PC Gamer’s Evan Lahti and game designer Darius Kazemi parachute into 3MA to liberate it from Rob and Bruce. Their only weapon is a frightening knowledge of Jagged Alliance 2, but that just might be enough to get the job done. Darius explains why it is his favorite game, and makes a good case for […]
Entries Tagged as 'Three Moves Ahead'
Three Moves Ahead Episode 156 – Homage to Arulco
February 16th, 2012 · 11 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 155 – The (Very) Simple Joys of King Arthur 2
February 11th, 2012 · 5 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
Freelance writers Andrew Groen and Charlie Hall join Rob for a conversation about King Arthur 2: The Role-Playing Wargame. Everyone digs the setting, but opinions begin to diverge about the quality of the battles, and whether KA2’s elements even hang together in a way that makes sense. Rob and Andrew can barely remember losing a […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 154 – Unfrozen Caveman Gamers
February 4th, 2012 · 21 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
Recent Good Old Games releases have gotten Rob thinking about what he wants to rescue from the past (besides Troy, that is). Julian doesn’t think the distant past is the big problem, it’s the games of the late 90s and early 2000s. Everyone agrees the LucasArts situation is a disgrace. Troy says Alpha Centauri doesn’t […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 153 – Paradox Con Reloaded
January 28th, 2012 · 6 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
Jenn Cutter and Dan Stapleton return to 3MA to talk about Paradox Con with Rob. They discuss War of the Roses, Gettysburg: Armored Warfare, Arctic Circle, Salem, and Napoleon’s Campaigns 2, as well as some prominent no-shows. Listen here. Dan’s Gettysburg preview List of new games announced at ParadoxCon RSS here. Subscribe on iTunes.
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 152 – A Few Minutes of Show with Martin Wallace
January 20th, 2012 · 12 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
Bruce, Julian, and Rob host board game designer Martin Wallace to ask him that timeless question, “How awesome is your game?” The crew discuss A Few Acres of Snow, the card-based board wargame that has consumed their lives, and dissect how it handles its subject: The French and Indian War. Martin explains why a game […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 151 – If on a winter’s night a gamer
January 12th, 2012 · 11 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
Rob, Julian, and Hasbro’s Rob Daviau are marooned in rural Massachusetts. To avert cabin fever, they gather ’round the fireplace with a few microphones to talk about whether gaming gives them any carry-over skills for other activities, like cooking and work. Do games make us better at reasoning and problem analysis? Do they provide the […]
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