Meet Dan and Bryan, 2 millennials fast approaching middle age. Join us while we recap the animated series that played a major role in shaping our (as well as many of your) childhood: the 1987 Fred Wolf produced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! We revisit the series 35 years later to see how well each episode holds up, what our takeaways were/are now, …

It's another component Super Guide! We've had a lot of time with Prophecy of Kings now and the last time we discussed Exploration at length, we were still learning. But we have a clearer picture these days of what makes exploration good and what's not worth investing in. Allow us to divulge these brilliant findings... Music provided by Ben Prunty. …

THE INTERGALACTICAL MINNEAPOLIS TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-twilight-imperium-intergalactical-tournament-minneapolis-tickets-1217327823289?aff=oddtdtcreator Low ticket alert! Today we talk about the incredibly well crafted Twilight Imperium Homebrew project: Discordant Stars! Listen as the boys survey the over-arch…

THE INTERGALACTICAL MINNEAPOLIS TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-twilight-imperium-intergalactical-tournament-minneapolis-tickets-1217327823289?aff=oddtdtcreator Get them while they're hot! Remember when we told you we were releasing the final super guide? Well just like the Keleres themselves we have been added to the …

THE INTERGALACTICAL MINNEAPOLIS TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-twilight-imperium-intergalactical-tournament-minneapolis-tickets-1217327823289?aff=oddtdtcreator Get them while they're hot! This week Matt and Hunter jump into the Playtester's Hideout to talk about all the submissions they've received for alternative Lev…

Meet Dan and Bryan, 2 millennials fast approaching middle age. Join us while we recap the animated series that played a major role in shaping our (as well as many of your) childhood: the 1987 Fred Wolf produced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! We revisit the series 35 years later to see how well each episode holds up, what our takeaways were/are now, …

We're going back to the history books! And this time, it's history that we took part in. This is the beginning of what will actually be a decently long journey of charting the development of the Third Edition of Twilight Imperium and breaking down all of its various components. If you've seen our episodes about 1st and 2nd edition, don't let those …

This week, we're circling back to one of our favorite strategy topics, Technology! For the last time in this era of TI we're going to work through the entire generic tech tree giving our feelings and thoughts on each component. This is a big episode for us as we begin our "farewell" arc to Prophecy of Kings. Stay tuned through the end for updates o…

Happy New year! We're back for a solo Hunter episode where he's gonna tell you about an exciting new project from SCPT. We're starting a North American cross-country in-person Twilight Imperium Tournament. It's crazy, It's exciting, It's wild! In this episode Hunter is going to break down how you can sign up for it and what exactly it is. We'll tou…

This week the boys talk about their favorite presents, 2024 in film, and the board game Stationfall. Happy Holidays! We'll see you in the New Year! 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…

This week we're lookin' to Santa for some holiday cheer in the new year with a list of wants and desires for the new "box shaped" thing from FFG coming sometime soon. We get very hypothetical and very specific in ways that are sure to get your galaxy brain just burstin' with possibilities! Tournament 7 is open for signups now! Get in there! https:/…

This month is getting busier and busier. We were in Philadelphia for PAX Unplugged and that seemed like a perfect opportunity to have some guests on and hold the annual Faction Tier List episode. Rwise and Teddysjamforyou both joined us in Matt's dirty hotel room, so get prepared for THAT kind of energy. We also didn't strictly do a Tier List this …

We're back with some more Tournament focused TI content. Come sign up for the final wave of Qualifier games that will be running through December 22nd! Also say hi to us at PAX this weekend if you're going. This week the boys sit down to talk through what players should think about when using the milty draft SCPT tournament tool and they even spend…

With this episode Matt and Hunter have completed a two year cycle of covering every single faction in TI to the deepest of our ability. It's been a long journey and we didn't get everything perfect (give us one more go around!) but we did pack a lot of very good detail into all of these guides. They should stand as a great resource until the oncomi…

This week Matt and Hunter sit down to share their elite insights into what it takes to play competitive TI at a high level! Find out exactly how to vanquish your foes in the SCPT tournament, or just find out how to have a good time playing a silly complicated board game for fun but it's also kinda serious. We've got something for everyone this week…

This week we're diving deeper into the rulebook of Arcs - The Blighted Reach! Matt and Hunter break down the implications of the "neutral" players you will add to the game. How will you adjust to life within a crumbling Empire? Will the Blight overrun us all? FIND OUT THIS WEEK Tournament 7 is open for signups now! Get in there! https://www.patreon…

This week we're starting a small series of episodes for tournament season that are meant to teach players high level strategies to use against some of the best factions in Twilight Imperium. This episode we'll talk about mostly above the table policies you can utilize against the Universities of Jol-Nar. Let us know what you think in the discord! T…

This is a very excited start to what is going to be a very long ARC of Matt and Hunter talking about space games. Today we begin our discussion of the Arcs expansion "The Blighted Reach" aka "Campaign Mode" aka "Arcs: Imperium." What follows is a list of pointers and anecdotes for beginning to think about learning this excellent version of Arcs. Wh…

Here we are with our penultimate Faction guide and this one is a bit rough, Barony seems to struggle a lot in the data and the boys don't quite get to the bottom of it. There is one thing we are sure of, they're good at fighting, but is it enough? If all else fails I do hope that we inspire someone to figure out exactly how to reliably succeed with…

This week we reach the end of our Base Game Arcs coverage. The boys sit down to reflect on their feelings before we move forward into the wild world of Campaign Arcs. This one is heavy with feelings and theory and gets only a little bit meta at times. We hope you have enjoyed our coverage of base game Arcs! Looking forward to returning to it someti…

Today we have something weird and experimental for you all. While Matt is still in Germany attending Essen we've got Hunter all alone cookin' weirdo soup for the SCPT faithful. This week Hunter is sitting down to listen to the audio from the very first SCPT episode while giving his thoughts, heckles, and commentary. Let's see just how far we've com…

Hunter and EJ sit down this week to talk celebrate the beginning of Tournament 7! The slices are out! The game slots are open and people are playing their games! Get in there! For this episode the boys talk about advice for both players and streamers and go over some details that may not have been covered in a long time, it's also a very silly epis…

This is it y'all, the episode you have been waiting for, for a long time. Today we're going to talk about the famous and beloved zombie plants that we love to hate and you love to love. They're the best, they're the worst and we can't get enough of them. Tournament 7 is open for signups now! Get in there! https://www.patreon.com/spacecatspeaceturtl…

Returning from our brief fall hiatus in order to pay tribute to our very first 'Master Splinter', Peter Renaday; as well as shine the spotlight on a couple other massive voice actors we lost in recent memory: Emi Shinohara and of course the one and only James Earl Jones. Join us in celebrating their careers and stay tuned as we'll be back with regu…

Today we cross a major finish line! This is our final set of Leader introductions for Arcs base game! After this, we start venturing off into the great unknown of the Blight Reach Campaign, but first we have to tell about two of our favorite Leaders of the whole set! And who better to join us to noted Leder Games fanatic, Lord of the Board. Check o…

This week all your questions about the upcoming 7th SCPT Twilight Imperium Patreon tournament will be answered. The important news is that you can sign up for the first games on SEPTEMBER 18TH at 15:00 UTC/11:00AM Central Time. Also if you are interested in playing in the tournament this year I recommend last week's episode also if you haven't list…

It's finally here! We're ready to announce our SEVENTH annual Twilight Imperium Patreon Tournament. We'll go in depth on the details, but head to the discord to ask us more questions and we'll follow up in next week's episode. We're also excited to announce our intent to do an even dumber idea than a TI tournament, a tournament for Blight Reach Cam…