Think Like A Finalist

Check out our crazy good new ⁠Merch⁠!!! Pre-orders now open!!2 interviews for the price of 1 in this weeks episode, you lucky community!!! This week Joe is joined by Adam & Alex a finalist and champion respectively at Bristol October 2026. This is a classic TTW ep where Joe gets the low down on their tournament games, but more importantly their strategic insights to board play and off table styles. Plenty for you lot to mop up! Episode Links:Check out our crazy good new Merch!!! Pre-orders now open!!Community Links:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - join the convo and see the ECC slices⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - For all things including our ELO rankings⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - info on in person events, ELO, and more⁠⁠⁠Current ELO Rankings⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - update coming soon!⁠⁠Through the Wormhole Twitch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Give us a follow

Washme? & Blinkks are seasoned players but not everything went their way at the Bristol Tournament. We dig into their games analysing their factions, players they faced and personal play styles. This ep is jam packed with opinions to inform your next game and help you be an even better TI player. And for those at Bristol or in the ECC there are plenty of shoutouts and final confirmation your results can be seen in our ELO competitive rankings!Community Links:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - join the convo and see the ECC slices⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - For all things including our ELO rankings⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - info on in person events, ELO, and more⁠⁠Current ELO Rankings⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - update coming soon!⁠Through the Wormhole Twitch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Give us a follow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wayland Games Affiliate link⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - you can buy board games to support the pod

This week Joe is joined by James (memephilosopher) who is the creator of TI4 Labs and the Async new UI. The second part in our maps/slices mini series. As a data/coding guy he gives us another analytical look at what draft should look like including drafting styles (including one you probably haven't heard of), how to draft well and then wider views on asnyc and TI strategy . Oh he's also American, and we discuss UK v US meta differences.Community Links:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - join the convo⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ - (extended) First Month 26% ENDS SUNDAY!⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠ - info on in person events, ELO, and more⁠Current ELO Rankings⁠⁠Through the Wormhole Twitch⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Give us a follow⁠⁠⁠⁠Wayland Games Affiliate link⁠⁠⁠⁠ - you can buy board games to support the podEp specific links:⁠⁠TI4 Labs⁠⁠Ti4 Labs DiscordOld Kings Crown OnlineJame's digital board game dev website

Episode 1 of 2 of our mini maps and slices series. This week we talk to Alessio, UK National Player, Data analysist, PhD student and all round swell guy. Alessio studied ~5000 async games to study what system was best and worst. If you want to draft well then this episode is a killer one with some surprise ones for sure! Sorry for the late ep, was up very late representing UK & Europe in the scpt tournament. Don't worry we won!Community Links:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠ - join the convo⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠ - (extended) First Month 26% off, access for ELO rankings including october's bristol tournament!⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠ - info on in person events, ELO, and moreCurrent ELO RankingsThrough the Wormhole Twitch⁠⁠⁠ - Give us a follow⁠⁠⁠Wayland Games Affiliate link⁠⁠⁠ - you can buy board games to support the podEp specific links:⁠Alessio's 40 Page report!⁠⁠Bristol Tournament Discord⁠

The final part of our Leeds Direct Hit coverage, Joe chats to two players who were reasonably new to Twilight's Fall and did not win or organise the event. Rather than being a beginners guide this episode explores how we feel it compares to regular TI. We also talk about our regular TI takes and give Moss (Leeds 2024 winner) to respond to accusations that he manipulates weaker players at the table. Community Links:⁠⁠⁠⁠Through the Wormhole Twitch⁠ - Give us a follow⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠ - First Month 26% off!!!⁠⁠Website⁠⁠ - info on in person events, elo, and more⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠ - join the convo⁠⁠Wayland Games Affiliate link⁠⁠ - buy board games to support the podEp specific links:Community Game#1 VodLeeds Tournament Sign UpPainting for minis and other games @burnstuff77 on instagram!

Washme? (aka Charlie) is not only a streamer and podcast host, he is also the first winner of R1 of the European Community Cup. We have analysis and hype galore in this episode. We cover his win as Mahact in R1 of the ECC where he talks Mahact play, TE components and his rivals. Then we cover other ECC matches, the upcoming community game and the (nearly upon us) October Bristol tournament. Community Links:⁠Through the Wormhole TwitchCommunity Game #1⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠Website⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠Wayland Games Affiliate link⁠ Ep specific links:ECC Async Game 1 (including Joe)ECC Async Game 2Charlie's ECC twitch Vod

Twilight Imperium is so simple right? Whoever has most points on the track is the one we need to stop, right? WRONG!Walrusbeserker comes to give some propaganda as to why he should never be targeted ever. This episode explores how you as a player can calculate who is most likely to win. It considers points, point potential, support swaps, factions, map set up, relics, and way way way more. A great deep dive into how to analyse this beautiful complicated political game.Expect a tad bit of bad language Community Links:Attack the List, Walrus' new podcast Community Game #1PatreonWebsiteDiscordWayland Games Affiliate link

* before TEThe Champion of the Leeds tournament makes his TTW debut to give his take on playing and winning TI games. Luke (aka Olg on discord) has an annoying habit of beating Joe at TI so this episode his a learning curve for him as much as the rest of you.We also discuss his challenge of winning with every faction and his opinion on Twilights Fall. Also includes ECC updates!Links:Community Games Launch Info⁠Community Game 1:The Muaat Rebllion ⁠sign up info⁠Our ⁠Website⁠Our ⁠Discord⁠Our ⁠Patreon Music by Tom Bellingham

Time to Twilight's Fall Through the Womrhole as we visit the the Leeds tournament. The tournament this year was Twilight's Fall which was a wild and chaotic ride with some amazing stories coming out of it. This week I am joined by the organiser Bezah (Ian) who tells us about the tournament structure and gives us some highlights, including the story about how one of us was eliminated!! (I wont tell you who, you will have to listen!)Updates include Community Games at the start and ECC at the end!Chapters(00:00) Intro(06:24) Welcome to Ian TO(09:01) Tournament Overview(19:38) Ian's Approach to Playing TI(26:37) Winners and Wooden Spoon(38:36) Ian's Games(49:19) Direct Hit 2027(51:09) Quick-fire Qs(58:02) Wrap-UP(01:01:39) ECC updatesLinks & Other bits:Hicks Hall Leeds DiscordCommunity Games Launch InfoCommunity Game 1:The Muaat Rebllion sign up infoPainting for minis and other games @burnstuff77 on instagram!Our WebsiteOur DiscordOur Patreon

The European Community Cup Round 1 is underway, and Washme? has joined me to run through slices, player match-ups and streaming! We also dive into his games at London: Maneuvering Jets and our classic quick fire questions.This episode has tons of name drops and community shout-outs as we analyse all of you in the ECC and Washme?'s opponents at MJ.Chapters(00:00) Intro(02:39) Hello to Washme?(08:03) ECC Slices(18:45) ECC Player Match-ups(35:19) Streaming the ECC(41:09) Washme? at Maneuvering Jets (59:59) Quick-fire Qs Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon ⁠⁠