Three Moves Ahead
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Three Moves Ahead is the leading strategy game themed podcast on the internet. Every week a panel of knowledgeable gamers with strong opinions meets to talk about the strategy and war games of the day, design issues and games in the wider world.
Episodes
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Dec 17, 2013 • 55min
Three Moves Ahead 243: Personal Highlight Reels
Julian, Bruce, and Rob sit down to discuss their favorite things from 2013. Rob and Bruce look forward to a Winter of Wargaming. Bruce and Julian argue about Waterdeep.
Dec 10, 2013 • 1h 17min
Three Moves Ahead 242: A Black Turn of Events
Pieter de Jong and Tomislav Uzelac join Rob and Bruce to talk about the Black Turn expansion for Unity of Command. They go in-depth on the Eastern Front and principles of scenario design.
Dec 3, 2013 • 1h 24min
Three Moves Ahead 241: Sons of Abraham
Campo Santo's Nels Anderson joins Rob, Rowan, and T.J Hafer to talk about the Crusader Kings 2 Sons of Abraham expansion and why it speaks to so many people outside the traditional grand-strategy sphere.
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Nov 26, 2013 • 1h 19min
Three Moves Ahead 240: Enemy Within
David Heron and Rowan Kaiser join Rob to talk about the Enemy Within add-on for XCOM.
Nov 15, 2013 • 1h 15min
Three Moves Ahead 239: A Blizzard of Enthusiasm
Rob, Fraser Brown, and TJ Hafer have come away from Blizzcon feeling like Blizzard is more of a strategy studio than it's been in years.
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Nov 8, 2013 • 58min
Three Moves Ahead 238: State of the RTS
Soren Johnson joins Rob and Troy to discuss the meaning of the RTS format, why the traditional genre definition is too narrow, and his new studio.
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Nov 2, 2013 • 1h 3min
Three Moves Ahead 237: Night of the Card Hunter
Jon Chey, formerly of Irrational and now of Blue Manchu, joins Julian and Rob to discuss Card Hunter.
Oct 23, 2013 • 57min
Three Moves Ahead 236: Q & A
Rob and Troy field some listener questions, revisiting space games, and whether they prefer more abstraction or more theme.
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Oct 16, 2013 • 36min
Three Moves Ahead 235: A Tough Row Tahoe
Julian Murdoch and designer Rob Daviau join Rob on vacation to talk about playtesting, feedback, and making games work.
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Oct 3, 2013 • 1h 1min
Three Moves Ahead 234: Seeking New God
Bruce Geryk brings Tom Chick back to the show so they can grill Ilwinter's Johan Karlsson and Kristoffer Osterman about Dominions 4 - the latest version of their "So You Wanna Be A God?" Fantasy Conquest Game. Learn about new empires, new powers and why everything is just a bit different for them.
