

Space Cats Peace Turtles
Hunter Donaldson
An unofficial podcast for fans of Twilight Imperium and other strategy board games. Each episode is a humorous analysis of mechanics and strategies for new and experienced players alike!
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Apr 1, 2026 • 1h 23min
450: Twilight Imperium Content Creator Summit! (Featuring Cardboard Crash Course and the TI Junkies)
This week we've got a fun one for y'all! In order to celebrate the first six months of Thunder's Edge, I decided to call up my friends and have a nice chat about the state of Twilight Imperium and how different creators see the game, it's fun and nice and sweet!
Check out the video version:
https://youtu.be/eU4cNTwlPik?si=R6WYQKoN2G-oi8yF
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/

Mar 26, 2026 • 1h 4min
SCPT Interview: Old King's Crown Designer Pablo Clark
Hey hey! I've got a bonus episode for you all this week. This extra episode is an in-depth interview with the designer of The Old King's Crown Pablo Clark. We had a great conversation about the unexpected success of this deep strategy game that I hope you will enjoy. The game is currently headed for it's second printing so if you feel like this sounds up your weird strategy alley you should check it out below!
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/

Mar 25, 2026 • 2h 6min
449: The Firmament/Obsidian Beginner's Guide
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/

Mar 19, 2026 • 2h 46min
448: Twilight's Fall Genomes and Paradigms Overview
Our final component overview episode for Twilight's Fall! From here on out it's gonna get weirder and more specific so study up this week with Hunter and Blasto as they sit down again for another absolute barn burner of an overview. Every single Genome and Paradigm is spoken aloud into our microphones. I hope you have been following along with the Twilight's Fall episodes because going forward we're going to be changing how we cover this stuff and it's going to get more specific and complicated. This will all be on the test!
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/

Mar 18, 2026 • 15min
SCPT Kansas City Missouri Intergalactical Announcement! (OUR IN-PERSON TI TOURNAMENTS)
Hey y'all! I'm delaying your regularly scheduled episode one day so that I can announce the next intergalactical. Very excited to be heading to Kansas City in June. Tickets will be available starting on April 15th, sign up for the Weird Bear or Wormholigan Patreon tier for access to the Pre-Sale on April 1st.
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/

Mar 11, 2026 • 2h 9min
447: Every Relic RANKED!
This week it's a full panel with Hunter, JadiimJedi, and Blasto sitting down for a full on SCPT Ranking episode! We go in depth the hot takes you crave and there is even some decent information for beginner's that might be missing some of the finer details. Like all of our ranking episodes I'd like you to make sure to take it all super serious and if you disagree please tell everyone you know. See you in Florida this weekend!
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/

Mar 4, 2026 • 1h 32min
446: Saint of Swords and Sickening Lurch Beginner's Guide
We're closing up our initial look at the Thunder's Edge expansion with our first look at the final two Mahact Kings. Hunter and Alec saved two very solid options for last as the Saint of Swords can hit like a truck full of swords and Lurch is just the most interesting option if you like playing underdog factions that have extremely unique options available to them. Very excited to get into our next era of Twilight's Fall coverage!
Come to the Orlando Florida Tournament March 13-15
Tickets here:
Orlando Intergalactical
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/

Feb 25, 2026 • 2h 6min
445: Deepwrought Scholarate Beginner's Guide
We've got Jadiim Jedi in the hot seat this week and we're diving deep into the noble waters of our brand new fish faction! These guys are great and really dig them a lot so this one of those feel good episodes where we just talk about how much we love playin' as our new fishy friends. Download this episode and GO TO SCHOOL.
Hunter is Headlining his first comedy club weekend in Minneapolis Feb. 27th and 28th
Tickets here:
Hunter at Sisyphus Brewing!
Come to the Orlando Florida Tournament March 13-15
Tickets here:
Orlando Intergalactical
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/

Feb 18, 2026 • 2h 5min
444: Twilight's Fall Unit Upgrades Analyzed
The unit upgrades are the hottest deck this side of the Twilight's Fall, and this week Hunter and Blasto are going to walk you through exactly how these cards DEFINE the beautiful game that is Twilight's Fall. In the rundown section Hunter muses on what old Factions he's most looking forward to covering and announces how future guides will be prioritized in the years to come!
Hunter is Headlining his first comedy club weekend in Minneapolis Feb. 27th and 28th
Tickets here:
Hunter at Sisyphus Brewing!
Come to the Orlando Florida Tournament March 13-15
Tickets here:
Orlando Intergalactical
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/

Feb 11, 2026 • 1h 28min
443: Coexistence Overview and Rules Questions! (WITH ANSWERS)
You've got questions, we've got answers. This week we've got Andcat back on the show and he has convened with a secret cabal of Rules Lawyers in order to dig deep on one of the big new rules concepts that you need to know in advance of the next big faction guide! This is a weird nitty gritty episode but I feel like it's fascinating if you wanna jump into the muck of new interactions that frequently come up. Consider this episode a preview of the hotly anticipated living rules reference update!
Hunter is Headlining his first comedy club weekend in Minneapolis Feb. 27th and 28th
Tickets here:
Hunter at Sisyphus Brewing!
Come to the Orlando Florida Tournament March 13-15
Tickets here:
Orlando Intergalactical
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/


