Another guest this week as Ntronium Studios lead Bob Smith talks to Troy and Tom about the imminent release of Armada 2526. Bob is a veteran of Creative Assembly and has been making games for over a quarter century. Is there room for another 4x sci-fi game? And how do you differentiate one title from [...]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 39 – Bob Smith and Armada 2526
November 17th, 2009 · 8 Comments · Matrix, Podcast, Sci Fi, Three Moves Ahead
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Operation Babarossa Released
September 10th, 2009 · 10 Comments · Matrix, WW2, Wargames
Yet another war game I don’t have time for.
Operation Barbarossa: The Struggle For Russia is probably as uncreative a name as you can imagine, but how many options are there? I like the range of campaigns, scenarios and tutorials they promise – including a tutorial specifically on the use of paratroops, something that is never [...]
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A pleasant surprise at sea
August 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Matrix, Napoleonics, Wargames, Western Civilization
I’ve been playing Crown of Glory: Emperor’s Edition over the weekend. It’s still a bit of a mess of a game interface wise, though better than it was. (Why doesn’t right click move units?) I need to study the economy a little more. And I still think the land battles are a distraction. I think [...]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 27 – Mark H. Walker and Lock N Load
August 25th, 2009 · 14 Comments · Matrix, Podcast, Three Moves Ahead, Wargames
The panel welcomes Mark H. Walker to the round table for a bruising discussion of his upcoming squad based wargame Lock N Load: Heroes of Stalingrad. Bruce and Julian dominate an unusually combative conversation, which only shows how much we care. What is the place of narrative in war games? Do designers overestimate how intuitive [...]
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World War II General Commander: Early Moments
August 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Matrix, WW2, Wargames
I picked up this game a couple of weeks ago but have only really begun to get into it. It’s your run of the mill Battle of the Bulge game, with a nice range of small and mid sized scenarios leading up to the big German push.
I really don’t know where to even start with [...]
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Grigsby’s War in the East
June 29th, 2009 · 15 Comments · Matrix, WW2, Wargames
Yeah, it will take forever to finish a game, but still looking forward to it.
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