Time to start thinking!

Episode 370 - May OP Madness Audio warning - apologies, my mic has had an off night so my audio is very ropey! May is upon us and not only is it the start of the OP season for XWA it's also May 4th/Revenge of the 5th so several events happening to chat about! Richmond Open 2025 (AMG points) USA 23 players https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2139 312 Squadron Conquest Series: Crumpet Conquest Online 38 players https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1957 TableBound May 4th XWA Squad Championship Canada 21 players https://www.longshanks.org/event/22657/ Dogfights at the Forge Canada 14 players https://www.longshanks.org/event/24624/ Kirton Games X-Wing Spring Tournament UK 12 players https://www.longshanks.org/event/25280/ Cast - Rich, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 05/05/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Outkast - So Fresh, So Clean (Official HD Video) Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 369 - Loving the new loadouts On this weeks show the cast chat about some of their experiences of the new XWA standard loadouts and how they are featuring at events. Event coverage we have a 52 player in-person XWA event from Poland, 18 player in-person AMG event from Canada and the first of 312 Squadron's Conquest online events using XWA points - the 61 player Windy City Conquest! Mistrzostwa Polski 2025 https://longshanks.org/event/24113/ WetCoast AMG Star Wars X-Wing GT https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1823 312 Conquest Series: Windy City Conquest https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1956 Cast - Rich, Liam, Ben and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 29/04/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - Steam Powered Giraffe - Pink Pony Club Used without permission - it's just for fun!

Episode 368 - Wisdom of the Ancients We got a little bit swamped with X-wing content with all the new releases coming out of the X-wing Alliance we completely missed a fantastic article friend of the show (and occasional target of our jokes) Steve Boulton wrote! Steve got several regular 'top' tournament players together and asked them a serious of questions to determine what makes a good player top tier. We were really impressed with the article and wanted to chat about. Thanks to Steven and Dylan for bringing it together. We round out the show with chat about the new releases and what we've been using. https://exilesquadron.com/xwing/making-the-cut/ Cast - Rich, Liam and Tim Producer - Tim Recorded 14/04/2025 via Discord Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith Outro - ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man (Official Music Video) [HD Remaster] Used without permission - it's just for fun!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!