Friend of the show and returning guest Rob Daviau joins Rob and Julian to talk about his new game, Risk: Legacy. They talk about how Legacy uses unlocks and persistent changes to deepen the standard Risk experience. Daviau describes lessons learned during playtesting about how players learn games and fail to make good long-term decisions. […]

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Phill Cameron comes back for a conversation with Rob, Troy, and Julian about how personality and persistence change our relationship to strategy games. Troy reveals the depths of his callousness to tiny, computerized men. Julian points out that Dwarf Fortress is the pinnacle of this approach, but Troy explains why it frustrates him. Rob is […]

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Julian hosts Bruce and editor-podcaster extraordinaire, Ryan Scott, of Geekbox and Comedy Button internet fame. They talk about the lure of League of Legends, whether these DotA / MoBA games are even strategy games, and how Valve’s and Blizzard’s attempts at the DotA genre will fare against the LoL powerhouse. Listen here. RSS here. Subscribe […]

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Rob summons Troy and Julian for an emergency therapy session about how many strategy games simply cannot get their acts together when it comes to basic standards. The panel discusses busted cameras and mouse controls, disastrous campaigns, and nonexistent endgames. The beginning of the Subversion saga Listen here. RSS here. Subscribe on iTunes.

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The last week of October’s Pledge Drive saw a flurry of activity, and we couldn’t be happier with the response from our listeners and the gaming community at large. There were more donors and more funds were raised than last year. We are very grateful for your support – all of it. I know that […]

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