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Space Cats Peace Turtles

SCPT Interview: Elspeth SC on The Orlando Intergalactical (Why TI Tournaments ARE FUN)

Space Cats Peace Turtles

Hunter Donaldson

Hobbies, Leisure:games, Leisure, Games

4.9720 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

This week we've got a bonus episode to start the week off with. I sat down with the one and only Elspeth to talk about why the Orlando Intergalactical was such a fun time. In this episode we fully explore the dynamics of her games and we even spoil her final in as much detail as we can muster so beware spoilers for a game that you cannot watch anyways! It's a fun conversation and if you like the sound of all of this you should really think about joining in on the next Tournament in Kansas City! Come the Kansas City Tournament (June 5-7): SCPT Intergalactical Kansas City 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/

Transcript

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0:00.0

All right. Hey, everybody. It's a bonus up. This is not your usually scheduled programming.

0:25.9

Lately, we've been doing a lot of bonus episodes and they have been, you know, me talking to some game

0:30.2

designer who is talking about a new product. This is a little more insular, this one. This is a little

0:36.2

more about, you know, a thing that's, I would say

0:39.2

in progress right now that you can join in on if you can get yourself to Kansas City, June 5th, 6th, and 7th for

0:45.6

the final intergalactical of the first season. But we wanted to look back and talk about things that

0:51.7

have already happened. So I'm here with a special guest.

0:54.4

Many titles for this person.

0:57.1

Elspeth has helped me run every single intergalactical.

1:00.5

None of the tournaments would run as smoothly as they have.

1:03.1

And actually, at this point, you've embedded yourself so deep into the way that they run.

1:08.0

I'm not really even sure how they would work without you anymore. And you're also the winner of the Orlando Intergalactical. I'm joined by Elspeth. Hello. Hello. How you do it? Also, you're not only that, but you also work for Wizards of the Coast, specifically on Magic the Gathering, right? Yep. I'm a game designer at Wizards of the Coast, specifically on Magic the Gathering, right?

1:29.5

Yep.

1:29.8

I'm a game designer at Wizards of the Coast, and then in my spare time, I do so much

1:35.2

Twilight Imperium.

1:36.3

Yes, big time.

1:38.4

So, yeah, so we were at the Orlando Intergalactical, and we were running that tournament.

1:45.0

Actually, do we want to talk a little bit about how our tournaments work?

1:48.3

And by that, I mean, do you want to talk a little bit about how our tournaments work?

1:52.4

Because I feel like people always ask a lot of questions.

1:54.2

And it could be that we've never, we've just never talked about exactly that on the podcast itself.

2:02.1

So it's like two days, qualifying days, but how do we know to make it all, you know,

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