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Entries from January 29th, 2012

Feature Series: Science and Technology

January 29th, 2012 · 24 Comments · Design, Feature:Science

I have a degree in political science. This is nothing like real science. I do, however, have a deep interest in science and technology, especially their history. It may have been a brave man that first ate an oyster, but it was an especially clever man that figured out you could melt certain types of […]

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Three Moves Ahead Episode 153 – Paradox Con Reloaded

January 28th, 2012 · 6 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead

Jenn Cutter and Dan Stapleton return to 3MA to talk about Paradox Con with Rob. They discuss War of the Roses, Gettysburg: Armored Warfare, Arctic Circle, Salem, and Napoleon’s Campaigns 2, as well as some prominent no-shows. Listen here. Dan’s Gettysburg preview List of new games announced at ParadoxCon RSS here. Subscribe on iTunes.

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I Like Sweden

January 23rd, 2012 · 8 Comments · Me, Paradox

Last week was the Third Annual Paradox Convention and it returned to Stockholm. I was there two years ago, but it was an in and out trip for the most part. See the games, meet the people, go to a pub, fly home. This year, I had a week – front loaded with work of […]

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Three Moves Ahead Episode 152 – A Few Minutes of Show with Martin Wallace

January 20th, 2012 · 12 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead

Bruce, Julian, and Rob host board game designer Martin Wallace to ask him that timeless question, “How awesome is your game?” The crew discuss A Few Acres of Snow, the card-based board wargame that has consumed their lives, and dissect how it handles its subject: The French and Indian War. Martin explains why a game […]

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Three Moves Ahead Episode 151 – If on a winter’s night a gamer

January 12th, 2012 · 11 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead

Rob, Julian, and Hasbro’s Rob Daviau are marooned in rural Massachusetts. To avert cabin fever, they gather ’round the fireplace with a few microphones to talk about whether gaming gives them any carry-over skills for other activities, like cooking and work. Do games make us better at reasoning and problem analysis? Do they provide the […]

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Talking Components

January 11th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Board Games, Me, Media

While doing my weekly conference call with Dirk Knemeyer regarding the board game we are working on, we got onto the topic of components. Well, not exactly. We got onto the topic of math and measurements and geometry, but basically it came down to what we expect from components. When people praise a board game, […]

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