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Three Moves Ahead Episode 62: Gettysburg – Scourge of War

April 27th, 2010 · 12 Comments · Civil War, Interview, Podcast, Three Moves Ahead, Wargames

  Another wargame show! Troy, Julian and Rob are joined by NorbSoft’s Norb Timpko and Jim Weaver to talk about Gettysburg: Scourge of War. Learn more than you ever wanted to know about how to make a civil war game. Why is the AI so recalcitrant? What are the lessons of leadership here? How do […]

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Three Moves Ahead Episode 60: Achtung Panzer and WW2 Tactics

April 14th, 2010 · 25 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead, Wargames, WW2

Troy, Rob and Bruce participate in the wonkiest Three Moves Ahead ever, as Dr. Geryk makes up for weeks of absences with another tour de force rant. How does Achtung Panzer compare to Combat Mission? What do we expect from a WW2 tactical game, and how do these expectations mesh with reality? Turn based, real […]

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A Wargame Collector’s Edition?

April 12th, 2010 · Comments Off on A Wargame Collector’s Edition? · Wargames, WW2

Sure it’s only in Europe, but a Collector’s Edition of Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943 has been announced. I’m not really big on CEs in general. My office is a cluttered enough space without even more crap to deal with. A DVD on German tanks is a nice idea, but the History Channel has probably told […]

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Close Combat Podcast on Qt3

February 18th, 2010 · Comments Off on Close Combat Podcast on Qt3 · Podcast, Wargames

I don’t usually link to the Quarter to Three podcasts, mostly because the most interesting stuff for me is learning about the other people on what has become my internet home. But this week, Tom Chick talks to Morgan Gee (aka John E. Motion) about Close Combat. It’s well worth a listen because Gee/Motion does […]

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Field of Glory AAR

January 29th, 2010 · 3 Comments · AAR, Ancients, Slitherine, Wargames

Ian Bowes and I are playing out the Battle of Cynoscephalae in Field of Glory. He’s still learning the system, but he wanted to play another MP game and kindly asked that I join him. I gave him the Romans and took the Macedonians for myself. He is blogging the game over at his blog.

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Field of Glory: I’d Like Some More Please

November 23rd, 2009 · 10 Comments · Ancients, Slitherine, Wargames

The computer version of Field of Glory satisfies two itches at once. First, it is a very simple and very fast playing wargame, well adapted from what is, by all accounts, a very good miniature rule set. Second, it is an ancients game, and we all know that I can go on forever about that […]

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