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Three Moves Ahead 446: Phantom Doctrine
Phantom Doctrine promises a combination of tactical combat and sleuthing with cold war-era spycraft and compelling procedural narratives. Its deliver…
7 years, 11 months ago
Three Moves Ahead 445: Mark Herman's Fort Sumter
Bruce is joined once again by noted game designer Mark Herman to discuss Fort Sumter: The Secession Crisis, 1860-61. Fort Sumter is a short-form card…
8 years ago
Three Moves Ahead 444: Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind
King of Dragon Pass, a longtime cult favorite, is one of gaming's best storytelling platforms. In a fantasy world older than Dungeons & Dragons, King…
8 years ago
Three Moves Ahead 443: The Best RTS Comp Stomps
The future will not be pretty. Advances in AI and robotic mobility makes it clear that we are only years, if not months away from Skynet becoming sel…
8 years ago
Three Moves Ahead 442: Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
Ever since Troy Goodfellow founded Three Moves Ahead in the mid-60s, the same question has been asked over and over: When will you cover a Mario game…
8 years ago
Three Moves Ahead 441: Rob & Bruce & WWI
This week: Dr. Bruce Geryk, Sommelier of the Somme, guides Rob through several unconventional takes on WWI combat. World War I poses a serious challe…
8 years ago
Three Moves Ahead 440: Cultist Simulator
Cultist Simulator is a game - maybe - that revels in its own vagueness. Not knowing what it's about or what you're supposed to be doing at a given ti…
8 years, 1 month ago
Three Moves Ahead 439: Cataclysm: A Second World War
In a rare live and in-person episode, Rob joins Dr. Bruce Geryk in his mountain lair to talk about GMT Games' Cataclysm: A Second World War. Cataclys…
8 years, 1 month ago
Three Moves Ahead 438: Procedural Content and Strategy Layers in Games
It used to be enough for mainstream games to claim they had "RPG elements". Now we see games with base-building and "strategic layers" - what does th…
8 years, 2 months ago
Three Moves Ahead 437: Slay the Spire
Slay the Spire, a deckbuilding game that won't require you to take out a second mortgage on your house, has captivated the members of our panel. Its …
8 years, 2 months ago