Life has a way of throwing more things at you than you can really handle. I’m sort of in that situation right now. When I need to take my mind off things and relax with tea/wine/beer, I go to my comfort games – games that require very little real thinking but remain engaging. A comfort […]
Entries from November 17th, 2010
Three Moves Ahead Episode 91: Licensed Behavior
November 16th, 2010 · 15 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
Troy almost fires Rob and Julian on this episode as a conversation about licensed strategy games. Bruce Geryk holds forth on why War of the Rings is like Stratomatic Baseball, Julian sings of Starfleet Battles and Rob talks about his experiences in another board game. What makes a license succeed or fail? Can either […]
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Blog/Podcast Reader/Listener Fall Meetup on Nov 20
November 15th, 2010 · 10 Comments · Me
This Saturday, I will host the seasonal DC area meetup at Gordon Biersch. Why there again? Because I know where it is, my life is a bit of a trainwreck right now and the food is good. Last time we had about a dozen people, which was great. I’ll make the reservation on Thursday based […]
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The Aztec National Character
November 14th, 2010 · 16 Comments · Feature:Nations, History
What this is about. If the Aztec had faded into history like the Maya did, they would probably not be the popular draw that they are for strategy game designers. If they have to pick one pre-Columbian civilization, it will always be the Aztecs even if the Maya had better science and writing, the Inca […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 90: Order, Order
November 9th, 2010 · 16 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
News that a genetic algorithm has cracked the Starcraft code prompts Troy to ask the panel about the place of build orders and in-stone strategies in the genre. Julian talks about chess and Hoard, Rob talks about the beauty of a game that opens up and Troy sucks at everything. Also news on the […]
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The Return of Kohan?
November 9th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Industry, Timegate
Oh please let this be something…. Via RPS: In a sprawling interview with GamesIndustry.biz, TimeGate bossman Adel Chaveleh said that: “We’re not walking away from Kohan by any means. It’ll see daylight again.†In what form? He wasn’t sure, or able to say, and he wasn’t about to be lured on talking about that Facebook […]
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