Planning Phase Syndicate
Planning phase syndicate is a collective of X-Wing miniatures game players, sharing their experiences with the game. They will strive to bring you a variety of content from training and how to videos all the way to streamed games and hot meta-takes. The show’s focus Will be both to teaching new players as well as helping to hone those veterans skills. With fun, educational, and creative content, they will endeavor to add value to the listeners X-Wing experience. With some in-depth discussion, laughs, disagreements, and just plain rants they intend to provide content for the entire player spectrum from beginners to top table finishers. Start your planning phase with them and join the syndicate!
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This week the team dives into the latest spoilers that continue to show that this new set has promise and can change how we play Unlimited in the future.
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With Milwaukee around the corner, the team decides to dive into talking about prepping for premier and sealed events. They talk about what decks to play in premier while looking at the top 5 decks that have had success. They also review a sealed pool and build out a few decks. Lastly they cover some spoilers that they find exciting over the past week.
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This week we will be analyzing the Week 10 PQs along with a discussion on the Michigan PQ that we attended this weekend. We also have some sweet new spoilers we will talk about along with how we think they will fair in the new meta we are seeing start to shape up.
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This week we cover the latest results of Week 9 PQs. We also review the Legendary and Leader Spoilers we have received so far and discuss which ones we fell will be amazing and which ones are subpar.
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What a weekend we have had with a Sector Qualifier and numerous PQs. Tanner and JJ analyze the results as well as look at Top lists so you know what to expect at your next tournament.
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Join us for an episode where we analyze Sector and Planetary Qualifiers from this week. We deep dive into the statistics and probabilities of the decks being played and what you will see. We also speculate on the Lawless Time spoilers from FFG.
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This week JJ and Tanner decided to change up the show by hosting some rules trivia, talking about week 5 PQs and then some webcam play. JJ kicks the show off testing his SWU knowledge to determine if he could be a future judge. They move on to talking about four fun new lists that did well at the PQs this weekend. Rounding the show out JJ battles Tanner with two decks to see who will be the Webcam PPS champion this week.
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...With 2025 almost over, we reflect on what we hope FFG will give us for Set 7 as well as a wish list for next year. We also talk about the last couple of weeks of PQ results plus a few interesting lists. Lastly we talk about if we have a Yoda Data Vault problem and what is going on with the number one list.
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This week we cover the card pack changes, the results from week 2 of PQs, and some interesting lists we think you should try. We also provide our leader predictions for Set 7 Lawless in Time.
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With PQ season starting up for this set, we are excited to cover some new and old decks that won and made a splash. Join us to see if anything new has made waves and if we will be seeing some of Tanner’s predictions. We also talk about Alex’s Top 4 run at his most recent Sealed PQ.
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This week we are joined by Rain from Stone Rain Productions to talk about how to prep for PQs. We also discuss a few new interesting decks we have been playing with trying to find something off meta to take to locals. And we also cover some under utilized cards that we feel you should get some love.
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00:00 Intro!
09:20 PQ Prep
43:00 Under Rated Cards Discussion
01:10:00 Fun Decks Pt 2
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With the first major tournament of Secrets of Power wrapping up, we decided to cover some of the lists that came out of the BIATL this weekend. We talk about the top 8, review the lists from it and then talk about some of the innovations we saw. We will also cover 5 cool lists that came out of this weekend that we are excited to try. And if that was not enough we will do a short SWU trivia to see who gets the most correct answ...
Plot cards are the main focus for this new set so the team deep dives into each of the plot cards to determine if they are playable or not. They talk about which leaders they think would like them and which cards just do not make the cut. Then they release 5 new decks they have been testing with Set 6 to try and get a new meta deck to break in for this tournament season.
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00:00 Intro!
05:00 Podcast Update
08:00 Plot ...
With pre-release weekend wrapping up and the ramp up to store showdowns and PQ season, Tanner looks at some of the leaders that will be played at these events. He covers the recent PQ and Sector announcements and talks through what he will be prepping for. He also covers his pre-release weekend runs and what cards he thinks made the day better.
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00:00 Intro!
03:00 Pre-Release Weekend Recap
12:00 Pre-Release Impactful...
With Secrets of Power set to release next weekend, we decided to look at a few new lists that we think are hot. We also talk about our top 4 favorite cards from Set 6. And if that was not enough we also decided to do a prerelease guide for the cards we believe you should play this weekend.
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00:00 Intro!
06:00 Our Favorite Set 6 Cards
39:00 New Lists Part 1
01:08:00 Set 6 Pre Release Guide
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With all the cards released for set 6, we dive into which leaders from set 1 to 5 we think will get enhancements. We also provide our Tier Rankings for how powerful the Leaders will be this set. The team hash it out to decide which leaders they should start building with first.
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Spain Regional Qualifier is over and we have the results and some thoughts on the decks that made the Top 8. We also cover last week's SEC spoilers with a new leader that Sam is excited for and has been building decks for all week. We also will cover a new casual format that you can to locals which is fun and has made a splash recently.
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00:00 - 06:00 Intro!
09:00 - 38:00 Spain Regional Analysis
39:00 - 01:02_00 New ...
This week's episode is a little less diverse than normal but still jam packed with statistics and spoilers. We decided to cover the Portland Top 8 and look at the decks that made it, plus our thoughts on how the meta shaped up. We also cover a bunch of spoilers that have come out including a new Leader that has Tanner’s interest peaked.
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What a weekend it has been with 3 of the 4 Planning Phase Hosts making a Top 8 appearance at the Michigan PQ. We talk about our runs, what got us to the Top 8 and Alex’s Championship win. We also cover where the meta is at, and what has shown up for the first weekend after the force throw ban. Lastly we cover the new leader spoilers from the week before.
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With Force Throw Banned, we decided to deep dive into Han Solo SOR to talk about which color best suits him and if we can make force decks viable in this new meta. We also cover a few of the spoilers that came out this week talking about a new leader Tanner predicted last set. Lastly we kick off our Designer Interview series with Kevin Wison as we talk about cards games, board games, and designing the best game possible.
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