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November 15, 2013 Rob, Fraser Brown, and TJ Hafer have come away from Blizzcon feeling like Blizzard is more of a strategy studio than it's been in years.

Warcraft, Warcraft 2, StarCraft 2, Heroes of the Storm, Hearthstone, World of Warcraft

November 8, 2013 Soren Johnson joins Rob and Troy to discuss the meaning of the RTS format, why the traditional genre definition is too narrow, and his new studio.

November 2, 2013 Jon Chey, formerly of Irrational and now of Blue Manchu, joins Julian and Rob to discuss Card Hunter.

October 23, 2013 Rob and Troy field some listener questions, revisiting space games, and whether they prefer more abstraction or more theme.

October 16, 2013 Julian Murdoch and designer Rob Daviau join Rob on vacation to talk about playtesting, feedback, and making games work.

Seafall, At the Gates, Risk: Legacy, A Few Acres of Snow

October 3, 2013 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.

September 25, 2013 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.

Twilight Struggle, XCOM: Enemy Within, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Imperial Struggle, A Force More Powerful

September 18, 2013 Nick Breckon joins Rob and Troy to talk about one of the greatest wargames ever made.

Sid Meier's Gettysburg, Sid Meier's Antietam, Scourge of War, Take Command, Total War

September 12, 2013 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.

Total War: Rome 2

September 5, 2013 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.

Neuroshima Hex, Eclipse, A Brief History of the World

August 26, 2013 Rob and Troy discuss how rebellion and discontent have been represented in strategy games, and why they can be so crucial.

Europa Universalis IV, Civilization series, Republic of Rome, Alpha Centauri, Total War series

August 19, 2013 PC Gamer's TJ Hafer and Gamesbeat's Jason Wilson join Rob to discuss Europa Universalis IV. Spoiler: they loved it.

Europa Universalis IV, Europa Universalis III

August 8, 2013 Idle Thumbs' Sean Vanaman and former Escapist editor Tom Endo join Rob to explain the appeal and hurdles of Dota 2 and lord management.

Dota 2, League of Legends

July 28, 2013 Ed Beach and producer Dennis Shirk sit down with Rob to discuss their thinking behind Brave New World, and making a better Civilization V.

Civilization V

July 20, 2013 Rob, Troy, Fraser Brown, and Rowan Kaiser talk about the latest Civilization expansion.

Civilization V

Three Moves Ahead

The leading strategy game themed podcast on the internet. Every week a panel of knowledgeable gamers with strong opinions on strategy and wargames meets to talk about games of the day, design issues and games in the wider world.