Three Moves Ahead Podcast
1) Three Moves Ahead 646: Whiskerwood
This week, Rowan and Luke contemplate the inherent class struggle implied by feline-rodent relations in another delightful, furry-adjacent city builder with Whiskerwood. In this world, the cat tax doe...Show More
2) Three Moves Ahead 645: 2026 Look Ahead
Len and Brian "Chef Lu Bu" Smawley are joined by friend of the show Diana to peek into the near distance at the strategy games we're interested in that have announced or probable release dates in 2026...Show More
3) Three Moves Ahead 644: 2025 Strategy Games of the Year
Len, Mike, and Luke pop the champagne and discuss the Strategy Games of the Year for 2025. And we can't really talk about the year in strategy without dwelling on the big theme of Disappointment. But ...Show More
4) Three Moves Ahead 643: 2025 Catch-Up
Len, Nerium, and Mike kick back to highlight some of our favorite strategy and non-strategy games of 2025 that didn't make it to a full episode. There were how many Roman city-builders this year? And ...Show More
5) Three Moves Ahead 642: Anno 117: Pax Romana
Len and Jon are joined by But Why Tho?'s Kate Sánchez and CGMagazine's Dayna Eileen to build Rome in a day with Anno 117: Pax Romana. We discuss the series history and our jumping-on points with it, w...Show More
6) Three Moves Ahead 641: Europa Universalis 5
Len, Rowan, and Jon are at last granted the liberty to speak on their experiences with Europa Universalis 5, Paradox's latest and most ambitious grand strategy game. Is it actually good? Is it even po...Show More
7) Three Moves Ahead 640: Endless Legend 2 & Friends
Len and Mike are joined by Ruth Cassidy and Sin Vega to give some early impressions of Endless Legend 2's Early Access launch, as well as a whole bunch of other stuff we've been playing, in this chill...Show More
8) Three Moves Ahead 639: The Past and Future Dawn of War
Len, Ian, and Fraser are placed onto the battlefield from strategic reserves to talk about the past and future of Dawn of War. The past: the recent Dawn of War: Definitive Edition and how well it hold...Show More
9) Three Moves Ahead 638: Timberborn
Timberborn is one of those Early Access games that we missed covering at its original launch, and we're not sure when it's going to be actually done... so what better time to talk about it than now, h...Show More
10) Three Moves Ahead 637: Stormgate: Ashes of Earth Interview
With Stormgate leaving Early Access alongside the release of its first full single-player campaign, Ashes of Earth, Len chatted with Frost Giant's Top Tims, Tim Morten and Tim Campbell, about what has...Show More