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476: The Ultimate Guide to THE EMPYREAN

Hunter and Blasto are back with your next Ultimate guide. This one is a true pleasure since we're talking about the EMPYREAN. This faction happens to be one of my favorites and the same is true of Blasto so I feel like this is a special guide that we got both cohosts on the same page about the fun factor with this particular faction. Give it a listen and you too will be ready to stand awkwardly in the corner of the room just OBSERVING. Twilight Imperium Community dates: Thunder's Edge SCPT Patreon Tournament: SIGNUPS HAVE BEGUN, Games start October 2nd! Orlando Intergalactical will happen on February 19-21 (Weird Bear/Wormholigan Presale starts October General Tickets start November TBD) NYC Intergalactical will happen on November 13-15 (Tickets are SOLD OUT) London Intergalactical/UK Nationals will happen on January 16th and 17th (Tickets are SOLD OUT) 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/ Art by Sun Sanders To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

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475: Thunder's Edge SCPT Patreon Tournament 2 BEGINS!

Get your trunks on, I know summer is over but it's time for us to talk about SCPT Patreon Tournament 2! Tournament season begins afresh with friends old and new alike. In this episode Host Hunter sits down with 2026 Finals winner Jad "dim" Jedi to chat about what rules changes we can expect for this new year and some advice on succeeding in a TI tournament! Long live TI the E-sport or whatever. Twilight Imperium Community dates: Thunder's Edge SCPT Patreon Tournament: SIGNUPS START NOW, Games start October 2nd! Orlando Intergalactical will happen on February 19-21 (Weird Bear/Wormholigan Presale starts October General Tickets start November TBD) NYC Intergalactical will happen on November 13-15 (Tickets are SOLD OUT) London Intergalactical/UK Nationals will happen on January 16th and 17th (Tickets are SOLD OUT) 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/ Art by Sun Sanders To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

474: Every Action Card Ranked Part 3 (I-O)

The three twilight imperium amigos are back for part 3 of their mega series about every Action Card in the game. Don't worry this will eventually all end up in one gigantic episode that will be a legitimate nightmare to account for but for now here are all the card they talked about. Cards Discussed: Imperial Rider Impersonation Industrial Initiative Infiltrate Insider Information Insubordination Intercept In the Silence of Space Leadership Rider Lie In Wait Lost Star Chart Lucky Shot Maneuvering Jets Manipulate Investments Master Plan Mercenary Contract Mining Initiative Morale Boost Nav Suite Overrule Twilight Imperium Community dates: NYC Intergalactical will happen on November 13-15 (Weird Bear/Wormholigan Presale runs until September 15th 11AM Eastern/15:00 UTC General Tickets start September 16th 11AM Eastern/15:00 UTC) GET TICKETS HERE (LOW TICKET WARNING): https://buytickets.at/spacecatspeaceturtles/2419743 London Intergalactical/UK Nationals will happen on January 16th and 17th (Tickets are SOLD OUT) Orlando Intergalactical will happen on February 19-21 (Weird Bear/Wormholigan Presale starts October General Tickets start November TBD) Thunder's Edge Online Tournament 2 signups start on September 23rd at 11AM Eastern/15:00 UTC (Join patreon at any tier to get in!) 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/ Art by Sun Sanders To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

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473: Twilight's Fall Action Cards RANKED Part 2 (2 of 2)

Hunter and Alec are back to finish their 2 part episode ranking the Twilight's Fall Action Cards. This stack of components ended up being way more positive then our discussion over on the Thunder's Edge section of the podcast. I hope you enjoy, we ranked a lot of things in the S and A tier lol. Twilight Imperium Community dates: NYC Intergalactical will happen on November 13-15 (Weird Bear/Wormholigan Presale runs until September 15th 11AM Eastern/15:00 UTC General Tickets start September 16th 11AM Eastern/15:00 UTC) London Intergalactical/UK Nationals will happen on January 16th and 17th (Tickets are SOLD OUT) Orlando Intergalactical will happen on February 19-21 (Weird Bear/Wormholigan Presale starts October General Tickets start November TBD) Thunder's Edge Online Tournament 2 signups start on September 23rd at 11AM Eastern/15:00 UTC (Join patreon at any tier to get in!) 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/ Art by Sun Sanders To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

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472: The Ultimate Guide to THE COUNCIL KELERES

Hello councilors! We've got a brand spankin' new ULTIMATE GUIDE for youuuuu. This faction was specifically requested by the Galactic Council so for you we spare no expense and by that I mean Jadiim got on the mic and absolute burned the entire house down. We went for 3 hours, I hope you can handle that. We had a lot of thoughts. Twilight Imperium Community dates: NYC Intergalactical will happen on November 13-15 (Weird Bear/Wormholigan Presale runs until September 15th 11AM Eastern/15:00 UTC General Tickets start September 16th 11AM Eastern/15:00 UTC) London Intergalactical/UK Nationals will happen on January 16th and 17th (Tickets are SOLD OUT) Orlando Intergalactical will happen on February 19-21 (Weird Bear/Wormholigan Presale starts October General Tickets start November TBD) Thunder's Edge Online Tournament 2 signups start on September 23rd at 11AM Eastern/15:00 UTC (Join patreon at any tier to get in!) 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/ Art by Sun Sanders To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

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471: Twilight's Fall Action Cards Ranked Part 1 (1 of 2)

We're in our Action Card arc! Hopefully we'll finish it someday but today Hunter and Alec decided to jump over to the Twilight's Fall zone so that we can start ranking and discussing how good all of those cards are. This is the first of only two parts though so you won't have to wait quite as long for us to get through all of it! Very excited to dig into the TF tournament starting right around the corner, stay tuned! List of TF Action Cards in this episode (in order of discussion) Atomize Cloak Coerce Command Converge Create Divinity Elevate Engineer Entangle Evolve Feint Flux Genophage Hardlight Helix Ignis Irradiate Lash Locust Magnificance Manifest Twilight Imperium Community dates: NYC Intergalactical will happen on November 13-15 (Weird Bear/Wormholigan Presale runs until September 15th 11AM Eastern/15:00 UTC General Tickets start September 16th 11AM Eastern/15:00 UTC) London Intergalactical/UK Nationals will happen on January 16th and 17th (Tickets are SOLD OUT) Orlando Intergalactical will happen on February 19-21 (Weird Bear/Wormholigan Presale starts October General Tickets start November TBD) Thunder's Edge Online Tournament 2 signups start on September 23rd at 11AM Eastern/15:00 UTC (Join patreon at any tier to get in!) 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/ Art by Sun Sanders To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

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470: Every Action Card Ranked! Part 2 (E-H)

Looks like we've gone right back into the meat! Today we're getting back into the Action Card deck and I gotta say this series is looking to be our first 8 part series. I promise I will try to edit it into one supercut whenever we finish because this is shaping up to be an absolutely GUARGANTUAN topic that our panel is fulling giving our full attention to. Seriously hats off to these guys: Me, Jadiim, and Blasto. These are probably best listened to in order but if you like to attack these based on starting letter I see you! Twilight Imperium Community dates: NYC Intergalactical will happen on November 13-15 (Weird Bear/Wormholigan Presale starts TODAY General Tickets start September 16th 11AM Eastern/15:00 UTC) London Intergalactical/UK Nationals will happen on January 16th and 17th (Tickets are SOLD OUT) Orlando Intergalactical will happen on February 19-21 (Weird Bear/Wormholigan Presale starts October General Tickets start November TBD) Twilight Fall Online signups are live! Signup now on the Patreon. Thunder's Edge Online Tournament 2 signups start on September 23rd at 11AM Eastern/15:00 UTC (Join patreon at any tier to get in!) 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/ Art by Sun Sanders To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

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Star Trek DS9: Season 1 (ZINESTER'S BONUS)

Alright we're getting a little different with it today. Today Hunter and Patty sat down to talk for 2 hours about a very important TV show that we love so much. WATCH DEEP SPACE NINE. I BEG YOU. Also we spoil many details of many episodes in season 1 so if you get intrigued at any point please just give the show a watch. Also I reference a slimmed down watch order for DS9 and here it is: https://medium.com/maxistentialism-blog/star-trek-deep-space-nine-in-82-5-hours-10acde591fd2 Twilight Imperium Community dates: NYC Intergalactical will happen on November 13-15 (Weird Bear/Wormholigan Presale starts TODAY General Tickets start September 16th 11AM Eastern/15:00 UTC) London Intergalactical/UK Nationals will happen on January 16th and 17th (Tickets are SOLD OUT) Orlando Intergalactical will happen on February 19-21 (Weird Bear/Wormholigan Presale starts October General Tickets start November TBD) Twilight Fall Online signups are live! Signup now on the Patreon. Thunder's Edge Online Tournament 2 signups start on September 23rd at 11AM Eastern/15:00 UTC (Join patreon at any tier to get in!) We lub Hex&Co: https://www.hexnyc.com/ We lub Haven Games: https://thehaventabletop.com/ 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/ Art by Sun Sanders To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

469: NYC, London, Orlando Intergalacticals/Twilights Fall and Thunder's Edge Online Tournaments (ANNOUNCEMENTS GALORE)

This week marks the official beginning point for Season 2 of the SCPT Intergalactical series of in-person event tournaments. These events represents SCPT at its' proudest and I think most worthwhile. I would be really excited to have you join in for any of these events that you possibly can! Here are all the relevant dates in the episode NYC Intergalactical will happen on November 13-15 (Weird Bear/Wormholigan Presale starts TODAY General Tickets start September 16th 11AM Eastern/15:00 UTC) London Intergalactical/UK Nationals will happen on January 16th and 17th (Tickets are SOLD OUT) Orlando Intergalactical will happen on February 19-21 (Weird Bear/Wormholigan Presale starts October General Tickets start November TBD) Twilight Fall Online signups start TODAY (Join patreon at any tier to get in!) Thunder's Edge Online Tournament 2 signups start on September 23rd at 11AM Eastern/15:00 UTC (Join patreon at any tier to get in!) Check out Through the Wormhole Podcast: https://podtail.com/podcast/through-the-wormhole/ We lub Hex&Co: https://www.hexnyc.com/ We lub Haven Games: https://thehaventabletop.com/ 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/ Art by Sun Sanders To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

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468: Will the kids get into Twilight Imperium? One teenager speaks on that!

This week Hunter is on the road and very busy working on personal and professional assignments! So instead of the usual episode Hunter sat down with Jadiim's daughter to talk to her about her experiences playing TI and having a dad who is so into the game. Consider this JJ's victory interview haha. 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/ Art by Sun Sanders To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

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467: The Ultimate Guide to THE MAHACT GENE-SORCERERS

It's Hunter and Blasto week as we sit down to talk about the big bad nasty boys of the TI Universe. The Gene-Sorcerers have long been the go to choice for hardcore players of Twilight Imperium so let me stress to you that this episode is absolutely essential for playing the game at a high level since even if you aren't playing the Mahact, it's a Mahact world out there so you better get ready. Have a great Gen Con to those that are attending! Come see our comedy show at Gen Con (July 30th 8PM): https://indianapolis.heliumcomedy.com/shows/371208 Come to our TF Tournament at Gen Con: https://www.gencon.com/events/320681 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/ Art by Sun Sanders To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

466: Road to the Finals 2026

This saturday, the Thunder will EDGE. We've got 6 wonderful finalists for an incredible game that I hope you for sure dig into. For this week, Hunter sat down with all of the Finalists to hear about their take on this wonderful game we all love. Special thanks to our Finalists: Denis, bambam, Will, Ultragainer, JadiimJedi, and Me (Myself) WATCH THE FINALS OF THE TOURNAMENT ON JULY 25th at 9AM Eastern/13:00 UTC over on https://www.twitch.tv/spacecatspeaceturtles Come see our comedy show at Gen Con (July 30th 8PM): https://indianapolis.heliumcomedy.com/shows/371208 Come to our TF Tournament at Gen Con: https://www.gencon.com/events/320681 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/ Art by Sun Sanders To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

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465: Every Action Card Ranked Part 1! (A-D)

Okay so this is a little bit crazy but Hunbun, Jadiim, and Blasto sat down recently to begin a long journey where they evaluate every action card and rank it on a tier list. They did not fully understand how big of a lift that would be and they only were able to cover Ancient Burial Sites through Divert Funding. There will be many more episodes on this but you should expect this one to take a while. Personally I think this is our magnum opus. WATCH THE FINALS OF THE TOURNAMENT ON JULY 25th at 9AM Eastern/13:00 UTC over on https://www.twitch.tv/spacecatspeaceturtles Come see our comedy show at Gen Con (July 30th 8PM): https://indianapolis.heliumcomedy.com/shows/371208 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/ Art by Sun Sanders To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

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464: Twilight's Fall and UK Intergalactical Tournament ANNOUNCEMENTS!

This episode summarized: 1. THERE IS GOING TO BE A UK INTERGALACTICAL SCPT TOURNAMENT JOIN THIS DISCORD (https://discord.gg/qt3Qj9qPyF) 2. THERE IS GOING TO BE AN ONLINE PATREON TWILIGHT'S FALL TOURNAMENT. SIGNUPS FOR YINSTERHOOD AND ABOVE TIERS ARE ON AUGUST 11th AT 11AM EASTERN US TIME. GALACTIC COUNCILORS AND ZINESTERS GET ACCESS ON AUGUST 12th AT 11AM EASTERN. WATCH THE FINALS OF THE TOURNAMENT ON JULY 25th at 9AM Eastern/13:00 UTC over on https://www.twitch.tv/spacecatspeaceturtles Come see our comedy show at Gen Con (July 30th 8PM): https://indianapolis.heliumcomedy.com/shows/371208 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/ Art by Sun Sanders To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

SCPT Interview: Council of Serpents with Joeri Hessels

Special bonus promo episode for y'all this week. I sat down with Joeri Hessels the Designer of Council of Serpents to talk about the game, it's a game about manipulative strategy card game. I've played it, it's sassy like we are so if that sounds interesting to you check out the interview! Support Council of Serpents on Gamefound: Council of Serpents Gamefound WATCH THE FINALS OF THE TOURNAMENT ON JULY 25th at 9AM Eastern/13:00 UTC over on https://www.twitch.tv/spacecatspeaceturtles Come see our comedy show at Gen Con (July 30th 8PM): https://indianapolis.heliumcomedy.com/shows/371208 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/ Art by Sun Sanders To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

463: The Ultimate Guide to THE BARONY OF LETNEV

Hunter and Jadiim are back in the lab again talking about another one of our most improved TI factions of the old times. It's the first of our original six factions in this cycle: THE BARONY. This episode actually features a lot of compliments for Dane which I feel like we don't do enough, he's the best though we lub Dane. WATCH THE FINALS OF THE TOURNAMENT ON JULY 25th at 9AM Eastern/13:00 UTC over on https://www.twitch.tv/spacecatspeaceturtles Come see our comedy show at Gen Con (July 30th 8PM): https://indianapolis.heliumcomedy.com/shows/371208 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/ Art by Sun Sanders To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

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462: The Ultimate Guide to Scoring and Tempo

This week, Hunter and Blasto dig into the ULTIMATE topic for winning this dang ol' game. Legit probably the only episode you ever need to listen to if you want to win more of your games. Please everybody get in here and let's change the way everyone plays this game so that we'll have to record a new episode that is about how to deal with everyone playing so good. WATCH THE FINALS OF THE TOURNAMENT ON JULY 25th at 9AM Eastern/13:00 UTC over on https://www.twitch.tv/spacecatspeaceturtles Come see our comedy show at Gen Con (July 30th 8PM): https://indianapolis.heliumcomedy.com/shows/371208 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/ Art by Sun Sanders To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

461: Hunter talks Matt and Hunter talk Winmaking (SCPT episode 203 COMMENTARY)

Hunter drove all of his stuff across the country and things were tough so this is your late episode this week. It's a commentary episode over an old POK era episode where Matt and Hunter had a discussion on winmaking. It's a weird one but it was the best I could do given the circumstances. Next week everything is back to normal I triple dog promise. Come see our comedy show at Gen Con (July 30th 8PM): https://indianapolis.heliumcomedy.com/shows/371208 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/ Art by Sun Sanders To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

460: Top Ten Thunder's Edge Rules Questions (DANE LOOK AT THIS)

This week Hunty needs a break while he prepares to shuffle his entire life across the country AGAIN, don't mind him this is just what he does. In the meantime Andcat was willing to sit down the old boy to have a whistlestop discussion of all of Thunder's Edge biggest unanswered rules questions. These would be great to get some feedback on whenever Dane gets some time to work on TI stuff but in the meantime let's just critique these two dorks while they grill through the ideas potluck style. Come see our comedy show at Gen Con (July 30th 8PM): https://indianapolis.heliumcomedy.com/shows/371208 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/ Art by Sun Sanders To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

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459: Every Generic Technology Ranked! (Part 2 of 2)

The boys are back in town! It's time to finish what we started with another blow-out discussion of all your favorite techs in Twilight Imperium. This week we get into the Level 2 and Level 3 techs along with all of the remaining Unit Upgrades. There are plenty of hot takes so please go nuts on telling us how much we got wrong, we'd just hate that ;P. Come see our comedy show at Gen Con (July 30th 8PM): https://indianapolis.heliumcomedy.com/shows/371208 Watch the Video version: https://youtu.be/lBBWcb8LUYg 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/ Art by Sun Sanders To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

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