March 24, 2014 Troy and Bruce conclude the Winter of Wargaming by talking about Flashpoint Campaigns: Red Storm. Does Red Storm fit the mold of a traditional wargame? Quit Stalin and give this show a listen.

Flashpoint Campaigns: Red Storm

March 10, 2014 Rob and Bruce continue their Winter of Wargaming by talking about Conflict of Heroes and the critical changes that took place as the game transitioned to the PC. Come for the gaming discussion, stay for the talk of relevant books and history.

Conflict of Heroes

February 28, 2014 Rob and Troy talk about wargame scenario objectives and the balance between one-off tactical battles and the larger strategic picture.

February 22, 2014 Rowan Kaiser, Cassandra Khaw, and Greg Tito join Troy to talk about a return to the city-building genre with Banished from Shining Rock Software. Alternate titles: Tales from Rowan-oke, Miners & Minors.

Banished

February 7, 2014 Troy and Rob mark episode 250 by looking at a new game from Proxy Games and Matrix. Does Pandora live up to its ambitions as a spiritual successor to one of strategy gaming's most beloved titles? Listen as they look at the old wine in not very alien wineskins. Plus some kind words for everyone that has gotten us this far.

Pandora, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

January 30, 2014 Mohawk Games' Soren Johnson joins Troy and Bruce to talk about Drive on Moscow, the followup to last year's Battle of the Bulge. Bruce gives some insight from behind the scenes and Soren explains why writing a good AI is a large undertaking.

Drive on Moscow, Battle of the Bulge

January 23, 2014 Polygon's Danielle Riendeau joins Rob and Troy to talk about the long marches and difficult decisions in Banner Saga. Well-marked spoilers are present between 30:58 and 38:26.

Banner Saga

January 16, 2014 Rob and Bruce revisit SSG's classic Korsun Pocket in this first episode of 3MA's Winter of Wargaming. Rob tells us how the game holds up to someone seeing it for the first time and Bruce explains what made Korsun Pocket unique and important at its release in 2003.

Korsun Pocket

January 11, 2014 Rob and Troy go deep into Roman history to talk about the expansion to Total War: Rome II - Caeser in Gaul. Have Creative Assembly turned their trireme around? Listen in to see if Rob is less irate and hear Troy drop the best sound bite in the history of the show. Alternate title: You've Got Some Gaul

Total War: Rome II, Caeser in Gaul

December 31, 2013 Tom makes the bold claim that the traditional RTS is dead by the hands of MOBAs. Troy still likes Civ and Rob discusses his space minivan as well as pushing through the less savory parts of SimCity.

Starcraft 2, SimCity, MOBAs, Civilization V, XCOM: Enemy Within, X Rebirth, Clockwork Empires, Banished

December 28, 2013 Andrew Groen and Taylor Cocke join Rob to talk about the eSports scene in 2013. The crew discusses how the different games have evolved and where they'd like to see eSports go in the future.

Dota2, League of Legends, Starcraft 2

December 17, 2013 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.

Lords of Waterdeep, Drive on Moscow, Battle of the Bulge, Europa Universalis IV, Dota 2, League of Legends, Infinite Crisis

December 10, 2013 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.

Unity of Command

December 3, 2013 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.

Crusader Kings 2, Crusader Kings 2: Sons of Abraham

November 26, 2013 David Heron and Rowan Kaiser join Rob to talk about the Enemy Within add-on for XCOM.

XCOM: Enemy Within