Flash of Steel

If you follow me or Rob Zacny or the podcast on Twitter than you’ve probably already seen that we have a Patreon. You can follow the link here for more information, and I’ve embedded the vide...

http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2015/10/27/the-three-moves-ahead-patreon-13-shows/

We’ve just published the 300th episode of Three Moves Ahead. Rob Zacny, Bruce Geryk, Tom Chick and I take a look at a cool little Vietnam war themed game. It’s not your typical wargame; it he...

http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2015/03/31/what-ive-learned-after-300-episodes-of-three-moves-ahead/

When I heard that my old friend Rod Humble was making a game about the spread of religions, I knew I was going to be playing it. Rod has always had an interesting approach to game design, almost ...

http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2015/03/19/prepare-ye-the-way-of-the-lord-2/

It’s been a long time since I’ve published a design meditation. Let’s see if this brain still works after a year of not blogging. I like city-builders. I will play a wider range of incomple...

http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2015/01/14/a-few-thoughts-on-city-builders-and-end-games/

It’s probably no secret that I love Ultimate General Gettysburg given how much I raved about it on the podcast last summer. And again in the End of Year show. Rob Zacny put together a nice trib...

http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2015/01/12/blinded-by-the-beauty-of-our-weapons/

The news that Vic Davis is abandoning computer game design to focus on board games isn’t that much of a surprise. His western card game Six Gun Saga can be easily imagined as a cardboard and pl...

http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2015/01/05/some-thoughts-on-cryptic-comet/