Three Moves Ahead
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Three Moves Ahead is the leading strategy game themed podcast on the internet. Every week a panel of knowledgeable gamers with strong opinions meets to talk about the strategy and war games of the day, design issues and games in the wider world.
Episodes
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Nov 15, 2013 • 1h 15min
Three Moves Ahead 239: A Blizzard of Enthusiasm
Rob, Fraser Brown, and TJ Hafer have come away from Blizzcon feeling like Blizzard is more of a strategy studio than it's been in years.
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Nov 8, 2013 • 58min
Three Moves Ahead 238: State of the RTS
Soren Johnson joins Rob and Troy to discuss the meaning of the RTS format, why the traditional genre definition is too narrow, and his new studio.
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Nov 2, 2013 • 1h 3min
Three Moves Ahead 237: Night of the Card Hunter
Jon Chey, formerly of Irrational and now of Blue Manchu, joins Julian and Rob to discuss Card Hunter.
Oct 23, 2013 • 57min
Three Moves Ahead 236: Q & A
Rob and Troy field some listener questions, revisiting space games, and whether they prefer more abstraction or more theme.
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Oct 16, 2013 • 36min
Three Moves Ahead 235: A Tough Row Tahoe
Julian Murdoch and designer Rob Daviau join Rob on vacation to talk about playtesting, feedback, and making games work.
11 snips
Oct 3, 2013 • 1h 1min
Three Moves Ahead 234: Seeking New God
Bruce Geryk brings Tom Chick back to the show so they can grill Ilwinter's Johan Karlsson and Kristoffer Osterman about Dominions 4 - the latest version of their "So You Wanna Be A God?" Fantasy Conquest Game. Learn about new empires, new powers and why everything is just a bit different for them.
Sep 25, 2013 • 1h 25min
Three Moves Ahead 233: Enemies Within and Twilight Struggles
Firaxis designer Ananda Gupta joins Rob, Troy, and Bruce to discuss his upcoming expansion to XCOM and his storied design career in PC and board gaming.
Sep 18, 2013 • 1h 8min
Three Moves Ahead 232: Sid Meier's Gettysburg!
Nick Breckon joins Rob and Troy to talk about one of the greatest wargames ever made.
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Sep 12, 2013 • 1h 59min
Three Moves Ahead 231: Odi et... odi.
Everything changes in this Very Special 2-hour Three Moves Ahead event. Rob, Rowan Kaiser, and Fraser Brown gather to talk about Rome and destroy a grave threat to the Total War series. But then the next morning they realize they've gone too far and they're all like, "What have we done?" But nothing will ever be the same again, they've been marked forever.
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Sep 5, 2013 • 1h
Three Moves Ahead 230: Hot, Hot NS Hex
Soren Johnson, Ryan Kuo, and Michael Hermes join Julian today to talk about iOS asynchronous board gaming. Neuroshima Hex is the star of the show and leads the panel to other recent additions such as Eclipse and A Brief History of the World.
