studebaker Open https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2215 Cast - Liam, Tim and Rich Producer - Tim Recorded 01/12/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made For Walkin' (Official Music Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!