Radio Mecatol

The philosopher-anarchists of TI suck, but why and how do we make the coolest faction ok or good?

How are feelings expressed and handled during a game? What is ok and what not? How should we think about feelings when playing TI?

How do you define what is the best action card and which are they? Ola plays a game with Kalles stats from the internet.

How do you play Hacan in TE? Kalle has a 67% winrate with them and gives his explanation.

What has changed from base game to Thunder's edge when it comes to promissory notes? In this episode we look at the design choices made and offer an alternative direction.

In this episode we look at how you should choose what ships to build.

What is a great slice and what to beware? In the episode we examine the results of a tournament and Ola gets to evaluate and guess which slices performed best and worst. If you want to se the slices you can find them on our Discord: https://discord.gg/VFGk7Qzs (Should work 31st Jan and 1st week of feb)

In this episode we compare two very different strategies.

How is Sardakk N'orr in Thunders edge? We talk it out while rehashing some stuff from our last Sardakk-episode, because we forgot we already made one. Oops! Goes to tell how many episodes we managed to make, which we also celebrate in this episode. 

In this short Christmas special Kalle gives a brief overview of how the game went in last episode.

In this episode Kalle detail a situation in a correspondence game that he is playing where the last round is about to start. Four players can win, but who will and what should Kalle do?

What are the new legendary planets in Thunders Edge? Good, bad? How to use them?

In our second learning episode we talk about the Fracture, but also some other new mechanics, such as trade stations and the entropic scar.

Learn what the planet Thunders edge is all about, what a breakthrough is and which new cool powers are available.

Hello there weirdos of the internet! This is an ASMR style audio unboxing of Thunders Edge. A normal episode comes this Friday as usual.

Which TI hero is really the best? And are there aspects of some hero that you missed?

Five factions have been revealed for the upcoming Thunder's Edge expansion. Here we give our first impressions about them.

In our twentieth episode (yay!) we touch upon the touchy subject of honesty in Twilight Imperium. Are you ready to talk real about lies?

We had a lot of fun with this one – I think you can tell. Which secret objectives do you think are easy and which ones hard? Find out our assessment and what the stats say, and maybe learn something on the way.

Strategy episode about Argent flight. Ola is amazed and curious.

In the 17th episode of Radio Mecatol we look at different ways of doing trade deals with a focus on specifically trade goods and commodities. We critically examine the so called "x-1 and wash"-meta that one might find in tournaments and online.

Who deserves to be emperor? What is kingmaking i TI4? With the promissory note Support for the Throne, you support someone else to win. Hear more about what means and much more in our latest episode.

You ever sit down, see a certain faction across from you, and instantly regret joining the game? On this episode of Radio Mecatol, we rant about the factions that make us cry inside.

In codex 4, FFG announced the galactic event Minor Factions. We've tried it out and if you listen to our episode, you will find out if you should too.   Disclaimer: We recorded this before Codex IV, so we are not calling it by it's correct name.

New content for Twilight Imperium! Is it good? Does it sound fun? Check out our opinions in our latest episode!

How should you approach a faction with no technology? Listen to the twelfth episode of Radio Mecatol to find out.

Some rules in Twilight Imperium are just bad. What are they and how can you have a better game? Listen to the eleventh episode of Radio Mecatol to find out!

Can you ever have enough Twilight Imperium? Well, when you've sat there for 12 hours and it still isn't over... In our tenth episode (yay!) we compare our best methods for keeping the pace up. 

What does the german 1800-century war theorist Clausewitz has to do why The Barony of Letnev is struggling in the tier rankings? Find out in the episode of Radio Mecatol

What lurks behind the dimensional rifts and what is truly the most important part of the Vuil'Raith Cabal? Learn the answers in the eighth episode of Radio Mecatol.

Title says it all.

In this special episode, we examine one specific game of Kalle and look at three key decisions. All three of them are common in games of Twilight Imperium, so we hope that our investigation can help many others.

For our sixth episode we explore one of Olas favourite factions: The Embers of Muaat. They are not an easy faction to play, but very interesting. Who doesn't want to start with a War Sun?

How should you set up a game of Twilight Imperium? In the fifth episode of Radio Mecatol, we look at the pros and cons of a community favorite: Milty Draft.

The universities of Jol-Nar: so much to love, so much to hate. In our fourth episode we discuss why we despite everything, generally don't like the Hylar.

In our third episode we dive deep into The Mahact gene-sorcerers.

In our second episode, we compare our two tier lists for mechs. Which are the best ones? Which are trash? And do we agree?

In the first episode of our TI4-podcast we discuss the much debated house rule REDnoughts, that change the tech prereqs for dreadnoughts.