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Three Moves Ahead 237: Night of the Card Hunter Nov 02, 2013

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Jon Chey, formerly of Irrational and now of Blue Manchu, joins Julian and Rob to discuss Card Hunter.

Three Moves Ahead 236: Q & A Oct 23, 2013

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Rob and Troy field some listener questions, revisiting space games, and whether they prefer more abstraction or more theme.

Three Moves Ahead 235: A Tough Row Tahoe Oct 16, 2013

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Julian Murdoch and designer Rob Daviau join Rob on vacation to talk about playtesting, feedback, and making games work.

Three Moves Ahead 234: Seeking New God Oct 03, 2013

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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.

Three Moves Ahead 233: Enemies Within and Twilight Struggles Sep 25, 2013

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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.

Three Moves Ahead 232: Sid Meier's Gettysburg! Sep 18, 2013

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Nick Breckon joins Rob and Troy to talk about one of the greatest wargames ever made.

Three Moves Ahead 231: Odi et... odi. Sep 12, 2013

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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.

Three Moves Ahead 230: Hot, Hot NS Hex Sep 05, 2013

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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.

Three Moves Ahead 229: Rebels, Dissent, and Treason Aug 26, 2013

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Rob and Troy discuss how rebellion and discontent have been represented in strategy games, and why they can be so crucial.

Three Moves Ahead 228: A New Universe Aug 19, 2013

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PC Gamer's TJ Hafer and Gamesbeat's Jason Wilson join Rob to discuss Europa Universalis IV. Spoiler: they loved it.