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Glue-sticking It To The Man

May 25th, 2013 · 8 Comments · Board Games, Wargames

This guest post from Bruce Geryk goes into solitaire wargaming, making things that don’t suck and some of his own preferences and tricks. I’m always happy to post his thoughts. Technology has a way of fixing problems. In gaming, it created distribution models that freed many designers from the restrictive grasp of publishers (direct download), […]

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Three Moves Ahead Episode 197: All By Myself

December 4th, 2012 · 5 Comments · Board Games, Podcast, Three Moves Ahead

As a single man that has trouble finding people to regularly play board games with, it made sense to have a show about solitaire boardgaming with Bruce Geryk and Tom Chick. We start with Phantom Leader on the iPad and then work our way through a bunch of different games talking about what makes a […]

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Three Moves Ahead Episode 193: A Million Little Plastic Pieces

November 6th, 2012 · Comments Off on Three Moves Ahead Episode 193: A Million Little Plastic Pieces · Board Games, Podcast, Three Moves Ahead

I’ll admit that I am disappointed that I was not invited on this show because I love talking about components. But this week, Rob Daviau returns to talk to Rob and Julian about that special feeling that good game components can give you. You can talk about the episode on the official forum and download […]

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Three Moves Ahead Episode 186 – Playing at the World

September 17th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Board Games, Podcast, RPGs, Three Moves Ahead, Wargames

This week, Troy and Bruce talk to Jon Peterson, author of the epic gaming history tome, Playing at the World: A History of Simulating Wars, People and Fantastic Adventures from Chess to Role-Playing Games. They talk about the turning points in the evolution of wargames, when a wargame becomes a role playing game and the […]

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Three Moves Ahead Episode 185 – Class in Session

September 10th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Board Games, Podcast, Three Moves Ahead

This week, Troy, Julian and Bruce welcome back frequent guests Rob Daviau and Bill Abner to talk about the touchy subject of trying to teach games. Though the focus is on board gaming, there are useful lessons about how to approach communication, building the right mindset for the pupil and the challenges of trying to […]

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Games vs Story Generation Devices

August 10th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Board Games

We had the Civic Holiday meetup on the past Saturday, and it was, as usual, a good group. A healthy dose of regulars and newcomers, and Julian won Risk Legacy again, so he is exiled, etc. Again, thanks to Tequila Bookworm for hosting us – and for 8 hours this time, too. The first game […]

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