The Beautiful Game

Episode 409 - The Beautiful Game It's been a few weeks and we're back with another chunk of games from across the globe! Find out what's been doing well as the cast chat over the top lists from the various events. We also chat about a couple of upcoming events we'll be attending! Exile Squadron Squad Championship https://www.longshanks.org/event/35419/ SZ-Wing Blaster-Cup 2026 [XWA] https://www.longshanks.org/event/32881/ Exploding Anomalies over KeXkemét https://www.longshanks.org/event/34299/ Turniej XWA | Trójmiasto https://www.longshanks.org/event/35518/ 2026 X-Wing Squad Championship XWA Games of Berkeley https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2698 Upcoming Team events Steel City Squadrons https://www.facebook.com/events/26732917156310192/ World Team Champs - Belgium https://wtc-belgium.com/ Cast - Liam, Tim and Rich Producer - Tim Recorded 15/06/2026 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Fat Les - Vindaloo (Official HD Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 408 - UK Games Expo 2026 A bumper show today with a load of events from North America and the UK - including the 56 player UK Games Expo event from last weekend! The cast are joined by Head Tauntaun, Conor Holmes, to chat about the event and how he did in particular! CTC - Bytown Regional https://www.longshanks.org/event/31884/ Stag Squadron - May https://www.longshanks.org/event/35269/ New England Squad Championship https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2750 Tier One X-Wing TMG https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2782 X-Wing Tournament - May '26 https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2653 XWA Presents: Star Wars Xwing at the UKGE 2026 https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/32637 Cast - Liam, Tim and Rich with special guest Conor Holmes Producer - Tim Recorded 01/06/2026 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - "Fly! Gundam" Mobile Suit Gundam Opening Theme Full Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 407 - Legend and Relics The community has had the new Legend and Relics cards for a couple of weeks now so we take a look at some events from across the globe and chat about our own experiences of what's hot and what's not! GFA Open 2026 May - STAR WARS WEEEEK! https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/30833/ Minden Mini Tournament https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/29111/ TNX casual May 2026 https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2683/players Cast - Liam, Tim and Rich Producer - Tim Recorded 11/05/2026 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Lady Gaga, Doechii - RUNWAY (Official Music Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 406 - PAPA (Don't Preach) Points Update It's a big one! (and slight late - sorry!) but Rich is joined by Tim and Liam to chat about the Post Adepticon Point Update (PAPA) from the X-wing Alliance! Also we run down the unrevealed Legends and Relics cards! https://www.xwing.life/resources Cast - Ben, Liam, Tim and Rich Producer - Tim Recorded 27/04/2026 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Madonna - Papa Don't Preach (Official Video) [HD] Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 405 - Spring Time Mandos EXCLUSIVE XWA PILOT REVEAL: DIS-L9B2 We're back from our Easter Break to chat about last weekend's event from Newport Pagnell that Tim attended to Stream, hosted by the Mandos, run at Players Paradice Gaming Centre. We then also chat about the cards revealed at Worlds that are coming from the next release from XWA - Legends and Relics - with an exclusive reveal of DIS-L9B2, a new Droid Tri-Fighter for CIS! Mandos Spring Championship https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/33895/ Cast - Ben, Liam, Tim and Rich Producer - Tim Recorded 20/04/2026 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 404 - Chatting with the Champ - Worlds 2026 Fresh from his recent victory at the first every X-wing Alliance World Championship held at Adepticon last weekend we are joined by Innkeeper_One_Six! We chat about the event, what lists did well each day and in the cut and importantly chat to Innkeeper about his list and how he approached his games as well as taking the tried and tested online list back on to the tabletop! XWA Star Wars X-Wing World Championship 2026 https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2638/players 312 Squadron Streams Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/312_squadron YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@312squadronChicago Cast - Liam, Tim and Rich with special guest Tony 'Innkeeper_One_Six' Marchand Producer - Tim Recorded 23/03/2026 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Outer Rim Heroes Intro - Nickel City Draft League Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 403 - World Watching It's almost time for the first ever X-wing Alliance run World Championships from Adepticon and although we can't be there we're excited to watch it live thanks to 312 Squadron - a massive shoutout to Nick Sperry and team for bringing the action to our screens! https://www.twitch.tv/312_squadron As well as pre-Worlds chat like what list we would run if we were going we have an event from Nova Scotia to chat about! https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/32598/ Cast - Liam, Tim and Rich Producer - Tim Recorded 23/03/2026 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER - Eins, Zwei, Drei - Official Music Video Used without permission - it's just for fun!

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!