Dispatches from Star Wars Miniatures play.
Sith Holonews Network is a Star Wars gaming roundtable centered on minis, leagues, regionals, and squad construction. Episodes move casually from tournament recaps to balance committee rulings, with plenty of table-side detail for players who know the scene.
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Sith Holonews Network covers Star Wars Miniatures from inside the active player community. It is not broad entertainment coverage. Recent episodes focus on tournament logistics, current pairings, regional events, escalation rounds, balance committee decisions, squad lists, spoilers, and the practical aftermath of actual games. The tone is casual and familiar. Conversations often begin with who is on the call, who may join later, and which games need recapping before the group settles into the details. That looseness is part of the texture. A round may turn into talk about a mispairing, a map choice, a delayed play report, or the regret of bringing the wrong squad box. The show spends time where competitive players actually spend time: matchups, force users, commander options, map advantages, and tournament schedules. Episodes mention Chicago and Indiana regional activity, March tournament updates, January results, and galactic escalation play. The balance committee material adds another layer, with rulings framed as the result of discussion, debate, voting, and community pressure. Spoiler talk also appears, especially around new pieces and Star Wars character mechanics. One recent discussion of Alpha-17 moves from character background into playtest concerns, Republic builds, heroic abilities, and commander combinations. The vocabulary is dense because the intended audience already knows the game. Casual fans may hear names and mechanics flying by without much setup. Regular players will hear a practical record of the scene as it happens. The show’s value is its continuity. With hundreds of episodes behind it, Sith Holonews Network feels less like a packaged podcast and more like an ongoing archive of a small competitive world. It captures the rhythm of games played, pairings posted, pieces debated, and future events planned. Listeners looking for polished Star Wars media commentary may find it too granular. Listeners who track Star Wars Miniatures tournaments, squads, and community decisions will find exactly the kind of detail they came for.
Made for: For Star Wars Miniatures players and tabletop fans who want tournament recaps, squad discussion, rules chatter, and community updates. It especially fits listeners already comfortable with character abilities, maps, brackets, and league play.
What sets it apart: Its strength is continuity inside a small competitive scene: the same tournaments, players, rulings, and squad problems recur. Rather than broad Star Wars commentary, it preserves the working conversation around actual games.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
Tournament logistics, squad regrets, and regional dates keep this episode grounded.
Episode 805 of Sith Hollow News keeps its attention on the practical side of play. Dark Drackle and Urban Shmi stay centered on the January tournament, the February rollout, and the next in-person regional dates, with most of the conversation tracking pairings, dojo…
A practical check-in on balance rulings, Bastila GI master, and the tournament effects that follow.
Episode 807 of Sith Hollow News stays on practical ground, with Derek Jackal hosting and Joe and Jason adding what they can as the discussion turns to approved balance committee rulings.
Alpha-17's pre-Rex background and loaded toolkit give this rules talk a clear center.
Episode 797 settles into a focused look at Alpha-17, the Republic clone commander whose pre-Captain Rex background gives the conversation useful context.
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The hosts of the Sith Holonews Network podcast experience technical audio issues and discuss their weekly schedule while setting up for episode 756.
The hosts of Sith Hollow News experience technical difficulties and discuss a delay caused by a minis match and rule-checking.
This episode recaps recent Star Wars-themed gaming matches, focusing on squad strategies and results from an Escalation tournament.
This episode recaps recent gaming sessions, focusing on a 350-point squad and discussing results like Randy's tight win.
Admiral Dala is unbanned for 2026 after a unanimous vote by the balance committee.
The Corellian Hound can charge 12 squares and hit for 40 damage with its Clamp and Advantageous Attack abilities.
Joe recalls that Micah's mirror match on Jungle Tomb was his toughest VassalCon matchup because Micah could complete his mission in round one.
Sith Holonews Network episode 826 previews the Gen Con championship weekend and its surrounding miniatures events, including a 200-point Chosen One format and a 175-point team tournament.
Sith Holonews Network reveals Randy’s V-Set 30 championship-designed Kreia the Jedi Outcast, a 93-point Old Republic piece with 120 hit points and multiple Ebon Hawk abilities.
Episode 824 of Sith Holonews Network reviews four VSET 30 spoilers from Friends Like These, focusing on Nihil and High Republic characters.
Sith Holonews Network episode 823 previews three V-Set 30 characters: Imperial droids BT-1 and Triple Zero, plus a Sith Engineer designed to support droid squads.
The hosts discuss escalation rounds in miniature games, including a recap of round one results and potential spoilers for Maul.
This episode discusses updates on various Star Wars-themed gaming tournaments, including recaps of recent events and plans for upcoming games.
The hosts discuss upcoming gaming tournaments, schedule changes, and personal gaming updates in a casual Star Wars-themed podcast.
The hosts discuss recent tabletop gaming experiences, including a win in a game against 'high fives and the icky iggies' and map strategies involving Frigid Outpost and Warriors Enclave.
The hosts discuss updates on a March tournament, including squad compositions and upcoming games in a Star Wars-themed gaming context.
This episode discusses recent balance committee rulings and tournament topics in a Star Wars-themed news format.
Dark Drackle opens Sith Hollow News episode 805 with Urban Shmi, Randy, and later Jason, then moves straight into January tournament results and a February event plan.