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!
Episodes

Wednesday Mar 19, 2025
XWA Scum Standard Loadout Spoilers | EP 156 PPS | Star Wars X-Wing
Wednesday Mar 19, 2025
Wednesday Mar 19, 2025
Tanner and JJ team up to review the new Scum SL Cards the XWA released this week. We discuss which ones we think will make a splash and then talk about our thoughts for cost for each of the cards.
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRX-7c7R0_FlTZZ2Vtdi_9Q
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Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/planningphasesyndicate
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PlanningPhaseSyndicate
Discord: https://discord.gg/eqxnTxDFAr
Podcast: https://planningphasesyndicate.podbean.com
Paypal: https://paypal.me/ppsyndicate

Monday Mar 17, 2025
Monday Mar 17, 2025
Another week and more games played with the new set. The team talks about some leaders and cards they feel are on the rise. They also hold a discussion on Upgrade Removal cards and talk through if we should be running them or not.
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRX-7c7R0_FlTZZ2Vtdi_9Q
Willow Links: https://wlo.link/@planningphasesyndicate
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Planning-Phase-Syndicate-102792741982012
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/planningphasesyndicate
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PlanningPhaseSyndicate
Discord: https://discord.gg/eqxnTxDFAr
Podcast: https://planningphasesyndicate.podbean.com
Paypal: https://paypal.me/ppsyndicate

Thursday Mar 13, 2025
Finch and Stromboli Appear as New Standard Loadout Cards
Thursday Mar 13, 2025
Thursday Mar 13, 2025
The XWA have released two more SL cards for Resistance. Tanner and JJ review the new cards, their interactions and rate how good each of the new pilots are.
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRX-7c7R0_FlTZZ2Vtdi_9Q
Willow Links: https://wlo.link/@planningphasesyndicate
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Planning-Phase-Syndicate-102792741982012
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/planningphasesyndicate
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PlanningPhaseSyndicate
Discord: https://discord.gg/eqxnTxDFAr
Podcast: https://planningphasesyndicate.podbean.com
Paypal: https://paypal.me/ppsyndicate

Monday Mar 10, 2025
Monday Mar 10, 2025
A long weekend has been had by all, but now that we are through Pre-Release weekend for Set 4, Jump to Lightspeed, we can now breathe a little and focus on building decks. Whether or not you got a full play set, I am sure you are itching to try out new decks. We also are going to cover some of the different errata’s and some unique rules interactions that came up this weekend.
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRX-7c7R0_FlTZZ2Vtdi_9Q
Willow Links: https://wlo.link/@planningphasesyndicate
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Planning-Phase-Syndicate-102792741982012
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/planningphasesyndicate
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PlanningPhaseSyndicate
Discord: https://discord.gg/eqxnTxDFAr
Podcast: https://planningphasesyndicate.podbean.com
Paypal: https://paypal.me/ppsyndicate
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https://starwarsunlimited.com/how-to-play?chapter=rules

Monday Mar 03, 2025
New Resistance Spoilers from XWA | PPS | Star Wars X-Wing
Monday Mar 03, 2025
Monday Mar 03, 2025
We are back with new reveals from the XWA for the Resistance! We will also take a look at the announcement for the OP kits for the next season of play, post Adepticon worlds. .
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRX-7c7R0_FlTZZ2Vtdi_9Q
Willow Links: https://wlo.link/@planningphasesyndicate
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Planning-Phase-Syndicate-102792741982012
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/planningphasesyndicate
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PlanningPhaseSyndicate
Discord: https://discord.gg/eqxnTxDFAr
Podcast: https://planningphasesyndicate.podbean.com
Paypal: https://paypal.me/ppsyndicate
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https://www.xwing.life/news/announcements

Monday Mar 03, 2025
Monday Mar 03, 2025
With one week till Pre-Release, we decided to dedicate a full episode to reviewing what you should know going into the weekend. We cover whether or not you are the Beatdown and when you should control the game. Also we cover what cards we feel will be the most impactful during the Pre Release event.
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRX-7c7R0_FlTZZ2Vtdi_9Q
Willow Links: https://wlo.link/@planningphasesyndicate
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Planning-Phase-Syndicate-102792741982012
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/planningphasesyndicate
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PlanningPhaseSyndicate
Discord: https://discord.gg/eqxnTxDFAr
Podcast: https://planningphasesyndicate.podbean.com
Paypal: https://paypal.me/ppsyndicate
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https://www.reddit.com/r/LegendsOfRuneterra/comments/16s84ic/the_most_important_concept_in_any_tccg_whos_the/
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/17F2YoGAeaN4vm0t_RHM26lP-c_AB8bNa/view?usp=sharing

Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
Jump to Lightspeed Leader Tier Ranking | PPS | Star Wars Unlimited
Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
With all the leaders spoiled for the next set, the team sits down and hashes out who they think are the up and coming top meta contenders. While Tanner speculates about a few leaders he thinks might be S Tier, the rest of the team try to talk him out of it. Check out their document to see their joint tier list, as well as each persons individual tier lists.
Lists Here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YQXxCKpuEl2vaLqmL6xM-zKwh1F3I9CvDnIScpZm1hQ/edit?usp=sharing
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRX-7c7R0_FlTZZ2Vtdi_9Q
Willow Links: https://wlo.link/@planningphasesyndicate
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Planning-Phase-Syndicate-102792741982012
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/planningphasesyndicate
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PlanningPhaseSyndicate
Discord: https://discord.gg/eqxnTxDFAr
Podcast: https://planningphasesyndicate.podbean.com
Paypal: https://paypal.me/ppsyndicate

Monday Feb 24, 2025
New XWA First Order Spoilers | PPS | Star Wars X-Wing
Monday Feb 24, 2025
Monday Feb 24, 2025
Two X-Wing Episodes in one week? Well we did the unthinkable and recorded our thoughts on the new SL spoilers for First Order that the XWA spoiled last week. JJ and Tanner sit down and review what they would pay for the new pilots and which ones they think will stand out.
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRX-7c7R0_FlTZZ2Vtdi_9Q
Willow Links: https://wlo.link/@planningphasesyndicate
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Planning-Phase-Syndicate-102792741982012
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/planningphasesyndicate
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PlanningPhaseSyndicate
Discord: https://discord.gg/eqxnTxDFAr
Podcast: https://planningphasesyndicate.podbean.com
Paypal: https://paypal.me/ppsyndicate

Saturday Feb 22, 2025
XWA Epic Reveals and Philosophy with Paul Heaver | PPS | Star Wars X-Wing
Saturday Feb 22, 2025
Saturday Feb 22, 2025
We are back with new reveals from the XWA and we have our guest host Paul Heaver with us to go over the spoilers for the new Epic Standard Loadout cards for all the factions. We discuss their philosophy on what they did to bring us the points changes as well as some of the behind the scenes reasons for card names and characters.
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Willow Links: https://wlo.link/@planningphasesyndicate
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Planning-Phase-Syndicate-102792741982012
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/planningphasesyndicate
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PlanningPhaseSyndicate
Discord: https://discord.gg/eqxnTxDFAr
Podcast: https://planningphasesyndicate.podbean.com
Paypal: https://paypal.me/ppsyndicate
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Epic Points
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iBayzauwt0EB_GysQXMc5o1Wg-C13Daa/view
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a0tUi1RvXapG6CZb9iXZRWzHZxkYO4X6/view
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https://www.xwing.life/resources/points
https://www.xwing.life/news/announcements

Monday Feb 17, 2025
I Smell Fear and It Smells Good / More Spoilers / Set Rotation
Monday Feb 17, 2025
Monday Feb 17, 2025
As we are getting closer to Jump to LightSpeed, the spoilers are becoming more wild and the set is filling out nicely. This week the crew covers all the remaining spoilers they missed as well as reviewing what leaders are left. We wrap up our Set 3 Coverage of PQ Season this week with some interesting decks and our thoughts on the status of the leaders. If that was not enough the team talks about set rotations and their thoughts on the state of the game.
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRX-7c7R0_FlTZZ2Vtdi_9Q
Willow Links: https://wlo.link/@planningphasesyndicate
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Planning-Phase-Syndicate-102792741982012
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/planningphasesyndicate
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PlanningPhaseSyndicate
Discord: https://discord.gg/eqxnTxDFAr
Podcast: https://planningphasesyndicate.podbean.com
Paypal: https://paypal.me/ppsyndicate
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https://starwarsunlimited.com/articles/updates-and-rotations