This week marks the first item on our list of topics Matt and Hunter are revisiting and re-examining. Tech hasn’t been covered extensively since Ep 004, and we’ve learned a lot about the game since then. So, in looking closer, we decided to focus on the importance of Optimal Tech Paths in TI4, and what that looks like for different factions. Stay tuned, because next week we’ll continue this conversation and look at the rest of the factions’ tech paths.   Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com

We sat down with Fantasy Flight’s Corey Konieczka and asked him about all things Twilight Imperium, from his beginning with the company to the development and reception of 4th edition. Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com

We made it through GenCon! This week is a recording we did the evening before the finals. We sat down with some of our close friends and crew members and broke now all of our favorite parts of GenCon and the Semifinals of the tournament. Afterwards, it’s just Hunter and Matt, giving a rundown of what you all hoped to see from GenCon, vs what we ended up actually seeing. Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com

GenCon is THIS WEEK and we are absolutely flipping our lids. We’re bouncing off the walls and going crazy in anticipation. So what follows is a recording in which we bottle our excitement and present it to you, capped and labeled with just the right level of carbonation. We hope you enjoy as we indulge a little and discuss what we expect from GenCon 2018. Afterwards, Matt does some solo errata on last week’s Win from Ahead episode.     Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com

So you’re playing Twilight Imperium, and things are going GREAT! You flown ahead in victory points but now the board is threatening to violently attack you, and it feels like you’re so close to victory. What do you do? Today, Hunter Donaldson and Matt Martens discuss what to do when the tides of battle start to turn and when the lead starts to feel more like a burden. Don’t give up! Let us show you how to win from ahead. Then, despite this whole episode sort of already being errata, we give you more errata on last week’s “win from behind” show. Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com

So you’re playing Twilight Imperium, and things are going south. You haven’t been able to keep up in victory points or you were just violently attacked, and it feels like the game is over for you. What do you do? Today, Hunter Donaldson and Matt Martens discuss what to do when the going gets tough. Don’t give up! Let us show you how to win from behind. Afterwards, there’s errata from our discussion on 5-player games. Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com

The Galactic Council has voted yet again! This time, Matt Martens and Hunter Donaldson discuss what all changes in Twilight Imperium when you knock the player count down to five. Before that is some brief discussion about the Game of Thrones Board Game (2nd Edition), and afterwards is errata on last week’s…”discussion” about a Twilight Imperium movie. Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com

We're gettin' pretty weird today. Main Pod-Daddy Matt is out this week so that leaves Pod-Daddy Hunter to pick up the pieces. So instead of getting anything done Hunter recruits frequent guest Alex to just talk about a TI movie? Yep. You love it when Hunter is in charge. You know you do.   Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com

We’re out of the First Round Strategies, and in the sprint to complete them all, we’ve been putting off giving you another This Imperium Life. So this week, we’re doing just that! Listen in for YOUR tales of betrayal, victory, ghost ships, and the color blue.   Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com

And so ends our journey through all 17 factions of Twilight Imperium. It was a long road, but we came out the other side with a lot more information than when we started, and so today Matt Martens and Hunter Donaldson have decided to analyze everything they've learned along the way. After discussing all of the guides, we'll discuss what's next for Space Cats Peace Turtles, and then, as usual, some errata! This time from the madness that was the Yin Brotherhood guide. Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com