

Space Cats Peace Turtles
Matt Martens and Hunter Donaldson
An unofficial podcast for fans of Twilight Imperium and other strategy board games. Each episode is a humorous analysis of mechanics and strategies for new and experienced players alike!
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Dec 10, 2025 • 2h 12min
434: Ral Nel Consortium Beginner's Guide
I hope you like lizards and or geckos because Hunter and Jadiim Jedi are back to dive into our next brand new faction, the Ral Nel!
These funky geckos like to shrink down their structures and fly them around to wherever they feel like it. I love them!
I think plenty of you all will love them too.
Also we've got some errata from our Crimson Rebellion guide so check that out too!
Signups for our first online Thunder's Edge tournament are LIVE!
Subscribe to the patreon to get in on the action!
https://www.patreon.com/spacecatspeaceturtles
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
To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

Dec 3, 2025 • 2h 20min
433: Twilight's Fall Ability Deck Overview (Part 1 of 2)
Hunter and Blasto are back for the first half of an extremely in-depth discussion overviewing the Ability Deck for Twilight's Fall. This deck has an overwhelming number of cards and is the real backbone of this new mode so I would consider this conversation essential for understanding the potential strategy that this game mode unlock. The second part of this discussion will drop in January, we decided to split it up because it was looking to be an incredibly long episode and we'd love some more time to think about the ability deck! Feel free to hit us with some errata on this one and we'll get to it in part 2.
Signups for our first online Thunder's Edge tournament are LIVE!
Subscribe to the patreon to get in on the action!
https://www.patreon.com/spacecatspeaceturtles
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
To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

Dec 1, 2025 • 8min
SCPT Intergalactical Orlando Florida Announcement! (In-person TI Tournament)
Your next intergalactical tournament is locked in!
We'll be at The Haven Games in Casselberry, FL on March 13th through the 16th 2026!
Weird Bear and Findergardner Pre-Sale will be on December 16th at 11AM Central!
General tickets will go on sale January 1st at 11AM Central!

Nov 26, 2025 • 1h 51min
432: Thunder's Edge New Action Cards Overview
It's a Hunter and JadiimJedi episode! Expect it to go long and feature lots of tangents. This week we're taking a look at all the new action cards added to Thunder's Edge (We'll do a separate episode for the Twilight's Fall cards don't you worry). Also reminder! Many of the codex ACs also got makeovers so expect us to cover that as well. Someday we'll do another episode about the entire AC deck and I hope on that day you will witness the first 7 hour SCPT episode.
Signups for our first online Thunder's Edge tournament are LIVE!
Subscribe to the patreon to get in on the action!
https://www.patreon.com/spacecatspeaceturtles
Qualifier Slices:
It's Gashlai O'clock | 26,28,115,43,19
Fisherman's Horizon | 39,110,62,49,63
The Bellagio | 79,109,107,47,74
Triples is Best | 102,76,111,114,48
The Tempestations | 40,108,100,44,37
A Starpoint in your Starpoint | 113,27,99,46,24
Atlas "Shrugged" | 64,73,67,42,59
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
To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

Nov 19, 2025 • 1h 49min
431: The Ruby Monarch and Radiant Aur Beginner's Guide
This week on SCPT, we dig deep into two of the Mahact Kings of the Twilight's Fall Game Mode! Can you believe we're doing faction guides for these Mahact Kings which only have two faction abilities? How ever will we manage????
Signups for our first online Thunder's Edge tournament are LIVE!
Subscribe to the patreon to get in on the action!
https://www.patreon.com/spacecatspeaceturtles
Map of the week goes to Bells with the "Brainiac" Map:
101 19 63 114 48 37 76 80 31 40 74 47 27 24 105 50 113 107 0 39 59 0 72 46 0 97 62 0 115 102 0 34 61 0 100 44
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
To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

Nov 12, 2025 • 2h 30min
430: Crimson Rebellion Beginner's Guide
Okay well here we are. The first of the new wave of guides for Thunder's Edge. For this first pass we'll be going over each of the new factions over the course of several months. This first guide features Hunter and Blasto breaking down the components for the Crimson Rebellion and pondering the deeper implications of their strategy. It's definitely not our last word on the matter but it's a great starting point.
We have our first online tournament coming up, signups start TODAY at 16:00 UTC/11AM Eastern!
Subscribe to the patreon to get in on the action!
https://www.patreon.com/spacecatspeaceturtles
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
To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

Nov 5, 2025 • 1h 30min
429: Twilight's Fall Strategy Card and Edicts Overview
This week Hunter and Alec sit down to overview the Twilight's Fall Strategy Cards and talk about the Edicts! It's a great episode for gearing yourself up for any upcoming Twilight's Fall game.
We have our first online tournament coming up, signups start on November 12th at 16:00 UTC/11AM Eastern!
Subscribe to the patreon to get in on the action!
https://www.patreon.com/spacecatspeaceturtles
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
To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

Nov 3, 2025 • 38min
Bonus: SCPT Patreon Tournament 8 Announcement and Details!
CLARIFICATION: Several times in this episode (and in the ad) I mention that the signups start on November 12th at 16:00UTC/NOON Eastern which is incorrect. I meant to say that signups start on the 12th at 16:00UTC/11AM Eastern.
Hello! Special bonus episode for you today. Hunter is here solo to explain to you how and WHEN to sign up for our first Online Tournament for Thunder's EDGE. Also we go through an overview of the tournament rules for new and returning competitors.
Subscribe to the patreon to get in on the action!
https://www.patreon.com/spacecatspeaceturtles
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
To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

Oct 29, 2025 • 3h 30min
428: Breakthroughs and Synergies RANKED
Yo this week, Hunter and JadiimJedi sit down to rank and discuss all 25 breakthroughs for the old factions. It's a blow-out discussion that essentially covers the entire game in brief excluding the newest factions. Also for the first 45 minutes we review the new rules for breakthroughs and synergies in an attempt to clear up some confusion. HAVE FUN! Thunder's Edge, forver.
For Twilight Imperium Tournaments and SCPT live-shows, click here:
https://linktr.ee/spacecatspeaceturtles
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
To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

Oct 22, 2025 • 1h 38min
427: Twilight's Fall Rulebook Analysis
Hunter and Alec are seating down for a read along! This time we're diving into the Twilight's Fall rulebook to cover what this great alternate game mode is going to offer us. If you found the previous reveal episode confusing this episode should clear a lot of what the mode is actually about up, however even this discussion is just the beginning of our coverage! Enjoy and remember this Friday Hunter will be streaming his first official gameplay video for Thunder's Edge on twitch!
For Twilight Imperium Tournaments and SCPT live-shows, click here:
https://linktr.ee/spacecatspeaceturtles
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
To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/


