What this is about. How spooky is it to have to go back to your own strategy tips article to teach yourself how to play a game? When I pulled out my copy of Rails Across America for this article, that’s exactly what I did: after digging through a half-dozen old boxes of computer games, […]
Entries from December 30th, 2009
Three Moves Ahead Episode 45 – 2009 Year in Review
December 30th, 2009 · 13 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
Tom and Troy spend the hour looking back at 2009, including insight into how to make a Best of the Year list, why Tom finally joined Facebook and the state of the genre in the last year. Dawn of Discovery, Brutal Legend, Heir to the Throne, UniWar, and even Evony. Bruce is also there, in […]
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2009 End of Year Strategy Wrap-Up
December 29th, 2009 · 9 Comments · Awards
A rather rapid dash home to Canada for the holidays and poor access to the internet (not that I would have had time) meant that I didn’t get a lot of December blogging done. But there’s always time for the annual look back at the year in strategy gaming. I Wish I Had Played This […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 44 – Religion
December 23rd, 2009 · 5 Comments · Podcast, Religion, Three Moves Ahead
A subtle shifting of the guard as Julian Murdoch is back after hiatus, but Troy Goodfellow is off for a week, leaving Julian at the mercy of the far more stable Tom Chick and Bruce Geryk. The topic is religion: does it work in a strategy game as a mechanic? Has anyone done it better […]
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Solium Infernum Cheat Sheets
December 15th, 2009 · Comments Off on Solium Infernum Cheat Sheets · Blogs, Cryptic Comet
Even people who love Solium Infernum complain about the lack of good introductory documentation. Thankfully, Jake Mix has decided to make things a little easier. He sent me a link to his work, nicely laid out as a bunch of flowcharts. It’s a little heavy on the icons, but should come in handy for when […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 43 – Our Console Present and Future
December 15th, 2009 · 11 Comments · Consoles, Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
This week, Tom Chick makes the case that strategy gamers need to have a console to truly appreciate the range of games out there. He calls Bruce and Troy “dinosaurs” for clinging bitterly to a fading gaming platform, even though it is at the moment best suited to the deep games that all three love. […]
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