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This week Joe is joined by James (memephilosopher) who is the creator of TI4 Labs and the Async new UI. The second part in our maps/slices mini series. As a data/coding guy he gives us another analytical look at what draft should look like including drafting styles (including one you probably haven't heard of), how to draft well and then wider views on asnyc and TI strategy . Oh he's also American, and we discuss UK v US meta differences. Community Links:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - join the convo ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ - (extended) First Month 26% ENDS SUNDAY! ⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠ - info on in person events, ELO, and more ⁠Current ELO Rankings⁠⁠ Through the Wormhole Twitch⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Give us a follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠Wayland Games Affiliate link⁠⁠⁠⁠ - you can buy board games to support the pod Ep specific links:⁠⁠ TI4 Labs ⁠⁠Ti4 Labs Discord Old Kings Crown Online Jame's digital board game dev website

Episode 1 of 2 of our mini maps and slices series. This week we talk to Alessio, UK National Player, Data analysist, PhD student and all round swell guy. Alessio studied ~5000 async games to study what system was best and worst. If you want to draft well then this episode is a killer one with some surprise ones for sure! Sorry for the late ep, was up very late representing UK & Europe in the scpt tournament. Don't worry we won! Community Links:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠ - join the convo ⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠ - (extended) First Month 26% off, access for ELO rankings including october's bristol tournament! ⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠ - info on in person events, ELO, and more Current ELO RankingsThrough the Wormhole Twitch⁠⁠⁠ - Give us a follow ⁠⁠⁠Wayland Games Affiliate link⁠⁠⁠ - you can buy board games to support the pod Ep specific links:⁠Alessio's 40 Page report!⁠ ⁠Bristol Tournament Discord⁠

The final part of our Leeds Direct Hit coverage, Joe chats to two players who were reasonably new to Twilight's Fall and did not win or organise the event. Rather than being a beginners guide this episode explores how we feel it compares to regular TI. We also talk about our regular TI takes and give Moss (Leeds 2024 winner) to respond to accusations that he manipulates weaker players at the table. Community Links: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Through the Wormhole Twitch⁠ - Give us a follow ⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠ - First Month 26% off!!! ⁠⁠Website⁠⁠ - info on in person events, elo, and more ⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠ - join the convo ⁠⁠Wayland Games Affiliate link⁠⁠ - buy board games to support the pod Ep specific links: Community Game#1 Vod Leeds Tournament Sign Up Painting for minis and other games @burnstuff77 on instagram!

Washme? (aka Charlie) is not only a streamer and podcast host, he is also the first winner of R1 of the European Community Cup. We have analysis and hype galore in this episode. We cover his win as Mahact in R1 of the ECC where he talks Mahact play, TE components and his rivals. Then we cover other ECC matches, the upcoming community game and the (nearly upon us) October Bristol tournament. Community Links: ⁠Through the Wormhole Twitch Community Game #1⁠ ⁠Patreon⁠ ⁠Website⁠ ⁠Discord⁠ ⁠Wayland Games Affiliate link⁠ Ep specific links: ECC Async Game 1 (including Joe) ECC Async Game 2 Charlie's ECC twitch Vod

Twilight Imperium is so simple right? Whoever has most points on the track is the one we need to stop, right? WRONG! Walrusbeserker comes to give some propaganda as to why he should never be targeted ever. This episode explores how you as a player can calculate who is most likely to win. It considers points, point potential, support swaps, factions, map set up, relics, and way way way more. A great deep dive into how to analyse this beautiful complicated political game. Expect a tad bit of bad language Community Links: Attack the List, Walrus' new podcast Community Game #1 Patreon Website Discord Wayland Games Affiliate link

* before TE The Champion of the Leeds tournament makes his TTW debut to give his take on playing and winning TI games. Luke (aka Olg on discord) has an annoying habit of beating Joe at TI so this episode his a learning curve for him as much as the rest of you. We also discuss his challenge of winning with every faction and his opinion on Twilights Fall. Also includes ECC updates! Links: Community Games Launch Info⁠Community Game 1:The Muaat Rebllion ⁠sign up info⁠Our ⁠Website⁠Our ⁠Discord⁠Our ⁠Patreon Music by Tom Bellingham

Time to Twilight's Fall Through the Womrhole as we visit the the Leeds tournament. The tournament this year was Twilight's Fall which was a wild and chaotic ride with some amazing stories coming out of it. This week I am joined by the organiser Bezah (Ian) who tells us about the tournament structure and gives us some highlights, including the story about how one of us was eliminated!! (I wont tell you who, you will have to listen!) Updates include Community Games at the start and ECC at the end! Chapters (00:00) Intro (06:24) Welcome to Ian TO (09:01) Tournament Overview (19:38) Ian's Approach to Playing TI (26:37) Winners and Wooden Spoon (38:36) Ian's Games (49:19) Direct Hit 2027 (51:09) Quick-fire Qs (58:02) Wrap-UP (01:01:39) ECC updates Links & Other bits: Hicks Hall Leeds DiscordCommunity Games Launch InfoCommunity Game 1:The Muaat Rebllion sign up infoPainting for minis and other games @burnstuff77 on instagram!Our WebsiteOur DiscordOur Patreon

The European Community Cup Round 1 is underway, and Washme? has joined me to run through slices, player match-ups and streaming! We also dive into his games at London: Maneuvering Jets and our classic quick fire questions. This episode has tons of name drops and community shout-outs as we analyse all of you in the ECC and Washme?'s opponents at MJ. Chapters (00:00) Intro (02:39) Hello to Washme? (08:03) ECC Slices (18:45) ECC Player Match-ups (35:19) Streaming the ECC (41:09) Washme? at Maneuvering Jets (59:59) Quick-fire Qs Website⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon ⁠⁠

Interview with Hunter Donaldson from a little known podcast called Space Cats Peace Turtle. Joe and Hunter interview each other to learn about tournaments, meta, formats and random stuff including UK comedy & landmarks. This was maybe the week to have a week off podcasting given I have just moved house, but it was great content and seemed ideal to share! Website⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠European Community Cup Info⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon ⁠⁠

The girls have taken over the pod to disscuss Twilight Imperium from a partners perspective. I am joined by 4 gals whose partners all play TI, but they themselves do not (and some openly refuse!). They come on the pod to explain what they like and don't like about our wonderful game. Expect plenty of laughing, a tiny bit of bad language and some self reflection I'm not sure we are ready to hear! Oh, and waaayyy more chat about the Sims than you need. Episode starts with some ECC content - sign ups close this month! Website⁠ ⁠⁠⁠European Community Cup Info⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Patreon ⁠⁠

Samba is the new London Maneuving Jets champion! He played Embers of Muaat in both games to win the whole tournament and beat the reigning London, Bristol and National Champs to get there. In this epsiode we hear from a champion on how he approaches the game, negioations, playing Muaat and winning tournaments. Expect a very rational and intellectual approach to Twilight Imperium, definitely lots for us to learn from in here! Chapters (00:00) Intro to Samba (01:34) Embers of Muaat (13:55) The Grand Final (32:04) Day 1 Game (41:11) Final Thoughts (42:14) Guest Questions (50:11) Samba Wrap-Up (51:22) Out of the Wormhole ⁠ Website ⁠⁠European Community Cup Info⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Patreon ⁠

The Patreon memebers have spoken! As requested by our poll this episode reveiws (almost) all of the worlds major competitive tournments both in person and online. Through out Joe & guest Charlie share our views on what makes the plethora of tournaments so great and anecdotes from our experiences at them. Chapters (00:00) UK Nationals (10:48) London MJ & Draft Points (19:34) Online Events (26:15) European Events (34:04) Leeds & Bristol (42:29) Australia & USA (47:38) Final Thoughts (51:51) Wrap Up and Wind Down Our Website for events, discord and Patreon UK Nationals London Maneuvering Jets European Community Cup Bristol Tournament Discord Leeds Twilight's Fall Tournament Discord Danish Tournament Dutch Tournament Discord Italian Tournament Discord SCPT discord (surly doesn't need my promotion!)

Ral Nel are one of the most fun factions added in Thunder's Edge, they are also great and won the final of the UK National Championship. But what makes them good and how can you play them well? I have the national champ Ru-haul to explain all! This is a new strategy guide series called School, Degree and PhD . Where we give short strategy guides to factions broken up by difficulty. No longer do you need to watch a 3 hour YouTube video. Just turn up and jump in at the level that suits you. This episode is Degree. It's the intimidate lesson on Ral Nel. The last episode (Ral Nel Consortium: school) gave you the rules on how to play them, the Degree teaches basic strategy, strengths weaknesses and discusses some of the key questions you will have to consider. The advice here is almost always true. Coming soon is our PhD episode where we look at niche situations and high level plays. Chapters (00:00) Intro (02:03) Strengths & Weaknesses (07:21) Tech Paths (15:25) R1 Strategy Card Picks (24:01) Utilising Components (36:07) End Games (43:06) Drafting (51:03) Conclusion UKNC Info⁠ ⁠Regular Merch Store⁠ ⁠European Community Cup Info⁠ ⁠Patreon ⁠

WoW! So much is happening in the TI world! Tournaments, events, ELO rankings, and this podcast has some awesome stuff coming up. And I ask, Is There Too Much Twilight Imperium? This week I take a break from Maneuvering Jets content to update you all on everything that is happening in the UK TI scene. Whether you love this podcast, or thinking about coming to an event or just intrigued of what else is out there then this is for you. UKNC Info UKNC Tickets Custom Merch Form Regular Merch Store European Community Cup Info Patreon Leeds Tournament Discord Chapters (00:00) Intro (01:47) National Championships (05:15) Maneuvering Jets (06:25) European Community Cup (11:44) ELO Rankings (15:23) Leeds Tournament (15:59) Engagement Stats (17:11) What's Coming Up (19:38) Future Targets (21:15) Ways to Support (22:38) Wrap Up

Two-time London Champion Walrusberserker once again made the London final but for the first time in history was unable to win it! Having previously recorded an episode tilted 'How to win a TI tournament', he comes back to tell us How to Improve. An episode that spans, London stories, tactical analysis, improvement techniques and life advice. This really is a catch-all episode. We also include our Homebrew form review for the first time and chat National Championships! Chapters (00:00) Intro (05:46) Games at the London Tournament (24:45) How to Improve at TI (53:53) National Champs Chat and Final Thoughts (57:23) Homebrew review ⁠Join our discord ⁠for key updates ⁠Join the Patreon⁠ for exclusive benefits and tournaments ⁠Order a custom tournament T-shirt ⁠(deadline is noon Friday 24th of June 2026) ⁠Buy board games at Wayland Games⁠ and support the pod through this link