Episode 380 - Ancient Knowledge 

A mini podcast for this week as Tim is moving house and Rich & Ben are on holiday! 

But with the news from XWA about the changes to scenario scoring and a brand new scenario we couldn't just skip this week! Big thanks to Chris Burnett from Tin Squadron for jumping in and helping us with his playtest insights! 

check out https://www.xwing.life/ for more info!

Cast - Tim, Liam, and special guest Chris Burnett 
Producer - Tim
Recorded 27/07/2025 via Discord

Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith
Outro - Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall, Part Two (Official Music Video)
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Episode 381 - Board in Brum Squad Champs 25

This week Tim & Liam are joined by Steel City's greatest Tom to chat about the recent XWA Squad Championship from Board in Brum! We also chat about how we're finding the new scoring and Ancient Knowledge! 

Standings, results and lists can be found here:
https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/26688/

Streamed games can be found here:
www.twitch.tv/sith_taker_tim/videos
www.youtube.com/@sith_taker_tim/streams

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Cast - Liam, Tim and special guest Tom Veale
Producer - Tim
Recorded 04/08/2025 via Discord

Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith
Outro - LMFAO - Sexy and I Know It
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Board in Brum Squad Champs 25

Episode 383 - Summer Solo's

We're back after a few weeks off for Summer holidays, moving home and travelling for events with the first of two episodes catching up on all the X-wing that's been going on! We'll be back next year with coverage of the X-wing team event from the WTC.

This week we focus on a few single player events that have taken place:

TNX - XWA Store champs 06/09/25
https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2330/players

NOVA Open XWA System Open
https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2359

European System Open - Mechelen, Belgium
https://www.longshanks.org/event/27788/

Cast - Ben, Liam, Tim and Rich
Producer - Tim
Recorded 08/09/2025 via Discord

Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith
Outro - VINCENT GROSS & OLAF DER FLIPPER - DRINKING WINE FEELING FINE (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
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Summer Solo's

Episode 384 - World Team Champs 2025

Another bumper show of events as we finally get around to discussing the World Team Champs from Mechelen, Belgium, before discussing a few singles events from across Europe. We'll finish off the Warszawa Polish System Open next week.

WTC Battle for Malinas Team Event 2025
https://www.longshanks.org/event/27789/

[SZ-Wing] - German XWA System Open 25|26
https://www.longshanks.org/event/26245/

XWA Squad Championship Alicante 2025
https://www.longshanks.org/event/27573/

Kirton Games X-Wing Summer Tournament
https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/27931/

Cast - Ben, Liam, Tim and Rich
Producer - Tim
Recorded 16/09/2025 via Discord

Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith
Outro - Wet Leg - catch these fists (Official Video)
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World Team Champs 2025

Episode 386 - New Vegas in the Fall

We have a load of events from all across the globe and further afield! London, Vegas, Netherlands and even Middle Earth! Rich is joined by Tim and Liam to run down the events, lists and results and giving those players topping the charts the props they deserve!

LGT 2025 - Star Wars: X-Wing
https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2077

X-Wing XWA System Open at The Las Vegas Open 2025
https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2425/players

Magic Stronghold Store Champs
https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2437

So long.. 2: Still here
https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2370/players

312 Conquest Series: Middle Earth Conquest
https://www.pattern-analyzer.app/tournament/rollbetter/2136

Cast - Liam, Tim and Rich
Producer - Tim
Recorded 06/10/2025 via Discord

Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith
Outro - ONE HOUR OF DANCING MON MOTHMA | Andor Season 2 | Disney+
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New Vegas in the Fall

Episode 388 - 50 shades of XWA

Tim is joined by Ben and Liam to chat about the 50 point update from XWA! New points, restricted list, scenario scoring, load outs - it's all changing but what do we think!

Find all the useful documents here:
https://www.xwing.life/news/announcements

Cast - Liam, Tim and Rich
Producer - Tim
Recorded 20/10/2025 via Discord

Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith
Outro - 50 Cent - In Da Club (Official Music Video)
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50 shades of XWA

Episode 389 - Cornish Nationals 25

This week the cast are joined by the Finalists from last weekends Cornish Nationals, run by Tin Squadron, Chris Burnett and Steve Boulton. We chat about this event and a few others including the recent 2025 San Francisco System Open - which if you missed was stream by 312 sqn on Twitch! https://www.twitch.tv/312_squadron

We round out the show by chatting to everyone about how they are finding the new 50pt XWA system, including scenario scoring and general list building & meta. 

Special shout out to Team France for winning the 2025 XTC! They beat US Islands in the Final, who themselves should be congratulated for being the only unbeaten team to make it to the finals! However Aurélien and co managed to win the round that really matted and took the title! Well done all! 

Cornish Nationals 2025
https://www.longshanks.org/event/23525/

2025 California System Open
https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2410

Squabblin' Goblin Store Championship
https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2394

Houston Apollo X-Wing XWA Squad Championship
https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2453

Cast - Liam, Tim and Rich with special guests Chris Burnett and Steve Boulton
Producer - Tim
Recorded 10/11/2025 via Discord

Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith
Outro - “Golden” Official Lyric Video | KPop Demon Hunters | Sony Animation
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Cornish Nationals 25

Episode 390 - Pomerania Open 25

We're back covering some recent events including an XWA System Open from Poland - Pomerania System Open 25/26 - and the latest 312 Squadron Conquest event - the Alamo Conquest!

Pomerania System Open 25/26
https://www.longshanks.org/event/25579/

Live stream 
https://www.youtube.com/@TridentSquadron

312 Conquest Series: Alamo Conquest
https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2391



Cast - Liam, Ben, Tim and Rich 
Producer - Tim
Recorded 17/11/2025 via Discord

Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith
Outro - Techno - Tetris (Remix)
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Pomerania Open 25

Episode 391 - Ch-Checkin out the OP scene

Rich is joined by Tim and Liam for a round up of recent events including ones from Czech Republic and Brazil plus XWA System Opens from Spain and the USA!

Bitva o preziti
https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/30082/

Liga Brtherhood Brasília
https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/30082/

Gastropen 2025 System Open Spain
https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/25962/

Indianapolis X-Wing Squad Championship
https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2479/

2025 PAX Unplugged XWA System Open
https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2400

Cast - Liam,  Tim and Rich
Producer - Tim
Recorded 17/11/2025 via Discord

Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith
Outro - Beastie Boys - Ch-Check It Out
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Ch-Checkin out the OP scene

Episode 392 - XWA Worlds Early Hype

We have the first bits of information about what X-wing Worlds 2026 at Adepticon will look like (see our Facebook page from last Sunday for details). Tim will be heading out to Milwaukee in March and hope many others from across the community will also! For now it's a just a general chat and first we have some Organised Play to cover!

First we head down to TNX Squadron's Christmas get together and then it's off to Canada for the Brew Wizards Squad Championship before chatting a little about the 2.0 Legacy event happening at UKTC's Leicester GT this weekend.

TNX-mass 2025
https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2459/players

Brew Wizards XWA Squad championship
https://xwing.longshanks.org/event/29261/

Cast - Liam, Tim, Ben and Rich
Producer - Tim
Recorded 01/12/2025 via Discord

Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith
Outro - Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody (Official Top Of The Pops Video)
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XWA Worlds Early Hype

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