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So Where Do You Start?

April 26th, 2013 · 8 Comments · Design, Me

I get a lot of email from people that want to play strategy games – that are attracted to particular strategy games because they like the subject matter or because they listen to our podcast and everything sounds so amazing that they have to get into this system cracking nutbar hobby of ours. It’s one […]

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Crusader Kings II Stream Tonight

April 12th, 2013 · 6 Comments · Me, Paradox

While I fight with posts that are much longer than the number of people that will read them, I do want to keep one promise which is that I would stream a learning game of Crusader Kings II for people that are curious but afraid. So tonight, for three hours starting at 8:00 PM Eastern […]

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Three Moves Ahead Episodes 209: Desktop to Tabletop

March 13th, 2013 · 4 Comments · Me, Podcast, Three Moves Ahead

I’m mostly only going to post about new podcast episodes when I have something to add to the conversation or when the show provokes new thoughts, since most of you can probably find the updates when you need them over on the official page. If there is a way to RSS it, I have no […]

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Some Thoughts On The Evils of Multiplayer

February 20th, 2013 · 2 Comments · Me, Multiplayer, Paradox

Hello, blog. Clearly I suck at promises, like one substantive post a week, but that’s because I am writing long essays to reframe the strategy game language space and then realize I wrote them backwards. So, sometime in the next week expect a couple of 6000 word posts. Clearly I need more modest goals, like […]

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Holiday 2012 Reflections

January 2nd, 2013 · 4 Comments · Me, Mobile, Wargames

I had a very pleasant and relaxing holiday, in spite of sickness, melancholy and being surrounded by family in the middle of nowhere. I have a few thoughts about what I saw and did, and some, if not resolutions, plans for the coming months. 1) The Next Gaming Generation is Terrifying: I am blessed with […]

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Roguelike Radio Appearance and Podcast Life

December 9th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Me, Podcast, RPGs, Three Moves Ahead

Last week I recorded a session with Andrew Doull and Darren Grey of the the Roguelike Radio podcast. Go over there and listen as we talk about the connections between strategy and roguelike games. A lot of people have suggested I make appearances on other people’s podcasts, but Roguelike Radio was by far the most […]

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