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PODCAST

Space Cats Peace Turtles

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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01:43:23

188: Victory Points and Objectives Part 2

Space Cats Peace Turtles ·

2021/04/14

The conclusion to last week’s cliffhanger, we wrap up discussion on every objective in the game, and spend some time analyzing what the structure of all of these points means for the pace of winning. When and how should you be trying to score your 10 victory points? What is a “free” point? Also there’s some errata at the beginning here about the Galactic Council episode we recently published and the...disagreements that have grown around it. 0:40 - Errata for 187 “Is Arborec the Worst

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01:05:50

187: Is Arborec Still the Worst?

Space Cats Peace Turtles ·

2021/04/13

Lot of assumptions in that title that I'm sure will get some responses on its own. Regardless, this is our first Galactic Council episode in our new format! This is an unprepared episode where Matt and Hunter blindly approach a topic and see where the conversation takes them. It was wildly fun to do, so we hope you enjoy it and look forward to future Galactic Council episodes. Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com To learn more about our Discord,

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01:40:50

186: Victory Points and Objectives part 1

Space Cats Peace Turtles ·

2021/04/06

The fact that we’ve never done an episode specifically about Objectives and Victory Points is either a huge misstep, or completely unnecessary. But here’s one anyways! This is part one where we go over all of the types of victory points, and cover our first section of objectives: Control Objectives. We talked way too much, and so this episode turned into a two-parter. Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com To learn more about our Discord, Twitter,

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02:09:42

185: Naaz-Rokha Alliance Introduction

Space Cats Peace Turtles ·

2021/03/30

With all of the recent episodes about Exploration and Relics, we were clearly building up to SOMETHING. And that something is finally here. The Naaz-Rokha Alliance are white hot right now, so we’re already overdue for introducing them. Spoiler: they’re a really good faction and you probably didn’t even need us to tell you how to do well with them. Patience’s Tech Path Guide 4:02 - Root: Underground Duchy Errata 14:30 - Naaz-Rokha Alliance Overview 55:25 - Strategy Cards 1:16:59 - Exploration 1:26:09

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01:56:26

184: Root - Learning the Underground Duchy

Space Cats Peace Turtles ·

2021/03/24

Today we get to complete the meat of our Learning Root episodes (don’t worry, we have more planned!) by learning the Underground Duchy. A faction of order and structure, fittingly, has many detailed ways of playing. Here, we cover what we believe to be one of the safest and easiest to pick up Duchy strategies, saving some of the more complicated stuff for the future. 6:30 - Ep 183 Errata (Relics and Legendary Planets) 15:40 - Learning the Underground Duchy 20:34 - Setup and Abilities 30:28 -

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01:43:08

183: Relics and Legendary Planets

Space Cats Peace Turtles ·

2021/03/16

Exploration has been sufficiently covered, but we left Relics on the table. There’s only a handful of them to cover, so to round out the episode, we’re also squeezing Legendary Planets into the discussion for today’s component episode. Stick around to make sure you hear about all 13 relics in Prophecy of Kings! 7:21 - Nomad Introduction Errata 15:54 - Legendary Planets 42:03 - Relics 1:14:21 - Still talking about Relics 1:29:15 - Our affinity for Prophecy of Kings and all its new cool stuff Music

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02:14:42

182: The Nomad Introduction

Space Cats Peace Turtles ·

2021/03/09

We’ve done a close look at the Nomad before, but that was back in the before-times when we were only being given a teaser of them by Dane. Now we’ve had time to sink our teeth in, and so, we can now present our Introduction to the, by far, coolest new faction in the game. They drive a Volkswagen around the galaxy while traveling through time, what more could you ask for? 4:36 - Exploration Errata 12:49 - The Nomad Introduction 17:22 - Overview 57:37 - Strategy Cards 1:18:07 - Problems 1:19:42 -

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01:51:36

181: Exploration

Space Cats Peace Turtles ·

2021/03/02

It’s time to explore more Prophecy of Kings mechanics! And what better topic than Exploration? It’s the major new mechanical introduction in the expansion and has made the early game vastly different from Base game. This episode doesn’t get into Relics yet, but we discuss the four Exploration decks and what to expect from each of them. 5:20 - Fractured Void Review Errata 10:17 - Exploration Overview and Relic Fragments 23:54 - Exploration Deck Composition and Analysis Music provided by Ben Prunty

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01:57:30

180: The Fractured Void Review

Space Cats Peace Turtles ·

2021/02/23

What a delightful change of pace the Galactic Council has granted us this month! After some delay, we finally got to spend some time talking about the Twilight Imperium novel, The Fractured Void. We aren’t necessarily literary critics, and we aren’t even experts in TI lore, but we read the book and here’s what we think! 11:55 - Root: Corvid Conspiracy Errata 19:46 - Fractured Void Review - No Spoilers 41:44 - Fractured Void Review - Spoilers Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at

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01:44:13

179: Root - Learning the Corvid Conspiracy

Space Cats Peace Turtles ·

2021/02/16

After some quick Tournament Structure errata, we finally get to sink our teeth into the Underworld expansion talking about the Corvid Conspiracy. We’re on record saying the Lizard Cult is a bad faction, but we didn’t realize how bad it can get. The Corvids can certainly shine, but what we’ve seen from the tournament is a faction that is easy to stop and just enough self-balancing that it can be hard to find your footing. But let’s learn them so you can make your own judgement! 4:20 - Ep 178 Errata

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01:24:09

178: PoK Tournament Sign Ups and Structure 2021

Space Cats Peace Turtles ·

2021/02/09

Twilight Imperium tournament season is upon us and Hunter and Matt are officially freaked out. There are clearly a lot of people vying for a spot in the upcoming Patreon tournament, so today we decided we needed to set the record straight on the structure of the tournament and give some important sign up information. This is one of those episodes that exists in the moment and won’t really be listenable in even just a couple months, but...it’s important information! And if you don’t care about that

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01:16:57

177: PoK Tech Overview

Space Cats Peace Turtles ·

2021/02/03

As part of the groundwork for truly learning about all of the new things brought to us by Prophecy of Kings, we wanted to take time to break down the new tech and talk a bit about how tech paths have changed, generally, since base game. This episode doesn’t dig into any faction tech, as we’ll do that in faction overviews, but it’s a basic look meant to familiarize us with generic tech. Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com To learn more about our

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01:24:31

176: Our Favorite Factions and Why

Space Cats Peace Turtles ·

2021/01/27

The galactic council took it easy on us this month. We get to relish in the casual conversations of our current favorite factions. But we took the opportunity to touch on some other topics as well, like how the meta might evolves over the next year, how War Suns might fare, and what to do about “powerful” factions. 42:50 - Titans of Ul Introduction Errata Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com To learn more about our Discord, Twitter, Patreon,

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01:55:17

175: Titans of Ul Introduction

Space Cats Peace Turtles ·

2021/01/20

The day of awakening is finally upon us. We have risen from the Buzzfeed slumber and come to you prepared to begin covering the factions as they stand in Prophecy of Kings. First up, we wanted to go a little easy on ourselves, so we have a Titan of Ul introduction. They’re a good faction. Maybe too good. Time will tell... Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com To learn more about our Discord, Twitter, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit

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01:40:15

174: Root - Learning the Riverfolk Company

Space Cats Peace Turtles ·

2021/01/13

The Root Patreon Tournament is officially underway and officially sponsored, so what better way to celebrate than an unofficial episode about how to learn to play the Riverfolk Company? These otters are significantly more versatile than their expansion companions the Lizards, but in some ways require just as much skill to comprehend all of the tools in your kit. 6:58 - Abilities & Setup 10:50 - Company Economy 14:06 - Services 30:36 - Trade Posts 33:58 - Birdsong 39:31 - Daylight & Evening 56:40

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01:20:05

173: 2021 Season Premiere

Space Cats Peace Turtles ·

2021/01/05

We kick off our Root tournament this weekend, which means the show is about to get crazy busy! So, we decided it was important to set the table for 2021 and go over how we plan to structure future episodes as well as the changes made to the Patreon. Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com To learn more about our Discord, Twitter, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

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21:33

172: 2020 Holiday Spectacular

Space Cats Peace Turtles ·

2020/12/29

This year’s Holiday Spectacular stream took a lot out of us, and there are so many other things going on that we have a rather short episode for you. It’s a salt filled trip taking a look at what happened, and how we intend to get even next year... Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com To learn more about our Discord, Twitter, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

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02:02:14

171: 100% First Annual Prophecy of Kings Faction Tier...

Space Cats Peace Turtles ·

2020/12/22

It is a time-honored tradition around these parts to wrap up the year with a Faction Tier List. But the whole game just changed and there’s no way any of our thoughts are going to be any good in a year, so we decided to get a little loose with this year’s tier list. So, we present the 100% First Annual Prophecy of Kings Faction Tier List but it’s not a tier list, it’s a Hootenanny, and it is infallible and perfect. #NailedIt Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or

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01:37:04

170: Flagship Tournament 2

Space Cats Peace Turtles ·

2020/12/16

This is a weird one, brought to you by our Galactic Council patrons! It’s the return of the infamous Flagship Tournament, where all of the flagships fight in head to head matches with arbitrary complicated rules! Who will be crowned the greatest flagship of them all? Jokes on you, we rigged it! Anyways, this episode is also available in video form on our YouTube and I highly encourage you to go experience it there! Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or

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01:11:52

169: Tournaments Aplenty

Space Cats Peace Turtles ·

2020/12/11

Tournament Season is officially on the horizon, and to get things moving, we have business to attend to! This episode covers everything you need to know to get signed up for the upcoming Root tournament as well as loads of information about the 2021 SCPT Twilight Imperium Patreon Tournament. We talk new draft rules, the new time limit rules, and a bit about the Prelims map. I hope you like tournaments, because THAT’S MY WHOLE LIFE NOW. Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com

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