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Three Moves Ahead 186: Playing at the World
This week, Troy and Bruce talk to Jon Peterson, author of the epic gaming history tome, Playing at the World: A History of Simulating Wars, People an…
13 years, 11 months ago
Three Moves Ahead 185: Class is in Session
This week, Troy, Julian and Bruce welcome back frequent guests Rob Daviau and Bill Abner to talk about the touchy subject of trying to teach games. T…
13 years, 11 months ago
Three Moves Ahead 184: Best-Case Scenario
Julian and Rob are wrapping up their vacation when they realize they should probably record a show. An underwhelming board game and their simmering f…
14 years ago
Three Moves Ahead 183: Taking Command for Bull Run 2: Run Harder
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 …
14 years ago
Three Moves Ahead 182: Three's a Crowdsourcing
Bruce, Troy, and Rob discuss the changing landscape of game financing, or at least they try to. The end up discussing Kickstarter almost exclusively,…
14 years ago
Three Moves Ahead 181: Blendo Games
Blendo Games' Brendon Chung joins Rob and Julian to talk about Flotilla, Atom Zombie Smasher, Gravity Bone, and his approach to design. Rob and Julia…
14 years ago
Three Moves Ahead 180: Thinking Machines
Soren Johnson and Cryptic Comet's Vic Davis return to talk about artificial intelligence, its limitations, and their changing views on what to do abo…
14 years ago
Three Moves Ahead 179: Spy Games
Soren Johnson returns to talk spies, espionage, and covert action with Rob and Julian. They then subject espionage mechanics to forty minutes of inte…
14 years, 1 month ago
Three Moves Ahead 178: Unit Customization and Game Design
Sixth Beatle Soren Johnson returns along with new guest, Cliff Harris from Positech - designer of Gratuitous Space Battles and the new Gratuitous Tan…
14 years, 1 month ago
Three Moves Ahead 177: Pokemon Conquest
With everyone very busy and very tired, a shorter and smaller show than usual this week. Troy welcomes Pokemon trainer and DS guru Nadia Oxford to th…
14 years, 1 month ago