Bruce, Troy, and Rob discuss Take Command: 2nd Manassas and why it is one of the best tactical Civil War games ever made. Along the way they discuss what they want from wargames, mission structure, and how few games really address the real challenges of battlefield command. The group lapse into a Tim Stone-induced reverie […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 183 – Taking Command for Bull Run 2: Run Harder
August 27th, 2012 · Comments Off on Three Moves Ahead Episode 183 – Taking Command for Bull Run 2: Run Harder · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 182 – Three’s a Crowdsourcing
August 20th, 2012 · Comments Off on Three Moves Ahead Episode 182 – Three’s a Crowdsourcing · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead, Uncategorized
Bruce, Troy, and Rob discuss the changing landscape of game financing, or at least they try to. The end up discussing Kickstarter almost exclusively, the return of Tom vs. Bruce, and their feelings of optimism about what crowd-funding can mean. Troy douses them with the cold water of reality. They also contemplate the strange meta-game […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 181 – Blendo Games
August 13th, 2012 · Comments Off on Three Moves Ahead Episode 181 – Blendo Games · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
Blendo Games‘ Brendon Chung joins Rob and Julian to talk about Flotilla, Atom Zombie Smasher, Gravity Bone, and his approach to design. Rob and Julian are fascinated by his willingness to conclude a game when it is at its best, and Brendon explains why that is and the things from his own games that he […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 180 – Thinking Machines
August 6th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
Soren Johnson and Cryptic Comet’s Vic Davis return to talk with Julian and Rob about artificial intelligence, its limitations, and their changing views on what to do about it. Listen Discussion RSS here. Subscribe on iTunes.
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Weekend Meetup Details
August 2nd, 2012 · 3 Comments · Blogs, Board Games, Me, Three Moves Ahead
So despite trying to find a spot that would guarantee some quiet and isolation but also food if necessary, it looks like the Saturday boardgame meetup will be at the usual place. Tequila Bookworm 512 Queen Street West, Toronto, Canada 11 AM to 7 PM Saturday, August 4 A few notes: First, they open at […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 179 – Spy Games
July 30th, 2012 · Comments Off on Three Moves Ahead Episode 179 – Spy Games · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead, Uncategorized
Soren Johnson returns to talk spies, espionage, and covert action with Rob and Julian. They then subject espionage mechanics to forty minutes of interrogation, torture, and unkind words. Then they remember the one game they’ve played that has spies and espionage that they don’t hate. Suspiciously, Rob’s microphone fails midway through the show. Happenstance or […]
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