Space Cats Peace Turtles
372 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★★ - 546 ratingsAn unofficial podcast for fans of Twilight Imperium and other strategy board games. Each episode is a humorous analysis of mechanics and strategies for new and experienced players alike!
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208: Best Tournament Structure Past and Factions
August 17, 2021 17:52 - 1 hour - 138 MBThis month's Galactic Council broke the system. They had two tournament related options, but the votes were split perfectly 50/50. So, we're just doing both! We start with a conversation about how all of the factions performed in this year's tournament and why they performed that way then follow it up with a discussion of the tournament drafts of yesteryear and how this year's faired. Then we get to be a bit theoretical and dream up some ideas for what we could expect from next year's tourna...
207: 2021 Finals Recap
August 11, 2021 06:29 - 1 hour - 135 MBAnd with that, the 2021 SCPT Patreon Tournament is over. We had an absolute blast, and we’re also completely exhausted from an amazing weekend. So, this episode is a casual recap of the Finals that turned into over an hour and a half of analysis. We thought it’d be a short beach episode, and we were as wrong as ever. But you’re not complaining, you freak. Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com To learn more about our Discord, Twitter, Pat...
206: Road to the Finals 2021
August 04, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 157 MBAnother year has passed. 336 players entered this tournament, and now only 6 remain. Before we crown the 2021 Champion, we first wanted to meet these players and get a closer look at how they think about the game. This is the Road to the Finals! Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com To learn more about our Discord, Twitter, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/
205: 2021 Prelims and Semis
July 28, 2021 06:00 - 2 hours - 227 MBThe semifinals of our tournament are complete, and we’re a couple weeks away from our Championship game. As such, we need to take stock of the tournament so far to get a sense of what strategies and drafts have worked and how our finalists got here. Next week, we’ll continue the hype with interviews with all 6 of our finalists! Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com To learn more about our Discord, Twitter, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit...
204: Talkin TI with Tim Pratt
July 21, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 117 MBThis week we have a special treat to reward you all for making it through the Semifinals! It’s an interview with the author of Aconyte Books’ Twilight Imperium series of novels, Tim Pratt! We discuss the setting, Tim’s influences, and there’s a bit about some horses. Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com To learn more about our Discord, Twitter, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/
203: Matt and Hunter Talk Winmaking
July 14, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 120 MBAbandon all hope, ye who enter. What lies here is the worst, most infinite conversation topic in all of gaming. There is no returning from this place. There is only the void. We’re starting this, and we know some of you want to do this, so okay. Here’s the first of probably a few episodes on the topic of everyone’s favorite accusation to lob when they’re not going to win. Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com To learn more about our Disc...
202: Why You Should Play Oath
July 07, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 157 MBHey, no joke, we love this game. And if you listen to this show, we know you will love it too. And Leder Games does pay us sometimes, but they did not pay us to tell you how good their new game Oath is. That’s all us, baby. But we do sort of have a vested interest in its success. But also, like, we chose to have that vested interest. Like we knew the game was good and THEN were like “what if you sometimes paid us?” Okay, we’re not journalists and I no longer feel I owe you any sort of editor...
201: Learn to Learn PoK
June 30, 2021 06:00 - 2 hours - 171 MBWe’ve been waiting to return to this episode topic for a long time. This show is never really about learning how to play Twilight Imperium, but more about how to think about Twilight Imperium. And in keeping with how we always like to approach new games, we wanted to go back to basics and try to explain what you can do to help yourself learn this game. Sure, you need someone to teach you the mechanics, but what kind of mindset do you need before you start THAT process? We hope this guide is ...
200: Weird Bearholders Meeting
June 23, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 191 MBIt’s one of those major threshold episodes of a podcast where we decide to get rather celebratory. For Episode 200, we wanted to throw a party for our Weird Bear patrons, who have done a lot for us over the years. But turns out, they didn’t want to party. They wanted an opportunity to present a list of demands, and we were obligated to grant quorum to the first inaugural Weird Bearholder’s Meeting. So come listen to hear what a handful of the most active members of our community want from ou...
199: Live Email from Dane
June 16, 2021 06:00 - 59 minutes - 108 MBThis game is weird and has a lot of strange interactions and timings. Since Prophecy of Kings’ release, things have been pretty confusing with some abilities, and our fearless leader Dane Beltrami is here to show us the light. We don’t have a formal Living Rules Reference, but he has been able to answer a lot of questions that some amazing community members have collected into one place. So, let’s go over some of these biggest questions with the man himself! You can find the pseudo-offic...
198: Are the New Factions TOO Good?
June 10, 2021 16:20 - 1 hour - 117 MBWe’re still wrapping up our Prophecy of Kings introductions over here. This time, the Galactic Council wanted us to answer the question “Are the New Factions Too Good?” And in keeping with our previous eye-catching headlines, I’m not sure we even answer the question. But we do have a fun, wandering conversation about where we feel all of the factions compare to each other at this point. Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com To learn more...
197: Prophecy of Kings Introduction Finale
June 09, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 166 MBWith the new faction introductions and component guides done, we wanted to take stock of what we’ve learned about Prophecy of Kings in these few months that it’s been out. This episode goes over how we feel about our recent episodes, our main takeaways for how the strategy has evolved, and a bit of what we think is to come! Ginger’s Mahact Guide referenced in this episode Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com To learn more about our ...
196 - Vuil'raith Cabal Introduction
June 02, 2021 06:00 - 2 hours - 246 MB7 new factions entered and now the 7 new factions have all been properly introduced. Today concludes our mission to quickly cover each of the factions that debuted in Prophecy of Kings. And it only took us six months! The Vuil’raith Cabal is an infamously mean faction that players try their best to avoid in our tournament, so let’s explore why that is and what we should do about it! 5:55 - Vuil’raith Cabal Introduction 12:32 - Abilities 38:28 - Strategy Cards 1:09:12 - Exploration 1:...
195: Inside Your Best Friend
May 26, 2021 06:00 - 59 minutes - 109 MBOur friend Shawn is in town and Molly is home sick on recording today, so prepare yourself to be a fly on the wall of a conversation between three friends about how they play against each other and what they think about when they sit down to play. There’s plenty of Molly blabbering in this, and I cut out as much as I could, but this episode has one of those unpolished vibes. Don’t get mad at me about it! Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp....
194: Speaker Order
May 19, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 147 MBAs the tournament has gone on and we’ve seen some Prophecy of Kings meta develop, one thing keeps catching our eye. The ways players treat the Speaker Token and try to get an advantage in Speaker Order. So, similar to our recent Objectives episode, it felt important to talk about this Speaker Order tempo throughout the game and how tournament players are manipulating it. We also get lost in some theorycrafting of different ways to utilize Speaker Order. 4:07 - Horsebrew Faction Lore ...
193: Empyrean Introduction
May 15, 2021 19:26 - 2 hours - 221 MBWe’re on the final lap of our Prophecy of Kings faction introductions, and Hunter completes his task with the Empyrean. It’s a wildly fun faction that has a little bit of everything, while rarely feeling “too good.” So, how do you best take advantage of all of these tools? I dunno, but here’s our ideas! Vagabond Errata - 5:54 Empyrean Overview - 14:32 Strategy Cards - 44:39 Tech - 1:08:24 Exploration - 1:16:57 Trade - 1:22:01 Victory Points - 1:42:57 Music provided by Ben Pr...
192: Improvised Homebrew Faction
May 11, 2021 18:09 - 1 hour - 164 MBThe Galactic Council decided that this month you all needed to be punished. So Hunter and Matt are putting on their designer caps and improvising a Homebrew faction. We took Whose Line Is It Anyways?-style prompts on our Discord and just dove right in. And you know what, I think we came up with something PRETTY GOOD. If...you know, you’re into game-breaking unplayable ideas... Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com To learn more about our...
191: Learning the Vagabond - Expansions
May 04, 2021 18:11 - 1 hour - 165 MBWhat a fun treat for you all today. Long ago we promised a follow up to our Learning the Vagabond episode where we would discuss the 3 expansion classes of Vagabond. But that’s not the treat, that’s just the typical episode you’re getting from Matt and Hunter. No, the REAL treat is after that, where we are joined by our friends Jake, Sam, and Kyle from Woodland War Machine! This one was an absolute blast, so join us while we rag on the Vagabond Woodland War Machine podcast by Good Time S...
190: Argent Flight Introduction
April 27, 2021 14:54 - 2 hours - 182 MBIt’s back to back Faction Introductions! This time, Matt tackled the Argent Flight answering the question “What if Base Game Xxcha was good and fit Matt’s playstyle?” These are wonderful little birds that have a wide range of possibilities but are perhaps best served by leaning into their strengths and playing up some “win-more” mechanics. 00:00 - Mahact Gene-Sorcerers Errata 16:09 - Argent Flight Overview 49:55 - Strategy Cards 1:12:09 - Tech 1:23:46 - Exploration 1:25:49 - Trad...
189: Mahact Gene-Sorcerers Introduction
April 20, 2021 18:26 - 2 hours - 170 MBKneel, they say. Former rules of the galaxy, they say. Well, with such powerful lore, you may have expected a more imposing faction. But instead, the Mahact Gene-Sorcerer’s are perhaps best known for their winslaying prowess and their rules tomfoolery. Let’s take a closer look and figure out how this faction can help themselves win without tripping over pedantic technicalities along the way! 13:04 - Mahact Gene-Sorcerers Overview 42:55 - Strategy Cards 1:02:13 - Tech 1:10:12 - Trade/M...
188: Victory Points and Objectives Part 2
April 14, 2021 20:37 - 1 hour - 189 MBThe conclusion to last week’s cliffhanger, we wrap up discussion on every objective in the game, and spend some time analyzing what the structure of all of these points means for the pace of winning. When and how should you be trying to score your 10 victory points? What is a “free” point? Also there’s some errata at the beginning here about the Galactic Council episode we recently published and the...disagreements that have grown around it. 0:40 - Errata for 187 “Is Arborec the Worst Facti...
187: Is Arborec Still the Worst?
April 13, 2021 15:02 - 1 hour - 90.4 MBLot of assumptions in that title that I'm sure will get some responses on its own. Regardless, this is our first Galactic Council episode in our new format! This is an unprepared episode where Matt and Hunter blindly approach a topic and see where the conversation takes them. It was wildly fun to do, so we hope you enjoy it and look forward to future Galactic Council episodes. Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com To learn more about our...
186: Victory Points and Objectives part 1
April 06, 2021 16:11 - 1 hour - 138 MBThe fact that we’ve never done an episode specifically about Objectives and Victory Points is either a huge misstep, or completely unnecessary. But here’s one anyways! This is part one where we go over all of the types of victory points, and cover our first section of objectives: Control Objectives. We talked way too much, and so this episode turned into a two-parter. Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com To learn more about our Discord,...
185: Naaz-Rokha Alliance Introduction
March 30, 2021 14:22 - 2 hours - 178 MBWith all of the recent episodes about Exploration and Relics, we were clearly building up to SOMETHING. And that something is finally here. The Naaz-Rokha Alliance are white hot right now, so we’re already overdue for introducing them. Spoiler: they’re a really good faction and you probably didn’t even need us to tell you how to do well with them. Patience’s Tech Path Guide 4:02 - Root: Underground Duchy Errata 14:30 - Naaz-Rokha Alliance Overview 55:25 - Strategy Cards 1:16:59 - Explorat...
184: Root - Learning the Underground Duchy
March 24, 2021 00:19 - 1 hour - 160 MBToday we get to complete the meat of our Learning Root episodes (don’t worry, we have more planned!) by learning the Underground Duchy. A faction of order and structure, fittingly, has many detailed ways of playing. Here, we cover what we believe to be one of the safest and easiest to pick up Duchy strategies, saving some of the more complicated stuff for the future. 6:30 - Ep 183 Errata (Relics and Legendary Planets) 15:40 - Learning the Underground Duchy 20:34 - Setup and Abilitie...
183: Relics and Legendary Planets
March 16, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 142 MBExploration has been sufficiently covered, but we left Relics on the table. There’s only a handful of them to cover, so to round out the episode, we’re also squeezing Legendary Planets into the discussion for today’s component episode. Stick around to make sure you hear about all 13 relics in Prophecy of Kings! 7:21 - Nomad Introduction Errata 15:54 - Legendary Planets 42:03 - Relics 1:14:21 - Still talking about Relics 1:29:15 - Our affinity for Prophecy of Kings and all its new cool stuf...
182: The Nomad Introduction
March 09, 2021 15:00 - 2 hours - 185 MBWe’ve done a close look at the Nomad before, but that was back in the before-times when we were only being given a teaser of them by Dane. Now we’ve had time to sink our teeth in, and so, we can now present our Introduction to the, by far, coolest new faction in the game. They drive a Volkswagen around the galaxy while traveling through time, what more could you ask for? 4:36 - Exploration Errata 12:49 - The Nomad Introduction 17:22 - Overview 57:37 - Strategy Cards 1:18:07 - Problems 1:19...
181: Exploration
March 02, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 153 MBIt’s time to explore more Prophecy of Kings mechanics! And what better topic than Exploration? It’s the major new mechanical introduction in the expansion and has made the early game vastly different from Base game. This episode doesn’t get into Relics yet, but we discuss the four Exploration decks and what to expect from each of them. 5:20 - Fractured Void Review Errata 10:17 - Exploration Overview and Relic Fragments 23:54 - Exploration Deck Composition and Analysis Music provided by ...
180: The Fractured Void Review
February 23, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 161 MBWhat a delightful change of pace the Galactic Council has granted us this month! After some delay, we finally got to spend some time talking about the Twilight Imperium novel, The Fractured Void. We aren’t necessarily literary critics, and we aren’t even experts in TI lore, but we read the book and here’s what we think! 11:55 - Root: Corvid Conspiracy Errata 19:46 - Fractured Void Review - No Spoilers 41:44 - Fractured Void Review - Spoilers Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at be...
179: Root - Learning the Corvid Conspiracy
February 16, 2021 14:47 - 1 hour - 143 MBAfter some quick Tournament Structure errata, we finally get to sink our teeth into the Underworld expansion talking about the Corvid Conspiracy. We’re on record saying the Lizard Cult is a bad faction, but we didn’t realize how bad it can get. The Corvids can certainly shine, but what we’ve seen from the tournament is a faction that is easy to stop and just enough self-balancing that it can be hard to find your footing. But let’s learn them so you can make your own judgement! 4:20 - Ep ...
178: PoK Tournament Sign Ups and Structure 2021
February 09, 2021 03:17 - 1 hour - 116 MBTwilight Imperium tournament season is upon us and Hunter and Matt are officially freaked out. There are clearly a lot of people vying for a spot in the upcoming Patreon tournament, so today we decided we needed to set the record straight on the structure of the tournament and give some important sign up information. This is one of those episodes that exists in the moment and won’t really be listenable in even just a couple months, but...it’s important information! And if you don’t care abou...
177: PoK Tech Overview
February 03, 2021 04:33 - 1 hour - 106 MBAs part of the groundwork for truly learning about all of the new things brought to us by Prophecy of Kings, we wanted to take time to break down the new tech and talk a bit about how tech paths have changed, generally, since base game. This episode doesn’t dig into any faction tech, as we’ll do that in faction overviews, but it’s a basic look meant to familiarize us with generic tech. Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com To learn more ...
176: Our Favorite Factions and Why
January 27, 2021 05:04 - 1 hour - 116 MBThe galactic council took it easy on us this month. We get to relish in the casual conversations of our current favorite factions. But we took the opportunity to touch on some other topics as well, like how the meta might evolves over the next year, how War Suns might fare, and what to do about “powerful” factions. 42:50 - Titans of Ul Introduction Errata Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com To learn more about our Discord, Twitter, P...
175: Titans of Ul Introduction
January 20, 2021 04:29 - 1 hour - 158 MBThe day of awakening is finally upon us. We have risen from the Buzzfeed slumber and come to you prepared to begin covering the factions as they stand in Prophecy of Kings. First up, we wanted to go a little easy on ourselves, so we have a Titan of Ul introduction. They’re a good faction. Maybe too good. Time will tell... Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com To learn more about our Discord, Twitter, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https...
174: Root - Learning the Riverfolk Company
January 13, 2021 04:39 - 1 hour - 138 MBThe Root Patreon Tournament is officially underway and officially sponsored, so what better way to celebrate than an unofficial episode about how to learn to play the Riverfolk Company? These otters are significantly more versatile than their expansion companions the Lizards, but in some ways require just as much skill to comprehend all of the tools in your kit. 6:58 - Abilities & Setup 10:50 - Company Economy 14:06 - Services 30:36 - Trade Posts 33:58 - Birdsong 39:31 - Daylight & ...
173: 2021 Season Premiere
January 05, 2021 03:37 - 1 hour - 110 MBWe kick off our Root tournament this weekend, which means the show is about to get crazy busy! So, we decided it was important to set the table for 2021 and go over how we plan to structure future episodes as well as the changes made to the Patreon. Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com To learn more about our Discord, Twitter, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/
172: 2020 Holiday Spectacular
December 29, 2020 15:00 - 21 minutes - 29.6 MBThis year’s Holiday Spectacular stream took a lot out of us, and there are so many other things going on that we have a rather short episode for you. It’s a salt filled trip taking a look at what happened, and how we intend to get even next year... Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com To learn more about our Discord, Twitter, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/
171: 100% First Annual Prophecy of Kings Faction Tier List but it’s not a tier list, it’s a Hootenanny, and it is infallible and perfect. #NailedIt
December 22, 2020 02:03 - 2 hours - 168 MBIt is a time-honored tradition around these parts to wrap up the year with a Faction Tier List. But the whole game just changed and there’s no way any of our thoughts are going to be any good in a year, so we decided to get a little loose with this year’s tier list. So, we present the 100% First Annual Prophecy of Kings Faction Tier List but it’s not a tier list, it’s a Hootenanny, and it is infallible and perfect. #NailedIt Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com o...
170: Flagship Tournament 2
December 16, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 133 MBThis is a weird one, brought to you by our Galactic Council patrons! It’s the return of the infamous Flagship Tournament, where all of the flagships fight in head to head matches with arbitrary complicated rules! Who will be crowned the greatest flagship of them all? Jokes on you, we rigged it! Anyways, this episode is also available in video form on our YouTube and I highly encourage you to go experience it there! Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunt...
169: Tournaments Aplenty
December 11, 2020 04:18 - 1 hour - 98.7 MBTournament Season is officially on the horizon, and to get things moving, we have business to attend to! This episode covers everything you need to know to get signed up for the upcoming Root tournament as well as loads of information about the 2021 SCPT Twilight Imperium Patreon Tournament. We talk new draft rules, the new time limit rules, and a bit about the Prelims map. I hope you like tournaments, because THAT’S MY WHOLE LIFE NOW. Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benprunty...
168: Fireside Chats with Dane Beltrami
December 08, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 106 MBProphecy of Kings has officially released and to commemorate it, Alec sat down for another Fireside Chat, this time with Dane Beltrami himself! Dane is no stranger to the show, but this is a wonderful casual interview that dives a bit deeper into game development and Dane's insights on the game we all know and love.
167: Prophecy of Kings and the Future
November 30, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 93.1 MBIt’s bookkeeping day! We’ve got some upcoming tournaments that we wanted to talk about. But that’s not all! With copies of Prophecy of Kings officially out in the wild, we wanted to talk about what we anticipate as players and and as content creators in the Twilight Imperium scene. We talk show goals as well as personal goals for a post-expansion era of SCPT. Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com To learn more about our Discord, Twitter...
166: 100% Definitive Official Base Game SCPT Power Ranking List_Final_FinalFINAL_v3 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.xlsx
November 24, 2020 02:10 - 1 hour - 129 MBIt feels like forever since we let this show get weird, y’know? Well, today is a weird one. Copies of Prophecy of Kings are shipping to many people this week, which means it’s time to put the final nail in base game’s coffin by assigning every faction a rank! We’re done with subjective tier lists, it’s time to give you the meat you’ve always craved. We took all 17 base game factions and definitively determined the exact order of power. There’s a lot of exact and perfect science in this episo...
165: Root - Learning the Lizard Cult
November 18, 2020 05:11 - 1 hour - 122 MBWith all that messy Twilight Imperium business behind us, we can return to the real work. And it is WORK. This week, we have a guide for “the worst faction” in Root, The Lizard Cult. Despite their setbacks, they’re incredibly fun, and hopefully we can help you unlock their potential. Just give us a chance! 12:07 - Abilities 15:24 - Setup 22:39 - Birdsong 29:33 - Daylight 37:50 - Evening 41:55 - Opening Ideas 47:59 - Crafty Corner 1:07:25 - Pitfalls 1:11:25 - Where we find our vic...
164: Farewell TI4 Base Game with Dane Beltrami
November 10, 2020 20:08 - 1 hour - 88.3 MBAs part of our 24 hour Extra Life livestream, we recorded this episode LIVE with surprise guest Dane Beltrami. It has a looser structure than you might be used to, but we say goodbye to things we will and won’t miss from a TI4 that lacks Prophecy of Kings, and talk a bit about the things we’re most excited for. The audio is a little bit rough in this one, apologies! Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com To learn more about our Discord, T...
163: Arborec Strategy Guide
November 06, 2020 00:31 - 2 hours - 167 MBIt’s the last time that finishing the 17th of a thing will mean we are done with that project. It’s been a project over a year in the making, but today marks the end of our base game faction Strategy Guides. And to wrap things up, we have a faction that required some time. And if we hadn’t had an expansion so closely on the horizon, we may have let it bake a little while longer. But even a little while longer in the over wouldn’t have made these plants any better, and so perhaps it is as it ...
162: Fireside Chats with TgWelch
November 03, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 93.1 MBBe careful. Two chill bros chill out hard in this eppy, and totally wax spiritual, man. They get straight up lifted and...this is Matt, and I haven't really done any drugs and don't know what I'm doing. Anyways, here's a great chat between Alec and TgWelch. Please enjoy it. 8:45 - Hacan Commander: Gila the Silvertongue
161: Nekro Virus Strategy Guide
October 27, 2020 14:15 - 1 hour - 122 MBIt’s spooky season, and that means we get to talk about one of the spookiest factions out there: the Nekro Virus. What once was seen as aggressive, bloodthirsty killing machines are now a deal-oriented accountant wearing brass knuckles. Nekro is a good faction, but only if you dig a bit into the math and strategy that lies under the surface. So let’s dive in! 6:31 - Abilities and Starting Units/Tech 16:12 - First Round Strategy Cards 37:20 - Problems 39:55 - Tech Paths 50:57 - Tradin...
160: Ghosts of Creuss Strategy Guide
October 20, 2020 14:11 - 1 hour - 141 MBWe’re nearing the end of these base game Strategy Guides. Five years after the release of 3rd Edition, FFG released the Shards of the Throne expansion and included three new factions. Among those was what would quickly become one of the most beloved factions of the entire game, the Ghosts of Creuss. The Ghosts are so cool and interesting, they are TI4 designer Dane Beltrami’s favorite faction. Anyways...here’s a guide we threw together. We think it’s pretty good. 4:05 - Abilities and Sta...
159: Embers of Muaat Strategy Guide
October 13, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 107 MBDo you even understand what this episode cost? Hunter has gone back into the oven to further explore the strategies of the Embers of Muaat, and he’s a harder, colder man because of it. He may be forever changed, but at least we’ll finally know whether Red Tech or Blue Tech is better. You have to listen to this one, because it physically hurt Hunter to make. 8:15 - Abilities and Starting Units/Tech 23:13 - Problems 27:40 - First Round Strategy Cards 43:16 - Tech Paths 52:06 - Trading ...