Soren Johnson kicks off an extended visit to 3MA by joining Rob, Julian, and Bruce to talk about smaller-scale strategy games, and how they compare to their more traditional cousins. Julian thinks they let developers play to their strengths, while Soren worries about their potential to be ephemeral. Bruce suspects that if great games are […]
Entries from August 25th, 2011
Three Moves Ahead Episode 131 – Splendid Little Wars
August 25th, 2011 · 7 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
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Sandboxes of Peace
August 24th, 2011 · 7 Comments · Battlegoat
Before heading out to the Penny Arcade Expo, I thought I should boot up Supreme Ruler: Cold War – a game that I have been putting off for a long time. If you’re not familiar with the Supreme Ruler series, the games are from Canadian developer Battlegoat and until now have looked at a near […]
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Racing Update
August 23rd, 2011 · 10 Comments · Me
Before I jump firmly back into the loving embrace of Pride of Nations, Supreme Ruler: Cold War, Toy Soldiers: Cold War, Six Gun Saga, Sengoku, Sword of the Stars II and every other amazing strategy game to come out this fall, I should update you on how the racing is going. This is how a […]
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GDC Panel on Strategy Games
August 22nd, 2011 · 4 Comments · Design, GDC
The GDC panel with Tom Chick, Dustin Browder, Soren Johnson, Ian Fischer and Jon Shafer is now available for viewing at the GDC vault. A great discussion.
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04 07 1942 21:36: “Convoy is to scatter”*
August 22nd, 2011 · 11 Comments · Board Games, Design, Wargames
At 11.52 a.m. on 20 September, Rolf Hilse, on board U-48, received a coded message from Günther Prien in U-47. He had spotted a large eastbound convoy heading to Britain, and since U-48 had the latest most advanced radio equipment, he asked her to report this news to Dönitz at his command post in Lorient. […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 130 – Character Issues
August 18th, 2011 · 16 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
Troy takes a victory lap after finishing his National Character series, and together with Rob delves deeper into some of the themes he brought up in the series, and considers some stray ideas that didn’t quite make the final cut. Can stereotypes ever really be escaped, and do we even want to escape them when […]
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