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.

  • 1 hour 14 minutes
    Three Moves Ahead 623: Frostpunk 2
    Len is joined by Father Lorris and Sin Vega to discuss Frostpunk 2, the long-awaited sequel to the quintessential survival city-builder. We discuss where it hits and where it misses, with a particular focus on the strengths of the original that it fails to recapture by zooming out further.
    13 October 2024, 12:01 am
  • 1 hour 15 minutes
    Three Moves Ahead 622: Tactical Breach Wizards
    Len and Rowan are joined by games writer Kris Lorischild to discuss Tactical Breach Wizards. We discuss how rare it is for a game to be this funny on purposes, as opposed to from the chaotic intersection of procedural systems, how it creates rewarding tactical puzzles with simple ingredients, and... Metal Gear?!
    25 September 2024, 10:46 pm
  • 1 hour 6 minutes
    Three Moves Ahead 621: The Return of MicroProse
    Len is joined this week by David Lagettie, CEO of the resurrected MicroProse. We share some of our own MicropProse memories, and discuss what makes a MicroProse game, as well as why David chose this brand to bring back from oblivion.
    30 August 2024, 4:30 pm
  • 30 minutes 56 seconds
    Three Moves Ahead 620: Fined by the Pope (EU5 Megacast 5 Preview)
    This is a free preview of this month's Patreon episode. Check out the extended version at Patreon.com/3ma! Len, Lambert, and FatherLorris continue their ongoing beef with the Holy See while discussing Europa Universalis 5 dev diaries primarily focused on warfare. We're not even doing jokes about how long these are anymore. That's so early 2024. It's just expected at this point. This is our lives now.
    24 August 2024, 6:39 pm
  • 1 hour 23 minutes
    Three Moves Ahead 619: Total War: Pharaoh Dynasties
    Len is joined by Aftermath's Luke Plunkett and Dr. Bret Devereaux to discuss Total War: Pharaoh's expansive Dynasties glow-up. We dig into the sources that are and aren't available for Bronze Age warfare, how the latest historical Total War feels now with all the bells and whistles, and whether or not Creative Assembly's grand apology tour might be a sign of things to come, or just a one-off PR move.
    18 August 2024, 12:42 am
  • 1 hour 29 minutes
    Three Moves Ahead 618: Workers & Resources 1.0
    Len and Jon are joined by Sin Vega and Well There's Your Problem's Justin Roczniak (donoteat01) to revisit Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic for its 1.0 release. We discuss what's changed and been added since we last checked it out in Early Access, why it's so captivating, and who it's actually for.
    20 July 2024, 5:11 pm
  • 32 minutes 52 seconds
    Three Moves Ahead 617: Down the Well (EU5 Megacast 4 Preview)
    This is a free preview of this month's Patreon episode. Check out the extended version at Patreon.com/3ma! Len, Lambert, and Lorris get in and out of this month's deluge of dev diaries in a downright snappy three hours, despite nitpicking EU5's depiction of the British Isles for long enough to kill a non-map gamer. Please be cautious when listening to our nonsense around partners, small children, and the psychologically healthy. They may be unprepared for exposure to our level of pedantry and hyperfixation. FatherLorris' Art Manifesto: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hShrL1wJxVX0t4oNLasDFjf2ibGnuizBRERubdDyWVo/
    30 June 2024, 12:52 am
  • 1 hour 30 minutes
    Three Moves Ahead 616: The Future of Anbennar and EU5
    Len, Lorris, and Lambert sat down with JayBean, the creator of the popular Anbennar fantasy total conversion mods for Europa Universalis 4, Crusader Kings 3, and Victoria 3. We asked him what he's most excited about from what we've seen of EU5 so far, what changes he might make to the mod with these new systems, and how Paradox Tinto can better support the modding community.
    21 June 2024, 11:22 pm
  • 1 hour 11 minutes
    Three Moves Ahead 615: Homeworld 3
    Len, Luke, and Ian warp in to discuss Homeworld 3, a space strategy sequel more than two decades in the making. We discuss its use of space terrain, the more intimate storytelling in the campaign, the co-op Wargames mode, and what it has and hasn't preserved from its pantheonic predecessors.
    15 June 2024, 6:49 pm
  • 32 minutes 29 seconds
    Three Moves Ahead 614: To Four Hours... And Beyond! (EU5 Megacast 3 Preview)
    This is a free preview of this month's Patreon episode. Check out the extended version at Patreon.com/3ma! Len, Lambert, and Lorris are here to explore the question of how long a podcast about an unreleased game can be before someone in our lives physically intervenes. We not only have Tinto Talks and the Johan Files to cover, but now Tinto Maps, Saturday Buildings, and the Pavía Papers. There was actually more news about EU5 this month than there ever has been in a 30-day period about any previous Paradox game.
    31 May 2024, 2:16 am
  • 1 hour 29 minutes
    Three Moves Ahead 613: Total War Warhammer 3: Thrones of Decay
    Len and Rowan are joined by Nathan from the YouTube channel The Great Book of Grudges to discuss the Thrones of Decay patch, Creative Assembly's apology tour, and the state of Immortal Empires in 2024. Rowan grapples with why Warhammer 3 just isn't doing it for her, Nathan marvels at the current contentment of the community, and Len chews a hole in a shirt.
    26 May 2024, 2:59 am
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