404: Playing Against Yssaril Tribes

And we're back with more TRY HARD VS. GUIDES! This episode will teach you to absolute dominate the sneaky gerblins. In this episode we expose their EXTREME WEAKNESS. This episode is basically a top ten reasons why the tribes are bad actually. JK we try out some ideas in this episodes but you could do everything we tell ya and it could still go wrong so couch your bias and explore the ideas with us! You can buy tickets to the Portland Intergalactical Tournament here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-twilight-imperium-intergalactical-tournament-portland-tickets-1350685680229 You can join the Intergalactical Discord here: https://discord.gg/j5FwYsRW99 Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/ To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

This week we continue an SCPT tradition and provide advice for the listeners out there in the congregation that do not actually play TI. It's a great time to get into this game! Especially before the homework INTENSIFIES maybe? In this silly episode Matt and Hunter walk you through all of the different angles you can approach Twilight Imperium from. It's a newcomer invitation with a lot of our go to common sense advice baked in. In the second half of the episode the boys audit themselves and explain exactly how the business works. It's not complicated lol but you wanted to know! You can buy tickets to the Portland Intergalactical Tournament here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-twilight-imperium-intergalactical-tournament-portland-tickets-1350685680229 You can join the Intergalactical Discord here: https://discord.gg/j5FwYsRW99 Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/ To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

And with this the final SCPT Prophecy of Kings Tournament arc is complete! Rejoice! You can watch the game here on twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2450129216 You can buy tickets to the Portland Intergalactical Tournament here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-twilight-imperium-intergalactical-tournament-portland-tickets-1350685680229 Special thanks to Matt, Root, Karnal, and Elspeth for their incredible work on the finals! tangs incredible qualifier game: https://youtu.be/Q9yHQl5fn4s?si=E18WFzEvn1wbjqdl Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/ To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

Another year, Another SCPT Twilight Imperium Finals! In this episode Matt and Hunter split up to interview the finalists right ahead of the big game. This is a great crop of players for our final game of the POK tournament era. Special thanks to our finalists dzhiriki Bannerspear tang catoftheyear and El Blasto!   Please come watch the game LIVE over on twitch.tv/spacecatspeaceturtles on May the 4th starting at 14:00 UTC! It's gonna be a fun one!   Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/ To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

This week Matt and Hunter celebrate 8 years of SCPT by reflecting on the past and looking to the future while their friend Dane teases them and the audience with the promise of new content!  If you want to see what was released please go to the discord but we encourage you to listen to the episode till you get to the reveal because it will be more fun. Thanks for all of your support, really. You da best.   Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/ To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

Okay, this is it. This is the last of the Super Guides. It's a wild one and it's a long one! Matt and Hunter conquer the most important phase of the game and wind through every Strategy Card in the game. The discussion is wide reaching and is a great focal point for new and old listeners. We hope you enjoy it, and we hope you are excited for what happens next on the show. Thanks for listening! Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/ To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

This week Matt and Hunter sit down to talk through the entire Agenda deck! Every Agenda gets some time on this blow-out episode. With this episode the boys look back on a part of the game that improved in the POK era but it's time to say goodbye to it. So bye bye Agenda phase as we know it!  Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/ To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

Hey there! Sorry for a late episode but this one was a victim of all of the wonderful fun we had last weekend at our first in-person TI tournament in Minnesota. Special thanks to the gamezenter for hosting us. This week Hunter is going to give you some solo information for the next tournament so you can go ahead and get geared up for that. Also we've got a wonderful interview with the winner of the first tournament whose identity I will not spoil here! Intergalactical discord: https://discord.gg/j5FwYsRW99 Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/ To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/ Ahmed Khalaf's  new comedy album: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kkBc6WPAqkCXSrxH8EA2Ah8QclavYPAkY

Sorry about the late episode! We are swamped this week but we still were able to deliver you a hot plate of classic SCPT content. Listen as the brothers go classic mode on all of the faction Leader Suites! We're closing in on the end of the POK era of TI so this feels timely to look back at one of the eras biggest improvements. Also wish us luck on the big event this weekend. ALSO ALSO big announcement in the rundown regarding the Portland Intergalactical. Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/ To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

This week we've two anchor segments for you! For the first half we've got an interview with Tristan Palmgren about his new book "Voice of One" which is set in the Twilight Imperium Universe and it sounds great! For our second half Hunter will re-cap the Prelims in general and give you a play by play of his recent Prelims game. Also the Semis are right around the corner! Also the Intergalactical is even sooner! Everything is happening! Get tickets to our live show in Minneapolis March 27th https://ccug.yapsody.com/event/book/839087/31732025 Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/ To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/