Sith Takers Snap Shots is a podcast dedicated to the X-Wing Miniatures Game created by Fantasy Flight Games run by the Sith Takers based in Stockport, North West UK. The goal of the podcast is to release three podcasts a week of a short duration (approx 10-15 mins) discussing a single topic in detail with different members of the Sith Takers team. We will discuss news on upcoming releases and their impact on the game, our experiences attending and preparing for tournaments around the world, ...
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Episode 377 - It's the Rich-istance! We're back with a bumper episode! Last weekend Rich and Tim headed to Sheffield for the Steel City Squadrons X-wing Team event and both had a great weekend, Rich on the tabletop and Tim behind (or in front!) of the camera! We chat about Rich's list, the event and streaming.We also get time to catch up on a few o…
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Episode 376 - June 25 Points updateThe team get together to chat about the latest points update from the X-wing Alliance, what changes we think will have players excited and what we may be looking at trying! Some old ships coming back in to the light, and some pilots we've never heard of before! But before that we have a couple of events to chat ab…
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Episode 375 - Double Coin ClubWe're back with another OP packed episode with a slew of events from across Europe and North America plus we have another inductee to the 'double coin club' after Chris Burnett shows Liam how easy it is to pick up another Squad Championship victory!We also chat about the news from XWA about the System Open kit contents…
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Episode 374 - COPR and CoinsLot's of Organized Play news to chat about this week, hot off the press Tim is able to chat to us about Version 1.1 of XWA's Competitive Organized Play Regulations or COPR. And we also chat about XWA's updated 1st year road map!But before we get in to that we have a couple of XWA Squad Championships to chat about, one fr…
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Episode 373 - UK Games Expo 25This week it's just Tim & Liam chatting about last weekend's X-wing event from the UK Games Expo! They both chat about the convention in general, what lists did well and what they thought of the event overall. Spoilers - they may be a little biased! Rollbetter standings, lists & resultshttps://rollbetter.gg/tournaments…
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He doesn't always fly like a Potato
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1:28:37Episode 372 - He doesn't always fly like a PotatoAfter a successful day's playing & streaming at the Element Games XWA Squad Championships Rich, Liam and Tim get together to chat about the event.We also have some time to chat about the prize support for this weekend's X-wing at UK Games expo plus X-wing events from Wales, Canada and Poland!You can …
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Episode 371 - Rise of the Squad ChampsWe're well in to May and starting to see a load more events around the globe! This week the cast chats over lists doing well at 5 events from the UK, Europe and Brazil! Plus we chat about the upcoming Squad Championship at Element Games that we'll be streaming at (twitch.tv/sith_taker_tim) plus UK Games Expo! T…
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Episode 370 - May OP MadnessAudio 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 playershttps://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/2139312 Squad…
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Episode 369 - Loving the new loadoutsOn 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 po…
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Episode 368 - Wisdom of the AncientsWe 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 q…
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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 …
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Episode 366 - The Wolds are not enoughAnother 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 …
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Episode 365 - Scum & SwagWarning - 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 ge…
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Here come the Resistance, again!
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1:32:43Episode 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 Marchhttps://www.longshanks.org/event/23323Cast - Rich…
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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 even…
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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/pointsCast - Ric…
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Chatting with the Champ STO 2025
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1:25:33Episode 361 - Chatting with the Champ STO 2025This 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 Stan…
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Episode 360 - STO 2025 Round-upWe're just getting over an amazing weekend of X-wing! Next week we'll be joined by the Event Champion Dom Flannigan so this week Rich & Ben chat about the event from a Tournament Organisers point of view and Tim & Liam chat about it from a players perspective. We cover the lists in cut and chat about the social & side…
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Getting ready for The Big Show!
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1:13:19Episode 359 - Getting ready for The Big Show!Here we go! It's almost here! THE big X-wing show of the year - Sith Taker Open 2025!Rich is joined by a rather congested Tim (sorry) and Ben (also sorry ;) ) to chat about our big annual x-wing event happening in Stockport, UK! 130-140 pilots using XWA points will be joining us for casual games & pre-ev…
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Episode 358 - 312 Conquest SeriesThis week the cast are joined by 312 Squadron leader Nick Sperry to chat about their upcoming online events - the Conquest Series! A series of online events in different time zones where the winners will qualify for a global final! We also chat to Nick about he and others got on at the AMG GT from the Las Vegas Open…
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Episode 357 - Changing of the GuardThis last weekend we've started to see a real shift towards XWA Organised Play supported events with 3 in-person events to report on! 2 in the UK plus one from the Netherlands! And of course we cover the final UK GT before Worlds!AMG GT Nottingham23 player AMG event https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1857NWA Jan ev…
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Episode 356 - New Year New EventsWe're back for 2025! Rich is joined by Ben & Tim for a new years catch up! We also have a few events to chat about, some coming soon like the Sith Taker Open and 312 Conquest Series but we dive in to Tim's recent one day XWA event Revenge of Father Sithmas! And finally the NCX Draft League Finals! Revenge of Father …
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Episode 355 - Flying like a Potato We're back with a quick wrap up of the recent events. A couple of in person AMG points GTs and an online XWA points event from 312 Squadron.Apologies for me audio, it's a little ropey and only realise now in editing! Plus I know Liam swore... but can I find it to censor it! Oh well I'm fairly sure we can have one!…
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Exceedingly Good Points Update
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1:23:44Episode 354 - Exceedingly Good Points UpdateRich, Tim and Liam get together to discuss the latest points update from the XWA. It's not a particularly big update but it does come with a patch notes doc giving us some insight in to the decision process of the update.Find all the useful information here:https://www.xwing.life/resources/pointsCast - Ri…
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Episode 353 - Sins & The Herts GTRich is joined by Ben and Tim to chat about a couple of recent events. First up from a couple of weekends back we have the AMG GT from Hemel Hempstead running new AMG points then from last weekend we're off to Newport, Wales for a local XWA points event! Sin city Newport Novemberhttps://www.longshanks.org/event/2045…
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Episode 352 - Allez les Bleus!We haven't covered the Online X-wing Team Championship (XTC) much this year as it's been stuck running old AMG points but we couldn't let it go without congratulating Team France on their victory! 21 countries* were represented by teams of 7 pilots, each running a different faction, plus coaches & captains - but France…
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Episode 351 - Cornish Nationals 24This week we're all focused on the Cornish Nationals run by our friends down south, Tin Squadron!Unfortunately dark schemes conspired to keep us away from Cornwall and we weren't able to attend but we can at least talk about the games and lists, all using new shiny XWA points!Full results and lists can be found her…
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Episode 350 - Episode Tree Fiddy For our 350th Episode we have a bumper show of events to discuss! First up an AMG points Grand Tournament from Canada, with a XWA side event, then to Poland for a Store Champs using XWA points, and then two XWA point local X-wing events from the UK!We round out the show with a little general chat about dice variance…
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Episode 349 - Revelling in Resistance We're back and we've got a few things to run down this week! First up we chat about the recent GT from Alaska, then Tim rounds up the XTC Group stage and what teams will be heading to the Finals before Rich is let loose on the Resistance Faction to give us the run down on what's hot in XWA points!Battle Zone Ur…
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Episode 348 - London G&TRich is joined by Liam and Tim to chat about last weekend's X-wing Grand Tournament using new AMG points at the London GT. What lists did well and how did the factions in general fair after the points update. We wrap up the show with a little XTC chat. Lists & results can be found here:https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1690/…
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Episode 347 - XWA TransformersXWA certainly seemed to have transformed the fortunes of the lower placed factions with CIS doing very well at the weekend and the Top 16 cut from Poland featuring at least two lists from every faction!This week Ben and Liam are joined by Steel City's very own Tom Veale to chat about his recent success in Sheffield but…
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Episode 346 - Quad CompsWe have four different events to talk about from France, Canada and Italy featuring Old AMG Points, New AMG Points, XWA Beta Points and even 2.0 Legacy points! That's a lot of X-wing!!And we round out the show with Liam giving us the run down of the Separatist Faction in XWA Beta Points and why he thinks you should be flying…
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Episode 345 - Remember me?Out of the blue Atomic Mass Games drops not only a Standard Points update which will be legal for forthcoming Grand Tournaments but also a Print & Play pdf with existing cards and new Standard Loadouts for the TIE/PH Phantom and the Alpha-class Starwing! We chat about the impact (hopefully positive) these updates will have…
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Episode 344 - XWA Gon' Give It To YaThey're here! The X-wing Alliance have released their first ever points update! It's a Beta set of points and they want us (all of us) to go out and play X-wing and see what works and doesn't!The cast go through some of the changes and discuss some of the design choices the XWA Points team have made. Thanks to al…
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Episode 343 - The X Rated ShowDon't worry! It's still a family friendly show but we're talking about a lot of 'X' rated stuff this week - namely XWA points teases and XTC!The cast is joined by Filippo 'Piffo' Bosi for a little update on the XWA in general before we dive in to the 4 teases from Greg of NCX regarding the XWA points update. What could…
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Episode 342 - WTC 2024 Liam and Tim have returned from Mechelen, Belgium after a weekend of Judging at the WTC: World Team Championship. 15 teams of 5 players entered the X-wing event, playing 10 games over the two days. Find out how the event went, what lists and players did well and who eventually won it here! Be sure to check out all the picture…
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Episode 341 - Double USA GT TroubleAfter we have a quick catch up on XWA Organised Play news we have two GT's from the USA to discuss! First up from Indianapolis we have GenCon won by Duncan running Empire (Jendon, Vader, Tomax, Feroph). For seconds we head to Utah for the Salt Lake Open won by Liam flying Rebels (Gina, Keo, Gemmer, Wedge & Luke).A…
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Episode 340 - Chile GT DownThis week we have another GT to discuss but this time from Chile! The Corellia Alicatan Chile has a few surprises for the cast to chat about before we finish up with some general chat about X-wing Alliance, World Team Champs in Belgium and the online X-wing Team Champs. Corellia Alicatan Chile, Grand Tournamenthttps://www…
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Episode 339 - Sheffield & Lone Star GTsWarning - audio is a little sketchy this episode! We apologise for Tim's flakey internet, Ben's rubbish mic and Conor's potty mouth! :DThis week Ben is joined by special guest Conor Holmes to catch up on the last two Grand Tournaments - Sheffield, UK and Lone Star Open, USA. Sheffield GT lists & resultshttps:/…
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Episode 338 - Welsh Open 24This week we're joined by the 2nd Best Burnett (and 2nd Best Tin Sqn it turns out...!) Chris Burnett to talk about last weekend's Welsh Open held at Firestorm Games in Cardiff.Find out how Rich and Chris got on and did Liam survive the weekend as Head Judge! Find the event results & lists here:https://xwing.longshanks.org…
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Episode 337 - Have Your SayShort-ish episode this week as we cover the latest press release from the X-wing Alliance, chat about the latest X-wing Community Survey and of course the build up to the Welsh Open!X-Wing Survey VIII: The Last AMG Points!https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeK5a5rIk4UwhWlNTqvqRBV1Wco9g1P7YsQ09vJx6DHetBpBA/viewformCa…
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Episode 336 - Mixing It UpThis week we're joined by Nick Sperry of 312 Squadron to chat about XWA news and alternative X-wing formats.The X-wing Alliance (the community effort starting up to look after the X-wing Miniatures Game) has elected it's 3 'leaders', these people will be steering the development of the group and looking to establish some s…
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X-wing is dead, long live X-wing!
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1:07:29Episode 335 - X-wing is dead, long live X-wing!We're back already! And today we're chatting about the news that although Atomic Mass Games may have given up developing the X-wing Miniatures Game... the community is not ready to give up on the game! Earlier today there was an announcement by around 30 members of the community that are looking to tak…
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Episode 334 - AMG admits defeatIn an Emergency recording Rich, Liam and Tim respond to Atomic Mass Games announcement that they have officially ended development of the Star Wars X-wing and Armada Miniature Games.Was managing all the Star Wars games too much for the small studio? They claim external factors were the reasons it became too difficult?…
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Episode 333 - UK Games Expo 24 You wait for Organised Play and then two come along at once! This week we chat about the recent news from Atomic Mass Games about the Grand Tournament locations and the first two official GT's - Bilbao and the UK Games Expo!Rich chats to Ben & Liam plus special guest Tom Candlin about how they got on at the UK Games E…
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Episode 332 - Let's go Expo 24 This week Rich & Tim are joined by Dylan Jones to talk about the Welsh Open, UK Games Expo and other AMG Grand Tournament news! We also chat about a recent interview from Crabbok with Will Shick.UK Games Expo tickets & infohttps://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/events/1809-star-wars-x-wing-main-event-ukge-2024/UK Games Expo Ro…
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Episode 331 - The X-wing Game StateA nice simple show where Rich, Liam and Ben catch up about Organised Play, X-wing news and the state of the game! (yes they get a little grumpy...)Cast - Rich, Ben, and LiamProducer - TimRecorded 20/05/2022 via DiscordIntro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the SithOutro - The Monkees - Daydream Believer (Of…
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Episode 330 - Incom Pew PewA short-ish show this week as Ben & Liam cover last weekend's one day event from Incom Gaming in Cheltenham! We chat about what lists Liam and Adam took, what did well (Tin Squadron on top!) and what else caught our eye. Find all the lists and results here:https://www.pattern-analyzer.app/tournament/longshanks/15452Cast -…
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Episode 329 - Real SteelThis week we're joined by the Captain of the self proclaimed greatest X-wing Squadron in the known Universe - Daniel Athey of Steel City X-wing! We talk with Dan about his recent victories at the Element Games Legends & Yorkshire Team Event 2: Lightspeed to Belgium events that have happened over the last two weeks!We round o…
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Worlds 24 Meta Snapshot Part 2
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2:06:13Episode 328 - Worlds 24 Meta Snapshot Part 2Our second show diving in to the Top lists from the Atomic Mass Games X-wing World Championships. This week we finish up with Resistance and Scum & Villainy plus a look at what the top First Order and Separatist Alliance lists looked like. We round out the show with a catch up on the Organised Play news f…
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