Zion's Finest

First off, huge thank you to the wonderful Brendan Born who has been waiting patiently for this episode for almost a year. Second, huge apologies for the sudden hiatus. This past year has been very busy and challenging, a lot of ups and downs for the Gaos.    We can't promise regular uploads but we hope you are all excited about Adepticon 2023. In this episode Brendan talks about his awesome experience at Adepticon 2022 and the spirit of sportsmanship.    We will be continuing to host an event at UK Games Expo in June and we hope to see some of you there.

There have been so many events recently we can hardly keep up! In this episode join us as we chat with Josh Songer, winner of the IA Command Vassal tournament back in February, about his highly effective ISB Palpatine list.  Coming up next! Episode 29: Kirton Games UK recap with Oliver Dewhurst Episode 30: Adepticon chat with Brendan Born Check out these Adepticon Recap videos from TVBoy! Adepticon At Home stream with Jess and David https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnLf5qQH61E Adepticon Recap with Jake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvr5N85O3-k Adepticon List Review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89SggYKTxvg 

Continuing from our discussion with Noa and Jake last episode, Jake comes on to chat about IACP and our thoughts on the Adepticon IACP tournament as well as four player pods!

Who's excited for Adepticon?? In the runup to the two Adepticon tournaments we chat with Noa about the meta for both the FFG version of the game and the current IACP competitive season. He also gives some pointers for those of you who are interested in getting into IACP for the first time.  A wild Jake also appears! But he was too powerful and had to get his own episode, stay tuned for the next one! Links from news: IACP updated official documents: http://ia-continuityproject.com/iacp-official-documents/  IACP Free Vassal Tournament, Feb 26 https://tabletop.to/iacp-imperial-assault-free-vassal-tournament-feb-26/signups  Kirton Games event (UK) https://kirtongames.co.uk/products/event-south-west-imperial-assault-regional-2022-nostalgia-event-5th-march-2022  Map Rotation: https://ia-continuityproject.com/2022/02/07/map-rotation-3-21-defend-the-garrison-2/   

We are back! Sorry for the delay, folks. Life's throwing a lot at us recently but we are back with a much long overdue UK Games Expo tournament recap and are joined by UKGE IACP Champion Joshua Hunt to talk through his list and the event overall. 

Join Isaac, Jess and David as they take a deep dive into each individual card released with the latest wave of IACP. With the launch of IACP Season 6, we see a brand new era for Imperial Assault. Featuring fan-favorite characters from The Mandalorian Season 2, this season is sure to shake up the way that each faction can play on the tabletop; seemingly for the better!

IN-PERSON IMPERIAL ASSAULT!   At long last, in-person games are returning to our favorite tabletop games! In this episode, join the full Built on Hope Crew as we discuss this upcoming event, what lists we plan to run, what we expect to see, and so much more!   Stay tuned for Part 2, where we take a deep dive into IACP Season 6 and all of it's magic, from Moff Gideon to Bib Fortuna to a brand new Squad Upgrade for the Rebel faction. See you soon!

Back at it again!    In this (Old, but newly edited and released) episode, join Isaac and David as we bring on new IACP Steering Committee member Josh Songer, to discuss his experiences with the Committee, before taking a deep dive into Season 5, and a rather curious tangent into the concept of auto-includes!   See you in the next one!   UKGE Imperial Assault event: https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/events/MIN7261-imperial-assault-iacp-tournament/

Welcome back to the Academy! In this episode, Jess discusses some ideas for creating and playing a beginner friendly list using our favourite space wizards!

Insert screeching Tusken sound In this episode, Isaac, David, and Jess bring on veteran Imperial Assault player Joey, who was crazy enough to run Tusken Raiders at a VST... AND MADE THE TOP CUT! We dive head-first to learn all about the importance of aggressiveness, positioning, aggressiveness, aggressiveness... Did I mention aggressiveness? I feel like we mention it a few times during the episode... With Joey being as awesome of a Melee player as he is, we get to really delve deep into why 2-figure melee Brawler groups can be so incredibly strong in the right hands. Hope you enjoy!

Tis that time again! In this Episode, Isaac, David and Jess sit down and take a look at the ENOURMOUS Season which is IACP S5. We see fixes from the Wampa to Captain Terro, and gain a plethora of brand new Imperial Assault characters, such as Mara Jade, HK-47, and Dr Aphra (Oh my!). We could not be more excited, and look forward to sharing this season with you all in the upcoming months! Timestamps: Rebels: 0:09:52 Empire: 0:43:56 Mercenaries: 1:20:48 Neutral: 1:55:47 Command Cards: 2:02:51 Approved Changes: 2:14:31

In this episode, Isaac brings on three veteran Imperial Assault players - Jake, Kyle, and Morgan - to discuss the Zabrak in the room: Maul and his trusty Darksaber. After the red-skinned alien took the three Jetpack Cup VSTs by storm, we knew it was high time to take a look at the fallen Sith, analyze his strengths and weaknesses, and the different ways to play him by comparing 4 Top-Tier Tournament lists featuring the man himself.   We hope you enjoy, have a very Merry Christmas and a glorious New Year!   Atomic Mass Games takes over Star Wars miniatures games! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ce432b1f9d2be000134d8ae/t/5fb2d78ced1f04704de04a3b/1605556108466/ANA_PR_AMG-StarWars.pdf  https://www.atomicmassgames.com/special-announcement https://www.atomicmassgames.com/star-wars-op-message  https://www.atomicmassgames.com/starwars-qa Current and Upcoming Events IA Command is running an IACP Vassal Tournament, Saturday the 19th December starting at 8AM PST, 10AM PST. David and I will be running the str

In this episode David leads us in a discussion about First Order Optimal Strategies (FOO strategies). What are they? Who uses them? Why? Are they a good thing or a bad thing?  What to know more about FOO? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EitZRLt2G3w https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2017/03/09/first-order-optimal-strategies- narrative-inspired-heuristics/   Links from news: I forgot to mention it but there is also the Bespin Trials and Jedi Trials for Season 4! https://ia-continuityproject.com/2020/11/02/announcing-bespin-trials-season-4-league-and-season-4-novice-player-jedi-trials/    Season 4 Community Vote Results Analysis https://ia-continuityproject.com/2020/11/04/season-4-community-vote-results/   Season 4 Vassal Seasonal Tournaments https://ia-continuityproject.com/2020/10/20/they-fly-now-announcing-vassal-seasonal-tournament-s4-event-dates-prize-support/   IA Command December Vassal Tournament https://ia-continuityproject.com/event/ia-command-december-iacp-vassal-tournament/      

We are back, and so is Olly! In this latest Matchup Analysis Episode, we take a look at the one deployment which was featured in both the very different winning lists of the Season 3 Vassal Seasonal Tournaments: Royal Guards. Isaac, Jessica, and Olly take a deep dive into both of the Tournament-winning lists, discussing strengths (of which there are many) and weaknesses (Of which there are few) of each. Enjoy the show!

Hi there, Built on Hope and Zion’s Finest listeners! Jessica here with a short update. (I tried to upload this audio update a few weeks ago but got a you have uploaded too much this month error message). You may have noticed some changes to your podcast experience. As most of you know, Kenny, of the Zion’s Finest podcast, has released his last episode and is no longer continuing the Zion’s Finest podcast. Kenny has officially hung up his hat and stopped hosting the podcast on his Podbean. I felt that it was a complete tragedy for the podcast to not have a place on the internet for listeners to enjoy so asked Kenny if he wanted us, Built on Hope, to host his episodes (since we are paying for our own podcast anyways). He agreed! Thus the Build on Hope Podbean became the new home for the Zion’s Finest archive. Now…because of how the “import” function works on Podbean, all of you Zion’s Finest listeners have been teleported along with the episodes! That was not actually intentional and I apologise for any confu

Hi everyone! Join Jessica, David, and Tom in this episode to dive into a discussion about building a list around Lie in Ambush! We discuss the strengths and weaknesses of using LiA, David chats to us about two variations of 4 activation Lie in Ambush lists he has been playing around with, and some thoughts about what you can expect taking a LiA list to your next tournament.  Listen to the end to catch Built on Notes' new song "Death from Above"! Notes: IACP European Time Zone Playtesting Tournament! 27th September, 9:30 AM BST (GMT+1) https://ia-continuityproject.com/event/covering-fire-a-european-iacp-season-4-playtest-tournament-fall-2020/  Built on Notes on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX5cFej9ku5BumT9HdlIc1g/featured  Season 4 update https://ia-continuityproject.com/2020/08/30/season-4-first-update-8-31-v4-1/ Season 4 Playtesting Stats https://ia-continuityproject.com/2020/08/25/season-4-playtesting-stats-2-weeks-in/ IA Builder Update https://bit.ly/3fOEH0h TTS Update https://s

Here it is. You get four brothers, two poems (both Wendell Berry), one rant (okay maybe more), and zero regrets. God bless you all. Thank you for letting me and the crew be a part of your lives for as long as we were. I will never, ever, ever forget it. Here's the schedule: 0:01:00 - Introduction 0:07:05 - The Chat 1:12:46 - The Final Doubt Rant (that is honestly the best part of the podcast) 1:35:52 - Signing Off, I love you all The most amazing thing about this episode is that, even with our time in the sun having past, WE STILL FOUGHT ABOUT DOUBT! Honestly, it is close to the most glorious moment of the podcast and I'd give anything to be able to pick insane fights with you all on something that will cause all of those participating to RAAAAAAAGE! Just a reminder, this will be up on Podbean, iTunes, and all other podcast services for two more weeks, then we're going offline. I'd encourage those of you that want to save podcast episodes that you or a friend appeared on to save them quick. I saw that ear

The time has finally come!    The eagerly awaited 4th Season of the Imperial Assault Continuity Project is now here, and we can't wait to jump into it! With over 20 new and adjusted cards to add to our collection, we go over each of the three factions one by one, reading out and reviewing each individual card in detail. Hope you all enjoy our thoughts, and we will see you in the next one.   Rebels - 17:22 Imperials - 55:06 Mercenary - 1:30:28 Neutral - 2:02:51  

Join Isaac as he brings on veteran player Derek Martens, who has ranked highly in IACP Tournament with none other than the Repulsor Tank! Derek dives into the intricacies of using a Massive Imperial Vehicle in the competitive scene, making this episode invaluable to anyone who wants to wield the full Destructive Capabilities of the Empire to full effect!   And as if that wasn't enough, tune in until the end to hear the full Built on Hope crew Preview and discuss a brand new IACP Season 4 Deployment card... And her Command Card. Thanks for listening!   Notes from news:   Beskar Cup 25th July https://ia-continuityproject.com/event/2020-beskar-cup/ https://ia-continuityproject.com/2020/07/17/close-and-personal-prizes-for-the-2020-beskar-cup/ Season 4 Preview Gallery https://ia-continuityproject.com/2020/07/08/season-4-preview-gallery/ IA Builder for Android https://bit.ly/3fOEH0h TTS Update https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2058709108

We return for yet another META episode! This time we are joined by IACP committee members Noa (@TVBoy from IACommand) and Jake (from the Twin Troopers podcast) to focus on what are the most effective game mechanics available in Imperial Assault skirmish. Noa and Jake also provide unique insights from the game design perspective and chat about what the discussions are like when designing new cards.  Notes: Porg Cup, 27th June https://ia-continuityproject.com/event/2020-porg-cup/ https://ia-continuityproject.com/2020/06/18/generals-orders-revealing-the-prizes-for-the-porg-cup/  Squad Commander Series Leaderboard https://ia-continuityproject.com/squad-commander-series-2020/ The Jedi Trials League for new players https://ia-continuityproject.com/2020/06/15/much-to-learn-introducing-the-jedi-trials-league-for-beginners/ Table Top Simulator Mod https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2058709108 Article on the fan supported Star Wars Customizable Card Game https://www.theringer.com/2018/5/