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 Wes...
Episode 361 - Chatting with the Champ STO 2025
This 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 Standard loadouts coming from the XWA.
Sith Taker Open 2025
https://www.longshanks.org/event/22439/
Gdansk PSO X-Wing Championship 2024
https://longshanks.org/event/15021/
Cast - Rich, Ben, Liam, Tim and special guest Dom Flannigan
Producer - Tim
Recorded 10/02/2025 via Discord
Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith
Outro - Mingle Game Song “Round and Round” Lyric Video | Squid Game: Season 2 | Netflix
Used without permission - it's just for fun!
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STO 2025 Round-up
Episode 360 - STO 2025 Round-up
We'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 events surrounding the main event! And of course the people who made the event such a success and a lot of fun for all involved!
Sith Taker Open 2025 - 136 player XWA points
https://www.longshanks.org/event/22439/
Sith Taker Open Day 2 - AMG GT - 57 players
https://www.longshanks.org/event/22440/
Sith Taker Open Day 2 - XWA Doubles
https://www.longshanks.org/event/22475/
Cast - Rich, Ben Liam and Tim
Producer - Tim
Recorded 03./02/2025 via Discord
Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith
Outro - Mingle Game Song “Round and Round” Lyric Video | Squid Game: Season 2 | Netflix
Used without permission - it's just for fun!
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Getting ready for The Big Show!
Episode 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-event social on the Friday, Swiss with potential play-in round on Saturday and then Top 16 plus side events on the Sunday! Find out some of what will be going on this weekend in this weeks show!
Plus don't forget to tune in to the final ever live stream from Firecast Focus who will be covering the event for your viewing pleasure! https://www.twitch.tv/firecastfocus (check them a sub/prime sub as a thankyou if you can!)
We round out the show covering AMG GTs from Canada and Australia plus an XWA points event from Germany!
It's a Trap - Kiepencon 2025 - Germany XWA Points
https://www.longshanks.org/event/22675/
AMG X-Wing Grand Tournament @ CANCON 2025 - Canberra, Down Under
https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1822
OFFICIAL AMG X-WING GRAND TOURNAMENT - Ontario, Canada
https://www.longshanks.org/event/22124/
Cast - Rich, Ben and Tim
Producer - Tim
Recorded 27/01/2025 via Discord
Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith
Outro - Big Show Entrance Video - WWE
Used without permission - it's just for fun!
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312 Conquest Series
Episode 358 - 312 Conquest Series
This 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.
And finally we cover the recent XWA events from Poland and France.
312 Conquest Series info
https://tinyurl.com/frvc74kd
LVO day 1
https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1932
LVO day 2
https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1934
LOV Top Cut
https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1931
Poznan X-Wing Store Championship 2024 PSO
https://www.longshanks.org/event/15026/
Tournoi Orleans Wargames Janvier 2025
https://www.longshanks.org/event/21708/
Cast - Rich, Liam and Tim with special guest Nick Sperry
Producer - Tim
Recorded 20/01/2025 via Discord
Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith
Outro - The Jungle Book - I Wanna Be Like You
Used without permission - it's just for fun!
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Changing of the Guard
Episode 357 - Changing of the Guard
This 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 Nottingham
23 player AMG event
https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1857
NWA Jan event 2025 TTBromley
11 Player XWA event from TTBromley
https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1954
So long.. and thanks for all the ships!
16 Player XWA Event from the Netherlands
https://rollbetter.gg/tournaments/1867
And for the 22 player XWA event from Weston-super-mare Games Bunker... you'll just have to listen because Richard G fellout with Longshanks! :D
Cast - Rich, Ben and Tim
Producer - Tim
Recorded 06/01/2025 via Discord
Intro - Obi Wan 'hello there' from Revenge of the Sith
Outro - Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin' (Official Audio)
Used without permission - it's just for fun!
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, list creation and tweaking, meta breakdowns, and much more.