Three Moves Ahead

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Three Moves Ahead 217: Victoria Day May 20, 2013

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3MA Producer Michael Hermes and GWJ editor Erik Hanson joins Rob and Tom to talk about Victoria II: Heart of Darkness. Rob is reconsidering some of his earlier, harsher views on Victoria while Tom argues that it is a towering achievement of game design that speaks to real-world politics in a way few others have ever attempted.

Three Moves Ahead 216: Lost in Space May 14, 2013

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Paul Dean joins Rob to talk about their shared frustration with the state of strategy games among the stars.

Three Moves Ahead 215: Early Access May 01, 2013

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Tom Chick and Rob talk about the rise of early access programs, whether it's a good thing, and what it means for their work.

Three Moves Ahead 214: We <3 the Swarm Apr 24, 2013

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Andrew Groen and Sean Sands join Rob to discuss how Heart of the Swarm has changed StarCraft 2, and the evolving competitive landscape. (Cover image: Enrique Espinoza courtesy MLG)

Three Moves Ahead 213: On Campaign Apr 17, 2013

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Tom Chick joins Rob and Troy to talk about campaigns in RTS games, particularly StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm.

Three Moves Ahead 212: Set Disruptors to Acts of God Apr 09, 2013

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Troy, Julian, Dave Heron, and Rob talk about the role of extraordinary disruptions in strategy games. From acts of God to the acts of Khan, why don't more strategy games include disruptions? And should they?

Three Moves Ahead 211: Worth a Thousand Words Mar 27, 2013

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PAX East 2013 was host to the second ever Three Moves Ahead panel, and this time we took on interface design. Troy and Rob were joined by Rob Daviau (IronWall), Eric Lee Smith (Shenandoah) and Nels Anderson (Klei)

Three Moves Ahead 210: A Silly Place Mar 21, 2013

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Chris and Rowan Kaiser join Rob to dissect SimCity and its many quirks.

Three Moves Ahead 209: Desktop to Tabletop Mar 12, 2013

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Bruce and Troy welcome Paul Rohrbaugh from High Flying Dice Games to the show to talk about what it means to be a desktop wargame publisher? Why do desktop games support greater variety in conflicts? Is there a limit on what can and cannot be done? What does a desktop consumer look like? And stay tuned to the end for a pretty cool wargame story.

Three Moves Ahead 208: Social Gaming Mar 07, 2013

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Rob Daviau joins Julian, Rob, and Troy to talk about games that are more about social interaction than mechanics. Traitor games, party games, and negotiation games.

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