Rand, Speedy, and Nathan unbox the new Twilight Imperium expansion and talk about some of the components!
Full video on the TI Junkies YouTube channel. The podcast version includes a short ASMR segment.
So what's the deal with the taboo practice that is winmaking? Is it ethical? Is it called for? Is it inevitable?
Here's what Rand and Big Al have to say about it.
Speedy and Drago discuss the final game of the Twilight Imperium tournament that just took place in Los Angeles, hosted by Space Cats Peace Turtles!
Speedy and Drago chat about the epic Twilight Imperium that just took place in Los Angeles, hosted by Space Cats Peace Turtles!
Rand breaks down her Mentak Coalition strategy and play style!
00:00 Intro to Mentak
01:10 Cruisers and Ambush
03:16 Pillage
05:28 Promise of Protection
07:13 Technology paths
10:36 Flagship and Mech
12:38 Agent
14:19 Commander
15:35 Hero
17:15 Round One Strategy Cards
18:05 Alternate Strategies and the Social Game
20:00 Upcoming TI Junkies Content
Matt and Henry chat about all things Mahact Gene-Sorcerers!
00:00 Intro to Mahact
05:30 Commander and late game shenanigans
14:58 Agent ‘Jae Mir Kan’
12:26 Hero ‘Benediction’
27:31 Mech ‘Starlancers’
32:49 Promissory Note ‘Scepter of Dominion’
34:13 Genetic Recombination
35:16 Crimson Legionnaires
37:01 Tech Paths
43:16 Flagship ‘Arvicon Rex’
44:59 Stopping Mahact as a table
51:36 Mahact in Alliance Mode
53:12 Outro
The first-ever TI Junkies Alliance Tournament has wrapped up! Rand and Henry break down some highlights of each game, then tease the next sanctioned event!
00:00 Intro
01:01 Alliance Game 1 Recap
05:30 Alliance Game 2 Recap
09:23 Alliance Game 3 Recap
17:05 Championship Game Recap
19:46 Online League Announcement
Rand & Nathan talk about when they think betrayal is warranted in Twilight Imperium, when they break non-bindings, and the magnitudes of different kinds of betraying.
3:55 Strategy phase/Speaker betrays
8:00 Mutiny potential
11:02 Nathan’s dream Hacan betrayal
11:56 Breaking non-binding deals
14:04 Rand’s dream Yssaril betrayal
16:33 Betraying hidden information
21:17 "Baby betrays"
26:42 Betraying a deal breaker
29:43 The worst betrayal you can experience in TI
Rand & Henry go over all the components that were announced for the upcoming Twilight Imperium expansion, Thunder's Edge, dropping this October!
03:06 Thunder's Edge Planet + Expeditions
04:33 Breakthroughs
07:29 The Fracture
09:45 Galactic Events
11:30 Five New Factions + Last Bastion Faction Sheet
15:51 Twilight's Fall (Franken Mode?)
17:16 Back of the Box
Rand & Kyle (kRuthless) talk about the methods of a Stoogemaster, all the while breaking down the Stooge for the Throne II championship game.
00:53 Stoogemastering in early game
05:39 kRuthless playstyle evolution
08:07 Mutual Stoogery with Karnal
11:09 Table heat
15:37 Talking less
16:39 Getting a loose support
24:02 Whispers on TTPG
29:31 Breaking down round 5 of the final
33:42 Game-winning deal with Drago
40:37 Advice to aspiring Stoogemasters
To celebrate the end of our Twilight Imperium Stooge for the Throne tournament, Speedy and Nathan walk us through some of their thoughts on the stooge-stoogemaster dynamic.
Rand & Henry talk all about Custodians—why they love it, what factions score it best, and the role it plays in your journey to ten victory points.
01:35 Custodians intro
06:40 Factions that love it
17:18 Strategy cards
20:18 Exploration
23:19 Reading the table meta
25:37 Rand’s custodian stories
29:00 Should you go for custodians?
Rand & Henry announce the first ever TI Junkies online Alliance tournament! They also review the variant rules from Codex II and answer related questions from community members.
00:00 TI Junkies S4 Ep 9 Recap
04:31 Alliance Tournament signups and details!
07:12 Draft and setup
08:36 Alliance rules questions
10:05 Transactions
11:58 Movement and control
15:26 Combat and unit abilities
17:32 Abilities and effects
Rand & Henry talk about the Alliance Game Variant, why they love it, their favorite faction combos, and the spiciest alliance moments from TI Junkies history!
They also announce the first ever TI Junkies ALLIANCE TOURNAMENT!
00:00 Introduction
01:13 Tournament Game 6 Recap
09:00 Alliance Variant overview
12:07 Why we love alliances
18:18 - Faction combos
26:02 - Combos we’d like to try
27:58 - Social dynamics
30:28 - Iconic junkie teams
35:17 - TI Junkies S4 Ep 9 teaser
Rand & Henry explore Codex IV and give their first reactions to all the included new TI content! Matt gives a recap of his tournament game, interviewed by Nathan.
00:57 Tournament Game 5 Recap
06:40 Codex 4 Relics
07:44 Circlet of the Void
11:42 Book of Latvinia
19:37 Neuraloop
25:08 X-89 Bacterial Weapon omega omega
29:18 Magen Defense Grid omega omega
33:19 Galactic Events
38:34 Liberation of Ordinian
Henry chats with the admin team of the upcoming Midwest TI Championship—a Twilight Imperium tournament that will take place in South Bend, Indiana, on June 21-22, 2025.
Also, a recap of this past Stooge For The Throne II game.
Midwest TI Championship - Eventbrite
01:10 Tournament Game 4 Recap
06:41 Midwest TI Championship intro
10:07 Joe and Monk’s TI background
15:03 Putting together the first tournament
20:59 Spiciest moments from last year
25:20 “Super Objectives” of the tournament
28:20 Goals for this year
33:45 Expecting Codex 4 in play?
38:55 Outro
Rand and Speedy chat about playing the Nekro Virus. Nicky gives a recap of their tournament game.
00:00 Tournament Game 3 Recap
07:11 Nekro and the Alastair
13:14 Rand loves the virus
17:58 Leaders
34:13 Galactic Threat
37:03 Early game
43:37 Mid game & late game
49:10 Nekro disasters
53:45 Final thoughts
Rand & Henry break down a game with the new Hidden Agenda scenario. Nathan gives a recap of his tournament game.
00:00 Tournament Game 2 Recap
07:27 Introducing Hidden Agenda
09:04 Rand's test game
12:28 Ixthian Artifact + Minister of Peace
16:35 Seed of An Empire + Economic Equality
19:48 Mutiny + Public Execution
25:00 Concluding thoughts on Hidden Agenda
Rand and Absol chat about the TI4 homebrew Absol Mod. Kevin gives a recap of his tournament game.
00:00 Tournament Game 1 Recap
06:58 Introduction to Absol Mod
09:56 Agendas
23:04 Relics
33:25 Techs
35:36 Game anecdotes
Henry and Rand discuss what they love about building the game map “rules as written” in Twilight Imperium and all the spicy gameplay it encourages.
01:35 Map build steps and Junkies history
05:24 Deals when map building
09:18 Faction-specific tiles
14:45 Mecatol desert vs Planet City
17:56 Blessings of a “bad slice”
24:05 Two-movement factions and equidistants
31:30 Randomized seating variant
