449: The Firmament/Obsidian Beginner's Guide

Space Cats Peace Turtles

Hunter Donaldson

Hobbies, Leisure:games, Leisure, Games

4.9 • 720 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2026

⏱️ 126 minutes

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This week we finally reach the end of our first pass on everything new included in the Thunder's Edge expansion! Only about six months to talk about everything. We've been very specific about it to, I think we've saved the best for last. The Firmament is far from the greatest faction but I think what they bring to the table is so fresh that it's just too exciting to ignore. So sit down with Me and Blasto as we wax poetic on what works and what doesn't and remember to keep an open mind, there was a time that factions like Arborec and Yin were considered bad and then as our understanding evolves we realize that they aren't bad, they're just mid. Maybe that will be the case here! The Old King's Crown Campaign page: The Old King's Crown Second Printing and New Songs of Home Expansion Music provided by Ben Prunty. Find more at benpruntymusic.com or benprunty.bandcamp.com Additional Music and Sounds by Brian Kupillas. https://wanderinglake.bandcamp.com/ Art by Sun Sanders To learn more about our Discord, Patreon, Merch, and more, visit https://spacecatspeaceturtles.com/

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0:00.0	This is Spacecats Peace Turtles, the unofficial podcast for Fantasy Flights Twilight Imperium.
0:12.5	Episode 449, The Firmament Obsidian Beginners Guide.
0:17.0	With music by Ben Prunty, art by Sun Sanders, produced by Shelton Brister, hosted by Hunter Donaldson, and featuring special guest El Blasto. This is why I don't do a player almost ever.
0:48.3	It's just length.
0:50.3	No, I mean, as you play more of this game, you, like, find ways to stop playing this
0:54.0	game.
0:54.6	Yeah, making it go faster.
0:56.7	Yeah, that's a good point.
0:58.0	Yeah, just like, just parrot it down, you know.
1:00.4	I guess it all comes from a philosophy of like wanting to play the game multiple times in a year.
1:07.3	Because I think really, especially originally in the CTP era, I think it was built
1:12.7	thinking, well, people are just going to get together to play this like once a year.
1:16.7	And then now we've really disrespected that idea in a major way.
1:20.9	We're playing it every weekend.
1:22.2	And I think that's kind of an unholy, unholy mixture.
1:25.9	And the eight player version of the game is absolutely still for those people that are
1:32.7	just meeting up that one time, you know, to have their day.
1:37.5	Yeah.
1:37.8	Yeah.
1:38.1	You're not, you're not really doing that to play the game.
1:40.0	You're doing to.
1:40.9	As an event.
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