E-4: Running a Local Event, Review of Shatterpoint Balance Update
Release Date: 05/24/2025
E-22: Obi Wan Can Cause Cancer
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Our hosts spend too much time complaining about the ways in which General Obi Wan has affected their lives. Too much, and not enough therapy was had.
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E-21: Dia de los Bartlos, Shatterpoint CritCon Recap
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Special, Halloween Episode with Bartlow and Pooz, where they recap their adventure to Portland to play in the CritCon Shatterpoint event. Much talk of what was brought, how much fun was had, and how to irritate Obi players as much as sand irritates Anakin.
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E-20: Shatterpoint Learn to Play, and Learn to Love to Play
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Join our full cast again for discussion of local Cons where new players refresh their energy and fuel their fun tanks. The crew discusses learning how to turn the page on your game mastery and keeping focus on fun before the "meta".
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E-19: Shatterpoint Win Conditions & List Building, 2-less Legs, and Wookie Hygiene
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Join the spicey, new, and lanky hosts as they discuss how to evaluate if your shatterpoint list has any win conditions, or if its meant for the drain on the Melenium Falcon.
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E-18: Shatterpoint Strategy vs Tactics
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Join our hosts as they stumble through discussing strategy and goals of a shatterpoint game, and how they use and abuse tactics during gameplay.
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E-17: Inside the Mind of a Pun Artist, Shatterpoint List Building
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Join our hosts 2Legs, Pooz, and SirAche as they interview the beautiful mind of Bartlow the Punny. He share exploits of bounty hunter lists, his distaste for straight forward lists, and a knack for getting emotionally abused by 5 year olds.
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E-16: From the Outer Rim to Endor, Shatterpoint Smite Club Open
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Join our hosts as they discuss their latest gaming exploits in Shatterpoint, and Pooz's adventure to the Smite Club Open, where he was clubbed by the big kids and they took his lunch credits.
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E-15: Boss Games and Fish Tales, Fish tank View of Nova's Shark Tank
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Our hosts discuss recent games, a local event, and some of the biggest models driving the meta in Shatterpoint.
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E-14: Game Review round-robin, Movie Review Time: -5/+5 System Deepdive
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Join the hosts as they recap weekly games, and dig deep on a non-gaming detour of their most favorite movies and least entertained watches, with a custom rating system!
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E-13: Many Games with New Toys, Last of the GenCon Prep
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Overview 2Legs, Pooz, and SirAcha dive into miniatures gaming again. Starting with questionable art school stories, birthday celebrations with pink eye, and enough old man activities to warrant AARP memberships. Between flamethrower weed control and pickleball courts, they manage to squeeze in actual Shatterpoint discussion featuring new list experiments with Cassian, debates about Obi-Wan counters, and the challenges of playing into Republic. Key Moments 1:19 - Art School Critique Horror Stories 12:29 - New Moff/Grand Inquisitor List Testing 28:38 - Hunter/Lumi Anti-Meta...
info_outlineEpisode 4: Shatterpoint Tournament Recap & Balance Update Discussion
Overview
Join 2Legs and Pooz as they dive into their recent local Shatterpoint tournament experience and break down the massive balance update that AMG just dropped! From smooth tournament organization to the dramatic changes to beloved (and not-so-beloved) characters, the guys share their hot takes on what's working, what's not, and what might become the next meta Menace. Plus, hear about questionable list-building decisions, the eternal struggle of playing Ewoks, and why a certain host can't seem to win games despite years of trying.
Pithy Segments
1:08 - Tournament Recap : The silky smooth-running Eugene event and the Portland crew's visit
29:51 - Balance Update Intro : What changed, what didn't, and what should have
46:45 - Character Deep Dives : specific character changes including 3PO/R2-D2 finally becoming playable
55:40 - Anakin's Ridiculousness : new abilities and why he might be the new meta boogeyman
1:17:37 - Eternal Design Challenges : melee-only characters in tabletop games
1:38:38 - Final Thoughts : Winners and losers of the update, plus predictions for the local meta
1:54:23 - Green Room : The party after the party
Highlights
- Tournament organization tips and the joy of being a TO who gets to watch all the games
- Cassian's "This Town's Gonna Blow" ability is absolutely bonkers
- The hosts' ongoing debate about whether Bosch and Ewok supports are actually good (spoiler: they disagree)
- Why Darth Vader keeps showing up in expensive terrain boxes
- A promise to play the jankiest list possible: Bosch, two 7s, and Ewoks all together!