Oy. Troy breaks his computer and therefore sounds like he’s calling in from a submarine. But the rest of show is a long discussion about Games Masters experimenting with RPG and miniature mechanics. Julian and Rob discuss a fascinating game session before the team digresses onto iterative learning in game design and whether games […]
Entries Tagged as 'Three Moves Ahead'
Three Moves Ahead Episode 67: Experimenting With RPGs at Rabbitcon
June 2nd, 2010 · 8 Comments · Board Games, Design, Podcast, RPGs, Three Moves Ahead
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 66: The SimTex Legacy
May 24th, 2010 · 18 Comments · Podcast, Retro, Three Moves Ahead
Good Old Games has made the classic SimTex games Master of Orion, Master of Orion 2 and Master of Magic available for low, low prices. So Troy, Tom, Bruce and Rob spend an hour talking about what made SimTex special. What do we mean by personality in strategy games? Does the UI hold up? […]
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Podcasting Is Hard plus E3 TMA Plans
May 22nd, 2010 · 7 Comments · E3, Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
This morning I was a guest on the Civ community podcast The Polycast. (There will be a link to the specific show once Dan Quick gets it all edited and stuff.) I love being invited on to other people’s shows and sites. It’s nice to interact with a different audience and panel, though I clearly […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 65: Tutorials and Training
May 18th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Design, Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
Tom Chick returns after a month away from the podcast to join Troy and Rob in a discussion about designing tutorials for strategy games. Is the failure of tutorial design a root of the decline in strategy gaming? Can you really integrate a tutorial into a story based campaign? What are the responsibilities of […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 64: Forgotten Fronts
May 12th, 2010 · 25 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
Just Troy, Julian and Rob again as they ad hoc a podcast about types of games and settings that they would like to see in the strategy arena. Is there a really good Tolkien strategy game? Where is our fort game? Can we fill in our history a little more? Pack the comment section […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 63: Frozen Synapse
May 5th, 2010 · 14 Comments · Indie Games, Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
Tom and Bruce are absent again while Troy, Julian and Rob dissect the still in beta Frozen Synapse, a small team tactics game from Mode 7. Troy finds it too difficult, Rob loves the potential for story telling, and Julian digs the puzzles. Listen as we talk about tactical games, the union of art […]
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