Strengthen Bonds: an async Twilight Imperium podcast

Episode 12 - Flight of Fancy Became An Agent by Strengthening Bonds

Flight of Fancy joins the show to talk Argent Flight, playing factions that aren't strong, beating BLT in a Ministers game with the Strengthen Bonds secret, and whether BLT likes mayo on his BLTs.
0:55 - Async Rank Update1:53 - Flight of Fancy joins the show3:00 - Getting into TI4 and Async TI46:20 - On playing fast8:01 - Argent Flight (of Fancy)12:55 - Argent's starting tech (and why you should go green/yellow)19:58 - Tech of the week: Neural Motivator24:02 - Does BLT put mayo on his BLT?25:37 - Async TI and parenting28:54 - Bot updates

Episode 11 - Tournament 2 Semifinals and Fog of War

BLT congratulates the Tournament 2 Semifinalists, invites you to play F(r)og of War, and fails to invite a guest or to make progress on his faction tier list.
1:42 - Best thing I saw this week - Tournament 2 quarterfinals are finished
3:47 - Weird game mode of the week - Fog of War
10:43 - Tech of the week - Predictive Intelligence (gah!)
14:52 - Weird rules thing of the week - Spatial Conduit Cylinders + PDS II
17:05 - Various updates
 
 

Episode 10 - BLT’s D Tier Factions

BLT wishes you a happy new year, shares another edge case that makes Crown of Thalnos almost good, and starts off his Faction Tier List with his D Tier factions.
1:12 - Best thing I saw this week
1:29 - Weird game mode of the week: Pally's Ixthian Variant
3:17 - Tech of the week: Hyper Metabolism
6:09 - Weird rules thing of the week: Letnev and Sol agents can improve Crown of Thalnos!
8:40 - BLT's Faction Tier List! D Tier: 25) Barony 24) L1Z1X
14:53 - Various Updates

Episode 9 - Kyle Can Be Ruthless

kRuthless (Kyle) joins the show to talk about pbd1, Ghosts, Mentak, burnout, and being ruthless on the board and friendly above it!
0:45 - pbd266 finally finished!
2:34 - kRuthless joins the show!
4:01 - How did you join the async community? (and pbd1)
8:46 - Burnout and knowing how many async games to be in at once
13:48 - Being a different persona in-game vs in real life
17:14 - Being more "ruthless" in response to having too much heat
29:31 - Ghosts tips
36:33 - Mentak tips (written version in show notes)
47:10 - Tech of the week (Transit Diodes)
51:27 - Shoutout to the Lone Star Galactic Council Tournament (Jan 13-14 in Texas, see show notes for discord invite)
52:10 - Various Updates
 
Show notes:
Rough Mentak Guide from kRuthless: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1--oDRBYUV61y-f3b7HU-TSC-riEzesQPIYhfcxJG5bY/edit?usp=sharing 
Lone Star discord for the tournament: https://discord.gg/Apbc9Ps2
 

Episode 8 - No Player is an Island

BLT goes solo again to talk about the server feeling both fast and slow, solo TI, and the first Async Rank - Agent.
0:40 - intro on the server feeling slow and fast, pbd266, and an IRL game
5:19 - Best thing I saw this week
6:04 - Weird game mode of the week - "Solo Mode" by BigAlCupaChino and Hadouken
9:35 - Tech of the week - Scanlink Drone Network
12:29 - Various updates - OfficialDaveAcct is the first Async Rank - Agent!

Episode 7 - Chassit Loves Light Gray

Chassit joins the show to talk about Async Tournament 2, taking home systems (or not), 3D maps, and Bio-Stims! And BLT continues to learn how to edit audio.
0:30 - Chassit joins the show
1:35 - Chassit's playstyle
2:15 - Do you expect to need to take somebody's home system?
3:39 - Async Tournament 2
4:38 - Homebrew flourishing on the server
7:30 - Recent Tournament 2 winners
7:55 - Tournament 2 slice design principles
12:44 - Teaser: Tournament 2 winner prize!
13:56 - Tech of the week: Bio-Stims
18:40 - Weird game mode of the week: Chassit's 3D map
27:14 - Various Updates
28:36 - Outro
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Show notes
3d map picture from Chassit: https://discord.com/channels/943410040369479690/1170157778652909658/1178120132531339394 
Production math in bot: https://discord.com/channels/943410040369479690/958008111250145370/1181084189219627050 
Async tournament stats in the pins here: https://discord.com/channels/943410040369479690/1159457513809379358
 

Episode 6 - Argocontrol plays a lot of async TI

BLT welcomes Argocontrol to the show to talk about playing a lot of games and the TIGL ranks, plus — intro music!
0:33 - Best thing I saw this week (6 Z'eus per round)
1:56 - Argocontrol joins the show!
3:21 - The Argocontrol origin story
4:06 - Joining too many games
5:45 - TIGL chat
13:17 - Weird game mode of the week - Oath of Kings mod from Jangles
15:36 - Tech of the week - Integrated Economy
18:06 - Weird rules thing of the week
19:51 - Various updates
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Rules for Oath of Kings mod from Jangles: https://discord.com/channels/943410040369479690/1174346025754955828/1174881894333161573TIGL ranks: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQZqau3XQ_Cw0Ayl1LubodcJiLuf-jmp4rGTY0sEzVPSo0TFyVKQtttFnQZhzbKjGEDanPfdMZfruHR/pubhtml Image with all available colors: https://discord.com/channels/943410040369479690/958008111250145370/1178383697788014703

Episode 5 - Muaat and Cabal Love, and Winning on Accident

BLT professes his love for Muaat, new tournament semifinalists and ministers, and PupRock joins the show to talk about how cute the Vuil'raith are. 
0:17 - Muaat love
1:26 - Best thing I saw this week (Kolione winning on accident -
https://discord.com/channels/943410040369479690/1174301137768288336/1174425239778758656)
3:26 - Weird game mode of the week (Gunboat Diplomacy - pbd1445, Oops All Ixthian)
5:25 - Tech of the week (Magen Defense Grid Omega)
8:12 - Kid insight of the week (Vuil'raith are cute, featuring PupRock)
9:23 - Various updates
 
 
 

Episode 4 -The First Ministers

0:35 Errata 
2:07 Best thing I saw this week - Tactical Bombardment
3:39 Weird game mode of the week - Odds and Evens
6:18 Tech of the week - Stroter 2!
9:14 Weird rules thing of the week - Crown of Emphidia scoring timing
10:46 Server updates
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Song of the Stroter from Brassbird:
Github links to the async bot:
https://github.com/AsyncTI4 
https://github.com/AsyncTI4/TI4_map_generator_bot

Episode 3 - Async Ranking and Arborec custodians

BLT talks about TIGL, the Twilight Imperium Global League, and how much he loves Arborec. 
0:00 Intro
1:12 Best thing I saw this week
2:16 TIGL and the new Async Ranking
6:25 Weird game mode of the week
8:08 Tech of the week - Sarween Tools
10:20 Weird rules thing of the week
12:20 Server updates