Three Moves Ahead 651: Age of Empires II in 2026 feat. Hera
Len and DM are joined by the current Age of Empires II world champion, Hera, to discuss the state of the game in 2026. We try to explain its...
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20 of 652 episodesThree Moves Ahead 650: Slay the Spire 2
Len and Jon are joined by PC Gamer's Evan Lahti to Slay the Spire once again in the roguelike deckbuilder sequel. We discuss why our intrepi...
Three Moves Ahead 649: Xenonauts 2
Len, Jon, and Sin gear up and get ready to die on the first turn to some BS in Xenonauts 2, a sequel to a throwback to a classic tactics gam...
Three Moves Ahead 648: Heart of the Machine
3MA is finally embracing AI! Okay, not really. But Len and Jon do have many thoughts about Heart of the Machine, a fascinating, story-driven...
Three Moves Ahead 647.5: Len and D.M. Join the Yakuza (WtHTI Patreon Preview)
Len is joined by long-time friend and collaborator, real life video game lawyer D.M. Schmeyer, to reconnect over tales of nearly 30 years ne...
Three Moves Ahead 647: Menace Early Access
Len and Jon get tactical with the squad-based space marine (in the classical sense) platoon simulator, Menace. Because war is actually about...
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 c...
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 interes...
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 strate...
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 epis...
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 dis...
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 ambit...
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...
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...
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 actua...
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 G...
Three Moves Ahead 636: Civil War Midlife Crisis
Aftermath's Riley MacLeod has developed a sudden interest in the American Civil War, and we've assembled a 3MA all-star team featuring Rob Z...
Three Moves Ahead 635: Three Moves Ahead 635 - The Strategy Games of Steam Next Fest 2025
Len, Mike Williams, and Dominic Tarason run down the most exciting and interesting strategy and tactics games (and a couple from outside our...
Three Moves Ahead 634: 9 Kings
Len, Mike Williams, Luke, and Jon roll out the red carpet for 9 Kings, a tile placement base defense game with roguelite elements. It's hard...
Three Moves Ahead 633: Even More EU5
It's Three Moves Ahead Original Flavor as Len, Fraser, and Jon gather for a second panel discussion on the press hands-on for Europa Univers...