I’ll have more to say about my new collaborative project with the amazing Jenn Cutter on Monday. But for now, you can read her introduction to the idea over on her blog. I am very excited, and a little terrified.
Entries from September 28th, 2012
Total War Battles – Shogun: Or, What the hell is this thing?
September 27th, 2012 · 6 Comments · RTS
On the podcast, we try not to get too bogged down on genre semantics, but we are generally pretty clear that Three Moves Ahead is about strategy games. Sure, every now and then we deviate just for fun, but we have a mission and it’s clear and that’s what the audience expects. We don’t have […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 187: Faster than Light, Slower than Death
September 25th, 2012 · 6 Comments · Podcast, Sci Fi, Three Moves Ahead
Rob is now just posting the episodes on our new website over at Idle Thumbs, so it falls on me to point people who subscribe here to that location and alert them that the talky men are back. This week, editor Michael Hermes comes aboard in our annual “so it’s not a strategy game, but…” […]
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FTL: Sid Meier’s Starfleet
September 20th, 2012 · 10 Comments · RPGs, Sci Fi
FTL: Faster than Light from Subset Games is the early fall indie hit of choice. It had a very successful Kickstarter campaign (an increasingly valuable marketing tool, as we’ve discussed on the show) and it plays to all the fantasies we have of being space captains. I have been a space captain many times. Starflight. […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 186 – Playing at the World
September 17th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Board Games, Podcast, RPGs, Three Moves Ahead, Wargames
This week, Troy and Bruce talk to Jon Peterson, author of the epic gaming history tome, Playing at the World: A History of Simulating Wars, People and Fantastic Adventures from Chess to Role-Playing Games. They talk about the turning points in the evolution of wargames, when a wargame becomes a role playing game and the […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 185 – Class in Session
September 10th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Board Games, Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
This week, Troy, Julian and Bruce welcome back frequent guests Rob Daviau and Bill Abner to talk about the touchy subject of trying to teach games. Though the focus is on board gaming, there are useful lessons about how to approach communication, building the right mindset for the pupil and the challenges of trying to […]
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