Three Moves Ahead
Idle Thumbs
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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Sep 25, 2013 • 1h 25min
Three Moves Ahead 233: Enemies Within and Twilight Struggles
Firaxis designer Ananda Gupta joins Rob, Troy, and Bruce to discuss his upcoming expansion to XCOM and his storied design career in PC and board gaming.
Sep 18, 2013 • 1h 8min
Three Moves Ahead 232: Sid Meier's Gettysburg!
Nick Breckon joins Rob and Troy to talk about one of the greatest wargames ever made.
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Sep 12, 2013 • 1h 59min
Three Moves Ahead 231: Odi et... odi.
Everything changes in this Very Special 2-hour Three Moves Ahead event. Rob, Rowan Kaiser, and Fraser Brown gather to talk about Rome and destroy a grave threat to the Total War series. But then the next morning they realize they've gone too far and they're all like, "What have we done?" But nothing will ever be the same again, they've been marked forever.
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Sep 5, 2013 • 1h
Three Moves Ahead 230: Hot, Hot NS Hex
Soren Johnson, Ryan Kuo, and Michael Hermes join Julian today to talk about iOS asynchronous board gaming. Neuroshima Hex is the star of the show and leads the panel to other recent additions such as Eclipse and A Brief History of the World.
Aug 26, 2013 • 1h 14min
Three Moves Ahead 229: Rebels, Dissent, and Treason
Rob and Troy discuss how rebellion and discontent have been represented in strategy games, and why they can be so crucial.
Aug 19, 2013 • 1h 27min
Three Moves Ahead 228: A New Universe
PC Gamer's TJ Hafer and Gamesbeat's Jason Wilson join Rob to discuss Europa Universalis IV. Spoiler: they loved it.
Aug 8, 2013 • 1h 23min
Three Moves Ahead 227: What's the Deal with Lord Management?
Idle Thumbs' Sean Vanaman and former Escapist editor Tom Endo join Rob to explain the appeal and hurdles of Dota 2 and lord management.
Jul 28, 2013 • 55min
Three Moves Ahead 226: Firaxis' Revisionists
Ed Beach and producer Dennis Shirk sit down with Rob to discuss their thinking behind Brave New World, and making a better Civilization V.
Jul 20, 2013 • 1h 17min
Three Moves Ahead 225: Brave New World
Rob, Troy, Fraser Brown, and Rowan Kaiser talk about the latest Civilization expansion.
Jul 12, 2013 • 1h 26min
Three Moves Ahead 224: Stopped at the Gates of Moscow
Tom Chick joins Rob to talk about their feelings toward Company of Heroes, and why they both feel a bit disappointed. Tom thinks the game's economy is broken and it's become too armor driven, while Rob is really depressed by the faction design. And yet Rob still likes it, while Tom finds it ultimately pointless.
