Shall I join with other nations in alliance? If allies are weak, am I not best alone? If allies are strong with power to protect me, Might they not protect me out of all I own? Is a danger to be trusting one another, One will seldom want to do what other wishes; But unless […]
Entries from August 28th, 2012
Getting What’s Coming To You: The Humanity of Crusader Kings II
August 28th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Paradox
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 183 – Taking Command for Bull Run 2: Run Harder
August 27th, 2012 · Comments Off on Three Moves Ahead Episode 183 – Taking Command for Bull Run 2: Run Harder · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
Bruce, Troy, and Rob discuss Take Command: 2nd Manassas and why it is one of the best tactical Civil War games ever made. Along the way they discuss what they want from wargames, mission structure, and how few games really address the real challenges of battlefield command. The group lapse into a Tim Stone-induced reverie […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 182 – Three’s a Crowdsourcing
August 20th, 2012 · Comments Off on Three Moves Ahead Episode 182 – Three’s a Crowdsourcing · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead, Uncategorized
Bruce, Troy, and Rob discuss the changing landscape of game financing, or at least they try to. The end up discussing Kickstarter almost exclusively, the return of Tom vs. Bruce, and their feelings of optimism about what crowd-funding can mean. Troy douses them with the cold water of reality. They also contemplate the strange meta-game […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 181 – Blendo Games
August 13th, 2012 · Comments Off on Three Moves Ahead Episode 181 – Blendo Games · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
Blendo Games‘ Brendon Chung joins Rob and Julian to talk about Flotilla, Atom Zombie Smasher, Gravity Bone, and his approach to design. Rob and Julian are fascinated by his willingness to conclude a game when it is at its best, and Brendon explains why that is and the things from his own games that he […]
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Games vs Story Generation Devices
August 10th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Board Games
We had the Civic Holiday meetup on the past Saturday, and it was, as usual, a good group. A healthy dose of regulars and newcomers, and Julian won Risk Legacy again, so he is exiled, etc. Again, thanks to Tequila Bookworm for hosting us – and for 8 hours this time, too. The first game […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 180 – Thinking Machines
August 6th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
Soren Johnson and Cryptic Comet’s Vic Davis return to talk with Julian and Rob about artificial intelligence, its limitations, and their changing views on what to do about it. Listen Discussion RSS here. Subscribe on iTunes.
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