

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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Jul 2, 2019 • 1h 7min
Ep 089: Player Profile - EJ
Daddy is away this week, so it’s up to your Show Buddy and Actual Daddy to steer the ship. And what better way than to do a player profile on our favorite guest host: EJ! EJ helped up commentate the finals of the tournament and makes regular appearances on the show, so it’s time to hear how he approaches Twilight Imperium.
If you’re attending GenCon, be sure to sign up for our GenCon LIVESHOW our GenCon LIVESHOW!
Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com
Join in on the discussion here, on our Discord, or at our Board Game Geek Guild. Connect with us on Facebook and Twitter. And send us your in game moments for Play of the Week! and This Imperium Life at spacecatspeaceturtles@gmail.com
We appreciate all of the feedback and discussion, but there are more ways you can contribute! If you want to join in and help us organize and record more games and tournaments, visit our Patreon

Jun 25, 2019 • 1h 51min
Ep 088: Promissory Notes Part 2
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Last week we were only able to cover *checks notes* FOUR promissory notes?! So now it is our duty to cover the remaining 17 faction promissory notes. Strap in, because it’s sure to be a bumpy ride.
If you’re attending GenCon, be sure to sign up for our GenCon LIVESHOW our GenCon LIVESHOW!
Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com
Join in on the discussion here, on our Discord, or at our Board Game Geek Guild. Connect with us on Facebook and Twitter. And send us your in game moments for Play of the Week! and This Imperium Life at spacecatspeaceturtles@gmail.com
We appreciate all of the feedback and discussion, but there are more ways you can contribute! If you want to join in and help us organize and record more games and tournaments, visit our Patreon

Jun 18, 2019 • 1h 24min
Ep 087: Promissory Notes Part 1
The Galactic Council has another great pick for you this month: Promissory Notes. These little things are something we notoriously had trouble analyzing early on in TI4, but now that we’ve had some time to sit with them, we’re starting to feel more confident with how to use them. There’s a LOT of meta-meat on these bones, so it’s not all going to fit in one episode!
If you’re attending GenCon, be sure to sign up for our GenCon LIVESHOW our GenCon LIVESHOW!
Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com
Join in on the discussion here, on our Discord, or at our Board Game Geek Guild. Connect with us on Facebook and Twitter. And send us your in game moments for Play of the Week! and This Imperium Life at spacecatspeaceturtles@gmail.com
We appreciate all of the feedback and discussion, but there are more ways you can contribute! If you want to join in and help us organize and record more games and tournaments, visit our Patreon

Jun 13, 2019 • 1h 26min
Ep 086: Dane Beltrami Interview 1.2
Dane Beltrami (designer of TI4) has a huge announcement, and he agreed to make it on our show. You’re not going to want to miss this episode where we dig deep into the details of the huge surprise Dane has brought us
If you’re attending GenCon, be sure to sign up for our GenCon LIVESHOW our GenCon LIVESHOW!
Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com
Join in on the discussion here, on our Discord, or at our Board Game Geek Guild. Connect with us on Facebook and Twitter. And send us your in game moments for Play of the Week! and This Imperium Life at spacecatspeaceturtles@gmail.com
We appreciate all of the feedback and discussion, but there are more ways you can contribute! If you want to join in and help us organize and record more games and tournaments, visit our Patreon

Jun 4, 2019 • 1h 20min
Ep 085: The Quest for Game 2
After some notes about a recent game with our Good Yin Brotherhood patrons, Matt and Hunter begin to lay out the case for the five games proposed to be our “game #2.” The poll is live now to all of our patrons, and we wanted to make sure people had an adequate understanding of each game so that their vote could be informed. We’re excited to add something alongside Twilight Imperium, we just need help figuring out what that something should be!
If you’re attending GenCon, be sure to sign up for our GenCon LIVESHOW our GenCon LIVESHOW!
Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com
Join in on the discussion here, on our Discord, or at our Board Game Geek Guild. Connect with us on Facebook and Twitter. And send us your in game moments for Play of the Week! and This Imperium Life at spacecatspeaceturtles@gmail.com
We appreciate all of the feedback and discussion, but there are more ways you can contribute! If you want to join in and help us organize and record more games and tournaments, visit our Patreon

May 28, 2019 • 1h 22min
Ep 084: 4 Player 14 Point with Muaat ft. Yin4Life
The Space Kitties have gotta thirsty. Only blood will quench their thirst. Blood or the tears of podcasters. This week’s episode is brought to you by Space Kitty Yin4Life, who took Hunter on a tortuous journey. The game was 14 points, 4 players, and Hunter was required to play as the Embers of Muaat. Joining him was Matt as the Winnu, Yin4Life as Sardakk N’orr, and UnalignedMagi as the Arborec. With E.J. as our stream host, this is the story of their suffering...
To sign up for our GenCon LIVESHOW, make sure to add our event to your GenCon wishlist!
Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com
Join in on the discussion here, on our Discord, or at our Board Game Geek Guild. Connect with us on Facebook and Twitter. And send us your in game moments for Play of the Week! and This Imperium Life at spacecatspeaceturtles@gmail.com
We appreciate all of the feedback and discussion, but there are more ways you can contribute! If you want to join in and help us organize and record more games and tournaments, visit our Patreon

May 22, 2019 • 56min
Ep 083: Future of the Show
We’re on the precipice of a new arc of the show, and it felt necessary to take the time to hold a bit of a shareholders meeting for all of our listeners and patrons. We’re planning some big changes, and as always, we want you to be a part of them. So please, check out this episode, and help give us your feedback so we can keep discovering new things with this show together.
To sign up for our GenCon LIVESHOW, make sure to add our event to your GenCon wishlist!
Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com
Join in on the discussion here, on our Discord, or at our Board Game Geek Guild. Connect with us on Facebook and Twitter. And send us your in game moments for Play of the Week! and This Imperium Life at spacecatspeaceturtles@gmail.com
We appreciate all of the feedback and discussion, but there are more ways you can contribute! If you want to join in and help us organize and record more games and tournaments, visit our Patreon

May 14, 2019 • 55min
Ep 082: GenCon Sign-ups and Monuments with Blarknob
It’s that time again! We are joined by our dear friend Blarknob so that we may yet again prepare for the GenCon Twilight Imperium Tournament. This episode gives the details of the setup for the GenCon tournament and how to sign up, as well as your hosts swapping notes with the most prolific TI moderator out there.
To sign up for the GenCon TI Tournament, add ONE of these events to your wishlist:
Thursday @ 8:00 AM
Friday @ 8:00 AM
And don’t forget to take a look at the trophies!
To sign up for the GenCon Casual games, hosted by blarknob, add these events to your wishlist:
Thursday @ 4:00 PM
Friday @ 4:00 PM
To sign up for our GenCon LIVESHOW, make sure to add our event to your GenCon wishlist!
Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com
Join in on the discussion here, on our Discord, or at our Board Game Geek Guild. Connect with us on Facebook and Twitter. And send us your in game moments for Play of the Week! and This Imperium Life at spacecatspeaceturtles@gmail.com
We appreciate all of the feedback and discussion, but there are more ways you can contribute! If you want to join in and help us organize and record more games and tournaments, visit our Patreon
And thanks for listening!

May 7, 2019 • 1h 31min
Ep 081: Expansion Wishlist Part 2
Part Two of our Expansion Wishlist kicks off with some errata. This whole episode is a mixture of your responses to the first part of our wishlist, some of your ideas, and some of ours. So join us on this wild adventure of pretending we actually have an expansion...
To sign up for our GenCon LIVESHOW, make sure to add our event to your GenCon wishlist!
Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com
Join in on the discussion here, on our Discord, or at our Board Game Geek Guild. Connect with us on Facebook and Twitter. And send us your in game moments for Play of the Week! and This Imperium Life at spacecatspeaceturtles@gmail.com
We appreciate all of the feedback and discussion, but there are more ways you can contribute! If you want to join in and help us organize and record more games and tournaments, visit our Patreon
And thanks for listening!

Apr 30, 2019 • 60min
Ep 080: Expansion Wishlist Part 1
It’s beach day! We’re gonna relax and have a fun conversation, per the request of our Galactic Council. This time around, the council has chosen our wishlist of everything we’d like to see in an expansion for Twilight Imperium Fourth Edition. Now, there’s a lot to cover here, which means this is just part one. And for next week’s episode, we want to include some of your wishlists, so be sure to get in on the errata!
Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com


